Nur Hossain Sardar smashes seven under 65 on day one

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 DIGBOI (ASSAM), NOV 30

 Nur Hossain Sardar of Kolkata smashed an amazing seven under 65 at the Digboi Golf Links to take the lead in round one of the IndianOil XtraPremium Masters Golf 2011. Defending champion Shankar Das, who also hails from Kolkata, fired a five under 67 to be placed second.

Nur Hossain Sardar began with a bogey on the first but got back to level par when he picked up a stroke with a 10 feet putt on the third hole. The 30-year-old from Kolkata made the turn at even par and then turned on the heat on the back nine. Nur Hossain came agonizingly close to making a hole-in-one on the 10^th when his tee shot landed one foot from the hole. Nonetheless, he managed to salvage a birdie on the 10^th and followed that up with another birdie on the 11^th.

 Nur Hossain then hit a purple patch on the last five holes. This phase began with him making a good up and down for birdie on the 14^th. Sardar made it three birdies in a row when he landed his shots within five feet on the 15^th and 16^th holes. The icing on the cake were Nur’s birdie putts from 15 feet and 12 feet on the 17^th and 18^th respectively. He thus ended the day with five straight birdies.

 Nur Hossain said, “I’m delighted with today’s round as this is the best score of my professional career. I hit it with precision and made all the putts. I didn’t chip that well but made up for that with my putting. I read the greens to perfection on the back nine. I hit my putts firmer than usual and that made all the difference. I’ll now look to build on this opening round over the next three days.”

 Defending champion Shankar Das made an eagle, five birdies and two bogeys in his round of 67. Shankar drove the green on two occasions (14^th and third) and sank a 15 feet putt on the 12^th.

 “I was in good hitting form and therefore managed to set up three eagle opportunities. Unfortunately, I could only extract an eagle on one occasion. Nevertheless, it was a fantastic opening round which has raised my hopes of defending my title,” said Shankar.

 Mukesh Kumar of Mhow, a five-time winner at Digboi, was in tied third at two under 70 along with the Lucknow duo of Vijay Kumar and Sanjay Kumar and Maniram Sharma of Karnal, Mithun Perera of Sri Lanka, Kolkata’s Nabin Mandal and Delhi golfer Rudresh Sharma.

 

Xavier’s School-44 cagers win Emily Basketball

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PANCHKULA, NOV 30

 St. Xavier School, Sector 44,  defeated  St. Kabir’s School, Sector 26 by 43-32 in an all-Chandigarh final of the 8^th Emily Gosain Basketball Tournament organized at St. Xavier’s School here today.

Sinking baskets from all angles, Navjot contributed a lion’s share in a well-earned victory of St Xavier School. He topscored with 18 points. Navjot was given good support by Sumit (9) and Gursher (6).

Garv (8),  Ritik (6) and Gurteg (6) served St Kabir  School well.

Earlier in the semi-finals matches, St. Kabir’s  (Garv 16, Ritik 16) Chandigarh  beat  Little Flower Convent School of Panchkula (Chirag 12, Chaityana 6)  by 45-33 while St Xavier’s of Chandigarh (Kunal 10, Stanzin 6) ended the aspirations of hosts St Xavier High School, Panchkula Dinesh 9, Anurag 8) by 29-23.

St Xavier’s Group of Schools chairman Andrew Gosain was the chief guest. He encouraged the players to come forward to participate in the game.  Principal Shear also witnessed the proceedings and together gave away the awards to the winners.

St Xavier's Pkl to meet St Xavier's Chd in semi-finals

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PANCHKULA,  NOV 29

Hosts St Xavier’s School and St Xavier’s School, Sector 44 Chandigarh qualified to meet each other in the semi-final of the 8^th Emily Gosain Basketball Tournament being organized at St. Xavier’s School  courts here today.

In the second semi-final enounter Little Flower Convent School of Panchkula will cross swords with St Kabir of Sector 26, Chandigarh.

    In the first quarter-final match between two local schools, St. Xavier’s beat  St. Teresa by 26 -23 points. Anoop  (10) and  Dinesh (6) were the main scorers for the winners. for  St.Teresa  Mohit  got 10 points.     

In  another closely fought quarter-final match,  St. Xavier’s ,Chandigarh beat Saupins School, also of Chandigarh by  45 -42.  Khushman  ( 17 ) and  Navjot  (10) were mainy responsible for St Xavier’s School’s victory.points each for the losers.

St. Kabir of Chandigarh got the better of  Delhi Public  School of Pinjore by 34-30.                                                                   

The main scorers for the winners were Garv  (12) and  Gutegh  (8).  Vikalp  contributed 12 points for DPS.

Chief guest Trehan, Principal ,Holy Child School inaugurated the tournament and I .William Vice Chairman ST.Xavier Schools, graced the event. Principal Mr. George Shear was also present on the occasion.

Tomorrow’s f ixtures (semi-finals):  L.F.C.S.  Pkl    vs    St. Kabir’s Chd, and St. Xavier’s  Pkl   vs   St. Xavier’s Chd.=

St John’s, St Stephen’s, St Kabir and GMHS-26 in semis

Saupin's School-32 vs Govt Model High School-26

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CHANDIGARH, NOV 29

Defending champions St Stephen’s School, Sector 45 will face formidable St John’s School, Sector 26 while hosts St Kabir School are pitted against talented Government Model High School, Sector 26 in the semi-finals of the Chandigarh Sub-Junior Football Tournament for St Kabir Trophy being played at the St Kabir School Ground in Sector 26 here. The semi-finals will be played tomorrow.

After taking time to settled down, St Stephen’s outplayed Vivek High School, Sector 38 by 3-0 in the first quarter-final  match of the day.

