by sportswire4u.blogspot.com (Balbit Singh)
CHANDIGARH, DEC 29
The four-day 17th IBSA National Sports Meet for the Blind concluded today at the Tau Devi Lal Sports Complex with a number of impressive and record-breaking performances. As many as 26 new national records were established in different track and field events in athletics.
Chandigarh’s Institute for the Blind clinched two team championship Trophies in B-1 as well as B-2 intermediate girls categories. Netraheen Vikas Sansthan of Jodhpur also won two trophies in B-2 & B-3 intermediate boys categories. National Blind Youth Association, Delhi also won two championship in B-1 & B-2 men open categories.
Other championship trophy winners were National Institute for the Visually Handicapped, Dehradun, Uttarakhand B-3 Open Women category; Student Welfare Association for the Blind, Manipur B-1 Open Women category; and Himachal Sports Association for Visually Impaired, Kullu, Himachal Pradesh B-3 Open Men category; St Michael School for the Blind, Ranchi, Jharkhand B-1 Intermediate Boys; Dr.Narendra Bheevapurkar Andh Vidyalaya, Amravati, Maharashtra B-2 Open Women category; Sri Sharada Devi Andhara Vasthi Shala, Shivamoga, Karnataka I B-3 Intermediate Girls category. The Championship Shield were presented to the winner institutions by Sri.Satpal Sharma, Joint Director, Department of Youth Affairs and Sports, Haryana Government at Closing Ceremony held at Tau Devilal Sports Complex this afternoon.
In the chess event Delhi’s rated chess plalyer Md. Mishbahul won the Champion’s Trophy with 4.5 points. His elder brother Md.Kahlid finished as the Runner who also earned equal points but lost in Bacholz Tie Break Up basis with his younger brother.. This is after a gap of 6 years that chess event has made a come back in the IBSA National Meet.
Powerlifting which was introduced in the National Meet for the first time saw impressive performances. Tirpatpal Singh (125 kg class) lifted a total of 660 kgs (Sqat 250 kg; Bench Press 160 kgs; and Dead Lift 250 kgs). Kishan Lal Gujar (75 kg class) of Rajasthan emerged as promising lifter. He made total 325 kg lift (Squat 100 kg; Bench Press 85 kg: dead Lift 140 kgs).
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Sunday, December 26, 2010
Jagdeep and Kiranjit to lead Punjab basketballers
by sportswire4u.blogspot.com (Balbir)
CHANDIGARH, DEC 26
Jagdeep Singh and Kiranjit Kaur will lead Punjab men’s and women’s teams, respectively, in the 61st Senior National Championship for men and women to be held at New Delhi from December 28 to January 4, 2011 according to Punjab Basketball Association general secretaryTeja Singh Dhaliwal,
The teams: Men: Jagdeep Singh (captain), Mahesh Misra, Amjot Singh, Amritpal Singh, Harminder Singh, Talwinderjit Singh, Rajan Sharma, Amritpal Bandari, Rajbir Singh, Guriqbal Singh, Mod Singh, Harpreet Singh
Women: Kiranjit Kaur (captain), Jasdeep, Harpreet , Sukhwinder, Nagma Mirza, Jagroop, Manmeet , Rajwinder , Gauri, Harpreet , Priya, Sushma
Coaches: Men: Ashwani Kumar (BSF) and Devinder Pal Singh Dhindsa. Women: Harjinder Singh.
Manager: Sajjan Singh Cheema. Chef-de- Mission: Dr. Subramanian
CHANDIGARH, DEC 26
Jagdeep Singh and Kiranjit Kaur will lead Punjab men’s and women’s teams, respectively, in the 61st Senior National Championship for men and women to be held at New Delhi from December 28 to January 4, 2011 according to Punjab Basketball Association general secretaryTeja Singh Dhaliwal,
The teams: Men: Jagdeep Singh (captain), Mahesh Misra, Amjot Singh, Amritpal Singh, Harminder Singh, Talwinderjit Singh, Rajan Sharma, Amritpal Bandari, Rajbir Singh, Guriqbal Singh, Mod Singh, Harpreet Singh
Women: Kiranjit Kaur (captain), Jasdeep, Harpreet , Sukhwinder, Nagma Mirza, Jagroop, Manmeet , Rajwinder , Gauri, Harpreet , Priya, Sushma
Coaches: Men: Ashwani Kumar (BSF) and Devinder Pal Singh Dhindsa. Women: Harjinder Singh.
Manager: Sajjan Singh Cheema. Chef-de- Mission: Dr. Subramanian
Durgesh to lead Gurgaon cricket team
CHANDIGARH, DEC 26
Durgesh Yadav will lead Gurgaon District team in the Annual Kotputli Cup to be held in Kotputli (Rajasthan) from December 28 to January 1, next year, according to coaqch-cum-manager Sukhwinder Singh Bawa.
As many as 32 teams will compete in the league-cum-knockout tournament. The winner team will get a cash prize of Rs.61,000.
The Gurgaon District Cricket Association, under the presentship of Deputy Commissioner Rajender Kumar Kataria is sending its cricket for participation in the Kotputli Cup being organised by Kotputli Panchayat.
Association general secretary Naresh Sharma today met the team members at Tau Devi lal Cricket Stadium and wished them good luck..
Team members are: Nitish Bhardwaj, Manish Verma, Raghav Sharnam, Durgesh Yadav, Gopal Sharma, Ravi Yadav, Chirag Yadav, Lucky Saxena, Yuvraj yadav, Surinder, Vishal Lohia, Jitesh, Rohit Kadyan, Davinder, Pankaj and Vaibhav Garg.
Friday, December 24, 2010
National Cross Country Races in Jodhpur
by sportswire4u.blogspot.com (Balbir)
CHANDIGARH, DEC 24
The 45th National Cross Country Championship will be held at Jodhpur (Rajasthan) on January 30 next year.The Haryana teams will be selected during the State Cross Competitions-cum-trails held at Ch. Bharat Singh Sports School Nidani, Jind on January 8, 2011, according to Haryana State.Athletic Association secretary H S Bhadu..
Mr. Bhadu informed that the competition for men-12 km, boys-20yrs-8km, boys-18 yrs-6km, boys 16 yrs- 3 km, women-8km, girls-20yrs-6km, girls 18yrs-4 km and girls 16yrs-3km will be conducted. In the men and women and boys and girls-20, six runnners will participate while scores of four runners will be counted.
All the interested athletes should report to Jaswant Singh and Jitender (Situ), Secretary, DAA, Jind at CBSM School Nidani at 8.30 a.m on January 8, 2011.
The junior athletes are required to bring with them original X standard certificate from recognized Central/State Education Board or original Birth Certificate from the concerned Government/Municipal Authority/CMO.
CHANDIGARH, DEC 24
The 45th National Cross Country Championship will be held at Jodhpur (Rajasthan) on January 30 next year.The Haryana teams will be selected during the State Cross Competitions-cum-trails held at Ch. Bharat Singh Sports School Nidani, Jind on January 8, 2011, according to Haryana State.Athletic Association secretary H S Bhadu..
Mr. Bhadu informed that the competition for men-12 km, boys-20yrs-8km, boys-18 yrs-6km, boys 16 yrs- 3 km, women-8km, girls-20yrs-6km, girls 18yrs-4 km and girls 16yrs-3km will be conducted. In the men and women and boys and girls-20, six runnners will participate while scores of four runners will be counted.
All the interested athletes should report to Jaswant Singh and Jitender (Situ), Secretary, DAA, Jind at CBSM School Nidani at 8.30 a.m on January 8, 2011.
The junior athletes are required to bring with them original X standard certificate from recognized Central/State Education Board or original Birth Certificate from the concerned Government/Municipal Authority/CMO.
Shaheed Bhagat Singh Punjab Games in February
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| Punjab Sports Director Pargat Singh addressing district sports officers in connection with the Shaheed-E-Azam Bhagat Singh Punjab Games (Men & Women) to be held February, in Jalandhar. |
The Punjab Sports Department will host the Shaheed-E-Azam Bhagat Singh Punjab Games (Men & Women) in February next year in 10 disciplines. This was announced by Punjab Sports Director Padma Shree Pargat Singh in the meeting of Distirct Sports Officers in Jalandhar today. Competitions would be conducted in athletics, basketball, boxing, football, hockey, kabaddi (circle style), shooting, volleyaall, weightlifting and wrestling. The winner teams will be awarded Rs. 21 lakh each game (winner Rs. 9 lakh, runners-up Rs. 7 lakh and third position Rs. 5 lakh). A sum of Rs 2.10 crore would be distributed as prize money.
Olympion Pargat Singh discussed the policies to be adopted for the tournament and disclosed that this is the biggest amount in the country as well as in the State to be awarded to the players at the State Level tournament for the promotion of sports. Ranking of all the players will also be placed in this tournament according to their performance.
The semi-final and final matches will be conducted under lightsand will be telecast live. The opening ceremony will be held at Guru Nanak Stadium, Ludhiana and the closing ceremony will be held at Olympion Surjit Hockey Stadium in Jalandhar. The selection of teams will be made on January 3 and 4, 2011 at all the district Headquarters.
IBSA National Sports Meet for Blinds in Pachkula
by sportswire4u.blogspot.com (Balbir)
CHANDIGARH, DEC 24
The 17th IBSA National Sports Meet for the Blind is scheduled to be held in Panchkula and will be inaugurated by the Haryana Government on December 26 at Devi Lal Sports Complex. The four-day Blind Sports Meet is the largest sports event of the visually challenged in India organized once in every two years. Over 550 participants from 14 states across the country have registered for the Meet which will have track and field athletics, powerlifting and chess. The meet is being jointly organized by Indian Blind Sports Association (IBSA) and the Blind Relief Association (BRA), Delhi with the Institution for the Blind, Chandigarh and local sports bodies and individuals in Panchkula/Chandigarh/Mohali lending their cooperation.
Indian Blind Sports Association (IBSA), a national level sports body with 140 institutions and organizations from 23 states affiliated to it as members, is recognized by Indian Olympic Association and affiliated to International Blind Sports Federation, the apex blind-sports body, and to Paralymic Committee of India.
All the competitions will be conducted in accordance with international norms for blind sports as stipulated by International Blind Sports Federation. To ensure highest level of professionalism and fair conduct of competitions, services of professional and experienced judges and other technical officials from Athletics Federation of India, Powerlifting Federation of India and IBSA, as well as, from Haryana and Chandigarh are being taken.
The meet will witness the budding and some of the finest totally blind and low vision athletes from across the country, several of them with international exposure and medal winners, vying for honours. The Meet will be divided into Intermediate (14 to 17 yr) and Open (not below 14 yr) age sections, with separate competitions for male and female athletes under the three sight classifications, namely, B-1 (totally blind), B-2 and B-3 (low vision/partially blind) athletes. The track events include 100, 200, 400, 800, 1500 and 5000m running and relay races. Field events will have long jump, shot put, javelin and discus throws. The two indoor events are powerlifting and chess. While athletics and chess events will take place from 26 to 29 December in the Tau Devilal Sports Complex, Sector-3, Panchkula, the powerlifting competition will be held in the Weightlifting Coaching Centre, Sector-42 in Chandigarh.
The Panchkula Meet is especially significant, as performance in it will form the basis for shortlisting the athletes to be considered to take part in the 4th World Championships and Games for the Blind to be held in Antalya, Turkey in April 2011 and in IBSA World Youth and Students Games to be held in Colorado Springs, USA in July 2011.
Elaborate arrangements for boarding, lodging and transportation of the participants coming from different corners of the country are being made by the organizers to ensure comfortable stay in Panchkula. Apart from the available stay facilities like sports hostel, badminton stadium and the cricket stadium available in Tau Devilal Sports Complex, the organizers have booked other nearby facilities like Sood Bhawan in Sector-10, and hotels to accommodate the large number of participants and officials coming from outside. In the evening there will be cultural programmes for entertainment. Several individuals and organizations are helping the organizers in making the event a great success.
CHANDIGARH, DEC 24
The 17th IBSA National Sports Meet for the Blind is scheduled to be held in Panchkula and will be inaugurated by the Haryana Government on December 26 at Devi Lal Sports Complex. The four-day Blind Sports Meet is the largest sports event of the visually challenged in India organized once in every two years. Over 550 participants from 14 states across the country have registered for the Meet which will have track and field athletics, powerlifting and chess. The meet is being jointly organized by Indian Blind Sports Association (IBSA) and the Blind Relief Association (BRA), Delhi with the Institution for the Blind, Chandigarh and local sports bodies and individuals in Panchkula/Chandigarh/Mohali lending their cooperation.
Indian Blind Sports Association (IBSA), a national level sports body with 140 institutions and organizations from 23 states affiliated to it as members, is recognized by Indian Olympic Association and affiliated to International Blind Sports Federation, the apex blind-sports body, and to Paralymic Committee of India.
All the competitions will be conducted in accordance with international norms for blind sports as stipulated by International Blind Sports Federation. To ensure highest level of professionalism and fair conduct of competitions, services of professional and experienced judges and other technical officials from Athletics Federation of India, Powerlifting Federation of India and IBSA, as well as, from Haryana and Chandigarh are being taken.
The meet will witness the budding and some of the finest totally blind and low vision athletes from across the country, several of them with international exposure and medal winners, vying for honours. The Meet will be divided into Intermediate (14 to 17 yr) and Open (not below 14 yr) age sections, with separate competitions for male and female athletes under the three sight classifications, namely, B-1 (totally blind), B-2 and B-3 (low vision/partially blind) athletes. The track events include 100, 200, 400, 800, 1500 and 5000m running and relay races. Field events will have long jump, shot put, javelin and discus throws. The two indoor events are powerlifting and chess. While athletics and chess events will take place from 26 to 29 December in the Tau Devilal Sports Complex, Sector-3, Panchkula, the powerlifting competition will be held in the Weightlifting Coaching Centre, Sector-42 in Chandigarh.
The Panchkula Meet is especially significant, as performance in it will form the basis for shortlisting the athletes to be considered to take part in the 4th World Championships and Games for the Blind to be held in Antalya, Turkey in April 2011 and in IBSA World Youth and Students Games to be held in Colorado Springs, USA in July 2011.
Elaborate arrangements for boarding, lodging and transportation of the participants coming from different corners of the country are being made by the organizers to ensure comfortable stay in Panchkula. Apart from the available stay facilities like sports hostel, badminton stadium and the cricket stadium available in Tau Devilal Sports Complex, the organizers have booked other nearby facilities like Sood Bhawan in Sector-10, and hotels to accommodate the large number of participants and officials coming from outside. In the evening there will be cultural programmes for entertainment. Several individuals and organizations are helping the organizers in making the event a great success.
Thursday, December 23, 2010
SD College Chandigarh boxers dominate
by sportswire4u.blogspot.com (Balbir)
CHANNDIGARH, DEC 23
Six boxers of GGD SD College are in line for gold in the Panjab University Inter College Boxing (Men) Tournament being held at P.U. Gymnasium here today.
Results (semi-finals): Light Fly: Sandeep (DAV College, Abohar) bt Nanak Singh (Malwa College, Samrala), Varinder Singh (GPC, Alour) bt Rakesh Saini (DAV College, Hoshiarpur).
Fly: Parveen Kumar (MRS College, Malout) bt Gurmeet Singh (GGD SD College, Hariana), Anmol (Govt. College, Muktsar) bt Gurpreet Singh (GPC, Alour).
Bantam: Harpinder Singh (A.S. College, Khanna) bt Amit Kumar (PG GC Sector 11, Chandigarh), Anil Kumar (DAV College, Chandigarh) bt Vikas Rawat (SGGS College, Chandigarh).
Feather: Khushdeepak Kumar (GTBN College, Dakha) bt Iqbir Singh (SGGS College, Chandigarh), Pawan Shekhawat (GGD SD College, Chandigarh) bt Virender ( DAV College, Chandigarh).
Light: Garanveer Singh ( DAV College, Chandigarh) bt Manpreet Singh (Malwa College, Samrala), Sahil Jaiswal (SGGS College, Chandigarh) bt Mukesh (GGD SD College, Chandigarh).
Light Welter: Deepak Kumar (GGD SD College, Chandigarh) bt Shiv Kumar (SGGS College, Chandigarh), Saajan Malkat (DAV Chandigarh) bt Lalit Singh (P.U. Campus, Chd.).
Welter: Mandeep Malik ( SGGS College, Chandigarh) bt Abhishek Singh (A.S. College, Khanna ), Naresh Kumar ( GGD SD College, Chandigarh) bt Shamshad Ali (Govt. College, Muktsar).
Middle: Rakesh (GGD SD College, Chandigarh) bt Harwinder Singh (GTBN College, Dakha), Amit Sharma (GPC, Alour) bt Jai Hind (SGGS College, Chandigarh).
Light Heavy: Manvir Singh (A.S. College, Khanna) bt Jaideep (GGD SD College, Chandigarh), Karan Bhargav (GGD SD College, Hariana) bt Sukhwinder Singh( SGGS College, Chandigarh).
Heavy Weight: Nipun Uppal (GPC, Alour) bt Atul Thakur ( DAV College, Chandigarh), Deepak (GGD SD College, Chandigarh) bt Balram (SGGS College, Chandigarh).
Super Heavy: Vijay (GGD SD College Chandigarh) bt Randeep Singh ( PU Campus, Chd.), Diljotwinder (SGGS College, Chandigarh) bt Channpreet Singh (Malwa College, Samrala).
CHANNDIGARH, DEC 23
Six boxers of GGD SD College are in line for gold in the Panjab University Inter College Boxing (Men) Tournament being held at P.U. Gymnasium here today.
Results (semi-finals): Light Fly: Sandeep (DAV College, Abohar) bt Nanak Singh (Malwa College, Samrala), Varinder Singh (GPC, Alour) bt Rakesh Saini (DAV College, Hoshiarpur).
Fly: Parveen Kumar (MRS College, Malout) bt Gurmeet Singh (GGD SD College, Hariana), Anmol (Govt. College, Muktsar) bt Gurpreet Singh (GPC, Alour).
Bantam: Harpinder Singh (A.S. College, Khanna) bt Amit Kumar (PG GC Sector 11, Chandigarh), Anil Kumar (DAV College, Chandigarh) bt Vikas Rawat (SGGS College, Chandigarh).
Feather: Khushdeepak Kumar (GTBN College, Dakha) bt Iqbir Singh (SGGS College, Chandigarh), Pawan Shekhawat (GGD SD College, Chandigarh) bt Virender ( DAV College, Chandigarh).
Light: Garanveer Singh ( DAV College, Chandigarh) bt Manpreet Singh (Malwa College, Samrala), Sahil Jaiswal (SGGS College, Chandigarh) bt Mukesh (GGD SD College, Chandigarh).
Light Welter: Deepak Kumar (GGD SD College, Chandigarh) bt Shiv Kumar (SGGS College, Chandigarh), Saajan Malkat (DAV Chandigarh) bt Lalit Singh (P.U. Campus, Chd.).
Welter: Mandeep Malik ( SGGS College, Chandigarh) bt Abhishek Singh (A.S. College, Khanna ), Naresh Kumar ( GGD SD College, Chandigarh) bt Shamshad Ali (Govt. College, Muktsar).
Middle: Rakesh (GGD SD College, Chandigarh) bt Harwinder Singh (GTBN College, Dakha), Amit Sharma (GPC, Alour) bt Jai Hind (SGGS College, Chandigarh).
Light Heavy: Manvir Singh (A.S. College, Khanna) bt Jaideep (GGD SD College, Chandigarh), Karan Bhargav (GGD SD College, Hariana) bt Sukhwinder Singh( SGGS College, Chandigarh).
Heavy Weight: Nipun Uppal (GPC, Alour) bt Atul Thakur ( DAV College, Chandigarh), Deepak (GGD SD College, Chandigarh) bt Balram (SGGS College, Chandigarh).
Super Heavy: Vijay (GGD SD College Chandigarh) bt Randeep Singh ( PU Campus, Chd.), Diljotwinder (SGGS College, Chandigarh) bt Channpreet Singh (Malwa College, Samrala).
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Haryana to adopt new result-oriented sports policy
by sportswire4u.blogspot.com (Balbir)
PANCHKULA, DEC 22
Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda today announced to adopt a three-pronged strategy for producing world class sportspersons and it included strengthening of sports infrastructure, spot out hidden talent and ensuring secure future of the sportspersons.
The Chief Minister, who was honouring medal winners and participants of Asian Games and also medal winners of Youth Olympic Games held at Singapore and Paralympics Asian Games in China at a State level function in here today, announced that the State Government has decided to provide sports infrastructure in 1000 villages per year.
He said that 11 more sports academies would be set up in the State as a part of the drive to provide better facilities to sportspersons. While referring to the construction of sports stadia in rural areas, he said that 124 stadia had already been constructed for which ground managers and ground men would soon be appointed. More such stadia would be constructed.
Also, sports scholarships of Rs 10 crore would be given to 5,000 players under Play-for-India campaign. He also disclosed that Chak De Haryana-Chak De India programme would continue and gold medal winner of Olympic Games would be given a cash prize of Rs two crore and silver medal winner would get Rs one crore and Rs 50 lakh would be given to bronze medal winner in Olympic Games.
Mr Hooda said that under the Sports and Physical Aptitude Test (SPAT), 80,000 children had got their names registered and now 20 lakh children were expected to take part.
Mr Hooda complimented the players who had won medals in Asian Games as Haryana players had won 31 medals including 13 gold, nine silver and nine bronze.
Earlier, Minister of State for Sports Mr Gopal Kanda said that under the able leadership of Chief Minister Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda, the State has excelled not only in sports, but also in various other fields.
The Chief Minister honoured the gold medal winners of Asian Games with a cash prize of Rs 25 lakh, silver medal winners were given Rs 15 lakh each and bronze medal winners Rs 10 lakh each.
The gold medal winners of Asian Games are Vikas Yadav (boxing-man 60 kg), Vijender Singh (boxing-men-75 kg), Kaptan Singh, Samarjeet, Jagdeep Singh, Sonu Narwal, Jasmer Gulia, Jasmer , Anup , Manjeet (all kabaddi-men), Manisha (kabaddi-women), Sanam Krishan Singh (tennis), Kavita Dangi (kabaddi-women).
Silver medal winners included Balraj Yadav (Sailing (Open Match Racing Team), Gagan Narang (two silver medals in Shooting-men 10 meter Air Rifle Pistol team & Individual), Sanjeev Rajput (Shooting-men 10 meter Air Rifle Pistol team), Dinesh Kumar (Boxing-men-81 kg), Abhinav Lohan (Golf Men Team), Annuraj Singh (Shooting-women 10 meters Air Pistol), Anil Kumar (two silver medals in Rowing (Men’s 8 & Men’s 4).
Bronze medal winners are Sanam Krishan Singh (Lawn Tennis Doubles & Team), Krishna Punia (Athletic-Women’s Discus Throw), Parmjeet Samota (Boxing-man -91+ kg), Sandeep Singh (Hockey-man), Sardara Singh (Hockey-man), Bharat Chikkara (Hockey-man), Kavita Goyat (Boxing-women 69-75 Kg), Mausam Khatri (Wrestling-man Freestyle 96 Kg), Ravinder (Wrestling-man Greco Roman 60 Kg).
The participants of Asian Games 2010 who were also be honoured on the occasion included Sandeep (1500 m), Rajender Singh (javelin throw), Om Parkash (Shot Put), Dharambir (200 m ), Sunil (5000 and 10,000 m), Bhartinder Singh (decathlon), Dilbag (boxing-man-69 kg), Preeti Beniwal (boxing-women 56-60 kg), Sombir (cycling-men), Vinod Malik (cycling-men), Satbir (cycling-men) Shamsher, Deepak Ahlawat, Amit , Gurmail Kaur (all handball), Jasjeet Kaur, Surender Kaur, Joydeep Kaur, Ritu Rani , Rani, Poonam Rani, Deepika Thakur ( all hockey ), Deepak Sharma, Harpreet Singh, Anisa Sayeed (all shooting-woman), Sanjay , Sube Singh (both volleybal), Vinod, Ramvir, Dharminder Dalal, Rajiender , Sanjay, Manoj, Anil, Nirmala Bura, Geeta, Suman Kundu (all wrestling), Davinder Singh Khandewal (rowing), Anil Mehrolia (rowing), Sunil Rathee (karate), Sunil Kumar (basketball), Sachin Chaudhary (handball), Sandeep Kundu (taekwondo), Jaswant (taekwondo), Ajit Singh (kayak), Meena Kumari (shooting), Preeti (handball), Rahul Tanwar (shooting), Jatender Medla (soft tennis), Ravinder Balhara (wushu) and Sunil (taekwondo).
The coaches of gold medal winners in Asian Games got Rs three lakh and Rs two lakh were given to the coaches of silver medal winners and Rs one lakh to the coaches of bronze medal winners. The coaches who are honoured included Anil Mann, Satpal, Phull Kumar, Gurmel Singh, Bikram Jit Singh, Jagdish Malik, Virender Punia, Inder Pal Singh, Samresh Jang, Karan Bindra, Jagdish Singh, S.S. Thate, Stanislav Lapidus, Diputi Ram, Jagmati, Narender Deshwal, Narayan Singh, Randhir Singh, Amar Singh Yadav, Balwan Singh, Surender Gulia, Wazir Singh, Nir Guliya, Ram Mehar, Chhaju Ram and Jagdish Singh.
Hooda also honoured those six players of the State who have won medals in the Youth Olympic Games held at Singapore and Paralympics Asian Games held in China in the year 2010 and brought laurels to the State and the country. Among the medal winners of Youth Olympic Games, Pooja Dhanda of Hisar was honoured with a cash prize of Rs 7.50 lakh for winning silver medal in wrestling; Vikash Krishna of Bhiwani was given Rs 7.50 lakh for winning silver in boxing and Satyavarta of Rohtak got Rs five lakh for winning bronze medal in wrestling.
In case of medal winners of Paralympics Asian Games, Deepa Malik of Sonepat was given a cash prize of Rs one lakh for winning bronze in Javelin throw; Amit Saroha also of Sonepat got Rs two lakh for winning silver in discus throw and Parshant Karmarkar of Bhiwani was given Rs 1.50 lakh for winning two bronze medals in swimming.
PANCHKULA, DEC 22
Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda today announced to adopt a three-pronged strategy for producing world class sportspersons and it included strengthening of sports infrastructure, spot out hidden talent and ensuring secure future of the sportspersons.
The Chief Minister, who was honouring medal winners and participants of Asian Games and also medal winners of Youth Olympic Games held at Singapore and Paralympics Asian Games in China at a State level function in here today, announced that the State Government has decided to provide sports infrastructure in 1000 villages per year.
He said that 11 more sports academies would be set up in the State as a part of the drive to provide better facilities to sportspersons. While referring to the construction of sports stadia in rural areas, he said that 124 stadia had already been constructed for which ground managers and ground men would soon be appointed. More such stadia would be constructed.
Also, sports scholarships of Rs 10 crore would be given to 5,000 players under Play-for-India campaign. He also disclosed that Chak De Haryana-Chak De India programme would continue and gold medal winner of Olympic Games would be given a cash prize of Rs two crore and silver medal winner would get Rs one crore and Rs 50 lakh would be given to bronze medal winner in Olympic Games.
Mr Hooda said that under the Sports and Physical Aptitude Test (SPAT), 80,000 children had got their names registered and now 20 lakh children were expected to take part.
Mr Hooda complimented the players who had won medals in Asian Games as Haryana players had won 31 medals including 13 gold, nine silver and nine bronze.
Earlier, Minister of State for Sports Mr Gopal Kanda said that under the able leadership of Chief Minister Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda, the State has excelled not only in sports, but also in various other fields.
The Chief Minister honoured the gold medal winners of Asian Games with a cash prize of Rs 25 lakh, silver medal winners were given Rs 15 lakh each and bronze medal winners Rs 10 lakh each.
The gold medal winners of Asian Games are Vikas Yadav (boxing-man 60 kg), Vijender Singh (boxing-men-75 kg), Kaptan Singh, Samarjeet, Jagdeep Singh, Sonu Narwal, Jasmer Gulia, Jasmer , Anup , Manjeet (all kabaddi-men), Manisha (kabaddi-women), Sanam Krishan Singh (tennis), Kavita Dangi (kabaddi-women).
Silver medal winners included Balraj Yadav (Sailing (Open Match Racing Team), Gagan Narang (two silver medals in Shooting-men 10 meter Air Rifle Pistol team & Individual), Sanjeev Rajput (Shooting-men 10 meter Air Rifle Pistol team), Dinesh Kumar (Boxing-men-81 kg), Abhinav Lohan (Golf Men Team), Annuraj Singh (Shooting-women 10 meters Air Pistol), Anil Kumar (two silver medals in Rowing (Men’s 8 & Men’s 4).
Bronze medal winners are Sanam Krishan Singh (Lawn Tennis Doubles & Team), Krishna Punia (Athletic-Women’s Discus Throw), Parmjeet Samota (Boxing-man -91+ kg), Sandeep Singh (Hockey-man), Sardara Singh (Hockey-man), Bharat Chikkara (Hockey-man), Kavita Goyat (Boxing-women 69-75 Kg), Mausam Khatri (Wrestling-man Freestyle 96 Kg), Ravinder (Wrestling-man Greco Roman 60 Kg).
The participants of Asian Games 2010 who were also be honoured on the occasion included Sandeep (1500 m), Rajender Singh (javelin throw), Om Parkash (Shot Put), Dharambir (200 m ), Sunil (5000 and 10,000 m), Bhartinder Singh (decathlon), Dilbag (boxing-man-69 kg), Preeti Beniwal (boxing-women 56-60 kg), Sombir (cycling-men), Vinod Malik (cycling-men), Satbir (cycling-men) Shamsher, Deepak Ahlawat, Amit , Gurmail Kaur (all handball), Jasjeet Kaur, Surender Kaur, Joydeep Kaur, Ritu Rani , Rani, Poonam Rani, Deepika Thakur ( all hockey ), Deepak Sharma, Harpreet Singh, Anisa Sayeed (all shooting-woman), Sanjay , Sube Singh (both volleybal), Vinod, Ramvir, Dharminder Dalal, Rajiender , Sanjay, Manoj, Anil, Nirmala Bura, Geeta, Suman Kundu (all wrestling), Davinder Singh Khandewal (rowing), Anil Mehrolia (rowing), Sunil Rathee (karate), Sunil Kumar (basketball), Sachin Chaudhary (handball), Sandeep Kundu (taekwondo), Jaswant (taekwondo), Ajit Singh (kayak), Meena Kumari (shooting), Preeti (handball), Rahul Tanwar (shooting), Jatender Medla (soft tennis), Ravinder Balhara (wushu) and Sunil (taekwondo).
The coaches of gold medal winners in Asian Games got Rs three lakh and Rs two lakh were given to the coaches of silver medal winners and Rs one lakh to the coaches of bronze medal winners. The coaches who are honoured included Anil Mann, Satpal, Phull Kumar, Gurmel Singh, Bikram Jit Singh, Jagdish Malik, Virender Punia, Inder Pal Singh, Samresh Jang, Karan Bindra, Jagdish Singh, S.S. Thate, Stanislav Lapidus, Diputi Ram, Jagmati, Narender Deshwal, Narayan Singh, Randhir Singh, Amar Singh Yadav, Balwan Singh, Surender Gulia, Wazir Singh, Nir Guliya, Ram Mehar, Chhaju Ram and Jagdish Singh.
Hooda also honoured those six players of the State who have won medals in the Youth Olympic Games held at Singapore and Paralympics Asian Games held in China in the year 2010 and brought laurels to the State and the country. Among the medal winners of Youth Olympic Games, Pooja Dhanda of Hisar was honoured with a cash prize of Rs 7.50 lakh for winning silver medal in wrestling; Vikash Krishna of Bhiwani was given Rs 7.50 lakh for winning silver in boxing and Satyavarta of Rohtak got Rs five lakh for winning bronze medal in wrestling.
In case of medal winners of Paralympics Asian Games, Deepa Malik of Sonepat was given a cash prize of Rs one lakh for winning bronze in Javelin throw; Amit Saroha also of Sonepat got Rs two lakh for winning silver in discus throw and Parshant Karmarkar of Bhiwani was given Rs 1.50 lakh for winning two bronze medals in swimming.
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Chief Minister to honour Haryana sportspersons
by sportswire4u.blogspot.com (Balbir)
CHANDIGARH, DEC 21
The Haryana Government will honour sixHaryana players who have won medals in the Youth Olympic Games held at Singapore and Paralympics Asian Games held in China this year along with the medal winners and participants of Asian Games. Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda will felicitate the state sports stars at a special function to be organised at Panchkula near here tomorrow.
While stating this here today, a spokesman of the Sports and Youth Affairs Department said that among the medal winners of Youth Olympic Games, Pooja Dhanda of Hisar would be honoured with a cash prize of Rs 7.50 lakh for winning silver medal in wrestling; Vikash Krishna of Bhiwani would also get Rs 7.50 lakh for winning silver in boxing and Satyavarta of Rohtak would get Rs five lakh for winning bronze medal in wrestling.
He said that in case of medal winners of Paralympics Asian Games, Deepa Malik of Sonepat would get a cash prize of Rs one lakh for winning bronze in javelin throw; Amit Saroha also of Sonepat would get Rs two lakh for winning silver in discus throw and Parshant Karmarkar of Bhiwani would get Rs 1.50 lakh for winning two bronze medals in swimming.
CHANDIGARH, DEC 21
The Haryana Government will honour sixHaryana players who have won medals in the Youth Olympic Games held at Singapore and Paralympics Asian Games held in China this year along with the medal winners and participants of Asian Games. Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda will felicitate the state sports stars at a special function to be organised at Panchkula near here tomorrow.
While stating this here today, a spokesman of the Sports and Youth Affairs Department said that among the medal winners of Youth Olympic Games, Pooja Dhanda of Hisar would be honoured with a cash prize of Rs 7.50 lakh for winning silver medal in wrestling; Vikash Krishna of Bhiwani would also get Rs 7.50 lakh for winning silver in boxing and Satyavarta of Rohtak would get Rs five lakh for winning bronze medal in wrestling.
He said that in case of medal winners of Paralympics Asian Games, Deepa Malik of Sonepat would get a cash prize of Rs one lakh for winning bronze in javelin throw; Amit Saroha also of Sonepat would get Rs two lakh for winning silver in discus throw and Parshant Karmarkar of Bhiwani would get Rs 1.50 lakh for winning two bronze medals in swimming.
Sunday, December 19, 2010
FIH releases of 2011 Indoor World Cup schedule
by sportswire4u.blogspot.com (Balbir)
CHANDIGARH, DEC 19
The International Hockey Federation (FIH) is pleased to release the match schedule for the FIH Indoor World Cup. The double event – which takes place once every four years – will be played in the Polish city of Poznan from the 8th to the 13th February 2011.
A total of 76 matches will take place over an intense six day period, with two pitches in operation simultaneously. Day 1 (Tuesday 8th February) will feature 12 contests, with six men’s and six women’s matches taking to the field. The opening matches of the tournament will feature the men of Russia and USA (Pool B) taking to the field on Pitch 1 at 12.30 (GMT +1), while the women’s international teams from the Czech Republic and Austria (Pool A) will do battle on Pitch 2 at the same time. The home crowd will be treated to a fantastic ending to their day on Pitch 1, with Poland women taking on Australia (Pool B) at 17.30 before the men also take on the Aussies (Pool A) at 18.45.
Days 2 and 3 (9th & 10th February) will both consist of eighteen matches, with Day 4 (11th February) witnessing 12 crucial games to determine which teams will secure places in the Semi Finals and the Classification matches. The Tournament Finals and the Bronze Medal matches will be played on Sunday 13th February 2011.
For the first time in the short history of the FIH Indoor World Cup, all five continents will be represented at the third Edition of the tournament. The national indoor teams of Iran (men) and Kazakhstan (women) are history makers by representing Asia in an Indoor World Cup for the first time, with the respective men's and women's teams from Uruguay and Argentina being the first ever participants from South America, showing the increasing popularity of the indoor game outside of its European heartland. There are also Indoor World Cup debuts for Namibia (men & women) and England (men).
The FIH Indoor World Cup will take place at the Poznan International Fair Exhibition Hall in February 2011, a year which marks the 85th anniversary of the foundation of the Polish Hockey Association.
The FIH has launched a special microsite for the tournament, which will provide all official information both in the build up and throughout the event itself. To find out more and see the complete schedule
CHANDIGARH, DEC 19
The International Hockey Federation (FIH) is pleased to release the match schedule for the FIH Indoor World Cup. The double event – which takes place once every four years – will be played in the Polish city of Poznan from the 8th to the 13th February 2011.
A total of 76 matches will take place over an intense six day period, with two pitches in operation simultaneously. Day 1 (Tuesday 8th February) will feature 12 contests, with six men’s and six women’s matches taking to the field. The opening matches of the tournament will feature the men of Russia and USA (Pool B) taking to the field on Pitch 1 at 12.30 (GMT +1), while the women’s international teams from the Czech Republic and Austria (Pool A) will do battle on Pitch 2 at the same time. The home crowd will be treated to a fantastic ending to their day on Pitch 1, with Poland women taking on Australia (Pool B) at 17.30 before the men also take on the Aussies (Pool A) at 18.45.
Days 2 and 3 (9th & 10th February) will both consist of eighteen matches, with Day 4 (11th February) witnessing 12 crucial games to determine which teams will secure places in the Semi Finals and the Classification matches. The Tournament Finals and the Bronze Medal matches will be played on Sunday 13th February 2011.
For the first time in the short history of the FIH Indoor World Cup, all five continents will be represented at the third Edition of the tournament. The national indoor teams of Iran (men) and Kazakhstan (women) are history makers by representing Asia in an Indoor World Cup for the first time, with the respective men's and women's teams from Uruguay and Argentina being the first ever participants from South America, showing the increasing popularity of the indoor game outside of its European heartland. There are also Indoor World Cup debuts for Namibia (men & women) and England (men).
The FIH Indoor World Cup will take place at the Poznan International Fair Exhibition Hall in February 2011, a year which marks the 85th anniversary of the foundation of the Polish Hockey Association.
The FIH has launched a special microsite for the tournament, which will provide all official information both in the build up and throughout the event itself. To find out more and see the complete schedule
Jagdeep Dhillon wins Le Mont Golf Trophy
CHANDIGARH, DEC 19
Jagdeep Dhillon of USAlifted the overall Le Mont Championship on the third and final day of the 6th Chandigarh Golfing Tour 2010 at the Panchkula Golf Course today. Anil Sharma of Canada finished runner-up in the gross category.
The challenging fairways and fast greens of the course played true and the players took time to get the hang of the course. The narrow fairways ensured plenty of golf balls flying off their intended destinations. The fast paced sloped greens provided a tough challenge to many a golfer.
Haryana Chief Secretary Urvashi Gulati distributed the prizes. Chandigarh Golf Association president JS Cheema spoke on the enthusiasm shown by the golfers in these three days for making the event a success.
Results: Invitees : Runner-up: - TPS Bakshi. Winner: R Jung,
Tournament prizes: Day 1: 15-24 Nett: Runner-up Anil Sharma (Canada).Winner Davinder Sandhu.
Gross: Runners up Amar Vanmali (USA). Winner Pritpal Deol (USA).
Day 2: 15-24 Nett: Runner-up Jagjit Singh (Malaysia). Winner JS Virk (Cananda). Gross: Runner- up:
Charanpal Singh (Malaysia). Winner Akhil Bharadwaj.
Day 3: 15-24 Nett: Runner- up Karnail Sivia (USA). Winner Jatinder Kalia (USA).
Gross: Runner- up Kamal Sanga (USA). Winner: Dax Singh (Singapore).
Day 1: 0-14 Nett: Runner- up Jagdish Singh (Canada). Winner Balwant Singh (USA).
Gross: Runner-up Jazzy Sihota (USA). Winner: Jagdeep Dhillon (USA).
Day 2: 0-14 Nett: Runner- up: Bobby Kang (USA). Winner: Manpreet Gahra (USA). Gross: Runner- up : Amar J Vanmali (USA). Winner Anil Sharma (Canada).
Day 3: 0-14 Nett: Runner-up Amardeep Sangha ( USA). Winner Vijay Sharma ( USA).
Gross: Runner-up Jagdip Dhillon (USA). Winner Anil Sharma (Canada).
Chiragh Kumar bags LG Masters in style
NEW DELHI, DEC 19
Chiragh Kumar of Delhi rounded off a brilliant season on the Aircel PGTI with a well-deserved victory at
the season-ending LG Masters of PGTI at the Delhi Golf Club on Saturday. Chiragh shot a three under 69 to finish with a total of 13 under 275 at the Rs. 10 million event. Sanjay Kumar of Lucknow secured the runner-up trophy as he finished five strokes behind the winner.
Ashok Kumar, who finished tied 12th at the LG Masters of PGTI, ended the year as the number one on the Rolex Rankings with total earnings of Rs. 5,394,125. He thus sealed the Rolex Player of the Year Award
for 2010.
Chiragh Kumar (69-69-68-69), the overnight leader, did not have an ideal start to the day when he bogeyed the second. However, he made up for the lapse on the second with an accurate tee shot on the fifth that led to his first birdie of the day.
Chiragh, who hails from the Air Force Golf Club in Delhi, made another bogey on the seventh but the tide turned in his favour when he made birdie-eagle on the eighth and ninth. The eagle on the par-four ninth
was the result of an astonishing six-iron second shot from 185 yards that ended up in the hole. Sanjay Kumar in the meanwhile, bogeyed the seventh and ninth and therefore trailed Chiragh by four strokes at the turn.
Chiragh’s putter was hot on the back nine and he went on to make a number single putts. The 27-year-old dropped his last bogey of the day on the 12th and then birdied the 13th and 14th. The pars on the last four holes ensured Chiragh his second professional win and a winner’s cheque worth Rs. 1,585,000. The win at DGC helped him end the year in sixth place on the final Rolex Rankings for 2010.
Chiragh said, “Even though I was four shots ahead at the turn, I was only certain about my victory after Sanjay bogeyed the 16th and I converted a 15 feet par putt on the same hole.
“I made up for all the putts I missed earlier this week with some spectacular putting on the back nine. I am delighted about the fact that I was very consistent through the week. I shot four scores of three under or less. The crowd support I had spurred me on to play even better. I think I know my limitations now. I know myself better in golfing terms.
“This has turned out to be an amazing season for me. I had never thought that I’ll win two titles this year. I hope to carry this form Forward to next year when I play more international events,” added Chiragh, who celebrated his 27th birthday earlier this week.
Sanjay Kumar (66-71-70-73) finished runner-up after posting a one over 73 on Saturday that took his total to eight under 280 for the tournament. His final round featured two birdies and three bogeys.
Mukesh Kumar and Shamim Khan shared third place at five under 283 while Manav Jaini and Raju Ali Mollah were a further stroke behind in joint fifth.
Gaganjeet Bhullar claimed eighth place at with a total of one under 287. Ashok Kumar secured tied 12th position with a total of three over 291. He ended the year as the number one on the Rolex Rankings with total earnings of Rs. 5,394,125 to seal the Rolex Player of the Year Award for 2010. Ashok ended the year with four wins and nine other top-10s.
He had earlier won the PGTI Order of Merit in the 2006-07 season.
Mukesh Kumar finished second on the Rolex Rankings 2010 with earnings of Rs. 4,319,917. He posted three wins and seven other top-10s in the 2010 Aircel PGTI season.
Saturday, December 18, 2010
Jizzy Sihota and Jagdeep Dhillon leading
CHANDIGARH, DEC 17
Non-Resident Indians Jizzy Sihota and Jagdeep Dhillon, were jointly sharing the lead with an identical score of 78 in the overall gross category on the opening day of the three-day 6th NRI Chandigarh Golfing Tour at the the picturesque Chandigarh Golf Club here today.
In the gross (15-24 handicap) category, Pritpal Deol of USA was leading with 84 while Amar Vanmali (USA) was at the second place with 87.
Urban Poverty Alleviation and Minister Tourism, Government of India, Kumari Selja inaugurated the tournament. Km Selja was introduced to Mr. Francisco Amros, Director Golf COSTA
Del Sol, Spain and Mr. Karen Hovhannisyan of Golf Federation of Armenia. She was accompanied by Sanjay Kothari IAS,Additional Secretary,Ministry of Tourism, Govt.of India, Mr.Ram Niwas IAS,Home Secretary UT Chandigarh, Mr. D.K. Tiwari IAS, MD CITCO Chandigarh and Amandeep Kaur, Director Tourism UT Chandigarh.
J.S.Cheema,President CGA welcomed the chief guest and her entourage. After the ribbon cutting ceremony and the ceremonial release of the score card, play commenced.
Km Selja was introduced to Mr. Francisco Amros, Director Golf COSTA Del Sol, Spain and Mr. Karen Hovhannisyan of Golf Federation of Armenia.
Km Selja was introduced to Mr. Francisco Amros, Director Golf COSTA Del Sol, Spain and Mr. Karen Hovhannisyan of Golf Federation of Armenia. Renowned golfer Jeev Milkha Singh graced the occasion and playfully gave putting instructions to Km Selja.
Speaking to the Km Selja emphasised the potential of this area for the purpose of tourism and praised the golfing infrastructure in place. Km Selja was taken around the golf course by Mr. J.S.Cheema, President CGA. She then proceeded to the Chandigarh Golf Range and was quite appreciative of the golfing facility. Km Selja made a particular mention of how golf was becoming popular among girls and how the Chandigarh Golf Range was playing a pivotal role in popularising golf and golf tourism in this region.
Ashwani Sharma Secretary CGA, thanked the minister for her time and the assistance provided by the Ministry of Tourism Govt. of India and the Chandigarh Administration to conduct the 6th NRI Chandigarh Golfing Tour 2010. On the spot prizes were given to the winners of each flight for the Straight Drive on the 4th Hole and closest to pin on the 14th Hole. To take out the correct handicap Peoria Systems was applied. Based on this systems the handicap of all the participants will be applicable on day 2 and 3.
Leaders: Overall Gross leaders: Jazzy Sihota (USA) 78, Jagdeep Dhillon(USA) 78, Jagdish Singh (Canada) 80. Category -15-24 (Gross): Pritpal Deol (USA) 84, Amar Vanmali (USA) 87, M Ravindran (Singapore) 87.
Chiragh Kumar cards 68 to take lead
by sportswire4u.blogspot.com (Balbir)
NEW DELHI, DEC 17
Chiragh Kumar moved into the lead with a four under 68 in round three of the LG Masters of PGTI being played at the Delhi Golf Club. Chiragh’s total now reads 10 under 206 and he is one shot ahead of Lucknow’s Sanjay Kumar who fired a two under 70 on Friday.
Chiragh Kumar (69-69-68), whose home course is the Air Force Golf Club in Delhi, made a move to the top of the leaderboard with some top-class putting on the front nine. He sank birdie putts from 25 and 30 feet on the fifth and seventh respectively. A sand-wedge shot to one foot earned Chiragh a birdie on the eighth. He closed the day with his fourth birdie of the day on the 18th.
“I can’t complain as I did not make a bogey today. A bogey-free round especially at the DGC is always good news. I sank some really long putts and my hitting was excellent. I just stuck to a certain game-plan and kept it in play today. I play a lot of golf at the DGC and familiarity with a particular course definitely helps when one is in two minds about how to play a certain shot,” said Chiragh, who is currently 18th on the Rolex Rankings with one win and six other top-10s in the 2010 Aircel PGTI season.
He added, “I don’t have a number in mind for the final round as I have no expectations. I just want to stick to the basics and keep it simple.”
Sanjay Kumar (66-71-70) made four birdies against two bogeys to end the day one stroke off the pace. He set up a birdie on the first with a good chip from the edge that ended up two feet short of the pin. Sanjay converted putts from eight to 12 feet for his other birdies on the 10th, 11th and 17th. He bogeyed the fourth and 12th as a result of two three-putts.
Sanjay said, “I’m hitting it good but need to improve on my putting in the final round. I made two three-putts today and cannot afford to make such mistakes in the final round.”
Shankar Das and Shamim Khan are in tied third at seven under 209. While Shankar posted an even par 72 on Friday, Shamim came up with a one under 71.
Gaganjeet Bhullar lies ninth at even par 216 and defending champion Ashok Kumar is in tied 10th with an overall score of two over 218.
Ali Sher, who is placed tied 22nd at five over 221, fired a hole-in-one in his round of 70 on Friday. Ali Sher achieved the hole-in-one on the 17th with a six-iron tee shot.
NEW DELHI, DEC 17
Chiragh Kumar moved into the lead with a four under 68 in round three of the LG Masters of PGTI being played at the Delhi Golf Club. Chiragh’s total now reads 10 under 206 and he is one shot ahead of Lucknow’s Sanjay Kumar who fired a two under 70 on Friday.
Chiragh Kumar (69-69-68), whose home course is the Air Force Golf Club in Delhi, made a move to the top of the leaderboard with some top-class putting on the front nine. He sank birdie putts from 25 and 30 feet on the fifth and seventh respectively. A sand-wedge shot to one foot earned Chiragh a birdie on the eighth. He closed the day with his fourth birdie of the day on the 18th.
“I can’t complain as I did not make a bogey today. A bogey-free round especially at the DGC is always good news. I sank some really long putts and my hitting was excellent. I just stuck to a certain game-plan and kept it in play today. I play a lot of golf at the DGC and familiarity with a particular course definitely helps when one is in two minds about how to play a certain shot,” said Chiragh, who is currently 18th on the Rolex Rankings with one win and six other top-10s in the 2010 Aircel PGTI season.
He added, “I don’t have a number in mind for the final round as I have no expectations. I just want to stick to the basics and keep it simple.”
Sanjay Kumar (66-71-70) made four birdies against two bogeys to end the day one stroke off the pace. He set up a birdie on the first with a good chip from the edge that ended up two feet short of the pin. Sanjay converted putts from eight to 12 feet for his other birdies on the 10th, 11th and 17th. He bogeyed the fourth and 12th as a result of two three-putts.
Sanjay said, “I’m hitting it good but need to improve on my putting in the final round. I made two three-putts today and cannot afford to make such mistakes in the final round.”
Shankar Das and Shamim Khan are in tied third at seven under 209. While Shankar posted an even par 72 on Friday, Shamim came up with a one under 71.
Gaganjeet Bhullar lies ninth at even par 216 and defending champion Ashok Kumar is in tied 10th with an overall score of two over 218.
Ali Sher, who is placed tied 22nd at five over 221, fired a hole-in-one in his round of 70 on Friday. Ali Sher achieved the hole-in-one on the 17th with a six-iron tee shot.
Friday, December 17, 2010
FIH confirms participating teams for 2011 tournaments
by sportswire4u.blogspot.com (Balbir)
CHANDIGARH, DEC 16The International Hockey Federation (FIH) has confirmed the line-ups for the men’s and women’s Champions Trophy and Challenge tournaments that will take place at various locations around the world in 2011.
The Men’s FIH Champions Trophy features outright qualifiers Australia, England, Germany, The Netherlands, Spain and hosts nation India, with two additional teams being invited to take part in the exciting new eight-team event that will take place on dates to be confirmed in November / December 2011.
The invitational places – which were approved by the FIH Executive Board – have been handed to Korea, who are currently ranked sixth in the ABN AMRO World Rankings, and to 8th ranked Pakistan, who recently made a notable return to form by winning Gold at the 2010 Asian Games, thereby ensuring their right to participate London 2012 Olympics.
The Women’s FIH Champions Trophy will also include eight teams, with China and New Zealand joining Argentina, Germany, England, Australia, Korea and The Netherlands, who are the hosts of the tournament.
In what is a busy calendar year for international hockey, 2011 will also feature the Men’s and Women’s FIH Champions Challenge I and II events.
The Men’s FIH Champions Challenge I will be in Johannesburg, South Africa, with the event taking place around one week before the Men’s Champions Trophy. These dates will be confirmed in due course. The other qualified teams for the tournament are Argentina, Belgium, Canada, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand and Poland.
The Men’s FIH Champions Challenge II will be in Lille between June 3 and 9,2011, with Austria, China, Czech Republic, Ireland, Russia, Scotland, USA and host nation France doing battle for the tournament.
The Women’s FIH Champions Challenge I will be played in Dublin between June 18 and 26 with the teams involved being Azerbaijan, India, Japan, Scotland, South Africa, Spain and the United States joining hosts Ireland.
The Women's FIH Champions Challenge II will break new ground, with Austria hosting its first World Level outdoor hockey tournament, although the Austrian Hockey Association are no strangers to running top level events, having successfully hosted the 2007 FIH Indoor World Cup and many continental tournaments. Joining them between May 7 and 15 will be Belarus, Belgium, Canada, Chile, Italy, Malaysia and Russia.
2011 will also feature the Men's and Women's FIH Indoor World Cups, which take place in the Polish city of Poznan between February 8 and 13..
CHANDIGARH, DEC 16The International Hockey Federation (FIH) has confirmed the line-ups for the men’s and women’s Champions Trophy and Challenge tournaments that will take place at various locations around the world in 2011.
The Men’s FIH Champions Trophy features outright qualifiers Australia, England, Germany, The Netherlands, Spain and hosts nation India, with two additional teams being invited to take part in the exciting new eight-team event that will take place on dates to be confirmed in November / December 2011.
The invitational places – which were approved by the FIH Executive Board – have been handed to Korea, who are currently ranked sixth in the ABN AMRO World Rankings, and to 8th ranked Pakistan, who recently made a notable return to form by winning Gold at the 2010 Asian Games, thereby ensuring their right to participate London 2012 Olympics.
The Women’s FIH Champions Trophy will also include eight teams, with China and New Zealand joining Argentina, Germany, England, Australia, Korea and The Netherlands, who are the hosts of the tournament.
In what is a busy calendar year for international hockey, 2011 will also feature the Men’s and Women’s FIH Champions Challenge I and II events.
The Men’s FIH Champions Challenge I will be in Johannesburg, South Africa, with the event taking place around one week before the Men’s Champions Trophy. These dates will be confirmed in due course. The other qualified teams for the tournament are Argentina, Belgium, Canada, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand and Poland.
The Men’s FIH Champions Challenge II will be in Lille between June 3 and 9,2011, with Austria, China, Czech Republic, Ireland, Russia, Scotland, USA and host nation France doing battle for the tournament.
The Women’s FIH Champions Challenge I will be played in Dublin between June 18 and 26 with the teams involved being Azerbaijan, India, Japan, Scotland, South Africa, Spain and the United States joining hosts Ireland.
The Women's FIH Champions Challenge II will break new ground, with Austria hosting its first World Level outdoor hockey tournament, although the Austrian Hockey Association are no strangers to running top level events, having successfully hosted the 2007 FIH Indoor World Cup and many continental tournaments. Joining them between May 7 and 15 will be Belarus, Belgium, Canada, Chile, Italy, Malaysia and Russia.
2011 will also feature the Men's and Women's FIH Indoor World Cups, which take place in the Polish city of Poznan between February 8 and 13..
Sanjay and Shankar in joint lead
NEW DELHI, DEC 16
Lucknow’s Sanjay Kumar and Shankar Das of Kolkata are the joint leaders at the end of round two of the LG Masters of PGTI. Both the golfers are tied at the top with identical scores of seven under 137. While Sanjay fired a 71 on Thursday, Shankar posted a 70. Shamim Khan’s 65 was the best round of the day and helped him climb to tied third along with Chiragh Kumar at six under 138.
Sanjay Kumar (66-71) followed up his 66 in round one with a steady 71 on Thursday. He started well, hitting his third shot within three feet on the first to earn his first birdie of the day. He pocketed his second birdie on the sixth where he came up with a superb approach shot that stopped a foot and a half short of the pin.
A couple of missed chip-putts resulted in bogeys on the seventh and 16th but Sanjay managed to pull a stroke back with a 10 feet birdie putt on the 17th.
“My putter was cold today. I hit a lot of regulations but did not convert the putts. I have started well in a number of tournaments but my putting has often let me down in the third and fourth rounds. I want to reverse that trend this time around,” said Sanjay.
Shankar Das (67-70) kept his title hopes alive with a two under 70 in round two. Shankar, a title winner on the Aircel PGTI in 2010, had a brilliant start to the day as he made a 15 feet birdie putt on the first. He then made pars all the way till the 16th before registering his second and last birdie of the day on the 17th.
Shankar said, “My iron-play was good today and I also made some very good par saves on the fourth and the ninth. I will certainly be in contention if my putting form picks up over the last two days.”
Shamim Khan (73-65) made an amazing nine birdies against two bogeys in round two to post his best single round score at the Delhi Golf Club which also happens to be his home course. Shamim, who was in tremendous form with the putter, made four straight birdies on two occasions, first from the fifth through the eighth and then from the 14th through the 17th.
“This is one of my best scores of the PGTI so far. I made as few as 22 putts today and that was the key to my low score. My best birdie came on the 17th where I converted a 25 feet putt. I hit it within five to six feet on most of the other holes,” said Shamim, who is currently placed fifth on the Rolex Rankings.
Chiragh Kumar of the DGC joined Shamim in tied third as he carded a second successive 69.
Digvijay Singh and Manav Jaini are tied fifth at four under 140.
Gaganjeet Bhullar and Ashok Kumar are tied eighth at even par 144.
Lucknow’s Sanjay Kumar and Shankar Das of Kolkata are the joint leaders at the end of round two of the LG Masters of PGTI. Both the golfers are tied at the top with identical scores of seven under 137. While Sanjay fired a 71 on Thursday, Shankar posted a 70. Shamim Khan’s 65 was the best round of the day and helped him climb to tied third along with Chiragh Kumar at six under 138.
Sanjay Kumar (66-71) followed up his 66 in round one with a steady 71 on Thursday. He started well, hitting his third shot within three feet on the first to earn his first birdie of the day. He pocketed his second birdie on the sixth where he came up with a superb approach shot that stopped a foot and a half short of the pin.
A couple of missed chip-putts resulted in bogeys on the seventh and 16th but Sanjay managed to pull a stroke back with a 10 feet birdie putt on the 17th.
“My putter was cold today. I hit a lot of regulations but did not convert the putts. I have started well in a number of tournaments but my putting has often let me down in the third and fourth rounds. I want to reverse that trend this time around,” said Sanjay.
Shankar Das (67-70) kept his title hopes alive with a two under 70 in round two. Shankar, a title winner on the Aircel PGTI in 2010, had a brilliant start to the day as he made a 15 feet birdie putt on the first. He then made pars all the way till the 16th before registering his second and last birdie of the day on the 17th.
Shankar said, “My iron-play was good today and I also made some very good par saves on the fourth and the ninth. I will certainly be in contention if my putting form picks up over the last two days.”
Shamim Khan (73-65) made an amazing nine birdies against two bogeys in round two to post his best single round score at the Delhi Golf Club which also happens to be his home course. Shamim, who was in tremendous form with the putter, made four straight birdies on two occasions, first from the fifth through the eighth and then from the 14th through the 17th.
“This is one of my best scores of the PGTI so far. I made as few as 22 putts today and that was the key to my low score. My best birdie came on the 17th where I converted a 25 feet putt. I hit it within five to six feet on most of the other holes,” said Shamim, who is currently placed fifth on the Rolex Rankings.
Chiragh Kumar of the DGC joined Shamim in tied third as he carded a second successive 69.
Digvijay Singh and Manav Jaini are tied fifth at four under 140.
Gaganjeet Bhullar and Ashok Kumar are tied eighth at even par 144.
Chandigarh Softball Championship from Dec 17
by sportswire4u.blogspot.com (Balbir)
CHANDIGARH, DEC 16
The 25th Senior, 23rd Junior and Sub-Junior State Softball Championship will be held at Post Graduate Government College, Sector 11 here from December 17 to 19.. About 40 team from different schools, colleges and clubs are participating.
The senior men and women teams will be selected during the state championship, which will take part in the 33rd Senior National Softball Championship for men and women at Chandigarh from January 5 to 10 next year.
CHANDIGARH, DEC 16
The 25th Senior, 23rd Junior and Sub-Junior State Softball Championship will be held at Post Graduate Government College, Sector 11 here from December 17 to 19.. About 40 team from different schools, colleges and clubs are participating.
The senior men and women teams will be selected during the state championship, which will take part in the 33rd Senior National Softball Championship for men and women at Chandigarh from January 5 to 10 next year.
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Arpit Pannu spins a wel around HP batsmen
by sportswire4u.blogspot.com (Balbir)
CHANDIGARH, DEC 15
The three-day league match of Under - 16 for Vijay Merchant Trophy between Punjab and Himachal ended in a draw at Amter (Himachal).
Himachal who had won the toss and elected to bat were skittled out for 119 in 55.1 overs. Punjab put up a strong reply and posted 349 in 95.4 overs. They were helped in their cause by K.V.Sharma (59), Manpreet Singh (36), Sandeep Singh (89), skipper Karan Kaila (73). The highlight of the innings was a 137 runs partnership for the 5th wicket between Sandeep Singh and Karan Kaila. Sandeep Singh hit a strockful 89 off 149 balls studded with 12 boundaries and Karan Kaila scored 73 off 104 balls aided by 11 fours. Pankaj Jaswal 4 for 55, Ashutosh Singh 4 for 54 and M.J. Dagar 2 for 76 were the main wicket takers for Himachal.
Trailing Punjab by 230 runs on the first innings Himachal Put up a stiff resistance on the lasday and thwarted all their attempts to force an outright win. Punjab skipper Karan Kaila tried various combinations to get past the Himachal Batsmen but their resilience thwarted all his attempts. Himachal got off to a solid start as their openers A.K. Bains and S.K,Minhas put on 102 runs for the first wicket in 34 overs before A.K. Bains was run out by Arpit Pannu for 48 off 115 balls inclusive of 10 boundaries.
S.K. Minhas was the next to go as he was trapped in front by off spinner Arpit Pannu for 61 off 138 balls inclusive of 10 boundaries. At this stage Arpit Pannu struck a purple patch as he removed E.C.Sen (4), S.K. Negi (1) and Gaurav Kumar (10) reducing Himachal to 164 for 5 in 85.2 overs while E.C. Sen and S.K. Negi were trapped in front of the wicket, Gaurav Kumar was caught by sub.fielder S.Y.Kumar. Medium Pacer Siddharth Sharma in the mean while removed SS Dhiman (28) and K.N. Panta (5) having got both the batsmen caught by Prabhjot Singh. At this stage M.J. Dagar kept one end up and remained unbeaten on 45 off 86 balls inclusive of 7 boundaries.
The Himachal batsmen kept on defending with their backs to the wall and eventually folded up for 251 but in the process squeezed a 21 run lead over Punjab with just one over remaining for Punjab to get 22 runs for an outright win. Punjab could manage just 8 runs for the loss of their skipper Karan Kaila who was snapped by wicket keeper Ankush Bains off Pankaj Jaswal on the first ball of the innings.
Punjab finally ended the day on 8 for 1. Punjab got 3 points and Himachal 01. Punjab finished the league stage garnering 14 points. A tally, which ensured that they became the 2nd team to book their berth in the knock out stage. Punjab will now travel to Kerala (Palakkad) to take part in the knock out competition on December 24.
Brief scores: Himachal (1st innings) 119 all out in 55.1 overs (S.S. Dhiman 41, E.C.Sen 18, Siddharth Sharma 4 for 63, Karan Ahluwalia 2 for 24, Sandeep Singh 3 for 10).
Punjab (1st Innings): 349 all out in 95.4 overs (K.B. Sharma (59) Manpreet Singh 36, Sandeep Singh 89, Karan Kaila 73, Anmolpreet 27 retired hurt, Pankaj Jaswal 4 for 155, Ashutosh Singh 4 for 54 and M.J. Dagar 2 for 76).
Himachal (2nd Innings): 251 all out in 117.3 overs (A.K. Bains 48, S.K. Minhas 61, SS Dhiman 28, M.J. Dagar 45 not out, Arpit Pannu 5 for 45, Siddharth Sharma 4 for 89).
Punjab (2nd Innings): 8 for 1 (K.B. Sharma 8 not out, Pankaj Jaswal 1 for 8).
CHANDIGARH, DEC 15
The three-day league match of Under - 16 for Vijay Merchant Trophy between Punjab and Himachal ended in a draw at Amter (Himachal).
Himachal who had won the toss and elected to bat were skittled out for 119 in 55.1 overs. Punjab put up a strong reply and posted 349 in 95.4 overs. They were helped in their cause by K.V.Sharma (59), Manpreet Singh (36), Sandeep Singh (89), skipper Karan Kaila (73). The highlight of the innings was a 137 runs partnership for the 5th wicket between Sandeep Singh and Karan Kaila. Sandeep Singh hit a strockful 89 off 149 balls studded with 12 boundaries and Karan Kaila scored 73 off 104 balls aided by 11 fours. Pankaj Jaswal 4 for 55, Ashutosh Singh 4 for 54 and M.J. Dagar 2 for 76 were the main wicket takers for Himachal.
Trailing Punjab by 230 runs on the first innings Himachal Put up a stiff resistance on the lasday and thwarted all their attempts to force an outright win. Punjab skipper Karan Kaila tried various combinations to get past the Himachal Batsmen but their resilience thwarted all his attempts. Himachal got off to a solid start as their openers A.K. Bains and S.K,Minhas put on 102 runs for the first wicket in 34 overs before A.K. Bains was run out by Arpit Pannu for 48 off 115 balls inclusive of 10 boundaries.
S.K. Minhas was the next to go as he was trapped in front by off spinner Arpit Pannu for 61 off 138 balls inclusive of 10 boundaries. At this stage Arpit Pannu struck a purple patch as he removed E.C.Sen (4), S.K. Negi (1) and Gaurav Kumar (10) reducing Himachal to 164 for 5 in 85.2 overs while E.C. Sen and S.K. Negi were trapped in front of the wicket, Gaurav Kumar was caught by sub.fielder S.Y.Kumar. Medium Pacer Siddharth Sharma in the mean while removed SS Dhiman (28) and K.N. Panta (5) having got both the batsmen caught by Prabhjot Singh. At this stage M.J. Dagar kept one end up and remained unbeaten on 45 off 86 balls inclusive of 7 boundaries.
The Himachal batsmen kept on defending with their backs to the wall and eventually folded up for 251 but in the process squeezed a 21 run lead over Punjab with just one over remaining for Punjab to get 22 runs for an outright win. Punjab could manage just 8 runs for the loss of their skipper Karan Kaila who was snapped by wicket keeper Ankush Bains off Pankaj Jaswal on the first ball of the innings.
Punjab finally ended the day on 8 for 1. Punjab got 3 points and Himachal 01. Punjab finished the league stage garnering 14 points. A tally, which ensured that they became the 2nd team to book their berth in the knock out stage. Punjab will now travel to Kerala (Palakkad) to take part in the knock out competition on December 24.
Brief scores: Himachal (1st innings) 119 all out in 55.1 overs (S.S. Dhiman 41, E.C.Sen 18, Siddharth Sharma 4 for 63, Karan Ahluwalia 2 for 24, Sandeep Singh 3 for 10).
Punjab (1st Innings): 349 all out in 95.4 overs (K.B. Sharma (59) Manpreet Singh 36, Sandeep Singh 89, Karan Kaila 73, Anmolpreet 27 retired hurt, Pankaj Jaswal 4 for 155, Ashutosh Singh 4 for 54 and M.J. Dagar 2 for 76).
Himachal (2nd Innings): 251 all out in 117.3 overs (A.K. Bains 48, S.K. Minhas 61, SS Dhiman 28, M.J. Dagar 45 not out, Arpit Pannu 5 for 45, Siddharth Sharma 4 for 89).
Punjab (2nd Innings): 8 for 1 (K.B. Sharma 8 not out, Pankaj Jaswal 1 for 8).
Sanjay Kumar storms into the lead
by sportswire4u.blogspot.com (Balbir)
NEW DELHI, DEC 15
Sanjay Kumar of Lucknow stormed into the lead in round one of the LG Masters of PGTI as he posted a brilliant bogey-free six under 66. Delhi’s Ashok Kumar and Shankar Das of Kolkata share second place at five under 67.
Sanjay Kumar took the lead on a windy day that saw a total of 14 under par scores. Sanjay’s putting was rock-solid as he sank three seven feet birdie putts on the first, fourth and eighth. A great lob-wedge shot that landed two feet from the hole set up a birdie for Sanjay on the 14th.
Sanjay, currently placed 23rd on the Rolex Rankings thanks to four top-10s this year, knocked down a birdie putt from 12 feet on the 17th and followed that up with another birdie conversion from 14 feet on the 18th.
Sanjay said, “My putting was solid especially on the back nine. I also hit it well and missed regulations on only two holes. The conditions were not very easy as the wind was switching directions today. In that sense a round of six under is a great result for me.
“I closed it out well with a birdie putt from the edge of the green on the 17th and a tough 14 feet birdie conversion on the 18th. These two birdies towards the end have given me some momentum going into the next round.”
Ashok Kumar came up with a bogey-free 67 at his home course to be placed tied second. The Rolex Rankings leader was tremendous form with the putter. He sank birdie putts from 35 feet and 25 feet on the sixth and 11th respectively.
Shankar Das of Kolkata joined Ashok in tied second place as he made six birdies against a bogey in his round of 67. The highlights of Shankar’s opening round effort were two magnificent chip shots that led to birdies on the eighth and 14th. He also secured a birdie from 15 feet on the 17th.
The Delhi Golf Club duo of Manav Jaini and Vivek Bhandari lies tied fourth at four under 68.
Gaganjeet Bhullar is in tied 10th with a first round score of two under 70.
Jyoti Randhawa had to withdraw from the event as he suffered a neck injury while playing a shot on the 11th hole, his second hole of the day.
NEW DELHI, DEC 15
Sanjay Kumar of Lucknow stormed into the lead in round one of the LG Masters of PGTI as he posted a brilliant bogey-free six under 66. Delhi’s Ashok Kumar and Shankar Das of Kolkata share second place at five under 67.
Sanjay Kumar took the lead on a windy day that saw a total of 14 under par scores. Sanjay’s putting was rock-solid as he sank three seven feet birdie putts on the first, fourth and eighth. A great lob-wedge shot that landed two feet from the hole set up a birdie for Sanjay on the 14th.
Sanjay, currently placed 23rd on the Rolex Rankings thanks to four top-10s this year, knocked down a birdie putt from 12 feet on the 17th and followed that up with another birdie conversion from 14 feet on the 18th.
Sanjay said, “My putting was solid especially on the back nine. I also hit it well and missed regulations on only two holes. The conditions were not very easy as the wind was switching directions today. In that sense a round of six under is a great result for me.
“I closed it out well with a birdie putt from the edge of the green on the 17th and a tough 14 feet birdie conversion on the 18th. These two birdies towards the end have given me some momentum going into the next round.”
Ashok Kumar came up with a bogey-free 67 at his home course to be placed tied second. The Rolex Rankings leader was tremendous form with the putter. He sank birdie putts from 35 feet and 25 feet on the sixth and 11th respectively.
Shankar Das of Kolkata joined Ashok in tied second place as he made six birdies against a bogey in his round of 67. The highlights of Shankar’s opening round effort were two magnificent chip shots that led to birdies on the eighth and 14th. He also secured a birdie from 15 feet on the 17th.
The Delhi Golf Club duo of Manav Jaini and Vivek Bhandari lies tied fourth at four under 68.
Gaganjeet Bhullar is in tied 10th with a first round score of two under 70.
Jyoti Randhawa had to withdraw from the event as he suffered a neck injury while playing a shot on the 11th hole, his second hole of the day.
Bhavya struggles to beat Nandini Sharma
by sportswire4u.blogspot.com (Balbir)
CHANDIGARH, DEC 13
Bhavya Wadhawan huffed and puffed before prevailing over a never-say-die Nandini Sharma in well-contested three sets 7-6 (6), 6-7 (6), 6-2 in the girls under-16 quarter-finals of the AITA Talent Series Tennis Tournament for under-12 and under-16 boys and girls being hosted by the Chandigarh Lawn Tennis Association at the Sector 10 Tennis Staddium here today,.
Prabhuti Singhania, Charvi Saxena and Nikita Bishnoi joined Bhavya Wadhawa in the last four stage.
Saumya Saxena and Prinkal Singh set up title clash in the girls under-12 final. Saumya got the better of Shea Bhasin 6-1, 3-6, 7-6 (3) and Prinkal ousted Harsimran Kaur 6-3, 6-2 in the semi-finals.
Results:
Boys U-12 ((Quarter-finals): Paramveer Singh Bajwa bt Sabrang Sandal 4-0, 4-1, Sumitpal Singh bt Rohit Kumar 4-0, 4-0, Udyan Bhakar bt Karandeep Singh 2-4, 4-0, 4-0, Param Pun bt Yugal Bansal 5-4(3), 4-2.
Boys Under-16 (Quarter-finals): Ranjeet Singh bt Sachin Kumar 6-3, 7-5, Pranav Suri bt Kamal Kishore 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, Hardeep Singh Sandhu bt Dheeranush Bhatti 6-1, 7-5, Jajbir Singh bt Raghav Talwar 6-3, 6-2
Girls Under-16 (Quarterfinals): Prabhuti Singhania bt Gayatri Kumaria 6-0, 6-2, Charvi Saxena bt Ayna Arora 6-4, 6-2, Nikita Bishnoi bt Valentina Shekar 6-0, 7-5, Bhavya Wadhawan bt Nandini Sharma 7-6 (6), 6-7 (6), 6-2.
Girls Under-12 (semi-finals): Saumya Saxena bt Shea Bhasin 6-1, 3-6, 7-6 (3), Prinkal Singh bt Harsimran Kaur 6-3, 6-2.
Boys Under-12 doubles (semi-finals): Rohit Kumar & Calvin Golmei bt Anmol Rattan Kamboj & Saurabh Parashar 7-5, 6-4, Ankrish Khanna & Naval Avasthi bt Abhay Sarna & Amitoj Singh 6-1, 3-6, 10-7, Himanshu Bansal & Gaurav Seth w/o Parmeet Singh Deol & Sameet Vats, Rishabh Sharda & Rishi Khirwar bt Sahej Punj & Ravsehaj Puri 6-1, 6-0.
Boys Under-16 doubles (Pre-Quarterfinals): Sachin Kumar & Ranjeet Singh bt Sumitpal Singh & Paramveer Singh Bajwa 6-3, 6-2, Ishaque Eqbal & Nishat Eqbal bt Parasdeep Singh Virk & Diviansh Pandey 6-2, 6-3, Uday Singh Mann & Pranav Suri bt Manjot Singh & Nikhil Kashwan 6-2, 6-4, Hardeep Sandhu & Jajbir Singh bt Rahul Seth & Ishan Kakkar 6-3, 6-3.
CHANDIGARH, DEC 13
Bhavya Wadhawan huffed and puffed before prevailing over a never-say-die Nandini Sharma in well-contested three sets 7-6 (6), 6-7 (6), 6-2 in the girls under-16 quarter-finals of the AITA Talent Series Tennis Tournament for under-12 and under-16 boys and girls being hosted by the Chandigarh Lawn Tennis Association at the Sector 10 Tennis Staddium here today,.
Prabhuti Singhania, Charvi Saxena and Nikita Bishnoi joined Bhavya Wadhawa in the last four stage.
Saumya Saxena and Prinkal Singh set up title clash in the girls under-12 final. Saumya got the better of Shea Bhasin 6-1, 3-6, 7-6 (3) and Prinkal ousted Harsimran Kaur 6-3, 6-2 in the semi-finals.
Results:
Boys U-12 ((Quarter-finals): Paramveer Singh Bajwa bt Sabrang Sandal 4-0, 4-1, Sumitpal Singh bt Rohit Kumar 4-0, 4-0, Udyan Bhakar bt Karandeep Singh 2-4, 4-0, 4-0, Param Pun bt Yugal Bansal 5-4(3), 4-2.
Boys Under-16 (Quarter-finals): Ranjeet Singh bt Sachin Kumar 6-3, 7-5, Pranav Suri bt Kamal Kishore 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, Hardeep Singh Sandhu bt Dheeranush Bhatti 6-1, 7-5, Jajbir Singh bt Raghav Talwar 6-3, 6-2
Girls Under-16 (Quarterfinals): Prabhuti Singhania bt Gayatri Kumaria 6-0, 6-2, Charvi Saxena bt Ayna Arora 6-4, 6-2, Nikita Bishnoi bt Valentina Shekar 6-0, 7-5, Bhavya Wadhawan bt Nandini Sharma 7-6 (6), 6-7 (6), 6-2.
Girls Under-12 (semi-finals): Saumya Saxena bt Shea Bhasin 6-1, 3-6, 7-6 (3), Prinkal Singh bt Harsimran Kaur 6-3, 6-2.
Boys Under-12 doubles (semi-finals): Rohit Kumar & Calvin Golmei bt Anmol Rattan Kamboj & Saurabh Parashar 7-5, 6-4, Ankrish Khanna & Naval Avasthi bt Abhay Sarna & Amitoj Singh 6-1, 3-6, 10-7, Himanshu Bansal & Gaurav Seth w/o Parmeet Singh Deol & Sameet Vats, Rishabh Sharda & Rishi Khirwar bt Sahej Punj & Ravsehaj Puri 6-1, 6-0.
Boys Under-16 doubles (Pre-Quarterfinals): Sachin Kumar & Ranjeet Singh bt Sumitpal Singh & Paramveer Singh Bajwa 6-3, 6-2, Ishaque Eqbal & Nishat Eqbal bt Parasdeep Singh Virk & Diviansh Pandey 6-2, 6-3, Uday Singh Mann & Pranav Suri bt Manjot Singh & Nikhil Kashwan 6-2, 6-4, Hardeep Sandhu & Jajbir Singh bt Rahul Seth & Ishan Kakkar 6-3, 6-3.
DHBVN Inter-Circle Games in Hisar
by sportswire4u.blogspot.com (Balbir)
CHANDIGARH, DEC 15
The Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (DHBVN) will organize its 3rd Annual Inter Circle Sports Meet from December 17 to 19at Vidyut Nagar Sports Complex in Hisar.
A spokesman of DHBVN said that over 400 players from all the seven circles namely Sirsa, Hisar, Bhiwani, Narnaul, Gurgaon, Faridabad and Head Office Hisar will take part in ten events of the sports meet including hockey, football, wrestling, tug of war, kabaddi, volleyball, badminton, table tennis, basketball and athletics. A few players of international and national level, employed in DHBVN, will also compete in different events representing various circles.
He said that DHBVN Family Games will also be organized, simultaneously on December 19 at Vidyut Nagar Sports Complex in which members of about 1200 families, including 1100 families from Vidyut Nagar, of DHBVN’s employees are likely to participate in over a dozen events. Entertaining sports events for children, women and youth will be organized in the family games.
CHANDIGARH, DEC 15
The Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (DHBVN) will organize its 3rd Annual Inter Circle Sports Meet from December 17 to 19at Vidyut Nagar Sports Complex in Hisar.
A spokesman of DHBVN said that over 400 players from all the seven circles namely Sirsa, Hisar, Bhiwani, Narnaul, Gurgaon, Faridabad and Head Office Hisar will take part in ten events of the sports meet including hockey, football, wrestling, tug of war, kabaddi, volleyball, badminton, table tennis, basketball and athletics. A few players of international and national level, employed in DHBVN, will also compete in different events representing various circles.
He said that DHBVN Family Games will also be organized, simultaneously on December 19 at Vidyut Nagar Sports Complex in which members of about 1200 families, including 1100 families from Vidyut Nagar, of DHBVN’s employees are likely to participate in over a dozen events. Entertaining sports events for children, women and youth will be organized in the family games.
Easy wins for Manipur and RML Faizabad
by sportswire4u.blogspot.com (Balbir)
ROHTAK, DEC 15
Manipur University outplayed RML University, Faizabad by 4-1 in the inaugural match of the North-East Zone Inter-University Women’s Hockey Tournament at Maharshi Dayanand University (MDU) ground here today. In another match, Ranchi University thrashed Pt. RS Shukla University, Raipur by 14-0.
Earlier, MDU Vice Chancellor Dr. R.P. Hooda inaugurated the hockey tourney. Speaking on the occasion, he said players must take part in the tourney with sportsman's spirit. He said that University administration will give top priority for development of advanced sports infrastructure in the varsity.
Former Indian women hockey team captain and alumnus of M.D.U. Mamta Kharab was felicitated in the inaugural ceremony by MDU Vice Chancellor Dr. R.P.Hooda and First Lady of the varsity Smt. Ved Wati Hooda.
Chairperson of MDU Sports Council Prof. Rajbir Singh delivered the welcome address. MDU Director, Sports Dr. D.S. Dhull expressed the vote of thanks.
ROHTAK, DEC 15
Manipur University outplayed RML University, Faizabad by 4-1 in the inaugural match of the North-East Zone Inter-University Women’s Hockey Tournament at Maharshi Dayanand University (MDU) ground here today. In another match, Ranchi University thrashed Pt. RS Shukla University, Raipur by 14-0.
Earlier, MDU Vice Chancellor Dr. R.P. Hooda inaugurated the hockey tourney. Speaking on the occasion, he said players must take part in the tourney with sportsman's spirit. He said that University administration will give top priority for development of advanced sports infrastructure in the varsity.
Former Indian women hockey team captain and alumnus of M.D.U. Mamta Kharab was felicitated in the inaugural ceremony by MDU Vice Chancellor Dr. R.P.Hooda and First Lady of the varsity Smt. Ved Wati Hooda.
Chairperson of MDU Sports Council Prof. Rajbir Singh delivered the welcome address. MDU Director, Sports Dr. D.S. Dhull expressed the vote of thanks.
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Golfing Tour for NRIs from Dec 17
by sportswire4u.blogspot.com (Balbir)
CHANDIGARH, DEC 14
The 6th Chandigarh Golfing Tour for NRIs is being held from December 17 to 19 to highlight the excellent golfing infrastructure of Chandigarh, SEPTA Chandimandir and Panchkula plus the tourism potential of this region to the NRI golfing fraternity. This was stated here by Jagdeep Singh Cheema President Chandigarh Golf Association, the organizers of the event.
He further said that this is an invitational event supported by Ministry of Tourism Government of India and 114 players have confirmed their participation this year. NRIs from USA, U.K, Ghana, New Zealand Singapore, Malaysia, Australia, Indonesia, Canada, Kuwait, Dubai & Abu Dhabi are taking part in this event.
Cheema further informed that Kumari Selja, Minister of Tourism Goverbnent of India, will be inaugurating the tour on December17 at Chandigarh Golf Club at 7.30 a.m.
For the first time a Tourism Board from South of Spain, represented by Francisco Amorós, Manager of Golf Department Costa Del Sol Tourism Board, will be one of sponsors of the tour. Karen Hovhannisyan from Armenia is participating as a special invitee.
The lead sponsor for this event is LeMont followed by Aircel as gold sponsor, Fullerton Security as silver sponsor and Costa Del Sol from Spain and Tata Motors as bronze sponsors. Players from Sponsoring companies will join the NRIs in the tournament.
Associated with this event are Tourism Departments of Chandigarh and Haryana respectively, Travel Agents Association of India, Hindustan Times, Day & Night News, The Professionals, Hotel Hometel, Thunderbolt Coca Cola & Callaway India.
The tournament will be played over three days on stroke play basis. Only NRI participants will be competing for the prizes. There will be prizes for gross and net score at the end of each day’s play. The Lemont Championship trophy will be awarded to the winner based on aggregate gross score for all the three days. There are special prizes for Straight Drive and Nearest to the Pin contests during the round.
The prize distribution ceremony will be held at Panchkula Golf Club, Panchkula on December 19 at 3.30 p.m. Urvashi Gulati IAS, Chief Secretary to Govt of Haryana will be the chief guest on this occasion and will also give away the prizes to the winners.
CHANDIGARH, DEC 14
The 6th Chandigarh Golfing Tour for NRIs is being held from December 17 to 19 to highlight the excellent golfing infrastructure of Chandigarh, SEPTA Chandimandir and Panchkula plus the tourism potential of this region to the NRI golfing fraternity. This was stated here by Jagdeep Singh Cheema President Chandigarh Golf Association, the organizers of the event.
He further said that this is an invitational event supported by Ministry of Tourism Government of India and 114 players have confirmed their participation this year. NRIs from USA, U.K, Ghana, New Zealand Singapore, Malaysia, Australia, Indonesia, Canada, Kuwait, Dubai & Abu Dhabi are taking part in this event.
Cheema further informed that Kumari Selja, Minister of Tourism Goverbnent of India, will be inaugurating the tour on December17 at Chandigarh Golf Club at 7.30 a.m.
For the first time a Tourism Board from South of Spain, represented by Francisco Amorós, Manager of Golf Department Costa Del Sol Tourism Board, will be one of sponsors of the tour. Karen Hovhannisyan from Armenia is participating as a special invitee.
The lead sponsor for this event is LeMont followed by Aircel as gold sponsor, Fullerton Security as silver sponsor and Costa Del Sol from Spain and Tata Motors as bronze sponsors. Players from Sponsoring companies will join the NRIs in the tournament.
Associated with this event are Tourism Departments of Chandigarh and Haryana respectively, Travel Agents Association of India, Hindustan Times, Day & Night News, The Professionals, Hotel Hometel, Thunderbolt Coca Cola & Callaway India.
The tournament will be played over three days on stroke play basis. Only NRI participants will be competing for the prizes. There will be prizes for gross and net score at the end of each day’s play. The Lemont Championship trophy will be awarded to the winner based on aggregate gross score for all the three days. There are special prizes for Straight Drive and Nearest to the Pin contests during the round.
The prize distribution ceremony will be held at Panchkula Golf Club, Panchkula on December 19 at 3.30 p.m. Urvashi Gulati IAS, Chief Secretary to Govt of Haryana will be the chief guest on this occasion and will also give away the prizes to the winners.
Monday, December 13, 2010
First-ever European Challenge Tour in Ahmedabad
NEW DELHI, DEC 13
Marking another major leap for golf in India, the Kensville Golf & Country Club in Ahmedabad will host the first-ever European Challenge Tour event in India from January 13-16, 2011. Tapping into the explosion of interest in golf across India, the 200,000 euro Gujarat Kensville Challenge 2011 will make Ahmedabad only the third city in the country to host an international men’s golf tournament after New Delhi and Kolkata and will be the first ever international event to be held in Western India.
The Government of Gujarat has taken on the mantle of title sponsors along with the promoters Savvy Group who also own the Kensville Golf and Country Club.
After becoming the first Indian golfer to have a signature course, India’s most successful golfer on the world stage Jeev Milkha Singh will also hold the bragging rights for the first active player from India to host an event. The tournament will also see his participation as a player.
Speaking at the launch conference held today, Jeev said that the new tournament would provide great impetus to the sport. “This is an excellent development for Indian golf. Our golfers will benefit greatly from so many international golf tournaments scheduled to be held in India.”
After Kensville opened its gates in early 2009 to become the first 18-hole golf course in the state, the latest announcement gives Gujarat another big first. The tournament which is co-sanctioned by the Professional Golf Tour of India will see 114 golfers from across the globe, including top Indian professional golfers, in action.
One of Indian film industry’s most recognizable faces—Amitabh Bachchan —will mark his first tryst with golf as he inaugurates the tournament on the pro-am day, which is scheduled to be held a day before the main tournament. Chief Minister Narendra Modi – the man behind putting Gujarat on the world map will himself felicitate the winner and also will pull down the curtain on the event.
Kensville has played host to national amateur circuit tournaments in the past but this will be the first international tournament to be held at the Jeev Milkha Singh-signature course.
Sameer Sinha, the MD of Kensville Golf & Country Club said that the tournament marks one more step towards making Gujarat an international golfing destination. “We always wanted a championship golf course in the state and hosting an European Challenge Tour event at our course is a great honour,” he said. “It will also offer a great chance for local fans to get a glimpse of international golf and also put us on the world golfing map,” he added. The challenging layout is also one of the longest courses in the country. With tight fairways demanding great accuracy off the tees, the venue promises to offer a stern test to the golfers. “This is just the kind of course young golfers need to get used to if they hope to do well at the highest level,”
Said Jeev. Despite India playing host to its first international golf tournament in 1964, the spurt in the number of tournaments has only been witnessed in the last few years. Jeev put that in perspective. “If we had so many world-class tournaments during my early career, India would have had a Major champion by now,” he said. “But I promise the day is not far especially after what Arjun (Atwal) has achieved on the US soil. This event will undoubtedly play a great role in enhancing the popularity of the sport,” added the ace pro.
The Challenge Tour is the second tier professional golf tour in Europe and is managed by the PGA European Tour. Introduced in 1986 the Tour now spans various continents with substantial prize money and world ranking points at stake. The past winners of the Challenge Tour order of merit include Edoardo Molinari, Thomas Bjorn and Henrik Stenson.
Padamjit Sandhu, Director, PGTI and Col. KD Bagga the designer of Kensville Golf and Country Club were also present on the occasion.
Haryana athletes to the fore in Agra
by sportswire4u.blogspot.com (Balbir)
CHANDIGARH, DEC 12
Haryana held the spotlight by claiming two gold medals out of three at stake in athletic competitions on the opening day of the National Sports Festival(Women)-III Competition-2010-11 being organised by the Uttar Pradesh Sports Directorate at te Eklavya Stadium in Agra today.
Reeua cleared the bar placed at 1.70 metres to give Haryana their first gold in high jump event. Haryana also bagged silver through Arti Yadav who cleared 1.55 metres. Rinku Sangwan clinched second gold for Haryana with a throw of 12.89 metres in shot put. Rinku pushed Narinder Kaur of Punjab to second position. Narinder measured 12.83 metres.
Delhi ran away with 1500 metres gold as S Thabaton Chanu clocked 4:41.25 seconds. Reshma Patil of Maharashtra got silver in 4:42,61.
Results: 1500m: 1 S.Thabaton Chanu (Delhi) 4:41,25, 2 Reshma Patil (Maharashtra) 4:42.61 , 3
Wahida Raheman (Delhi) 4::44.33.
High jump: 1 Reena (Haryana) 1.70 m, 2 Arti Yadav (Haryana) 1.55 m, 3 K Lavanya (TN) 1.55 m.
Shot put: 1 Rinku Sangwan (Haryana) 12.89m, 2 Narinder Kaur (Punjab) 12.83 m, 3 Ambey Yadav .
(HP) 11.37 m.
CHANDIGARH, DEC 12
Haryana held the spotlight by claiming two gold medals out of three at stake in athletic competitions on the opening day of the National Sports Festival(Women)-III Competition-2010-11 being organised by the Uttar Pradesh Sports Directorate at te Eklavya Stadium in Agra today.
Reeua cleared the bar placed at 1.70 metres to give Haryana their first gold in high jump event. Haryana also bagged silver through Arti Yadav who cleared 1.55 metres. Rinku Sangwan clinched second gold for Haryana with a throw of 12.89 metres in shot put. Rinku pushed Narinder Kaur of Punjab to second position. Narinder measured 12.83 metres.
Delhi ran away with 1500 metres gold as S Thabaton Chanu clocked 4:41.25 seconds. Reshma Patil of Maharashtra got silver in 4:42,61.
Results: 1500m: 1 S.Thabaton Chanu (Delhi) 4:41,25, 2 Reshma Patil (Maharashtra) 4:42.61 , 3
Wahida Raheman (Delhi) 4::44.33.
High jump: 1 Reena (Haryana) 1.70 m, 2 Arti Yadav (Haryana) 1.55 m, 3 K Lavanya (TN) 1.55 m.
Shot put: 1 Rinku Sangwan (Haryana) 12.89m, 2 Narinder Kaur (Punjab) 12.83 m, 3 Ambey Yadav .
(HP) 11.37 m.
Haryana women claim National Boxing
by sportswire4u.blogspot.com (Balbir)
CHANDIGARH, DEC 13
The 12-member Haryana women boxing team returned home by winning three gold, one silver and three bronze medals in the 11th Senior Women National Boxing Championship held at Thrisuur ( Kerala) from December 5 to 10.
Sonia (Sports Authority of India Hisar, 54 kg), Pavitra (SAI, Hisar 57 kg) and Sonam (Bhiwani Boxing Centre, 81 kg) bagged gold in their respective categories which paved the way for Haryana to finish on top for the overall trophy with 31 points. Hosts Kerala and Delhi were runners-up and third, resepectively, with 16 points apiece.
As many as 177 boxers from 31 States and Union Territories participated in the Nationals.
Kavita Chahal (BBC) got silver in + 81 class. Suman (CHSBA, 51 kg), Suman (Haryana Police, 64 kg) and Pooja (CHSBA, 75 kg) claimed bronze in their respective categories to swell the Haryana medal tally.
Other members of the Haryana team were: Pinki Jangra ( SAI-Hisar, 48 kg) Neetu (BBC, 60 kg) and Sweety ( SAI-HSR, 69 kg).
Ravi Sangwan and Jagdish Singh,both of Bhiwani accompanied the team and coach and manager, resepectively.
Haryana Boxing Association president Abhay Singh Chautala congratulated the Haryana team for bringing laurels to the state by winning the National Championship.
CHANDIGARH, DEC 13
The 12-member Haryana women boxing team returned home by winning three gold, one silver and three bronze medals in the 11th Senior Women National Boxing Championship held at Thrisuur ( Kerala) from December 5 to 10.
Sonia (Sports Authority of India Hisar, 54 kg), Pavitra (SAI, Hisar 57 kg) and Sonam (Bhiwani Boxing Centre, 81 kg) bagged gold in their respective categories which paved the way for Haryana to finish on top for the overall trophy with 31 points. Hosts Kerala and Delhi were runners-up and third, resepectively, with 16 points apiece.
As many as 177 boxers from 31 States and Union Territories participated in the Nationals.
Kavita Chahal (BBC) got silver in + 81 class. Suman (CHSBA, 51 kg), Suman (Haryana Police, 64 kg) and Pooja (CHSBA, 75 kg) claimed bronze in their respective categories to swell the Haryana medal tally.
Other members of the Haryana team were: Pinki Jangra ( SAI-Hisar, 48 kg) Neetu (BBC, 60 kg) and Sweety ( SAI-HSR, 69 kg).
Ravi Sangwan and Jagdish Singh,both of Bhiwani accompanied the team and coach and manager, resepectively.
Haryana Boxing Association president Abhay Singh Chautala congratulated the Haryana team for bringing laurels to the state by winning the National Championship.
Sunday, December 12, 2010
Sivananda and Sweta claim TT titles
CHENNAI, DEC 12
Sivananda Seshadri and Swetha Kumaravel emerged winners in the men's and women's singles finals, respectively, of the Tamil Nadu State Table Tennis Tournament here today.
In the men's singles final Sivananda Seshadri defeated R. Abhishek 11-6, 11-3, 11-6, 11-7 while Swetha Kumaravel got the better of N.Vidya 11-3, 9-11, 9-11, 12-10, 4-11, 11-6, 11-6 in the women's singles final..
Results: Men's singles (final): Sivananda Seshadri bt R. Abhishek 11-6, 11-3, 11-6, 11-7. Semi-finals: .Abishek bt. G.Vinod 12-10,11-6,11-7,11-4; Sivananda Seshadri bt E. Prabhakaran 9-11,5-11,11-6,12-10,11-8,11-6.
Youth boys (final): V.Nitin Thiruvengadam bt S.Prasanna 11-8,11-7,11-4,11-3. Semi-finals: Nitin Thiruvengadam bt R.Venkataramanan 6-11,11-7,11-8,11-6,11-6; S.Prasanna bt R.Senthil Kumar 11-6,16-14,11-7,12-10.
Junior boys (final): D.Smeera Kumar bt M.Kalaivanan 9-11,11-4,9-11,11-5,11-6,11-5. Semi-finals: Kalaivanan bt D.Kishore Kumar 5-11,12-10,8-11,6-11,11-8,11-7,11-8; D.Sameera Kumar bt J.K.Bhuvaraghavan 11-6,12-10,1-11,11-5,11-8.
Sub-junior boys (final):
M.Anirudh bt S.Nikhil 11-9,4-11,8-11,11-9,5-11,12-10,11-8. Semi-finals: S.Nikhil bt B.Aravind 11-13,11-8,11-8,11-8,11-9; M.Anirudh bt Sachin Viswanath 11-5,6-11,11-7,11-8,11-7.
Cadet boys (final): Santhosh Kumar bt A.Shri Krishna 11-9,5-11,11-5,11-9. Semi-finals: R.Santoshkumar bt P.Premchand 9-11,11-7,11-5,4-11,11-5; A.Shrikrishna bt 9-11,12-10,11-8,7-11,11-4.
Mini Cadet boys (final):Sriram Kannan bt J.Karan 11-5,11-6,11-9. Semi-finals: J. Karan bt Piyush Sagar 13-11,3-11,11-7,9-11,11-7; Sriram Kannan bt Karthik Raj 9-11,11-9,11-6,11-6.
Women's singles (final): Swetha Kumaravel bt N.Vidya 11-3, 9-11, 9-11, 12-10, 4-11, 11-6, 11-6. Semi-finals: Swetha Kumaravel bt Sumana R.Krishnan 12-10,11-6,14-12,5-11,11-9; V.Vidya bt V.Sneha 11-8,11-4,11-5,11-9.
Youth girls (final): T.Reeth Rishya bt V.Sneha 13-11,11-4,11-4,11-9. Semi-finals: V.Sneha bt R.Ke.Yukthi Roshni 8-11,11-4,11-8,11-3,7-11,11-6; T.Reeth Rishya bt Swetha Kumaravel 9-11,19-17,11-9,12-10,9-11,11-6.
Junior girls (final): T.Reeth Rishya bt S.Krithicka 11-6,11-6,6-11,11-6,7-11,11-5. Semi-finals:T.Reeth Rishya bt Amrutha Pushpak 9-11,11-5,9-11,11-7,9-11,11-3,11-5; S.Krithicka R.Ke.Yukthi Roshni, 11-7,12-10,11-9,11-1.
Sub-junior girls (final): C.R.Harshavardini bt. Abinaya Ramesh 11-8,11-7,11-4,11-9. Semi-finals: C.R.Harsha Vardini bt S.Selena Deepthi 11-4,11-3,11-3,11-8; Abinaya Ramesh bt G.Aishwarya Ravi 11-8,11-5,11-6,11-8.
Cadet Girls (final): Abinaya Ramesh bt S.Selena Deepthi 11-8,7-11,11-3,12-10. Semi-finals: Abinaya Ramesh bt V.S.Kokila 11-4,11-5,6-11,11-5; S.Selena Deepthi bt S.Yashini 11-8,12-10,11-6.
Minni Cadet girls (final0; V.Kowshika bt R.Santhana Ishwarya 11-9,10-12,10-12,12-10,13-11. Semi-finals: V.Kowshika bt Swetha Steffi 16-18,13-11,11-7,7-11,12-10; R.Santhana Ishwarya bt. S.Bavanitha 11-6,6-11,11-7,9-11,1-2.
Malik congratulatesManisha Dalal and victorious team
by sportswire4u.blogspot.com (Balbir)
CHANDIGARH, DEC 12
Dr. M S Malik, I P S. (Rtd.) President, Jat Sabha Chandigarh and former DGP and State Vigilance Bureau Haryana congratulated Manisha Dalal of Ch. Bharat Singh Memorial Sports School Complex Nidani, district Jind (Haryana) and entire the Haryana junior girls team for winning gold medal in Junior Nationals Kabddi held at Chhatisgarh by defeating Uttar Pradesh team in close finish with a margin of 13-8 points.
He further said that Manisha is also one of the best players of the Indian girls holding winner team in kabbadi at Asian Games held in China in November this year.
Thus, she along with entire team and the coach Narendar Deswal and also team manager Kavita was honoured with a cash prize of Rs. 21000 and Rs. 5100 respectively by people of Haryana residing in Chhatishgarh during this championship.
Dr. Malik also praised and congratulated the Nidani School management including Chairperson Smt. Krishna Malik, Director Dalip Singh Malik and also school Principal Rajwanti Malik for achieving excellence in sports. The school deserves all appreciation as six of the playing members out of the total team belong to Nidani school.
Dr. Malik also congratulated Haryana girls netball team for securing second position in these Nationals and four of the playing members again belong to Nidani school.
Above all, Dr. Malik further called upon the Haryana Govt. to give adequate incentives and provide all infrastructural and technical facilities to the educational/sports institutions attaining excellence in the field of sports.
CHANDIGARH, DEC 12
Dr. M S Malik, I P S. (Rtd.) President, Jat Sabha Chandigarh and former DGP and State Vigilance Bureau Haryana congratulated Manisha Dalal of Ch. Bharat Singh Memorial Sports School Complex Nidani, district Jind (Haryana) and entire the Haryana junior girls team for winning gold medal in Junior Nationals Kabddi held at Chhatisgarh by defeating Uttar Pradesh team in close finish with a margin of 13-8 points.
He further said that Manisha is also one of the best players of the Indian girls holding winner team in kabbadi at Asian Games held in China in November this year.
Thus, she along with entire team and the coach Narendar Deswal and also team manager Kavita was honoured with a cash prize of Rs. 21000 and Rs. 5100 respectively by people of Haryana residing in Chhatishgarh during this championship.
Dr. Malik also praised and congratulated the Nidani School management including Chairperson Smt. Krishna Malik, Director Dalip Singh Malik and also school Principal Rajwanti Malik for achieving excellence in sports. The school deserves all appreciation as six of the playing members out of the total team belong to Nidani school.
Dr. Malik also congratulated Haryana girls netball team for securing second position in these Nationals and four of the playing members again belong to Nidani school.
Above all, Dr. Malik further called upon the Haryana Govt. to give adequate incentives and provide all infrastructural and technical facilities to the educational/sports institutions attaining excellence in the field of sports.
Vinod Kumar & team win the Pro-Am
by sportswire4u.blogspot.com (Balbir)
MUMBAI, DEC 12
The Pro-Am event of the CG Open 2010 was won by professional Vinod Kumar and his team at the Bombay Presidency Golf Club on Sunday.
The Pro-Am was played in the team scramble format where the team’s best ball was chosen on every shot including the putting green. After the best ball was chosen all other players were to place their ball within one score card length before continuing play.
PGTI member Vinod Kumar led his team to victory with a score of 53.1. Vinod’s team comprised of amateurs Mr. Om Fotedar, Mr. Ajay Upadhyay and Mr. Girish Vasudevan.
PGTI member Rafick Ali Mollah’s team posted a score of 53.8 to finish second. Rafick’s team comprised of amateurs Mr. Anush Modi, Mr. Pulin Shah and Mr. Sharad Bhai Kachalia.
Saturday, December 11, 2010
Pathania climbs the victory podium at CG Open
by sportswire4u.blogspot.com (Balbir)
MUMBAI, DEC 11Mandeo Singh Pathania shot a gallant five under 65 in round four of the CG Open on Saturday to climb the victory podium for the first time in his professional career. Pathania, who hails from the Jaypee Greens Golf Resort in Greater Noida, ended the week with a total score of 14 under 266 at the Bombay Presidency Golf Club. Mukesh Kumar bagged the runner-up trophy, having finished three strokes behind the winner.
Mandeo Singh Pathania (67-66-68-65), who was overnight tied second, made a confident start in his final round with pars on the first eight holes. The 27-year-old knocked down his first birdie of the day on the ninth courtesy a 30 feet putt. Mandeo then picked up the pace with more birdies on the 11th and 12th thanks to some brilliant sand-wedge shots that stopped within eight feet of the pin.
Pathania emerged as the outright favourite on the back nine as overnight leader Vijay Kumar dropped a few strokes while Mukesh Kumar on the other hand failed to make a charge. Mandeo went on to birdie the 16th and then sank a 15 feet birdie putt to all but seal it on the 17th. The strapping six-footer’s bogey-free 65 ensured that he ended the tournament as the sole professional to have shot under par scores in all four rounds.
Pathania took home the winner’s cheque worth Rs. 12,93,200 and thus climbed from 23rd position to sixth place on the Rolex Rankings.
“I just stuck to the basics today and did not look at the leaderboard till I was on the 18th tee. The important thing was that I did not make any bogeys today. I knew I could lose the momentum if I dropped a bogey at any stage. I made sure that didn’t happen. I made a crucial 30 feet birdie putt on the ninth and then put my foot on the accelerator on the back nine,” said Pathania, who has two other top-10 finishes to his credit this year.
He went on to add, “I’ve come close to winning on a few occasions in the past and let it slip. I’m glad I’ve finally crossed the line. I dedicate this win to my father Col. Ravi Pathania who has helped me a lot with my game and encouraged me all along.”
Mukesh Kumar (70-67-66-66) of Mhow carded a second successive 66 to finish second at 11 under 269. Mukesh began well with three birdies on the front nine but could not seize the initiative from there on as he made three birdies against two bogeys after the turn.
Round three leader Vijay Kumar (69-65-65-73) of Lucknow secured third place after returning a one over 73 on day four. His total read eight under 272.
Ashok Kumar, Vinod Kumar and Harendra Gupta were joint fourth with matching totals of six under 274.
Ashok Kumar continues to be the leader on the Rolex Rankings with earnings of Rs. 52,31,625 for the season. He has now become the first professional to earn more than Rs. 50 lakh in a single season on the Aircel PGTI.
Haryana foil Punjab’s bid for an outright win
by sportswire4u.blogspot.com (Balbir)
CHANDIGARH, DEC 11
Punjab drew their last league encounter in Ranji Trophy Elite B at Lahli (Rohtak) today. They got three points for the first innings lead in this drawn encounter and took their final tally to (8). Haryana who got one point to increase their tally to (12) with one match still in hand.
The battle to stay away from relegation to the plate group is presently being fought between Punjab (8) from 6 outings, Orissa (8) from 5 outings and Himachal (6) from 5 outing. Himachal has one match against Baroda to be played at Baroda from 15-18 while Orissa has to play Haryana on the same dates as Lahli.
Resuming at 144 for 3 in 43 overs. Punjab went on to score 232 for 6 in 60 overs before applying the closure. Overnight not out batsman Mandeep Singh was caught by A.B. Rawat off D.P. Singh for 84 with the team’s total reading 183 for 4. Jaskaran Singh who was promoted for accelerating the score did not last long and was snapped by A.B. Rawat off D.P. Singh for (2) Mandeep Singh also hold out to Y.K. Chahal off D.P. Singh for 10 off (07) balls then Uday Kaul unbeaten on (80) off 146 balls inclusive of 7 boundaries and Bharat Lumba unbeaten on 13 took the total to 232 for 6 before skipper Pankaj Dharmani declared the innings in a bid to force a decision. For Haryana D.P. Singh 3 for 51 was the most successful bowler.
Replying Haryana again had had a poor start when their wicket keeper Nitin Saini was clean bowled by Manpreet Singh Gony on the 3rd ball of the opening over without any run on the board. Haryana got another jolt when Sunny Singh was snapped by wicket keeper Gitansh Khera off Manpreet Gony for (9) reducing Haryana for 13 for 2 in 7 overs. A.B. Rawat started with a flourish hitting 13 runs off 11 balls with 2x4s before being caught by Karan Goel off Bharat Lumba and Haryana at this stage were in a precarious condition with 36 for 3 in 11.4 overs.
At this stage opener Rahul Dewan and Southpaw Hemang Badani took charge of the situation and added 80 in valuable runs for the 4th wicket in 21.5 overs before Rahul Dewan’s stumps were dislodged by left arm spinner Rajwinder Golu for 37 off 101 balls inclusive of 5 boundaries. Badani and Sahoo took the total to 128 for 5 before Badani was clean bowled by Rajwinder Golu for 47 off 92 balls studded with 8 boundaries. Sahoo and first innings centurian Sachin Rana took the score to 176 while adding 48 runs for the 6th wicket before Sahoo was run out by Rajwinder Golu and Gitansh Khera combine for 18. Sachin Rana was the next to go when in trying to cut an in coming delivery from left arm spinner Rajwinder Golu he snicked the ball to wicket keeper Gitansh Khera at his individual score of 36 off 69 balls with 5x4s.
Joginder Sharma 29 off 47 balls with 5x4s was the last man to get out when he was caught by Karan Goel off Rajwinder Golu with the team’s total reading 220 for 8 in 74 overs. Skipper Amit Mishra remained unbeaten on 29. Rajwinder Golu 4 for 60 and Manpreet Gony 2 for 35 were the main wicket takers for Punjab.
Brief scores: Punjab (1st innings) 415 for all out in 125.5 overs (Sarul Kanwar 88, Ravi Inder Singh 35, Uday Kaul 97, Mandeep Singh 112, Pankaj Dharmani 3, Karan Goel 20, Gitansh Khera 01, Bharat Lumba 5, M.S. Gony 5, Joginder Sharma 2 for 58, SS Badhwar 2 for 81, S.R. Rana 4 for 51, SS Sunny 1 for 37 and Amit Mishra 1 for 92).
Haryana (1st innings): 153 for 7 in 42 overs (A.B. Rawat 32, H.Badani 33 , Amit Mishra 17, S.R. Rana 102, Dhruv Singh 30 not out, Manpreet Gony 4 for 72, Jaskaran Singh 3 for 66 and Bharat Lumba 1 for 74).
Punjab (2nd Innings): 232 for 6 in 60 overs (Sarul Kanwar 26, Mandeep singh 84, Uday Kaul 80 not out,
Joginder Sharma 1 for 62, Sanjay Badhwar 1 for 35 and Sunny Singh 1 for 15, D.P. Singh 3 for 51).
Haryana (2nd Innings): 220 for 8 in 74 overs (Rahul Dewan 37, H.Badani 47, Sachin Rana 36, Joginder Sharma 29, Rajwinder Golu 4 for 60 and Manpreet Gony 2 for 35).
CHANDIGARH, DEC 11
Punjab drew their last league encounter in Ranji Trophy Elite B at Lahli (Rohtak) today. They got three points for the first innings lead in this drawn encounter and took their final tally to (8). Haryana who got one point to increase their tally to (12) with one match still in hand.
The battle to stay away from relegation to the plate group is presently being fought between Punjab (8) from 6 outings, Orissa (8) from 5 outings and Himachal (6) from 5 outing. Himachal has one match against Baroda to be played at Baroda from 15-18 while Orissa has to play Haryana on the same dates as Lahli.
Resuming at 144 for 3 in 43 overs. Punjab went on to score 232 for 6 in 60 overs before applying the closure. Overnight not out batsman Mandeep Singh was caught by A.B. Rawat off D.P. Singh for 84 with the team’s total reading 183 for 4. Jaskaran Singh who was promoted for accelerating the score did not last long and was snapped by A.B. Rawat off D.P. Singh for (2) Mandeep Singh also hold out to Y.K. Chahal off D.P. Singh for 10 off (07) balls then Uday Kaul unbeaten on (80) off 146 balls inclusive of 7 boundaries and Bharat Lumba unbeaten on 13 took the total to 232 for 6 before skipper Pankaj Dharmani declared the innings in a bid to force a decision. For Haryana D.P. Singh 3 for 51 was the most successful bowler.
Replying Haryana again had had a poor start when their wicket keeper Nitin Saini was clean bowled by Manpreet Singh Gony on the 3rd ball of the opening over without any run on the board. Haryana got another jolt when Sunny Singh was snapped by wicket keeper Gitansh Khera off Manpreet Gony for (9) reducing Haryana for 13 for 2 in 7 overs. A.B. Rawat started with a flourish hitting 13 runs off 11 balls with 2x4s before being caught by Karan Goel off Bharat Lumba and Haryana at this stage were in a precarious condition with 36 for 3 in 11.4 overs.
At this stage opener Rahul Dewan and Southpaw Hemang Badani took charge of the situation and added 80 in valuable runs for the 4th wicket in 21.5 overs before Rahul Dewan’s stumps were dislodged by left arm spinner Rajwinder Golu for 37 off 101 balls inclusive of 5 boundaries. Badani and Sahoo took the total to 128 for 5 before Badani was clean bowled by Rajwinder Golu for 47 off 92 balls studded with 8 boundaries. Sahoo and first innings centurian Sachin Rana took the score to 176 while adding 48 runs for the 6th wicket before Sahoo was run out by Rajwinder Golu and Gitansh Khera combine for 18. Sachin Rana was the next to go when in trying to cut an in coming delivery from left arm spinner Rajwinder Golu he snicked the ball to wicket keeper Gitansh Khera at his individual score of 36 off 69 balls with 5x4s.
Joginder Sharma 29 off 47 balls with 5x4s was the last man to get out when he was caught by Karan Goel off Rajwinder Golu with the team’s total reading 220 for 8 in 74 overs. Skipper Amit Mishra remained unbeaten on 29. Rajwinder Golu 4 for 60 and Manpreet Gony 2 for 35 were the main wicket takers for Punjab.
Brief scores: Punjab (1st innings) 415 for all out in 125.5 overs (Sarul Kanwar 88, Ravi Inder Singh 35, Uday Kaul 97, Mandeep Singh 112, Pankaj Dharmani 3, Karan Goel 20, Gitansh Khera 01, Bharat Lumba 5, M.S. Gony 5, Joginder Sharma 2 for 58, SS Badhwar 2 for 81, S.R. Rana 4 for 51, SS Sunny 1 for 37 and Amit Mishra 1 for 92).
Haryana (1st innings): 153 for 7 in 42 overs (A.B. Rawat 32, H.Badani 33 , Amit Mishra 17, S.R. Rana 102, Dhruv Singh 30 not out, Manpreet Gony 4 for 72, Jaskaran Singh 3 for 66 and Bharat Lumba 1 for 74).
Punjab (2nd Innings): 232 for 6 in 60 overs (Sarul Kanwar 26, Mandeep singh 84, Uday Kaul 80 not out,
Joginder Sharma 1 for 62, Sanjay Badhwar 1 for 35 and Sunny Singh 1 for 15, D.P. Singh 3 for 51).
Haryana (2nd Innings): 220 for 8 in 74 overs (Rahul Dewan 37, H.Badani 47, Sachin Rana 36, Joginder Sharma 29, Rajwinder Golu 4 for 60 and Manpreet Gony 2 for 35).
Punjab skittle out Himachal Pradesh for 119
by sportswire4u.blogspot.com (Balbir)
CHANDIGARH, DEC11
Fine bowling by Siddharth Sharma (4 for 46) helped Punjab skittle out Himachal Pradesh 119 in their Vijay Merchant Under-16 last league tie at Amter (Himachal). In reply Punjab were 100 for 3 at close of play.
Himachal Pradesh won the toss and elected to bat. Their move backfired as Punjab medium pacers Siddharth Sharma and Karan Ahluwalia made early inroads reducing Himachal to 33 for 3 in 9.2 overs. Opener A.K. Bains was trapped in front by Siddharth Sharma for 4 while the other opener S.K. Minhas met the same fate at the hands of Karan Ahluwalia for 9. Karan Ahluwalia struck again when he had K.N. Panta snapped by wicket keeper Shine Sharma for 7.
At this stage S.S. Dhiman and E.C. Sain put on 38 runs for the 4th wicket before E.C. Sen was caught by Anmolpreet off Sandeep Singh for 18 with the score reading 71 for 4. Himachal then got into further trouble when they lost S.K. Negi snapped by wicket keeper Shine Sharma off Siddharth Sharma (0) and Gaurav Kumar trapped in front by Karan Kaila (0) reducing Himachal to 76 for 6 in 40.5 overs.
S.S. Dhiman who had been holding one end up was then cleaned up by Sandeep Singh for 41 off 159 balls inclusive of 7 boundaries reducing Himachal to 88 for 7 in 45.4 overs. The Himachal batsman continued to stare down the barrel by losing wickets at regular interval. Pankaj Jaswal (8) and M.J. Dagar (4) were dismissed by Siddharth Sharma while Ashutosh was caught by K.S. Ahluwalia off Sandeep Singh for (0). Himachal Under -16 was eventually bowled out for 119 in 55.1 overs.
Sandeep Sharma (4 for 63), Karan Ahluwalia (2 for 24), Sandeep Singh (3 for 10) were the main wicket takers for Punjab.
Replying Punjab also got off to a shaky start when their opener Prabhjot Singh was caught by S.S. Dhiman off Ashutosh Singh for (1) with the score reading one down for 3 in 3.5 overs. Then a 2nd wicket stand of 83 runs between K.B. Sharma and Manpreet Singh took the total to 86 in 24.5 overs when K.B.Sharma was cleaned up by M.J. Dagar for 59 off 89 balls inclusive of 9 boundaries and one six.
K.P. Chauhan who came in next did not last long and was bowled by Pankaj Jaswal for (5) reducing Punjab to 100 for 3 in 31.3 overs just before close of play. Manpreet Singh was unbeaten on 25 of 67 balls with 3x4s and one six. For Himachal Pankaj Jaswal 1 for 38, Ashutosh Singh 1 for 15 and M.J. Dagar 1 for 25 shared the spoils.
Brief scores: Himachal (1st innings): 119 all out in 55.1 overs (S.S. Dhiman 41, E.C.Sen 18, Siddharth Sharma 4 for 63, Karan Ahluwalia 2 for 24, Sandeep Singh 3 for 10).
Punjab (1st Innings): 100 for 3 in 31.5 overs (K.B. Sharma 59, Manpreet Singh 25 not out, Pankaj Jaswal 1 for 38, Ashutosh Singh 1 for 15 and M.J. Dagar 1 for 25).
CHANDIGARH, DEC11
Fine bowling by Siddharth Sharma (4 for 46) helped Punjab skittle out Himachal Pradesh 119 in their Vijay Merchant Under-16 last league tie at Amter (Himachal). In reply Punjab were 100 for 3 at close of play.
Himachal Pradesh won the toss and elected to bat. Their move backfired as Punjab medium pacers Siddharth Sharma and Karan Ahluwalia made early inroads reducing Himachal to 33 for 3 in 9.2 overs. Opener A.K. Bains was trapped in front by Siddharth Sharma for 4 while the other opener S.K. Minhas met the same fate at the hands of Karan Ahluwalia for 9. Karan Ahluwalia struck again when he had K.N. Panta snapped by wicket keeper Shine Sharma for 7.
At this stage S.S. Dhiman and E.C. Sain put on 38 runs for the 4th wicket before E.C. Sen was caught by Anmolpreet off Sandeep Singh for 18 with the score reading 71 for 4. Himachal then got into further trouble when they lost S.K. Negi snapped by wicket keeper Shine Sharma off Siddharth Sharma (0) and Gaurav Kumar trapped in front by Karan Kaila (0) reducing Himachal to 76 for 6 in 40.5 overs.
S.S. Dhiman who had been holding one end up was then cleaned up by Sandeep Singh for 41 off 159 balls inclusive of 7 boundaries reducing Himachal to 88 for 7 in 45.4 overs. The Himachal batsman continued to stare down the barrel by losing wickets at regular interval. Pankaj Jaswal (8) and M.J. Dagar (4) were dismissed by Siddharth Sharma while Ashutosh was caught by K.S. Ahluwalia off Sandeep Singh for (0). Himachal Under -16 was eventually bowled out for 119 in 55.1 overs.
Sandeep Sharma (4 for 63), Karan Ahluwalia (2 for 24), Sandeep Singh (3 for 10) were the main wicket takers for Punjab.
Replying Punjab also got off to a shaky start when their opener Prabhjot Singh was caught by S.S. Dhiman off Ashutosh Singh for (1) with the score reading one down for 3 in 3.5 overs. Then a 2nd wicket stand of 83 runs between K.B. Sharma and Manpreet Singh took the total to 86 in 24.5 overs when K.B.Sharma was cleaned up by M.J. Dagar for 59 off 89 balls inclusive of 9 boundaries and one six.
K.P. Chauhan who came in next did not last long and was bowled by Pankaj Jaswal for (5) reducing Punjab to 100 for 3 in 31.3 overs just before close of play. Manpreet Singh was unbeaten on 25 of 67 balls with 3x4s and one six. For Himachal Pankaj Jaswal 1 for 38, Ashutosh Singh 1 for 15 and M.J. Dagar 1 for 25 shared the spoils.
Brief scores: Himachal (1st innings): 119 all out in 55.1 overs (S.S. Dhiman 41, E.C.Sen 18, Siddharth Sharma 4 for 63, Karan Ahluwalia 2 for 24, Sandeep Singh 3 for 10).
Punjab (1st Innings): 100 for 3 in 31.5 overs (K.B. Sharma 59, Manpreet Singh 25 not out, Pankaj Jaswal 1 for 38, Ashutosh Singh 1 for 15 and M.J. Dagar 1 for 25).
Friday, December 10, 2010
Vijay Kumar races ahead on day three
by sportswire4u.blogspot.com (Balbir)
MUMBAI, DEC 10
Vijay Kumar of Lucknow raced ahead into the lead after returning a five under 65 in the third round of the CG Open at the Bombay Presidency Golf Club on Friday. Vijay’s second successive 65 handed him a two shot lead at 11 under 199. Mandeo Singh Pathania and Rafick Ali Mollah are in joint second with the next best total score of nine under 201.
Vijay Kumar (69-65-65) ran riot on the front nine with birdies on the first four holes. Vijay sank a 15 feet putt on the second and then fired his approach shot (pitching-wedge) from 130 yards out on the third to within a foot and a half of the hole. An excellent lob-wedge shot earned him a birdie on the fourth. The 42-year-old veteran bogeyed the par-three eighth after missing a chip-putt from the bunker.
Vijay, who is currently third on the Rolex Rankings, then used the pitching-wedge to great effect to set up a birdie on the 12th. The bogey on the 14th was a minor hiccup for the Lucknow-based professional and he came back well to make a strong finish with an eagle on the par-five 18th, where he sank a 25 feet putt. Vijay’s 65 was the day’s best score.
Vijay, a winner on the Aircel PGTI in the 2010 season, said, “I made some incredible recoveries after hitting a couple of wayward tee shots today. My drive on the fourth landed in the adjoining fairway but I still managed to extract a birdie on that hole.
“I also hit some good approach shots with the pitching-wedge and sank a few monstrous putts. I scored well on the par 5s. The eagle putt from 25 feet on the par-five 18th was special as it gave me loads of confidence ahead of the final round.
“I did not fare too well on the par 3s today. I was level par on the six par 3s in round three whereas ideally I should have been at least two under. I’ll look at improving on this front in the final round. I think a score of three under could do the job for me on the final day.”
Mandeo Singh Pathania (67-66-68) of Greater Noida shot a score of two under 68 to throw his hat in the ring on Friday. He is currently two strokes behind the leader in tied second along with Kolkata’s Rafick Ali Mollah (67-63-71) who carded a one over 71 in round three. Mandeo’s round of 68 featured five birdies and three bogeys.
Delhi’s Karanjit Singh Sandhu is in fourth place at eight under 202 while Mukesh Kumar, Sujjan Singh and Harendra Gupta are in joint fifth with matching totals of seven under 203. Mukesh fired a 66 on Friday.
MUMBAI, DEC 10
Vijay Kumar of Lucknow raced ahead into the lead after returning a five under 65 in the third round of the CG Open at the Bombay Presidency Golf Club on Friday. Vijay’s second successive 65 handed him a two shot lead at 11 under 199. Mandeo Singh Pathania and Rafick Ali Mollah are in joint second with the next best total score of nine under 201.
Vijay Kumar (69-65-65) ran riot on the front nine with birdies on the first four holes. Vijay sank a 15 feet putt on the second and then fired his approach shot (pitching-wedge) from 130 yards out on the third to within a foot and a half of the hole. An excellent lob-wedge shot earned him a birdie on the fourth. The 42-year-old veteran bogeyed the par-three eighth after missing a chip-putt from the bunker.
Vijay, who is currently third on the Rolex Rankings, then used the pitching-wedge to great effect to set up a birdie on the 12th. The bogey on the 14th was a minor hiccup for the Lucknow-based professional and he came back well to make a strong finish with an eagle on the par-five 18th, where he sank a 25 feet putt. Vijay’s 65 was the day’s best score.
Vijay, a winner on the Aircel PGTI in the 2010 season, said, “I made some incredible recoveries after hitting a couple of wayward tee shots today. My drive on the fourth landed in the adjoining fairway but I still managed to extract a birdie on that hole.
“I also hit some good approach shots with the pitching-wedge and sank a few monstrous putts. I scored well on the par 5s. The eagle putt from 25 feet on the par-five 18th was special as it gave me loads of confidence ahead of the final round.
“I did not fare too well on the par 3s today. I was level par on the six par 3s in round three whereas ideally I should have been at least two under. I’ll look at improving on this front in the final round. I think a score of three under could do the job for me on the final day.”
Mandeo Singh Pathania (67-66-68) of Greater Noida shot a score of two under 68 to throw his hat in the ring on Friday. He is currently two strokes behind the leader in tied second along with Kolkata’s Rafick Ali Mollah (67-63-71) who carded a one over 71 in round three. Mandeo’s round of 68 featured five birdies and three bogeys.
Delhi’s Karanjit Singh Sandhu is in fourth place at eight under 202 while Mukesh Kumar, Sujjan Singh and Harendra Gupta are in joint fifth with matching totals of seven under 203. Mukesh fired a 66 on Friday.
Rafick Ali Mollah’s sizzling 63 puts him on top
by sportswire4u.blogspot.com (Balbir)
MUMBAI, DEC 9
Kolkata’s Rafick Ali Mollah shot a sizzling seven under 63 in round two of the CG Open that catapulted him into the lead. Rafick’s second round effort moved his score to 10 under 130. Karanjit Singh Sandhu of Delhi, who fired a 69 on Thursday, is two shots off the pace in second place.
The cut was declared at four over 144. Fifty-two professionals made the cut.
Rafick Ali Mollah (67-63) followed up his first round 67 with a fabulous bogey-free 63 on day two to snatch the lead. Rafick had a dream start in round two as he birdied the first, second, fourth, fifth and seventh to be five under through seven holes. He chipped-in from the edge on the par-three second and hit a perfect sand-wedge shot on the fifth to create another birdie opportunity from five feet.
The 41-year-old then had a relatively quieter back nine with two birdies on the 10th and 18th. His near-flawless nine-iron tee shot on the par-three 10th stopped just a few inches short of the hole. Rafick then came up with another superb sand-wedge shot that led to an easy birdie putt on the closing 18th.
“My putting made all the difference today. I had struggled with the putter in round one. That was not the case today. I sank a decent 12 footer for birdie on the seventh. I was also delighted with my recovery on the 18th. My drive had found the rough on the 18th but despite that I managed to salvage a birdie on that hole,” said Rafick.
He added, “It’s important to take your chances on the front nine as the fairways are straighter and that presents more birdie opportunities. My strategy for the next two days would be to look for maximum birdies on the front nine.
"I was playing well in patches over the last few months and therefore could not produce any good scores. I’m glad that I’ve been able to put together a solid round after a long time.”
Karanjit Singh Sandhu (63-69), the first round leader, shot a 69 to end the day in second place at eight under 132. He had an action-packed first nine (10th to 18th) which featured four birdies and three bogeys. Karanjit’s second nine included a bogey on the seventh and a birdie on the ninth.
Karanjit said, “My putting was not as good as round one. I made a good birdie on the closing ninth, which is not an easy hole. The pins were tougher today and thus birdies were not easy to come by.
“I don’t have any score in mind for round three but will just try to hit maximum fairways and improve on my putting.”
Mandeo Singh Pathania of Greater Noida brought in a card of 66 to be placed third at seven under 133.
Lucknow’s Vijay Kumar and Chandigarh’s Harendra Gupta are tied for fourth at six under 134. While Vijay carded a 65, Harendra returned a 67.
MUMBAI, DEC 9
Kolkata’s Rafick Ali Mollah shot a sizzling seven under 63 in round two of the CG Open that catapulted him into the lead. Rafick’s second round effort moved his score to 10 under 130. Karanjit Singh Sandhu of Delhi, who fired a 69 on Thursday, is two shots off the pace in second place.
The cut was declared at four over 144. Fifty-two professionals made the cut.
Rafick Ali Mollah (67-63) followed up his first round 67 with a fabulous bogey-free 63 on day two to snatch the lead. Rafick had a dream start in round two as he birdied the first, second, fourth, fifth and seventh to be five under through seven holes. He chipped-in from the edge on the par-three second and hit a perfect sand-wedge shot on the fifth to create another birdie opportunity from five feet.
The 41-year-old then had a relatively quieter back nine with two birdies on the 10th and 18th. His near-flawless nine-iron tee shot on the par-three 10th stopped just a few inches short of the hole. Rafick then came up with another superb sand-wedge shot that led to an easy birdie putt on the closing 18th.
“My putting made all the difference today. I had struggled with the putter in round one. That was not the case today. I sank a decent 12 footer for birdie on the seventh. I was also delighted with my recovery on the 18th. My drive had found the rough on the 18th but despite that I managed to salvage a birdie on that hole,” said Rafick.
He added, “It’s important to take your chances on the front nine as the fairways are straighter and that presents more birdie opportunities. My strategy for the next two days would be to look for maximum birdies on the front nine.
"I was playing well in patches over the last few months and therefore could not produce any good scores. I’m glad that I’ve been able to put together a solid round after a long time.”
Karanjit Singh Sandhu (63-69), the first round leader, shot a 69 to end the day in second place at eight under 132. He had an action-packed first nine (10th to 18th) which featured four birdies and three bogeys. Karanjit’s second nine included a bogey on the seventh and a birdie on the ninth.
Karanjit said, “My putting was not as good as round one. I made a good birdie on the closing ninth, which is not an easy hole. The pins were tougher today and thus birdies were not easy to come by.
“I don’t have any score in mind for round three but will just try to hit maximum fairways and improve on my putting.”
Mandeo Singh Pathania of Greater Noida brought in a card of 66 to be placed third at seven under 133.
Lucknow’s Vijay Kumar and Chandigarh’s Harendra Gupta are tied for fourth at six under 134. While Vijay carded a 65, Harendra returned a 67.
CM to honour Haryana players for winning medals in Asian Games
by sportswire4u.blogspot.com (Balbir)
CHANDIGARH, DEC 10
Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda will felicitate the players of the state for bringing glory in the recently concluded Asian Games inChina at a function to be organized on December 22 at Indradhanush Auditorium, Sector -5, Panchkula.
While stating this here today, an official spokesman said that as per the state policy and announcement made by the Chief Minister, the sportspersons winning gold, silver and bronze medals would be awarded cash prizes of Rs 25 lakh, Rs 15 lakh and 10 lakh respectively. Their coaches would also be awarded with cash award of Rs 3 lakh, 2 lakh and 1 lakh.
All the players of the state, who participated in the Asian Games but could not win medals, would also be awarded cash prize of Rs 2 lakh each, he added.The villages of the medal winning players will also be rewarded with prize money for their development as Rs. 51 lakh, Rs. 31 lakh and Rs. 21 lakh respectively for winning gold, silver and bronze medals in the Asian Games.
The state government has been taking a number of steps to promote sports and those initiatives have started showing fruitful results. The state players brought laurels to the country in the Asian and Commonwealth Games as more than one third of medals won by the country were contributed by Haryana players.
CHANDIGARH, DEC 10
Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda will felicitate the players of the state for bringing glory in the recently concluded Asian Games inChina at a function to be organized on December 22 at Indradhanush Auditorium, Sector -5, Panchkula.
While stating this here today, an official spokesman said that as per the state policy and announcement made by the Chief Minister, the sportspersons winning gold, silver and bronze medals would be awarded cash prizes of Rs 25 lakh, Rs 15 lakh and 10 lakh respectively. Their coaches would also be awarded with cash award of Rs 3 lakh, 2 lakh and 1 lakh.
All the players of the state, who participated in the Asian Games but could not win medals, would also be awarded cash prize of Rs 2 lakh each, he added.The villages of the medal winning players will also be rewarded with prize money for their development as Rs. 51 lakh, Rs. 31 lakh and Rs. 21 lakh respectively for winning gold, silver and bronze medals in the Asian Games.
The state government has been taking a number of steps to promote sports and those initiatives have started showing fruitful results. The state players brought laurels to the country in the Asian and Commonwealth Games as more than one third of medals won by the country were contributed by Haryana players.
Thursday, December 9, 2010
Army Red lift Services Hockey Trophy
CHANDIGARH, DEC 9
Army Red annexed the 58th Inter Services Hockey Championship by defeating Indian Air Force by 2-0 in the final played at the 3 Base Repair Depot Synthetic Turf ground here today.
Army Red forged ahead through S Amrugam by scoring a field goal in the sixth minute and M Lakra confirmed the lead in the 51st minute by converting a penalty corner. Army Red forced three penalty cornesr and Air Force got two .
In an earlier match for third and fourth positions, Indian Navy defeated Army Green by 2–1 in extra time. For Indian Navy Bharat Singh scored two goals ((13th minute, penalty corner and 72nd extra time). S Mundu scored the only goal for Army Green in 32nd minute through penalty corner.
Air Marshal Naresh Verma, Director General (Works & Ceremonial) and the chief guest for the occasion awarded the trophies to the winning and runner-up teams. The Services team for forthcoming National Games was declared during the closing ceremony.
In his speech the chief guest congratulated the participants, team coaches and officials from the Services Sports Control Board for making the event a success. He was welcomed by Air Commodore R Sharma, Air Officer Commanding 3BRD, Air Force. Air Commodore Rajiv Sachdeva Air Officer Commanding 12 Wing Air Force was also present during the ceremony.
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Sandhu shoots a whirlwind 63, equals course record
by sportswire4u.blogspot.com (Balbir)
MUMBAI, DEC 8
Delhi’s Karanjit Singh Sandhu shot a whirlwind seven under 63 on day one of the CG Open to establish a three-stroke lead. Ashok Kumar of Delhi, Pune’s Dinesh Raghuvanshi and Sujjan Singh of Chandigarh are in tied second at four under 66.
Karanjit Singh Sandhu got off to a blazing start as he birdied the first, second and fourth. He sank a 12-footer on the second and produced two spectacular chip shots to set up birdies on the first and fourth. A missed chip-putt led to bogey on the fifth and he thus made the turn at two under.
Sandhu, who has posted two top-10s on the Aircel PGTI this season, gave a display of some magnificent hitting on the back nine as his tee shots landed within 10 feet on the three par 3s – 10th, 13th and 17th. He converted all these birdie putts and went on to add two more birdies with a couple of excellent bunker shots on the 16th and 18th.
The Delhi-based golfer’s first round score of 63 equaled the course record for a single round set by Gurbaaz Mann earlier this year.
Karanjit said, “I got off to a solid start and was hitting it well through the day. The putts rolled in for me today. This is my lowest score at a professional event so it is the ideal start to the week.
“I have always enjoyed playing on this course. One has to be patient on this course and being too aggressive does not help. The greens are in great shape. The birdie that stood out for me today came on the par-three 17th where I landed my tee shot within six feet of the pin. The 17th is not an easy hole and sinking a birdie there gave me a lot of confidence when I stood on the 18th tee.”
Ashok Kumar, Dinesh Raghuvanshi and Sujjan Singh share second position at four under 66. Sujjan’s round featured an eagle, six birdies and four bogeys. Ashok and Dinesh fired six birdies against two bogeys in their respective rounds.
As many as eight golfers, including Mandeo Singh Pathania, Vinod Kumar, Ajeetesh Sandhu, Digvijay Singh, Vivek Bhandari, Harendra Gupta, Akshay Butta and Rafick Ali Mollah share fifth place at three under 67.
MUMBAI, DEC 8
Delhi’s Karanjit Singh Sandhu shot a whirlwind seven under 63 on day one of the CG Open to establish a three-stroke lead. Ashok Kumar of Delhi, Pune’s Dinesh Raghuvanshi and Sujjan Singh of Chandigarh are in tied second at four under 66.
Karanjit Singh Sandhu got off to a blazing start as he birdied the first, second and fourth. He sank a 12-footer on the second and produced two spectacular chip shots to set up birdies on the first and fourth. A missed chip-putt led to bogey on the fifth and he thus made the turn at two under.
Sandhu, who has posted two top-10s on the Aircel PGTI this season, gave a display of some magnificent hitting on the back nine as his tee shots landed within 10 feet on the three par 3s – 10th, 13th and 17th. He converted all these birdie putts and went on to add two more birdies with a couple of excellent bunker shots on the 16th and 18th.
The Delhi-based golfer’s first round score of 63 equaled the course record for a single round set by Gurbaaz Mann earlier this year.
Karanjit said, “I got off to a solid start and was hitting it well through the day. The putts rolled in for me today. This is my lowest score at a professional event so it is the ideal start to the week.
“I have always enjoyed playing on this course. One has to be patient on this course and being too aggressive does not help. The greens are in great shape. The birdie that stood out for me today came on the par-three 17th where I landed my tee shot within six feet of the pin. The 17th is not an easy hole and sinking a birdie there gave me a lot of confidence when I stood on the 18th tee.”
Ashok Kumar, Dinesh Raghuvanshi and Sujjan Singh share second position at four under 66. Sujjan’s round featured an eagle, six birdies and four bogeys. Ashok and Dinesh fired six birdies against two bogeys in their respective rounds.
As many as eight golfers, including Mandeo Singh Pathania, Vinod Kumar, Ajeetesh Sandhu, Digvijay Singh, Vivek Bhandari, Harendra Gupta, Akshay Butta and Rafick Ali Mollah share fifth place at three under 67.
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
World class tennis academy on anvil in DPS Hisar
by sportswire4.blogspot.com (Balbir)
CHANDIGARH, DEC 7
A state-of-the-art tennis academy is on the anvil in Haryana’s largest town- Hissar. ‘Mam Kaur Breakpoint Tennis Academy’ will find its roots within the Delhi Public School, Hissar campus. It will be run by International Tennis Federation level II coach and ITF/AITA tutor Gary O’Brien who will be involved full time in its operations and will be assisted by AITA level 3 & Level 5 coaches and a qualified fitness trainer.
The ‘Mam Kaur Breakpoint Tennis Academy’ a joint venture between owner Nihal Singh and tennis specialist Gary O’Brien will open on February 1 next year. The programme will be open to residential trainees and local regular trainees as well.
The academy will house four tennis courts (two clay and two synthetic courts), a residential block for 50 trainees, a swimming pool, skating rink, basketball court, two football fields , one fitness area, horse riding and martial arts. Trainees will have the option to enrol into Delhi Public School- Hissar, which is affiliated to the CBSE Board.
“I am very eager to launch this academy in the State of Haryana. In my 18 years of experience I believe that North East India and the State of Haryana have talent and are naturally inclined towards sport. The Asian games and Commonwealth Games are a proof of this statement. The only problem thus far is that Haryana lacks a proper tennis coaching faculty and I am about to bring about this change”, Gary O’Brien.
Apart from the above facilities the academy will also offer the following:
A fully sponsored full time under 12 programme with school, for three top boys and girls in India. Full sponsorship will be given to these trainees with regards to equipment, training, tournaments and a travelling coach.
Emphasis on advanced training systems with tournament players and beginners.
A residential programme with schooling
A regular tennis development programme (non residential)
World class fitness programme and emphasis on other sports to improve tennis related abilities.
CHANDIGARH, DEC 7
A state-of-the-art tennis academy is on the anvil in Haryana’s largest town- Hissar. ‘Mam Kaur Breakpoint Tennis Academy’ will find its roots within the Delhi Public School, Hissar campus. It will be run by International Tennis Federation level II coach and ITF/AITA tutor Gary O’Brien who will be involved full time in its operations and will be assisted by AITA level 3 & Level 5 coaches and a qualified fitness trainer.
The ‘Mam Kaur Breakpoint Tennis Academy’ a joint venture between owner Nihal Singh and tennis specialist Gary O’Brien will open on February 1 next year. The programme will be open to residential trainees and local regular trainees as well.
The academy will house four tennis courts (two clay and two synthetic courts), a residential block for 50 trainees, a swimming pool, skating rink, basketball court, two football fields , one fitness area, horse riding and martial arts. Trainees will have the option to enrol into Delhi Public School- Hissar, which is affiliated to the CBSE Board.
“I am very eager to launch this academy in the State of Haryana. In my 18 years of experience I believe that North East India and the State of Haryana have talent and are naturally inclined towards sport. The Asian games and Commonwealth Games are a proof of this statement. The only problem thus far is that Haryana lacks a proper tennis coaching faculty and I am about to bring about this change”, Gary O’Brien.
Apart from the above facilities the academy will also offer the following:
A fully sponsored full time under 12 programme with school, for three top boys and girls in India. Full sponsorship will be given to these trainees with regards to equipment, training, tournaments and a travelling coach.
Emphasis on advanced training systems with tournament players and beginners.
A residential programme with schooling
A regular tennis development programme (non residential)
World class fitness programme and emphasis on other sports to improve tennis related abilities.
Haryana athletes establish five national records
by sportswire4u.blogspot.com (Balbir)
CHANDIGARH, DEC 7
The Haryana athletes established five new national records in the recently concluded 26th national Junior Athletics Championships from December 1 to 4 at Bangalore (Karnataka), according to Haryana State Athletic Association general secretary H S Bhadu
Mr Bhadu further informed that Haryana won overall, men and women runner-up trophies in the Championship by winning total of 18 gold, 28 silver and 10 bronze medals.
Where Sharmila, G-16 created new National record in Javelin with a throw of 38.84 m. Arjun Khokhar B-16 created new National record in 400m with 49.14s finish. B-18 team created new National record in Medlay Relay with 1.54.78s. Parmila created new Meet record in Discus with a hurl of 49.10 m and Preeti of G u-14 created new meet record in shotput with 9.32m.
Nafe Singh Rathi, President HSAA , Rajender Malik and Dilbagh Singh vice presidents, Senior Joint Secretary Rajkumar Mittan along with all other office bearers congratulated the team members.
CHANDIGARH, DEC 7
The Haryana athletes established five new national records in the recently concluded 26th national Junior Athletics Championships from December 1 to 4 at Bangalore (Karnataka), according to Haryana State Athletic Association general secretary H S Bhadu
Mr Bhadu further informed that Haryana won overall, men and women runner-up trophies in the Championship by winning total of 18 gold, 28 silver and 10 bronze medals.
Where Sharmila, G-16 created new National record in Javelin with a throw of 38.84 m. Arjun Khokhar B-16 created new National record in 400m with 49.14s finish. B-18 team created new National record in Medlay Relay with 1.54.78s. Parmila created new Meet record in Discus with a hurl of 49.10 m and Preeti of G u-14 created new meet record in shotput with 9.32m.
Nafe Singh Rathi, President HSAA , Rajender Malik and Dilbagh Singh vice presidents, Senior Joint Secretary Rajkumar Mittan along with all other office bearers congratulated the team members.
Monday, December 6, 2010
Indian Navy prevail over Army Green
by sportswire4u.blogspot.com (Balbir)
CHANDIGARH, DEC 6
Indian Navy prevailed over Army Green by 2-1 in the opening match of the 58th Inter Services Hockey Championship being conducted held at 3 Base Repair Depot Astroturf Hockey Ground here today.
Faheem Khan gave Indian Navy the lead with a field gold in the 20th minute. Navy kept the slender lead intact in the first half. Army Green neutralised the lead in the 57th minute as Poovanna restored parity by converting a penalty stroke. However, Indian Navy clinched the issue in their favou in the 62nd minute after Seaman Bharat Singh converted a penalty corner in the 62nd minute.
Indian Air Force registered a thumping 7-2 verdict against Army Red after leading 2-1 at half time in the second match billed for the day.
Earlier, Major General SD Cruz, MG Medicine Western Command Chandimandir inaugurated the tournament in which Army Red, Army Green, Indian Navy and Indian Air Force are participating on league-cum –knock out basis.
Former Indian hockey captain and Punjab Sports Director Padam Shree Pargat Singh was also present on the occasion.
The matches are played on newly constructed synthetic poly grass Astro-turf ground which is the first of its kind in the Indian Air Force.
K S Sidhu appointed chef-de-mission
by sportswire4u.blogspot.com (Balbir)
CHANDIGARH, DEC 6
Indian Olympic Association joint secretary and Punjab Olympic Association general secretary KS Sidhu has been appointed the chef-de-mission for the IInd Asian Beach Games to be held at Muscat (Oman) from December 8 to 16.
The Indian contingent will be competing in beach kabaddi (men & women), sailing, equestrian (tent pegging) and body building. Sidhu is confident that India would win medals in all these events.
Competitions will be held in beach handball, beach soccer, beach volleyball, water polo, jet ski sports, water ski, yachting (sailing), marathon swimming, beach kabaddi, body building, triathlon, sepak takraw, woodball and equestrian (tent pegging).
Raja K. S. Sidhu has vast experience as a Sports Administrator having been an International sportsman himself and he was earlier the Chef-de-mission of the Indian contingent for the Asia Pacific games held at Yakutsk (Russia) in 2004. He was also Observer of Olympic Council of Asia at 2002, Busan (Korea) Asian games and 2006 Doha (Qatar) Asian games. He has also represented at the 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth games and the 2008 Beijing (China) Olympic games. Recently he was part of the conduct team of the successful Commonwealth games, New Delhi-2010.
CHANDIGARH, DEC 6
Indian Olympic Association joint secretary and Punjab Olympic Association general secretary KS Sidhu has been appointed the chef-de-mission for the IInd Asian Beach Games to be held at Muscat (Oman) from December 8 to 16.
The Indian contingent will be competing in beach kabaddi (men & women), sailing, equestrian (tent pegging) and body building. Sidhu is confident that India would win medals in all these events.
Competitions will be held in beach handball, beach soccer, beach volleyball, water polo, jet ski sports, water ski, yachting (sailing), marathon swimming, beach kabaddi, body building, triathlon, sepak takraw, woodball and equestrian (tent pegging).
Raja K. S. Sidhu has vast experience as a Sports Administrator having been an International sportsman himself and he was earlier the Chef-de-mission of the Indian contingent for the Asia Pacific games held at Yakutsk (Russia) in 2004. He was also Observer of Olympic Council of Asia at 2002, Busan (Korea) Asian games and 2006 Doha (Qatar) Asian games. He has also represented at the 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth games and the 2008 Beijing (China) Olympic games. Recently he was part of the conduct team of the successful Commonwealth games, New Delhi-2010.
Sunday, December 5, 2010
Venkataramanan and Reeth Rishya bag TT titles
by sportswire4u.blogspot.com (Balbir)
CHENNAI, DEC 5
R.Venkataramanan and T Reeth Rishya won the men's and women's singles titles, respectively, in the Vishwanath Memorial VIII State Ranking Table Tennis Tournaament here.
In the men's singles final, R.Venkataramanan defeated V.Nitin Thiruvengadam 11-6,11-6,11-4,11-8. T.Reeth Rishya prevailed over N.Vidya 11-8,8-11,11-4,11-7,11-6 in the final to claim the women's crown. Results: Men's singles (final): R.Venkataramanan bt V.Nitin Thiruvengadam 11-6,11-6,11-4,11-8. Semi-finals: V.Nitin Thiruvengadam bt E.Prabhakaran11-13,11-13,11-8,11-6,7-11,11-5,11-9; Venkataramanan, bt. Sivananda Seshadri 6-11,11-8,11-7,11-4,4-11,8-11,11-9.
Youth boys (final): R.Venkataramanan bt L.Sathiswaran 11-5,11-6,10-12,12-10,11-8. Semi-finals: R Venkataramanan bt V.Nitin Thiruvengadam 9-11,11-7,11-9,13-15,13-11,11-9; L.Sathiswaran bt E. Prabhakaran 11-6,11-4,11-6,4-11,11-8.
Junior boys (final): M.Kalaivanan bt A.Kamal Deja 11-7,11-9,10-12,11-7,12-10. Sem-finals: A.Kamal Deja bt. J.K.Bhuvaraghavan 13-11,6-11,12-10,6-11,10-12,11-4,11-6; M.Kalaivanan bt M.N.Anish 5-11,11-13,11-9,11-7,6-11,11-6,11-7.
Sub-junior boys (final): S.Nikhil bt Sachin Viswanath 13-11,5-11,11-7,11-7,7-11,12-10. Semi-finals: S.Nikhil bt M.Anirudh 9-11,11-8,11-9,10-12,5-11,11-9,11-5; Sachin Viswanath bt B.Aravind 12-10,11-9,11-6,9-11,11-9.
Cadet boys (final): R.Santhosh Kumar bt A.Shri Krishna 11-8,11-6,11-8. Semi-finals: R.Santosh Kumar bt. V.Nikhil Nanda 11-13,11-7,11-9,11-5; A.Shri Krishna bt P.Premchand 11-8,11-4,11-9.
Mini Cadet boys (final): J.Karan bt. Sriram Kannan 2-11,5-11,11-5,11-7,11-9. Semi-finals: J.Karan bt Piyush Sagar 8-11,11-6,11-7,11-6; Sriram Kannan bt. Kishore Kumar 12-10,11-1,11-6.
Women's singles (final): T.Reeth Rishya bt N.Vidya 11-8,8-11,11-4,11-7,11-6. Semi-finals: T.Reeth Rishya bt R.Ke.Yukthi Roshni 11-8,11-3,11-9,11-4; N.Vidhya bt S.Narasimha Priya 11-9,11-6,11-9,6-11,11-6.
Youth girls (final): T.Reeth Rishya bt S.Krithicka 11-9,11-5,11-7,11-9. Semi-finals: T.Reeth Rishya bt V. Sneha 12-10,8-11,11-8,8-11,11-3,11-9; S.Krithicka bt K.Aishwarya 15-13,11-5,8-11,11-6,11-8.
Junior girls (final): T.Reeth Rishya bt. S.Krithicka,AKG 11-5,11-4,11-9,11-5. Semi-finals: T.Reeth Rishya bt Amrutha Pushpak 11-6,9-11,6-11,11-8,11-5,11-9; S.Krithicka bt R.Ke.Yukthi Roshni 11-6,9-11,11-8,11-2,11-8.
Sub-junior girls (final): C.R.Harshavardini bt Abinaya Ramesh 11-8,11-6,7-11,11-8,11-13,11-5. Semi-finals: C.R.Harshavardini bt S.Yashini 11-7,11-8,11-7,11-0; Abinaya Ramesh bt Mahima Jain 11-6,6-11,11-5,11-9,4-11,9-11,11-8.
Cadet girls (final): Abinaya Ramesh bt S.Selena Deepthi 11-8,11-4,11-5. Semi-finals: Abinaya Ramesh bt V.S.Kokila 11-4,11-7,11-8; S.Selena Deepthi bt S.Yashini 11-8,11-9,11-9.
Minni Cadet girls (final): R.Santhana Ishwarya bt V.Kowsika 11-6,8-11,15-13,10-12,11-7. Semi-finals:
V.Kowsika bt Swetha Steffi 6-11,11-6,11-3,11-6; Santhana Ishwarya bt Bavanitha 8-11,11-5,11-6,11-8.
CHENNAI, DEC 5
R.Venkataramanan and T Reeth Rishya won the men's and women's singles titles, respectively, in the Vishwanath Memorial VIII State Ranking Table Tennis Tournaament here.
In the men's singles final, R.Venkataramanan defeated V.Nitin Thiruvengadam 11-6,11-6,11-4,11-8. T.Reeth Rishya prevailed over N.Vidya 11-8,8-11,11-4,11-7,11-6 in the final to claim the women's crown. Results: Men's singles (final): R.Venkataramanan bt V.Nitin Thiruvengadam 11-6,11-6,11-4,11-8. Semi-finals: V.Nitin Thiruvengadam bt E.Prabhakaran11-13,11-13,11-8,11-6,7-11,11-5,11-9; Venkataramanan, bt. Sivananda Seshadri 6-11,11-8,11-7,11-4,4-11,8-11,11-9.
Youth boys (final): R.Venkataramanan bt L.Sathiswaran 11-5,11-6,10-12,12-10,11-8. Semi-finals: R Venkataramanan bt V.Nitin Thiruvengadam 9-11,11-7,11-9,13-15,13-11,11-9; L.Sathiswaran bt E. Prabhakaran 11-6,11-4,11-6,4-11,11-8.
Junior boys (final): M.Kalaivanan bt A.Kamal Deja 11-7,11-9,10-12,11-7,12-10. Sem-finals: A.Kamal Deja bt. J.K.Bhuvaraghavan 13-11,6-11,12-10,6-11,10-12,11-4,11-6; M.Kalaivanan bt M.N.Anish 5-11,11-13,11-9,11-7,6-11,11-6,11-7.
Sub-junior boys (final): S.Nikhil bt Sachin Viswanath 13-11,5-11,11-7,11-7,7-11,12-10. Semi-finals: S.Nikhil bt M.Anirudh 9-11,11-8,11-9,10-12,5-11,11-9,11-5; Sachin Viswanath bt B.Aravind 12-10,11-9,11-6,9-11,11-9.
Cadet boys (final): R.Santhosh Kumar bt A.Shri Krishna 11-8,11-6,11-8. Semi-finals: R.Santosh Kumar bt. V.Nikhil Nanda 11-13,11-7,11-9,11-5; A.Shri Krishna bt P.Premchand 11-8,11-4,11-9.
Mini Cadet boys (final): J.Karan bt. Sriram Kannan 2-11,5-11,11-5,11-7,11-9. Semi-finals: J.Karan bt Piyush Sagar 8-11,11-6,11-7,11-6; Sriram Kannan bt. Kishore Kumar 12-10,11-1,11-6.
Women's singles (final): T.Reeth Rishya bt N.Vidya 11-8,8-11,11-4,11-7,11-6. Semi-finals: T.Reeth Rishya bt R.Ke.Yukthi Roshni 11-8,11-3,11-9,11-4; N.Vidhya bt S.Narasimha Priya 11-9,11-6,11-9,6-11,11-6.
Youth girls (final): T.Reeth Rishya bt S.Krithicka 11-9,11-5,11-7,11-9. Semi-finals: T.Reeth Rishya bt V. Sneha 12-10,8-11,11-8,8-11,11-3,11-9; S.Krithicka bt K.Aishwarya 15-13,11-5,8-11,11-6,11-8.
Junior girls (final): T.Reeth Rishya bt. S.Krithicka,AKG 11-5,11-4,11-9,11-5. Semi-finals: T.Reeth Rishya bt Amrutha Pushpak 11-6,9-11,6-11,11-8,11-5,11-9; S.Krithicka bt R.Ke.Yukthi Roshni 11-6,9-11,11-8,11-2,11-8.
Sub-junior girls (final): C.R.Harshavardini bt Abinaya Ramesh 11-8,11-6,7-11,11-8,11-13,11-5. Semi-finals: C.R.Harshavardini bt S.Yashini 11-7,11-8,11-7,11-0; Abinaya Ramesh bt Mahima Jain 11-6,6-11,11-5,11-9,4-11,9-11,11-8.
Cadet girls (final): Abinaya Ramesh bt S.Selena Deepthi 11-8,11-4,11-5. Semi-finals: Abinaya Ramesh bt V.S.Kokila 11-4,11-7,11-8; S.Selena Deepthi bt S.Yashini 11-8,11-9,11-9.
Minni Cadet girls (final): R.Santhana Ishwarya bt V.Kowsika 11-6,8-11,15-13,10-12,11-7. Semi-finals:
V.Kowsika bt Swetha Steffi 6-11,11-6,11-3,11-6; Santhana Ishwarya bt Bavanitha 8-11,11-5,11-6,11-8.
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