Vivek High School contained Stephen’s School from scoring till the 21^st minute. Stephen’s got their first goal through their spirited striker Tegpratap. Having met initial success, Stephen’s School kept their pressure and added one goal each through Shaiza (30^th) and Akshit (40^th) to increase their victory margin.

GM High School, Sector 26, who trains at the Chandigarh Football Academy, snuffed out the challenge of  Saupin’s School, Sector 32 by 3-0. Saupin’s School today displayed lacked form. They played a subdued game.

GMH School boys looked more skilful and opened their account early in the 2^nd minute through Rohit Joshi whose rising shot from a distance sailed over Saupin’s goalkeeper into the net.  Saupin’s boys tried best to match their rivals.  They launched counter-attacks but their forwards were denied by the defenders to have a close look at GMS School.

Saupin’s goal fell again in the 43^rd minute when Ankit  Deshwal smartly booted home from a handshaking distance after getting a measured pass from the left flank. Vijay Bahadur rounded of the winners’ tally in the 47^th minute.

This match was delayed for  10 minutes as question of the eligibility of a player of GMH was raised. However, the player was allowed after his original date of birth certificate issued by the Municipal Corporation, Chandigarh, was produced by the GMH School coach. The Tournament Director Gurpreet Bakshi gave the approval after examining the DOB certificate.

St John’s School handed out a 3-0  drubbing to St Soldier International School, Sector 28 in the third quarter-final match. Akaash (13^th and 49^th) and Gaurav (27) were their scorers in the one-sided match.

Hot contenders St Kabir School ousted Strawberry Field, Sector 26 by 2-0. Karan put them into the lead with a goal in the 17^th minute. Then an unwell Dev Malhotra, who has so far given a consistent display as a striker, got St Kabir’s second and last goal.

Tomorrow’s fixtures (semi-finals):  St John’s School vs St Stephen’s (10 a.m.), St Kabir vs GMHS-26 (11 a.m.).

Sagar hits ton for Punjab in Vijay Merchant Trophy

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CHANDIGARH, NOV 28

Punjab secured three points in their drawn match against Haryana at DPS School, Rohtak on account of first innings lead of 63 runs in their North Zone U-16 league match of Vijay Merchant Trophy. Winning the toss Punjab U-16 skipper Anmol Malhotra opted to bat. Powered by a sedate century (109) off 205 balls studded with 14x4s and 2x6s by Yogesh Sagar Punjab were able to notch up a score of 290. Punjab innings was bolstered by two fruitful stands of 71 for the 6^th wicket and 76 for the 7^th wicket.  Other notable contributors for Punjab innings were Anmolpreet Singh (43), Arpit Singh (33).  For Haryana S.A.Khatri  6 for 86 and S.G.Pal  2 for 24 were the main wicket takers.

  Replying Haryana were bowled out for 227 in 106.4 overs. Y.R. Sharma  66, B.P. Kumar  30, Abhijeet Sharma  25, H.J. Rana 31, A.B.Jaswal  26 were the main contributors with the bat. Harpreet Brar  3 for 68 and Arpit Pannu  4 for 68 were the main wicket takers for Punjab.

  Punjab in the 2^nd innings scored 156 for 4 in 55 overs before declaring their innings. They were given a sound start by Bhagminder Singh (54) and S.P. Bawa (34) as they put on 78 runs for the 1^st wicket. B.B.Kalkal  2 for 45 was the main wicket taker for Haryana.

Haryana in their 2^nd innings were 70 for 2 in 21 overs at the end of match. Abhijeet Sharma unbeaten 24 and A.B.Jaswal unbeaten  5 were at the crease when stumps were drawn. Harpreet Brar  1 for 24 and Anmolpreet Singh 1 for 11 were the main wicket takers for Punjab.

  Brief scores: Punjab (1^st innings): 290 allout in 96.2 overs (Yogesh Sagar 109, Anmolpreet 43,  Arpit Singh 33,S.A.Khatri  6 for 86, S.G. Pal   2 for 24).

 Haryana (1^st Innings): 227 all out in 106 . 4 overs (B.P. Kumar 30, Abhijeet Sharma 25, H.J.Rana  26, A.B.Jaswal  26, Y.R. Sharma 66, Harpreet Brar  3 for 68, Arpit Pannu  4 for 68).

Punjab (2^nd Innings): 156 for 4 declared in 55 overs (Bhagminder Singh 54, S.P.Bawa  34, Arpit Singh 23 not out, B.B.Kalkal  2 for 45).

Haryana (2^nd innings):  70 for 2 in 21 overs (Abhijeet Sharma unbeaten 24,  A.B.Jaswal unbeaten  5,

Harpreet Brar  1 for 24, Anmolpreet Singh 1 for 11).

 

GGSSS-20B girls shine in inter-schools sports

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CHANDIGARH, NOV 28

Government Girls Senior Secondary School,  Sector 20 B, have given outstanding performance
in the recently concluded Chandigarh Inter-School State level  tournaments organised by the Education Department Chandigarh.

 They emerged champions in basketball (girls  U-14), Tug of war (girls U-19) and Circle Kabaddi (girls U-19).

Aravind KP of TVS Racing hogs limelight

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PUNE, NOV 28

 Aravind KP of TVS Racing fought off the stiff challenge of teammate Santosh CS to ride away with top honors in Foreign Open class in the penultimate round of the MRF National Supercross Championship at the Mohite’s Racing Academy, Kolhapur, on Sunday.

 The class run over two motos had both Aravind and Santosh end up with reverses for the top spot on the podium. In the first, Santosh stood tall, before aravind won the second and by virtue of winning the second topped the class. In doing so Aravind won the ‘Rider of the Day’ title.

 Both riders in the bargain claimed 37 points each (20 points is awarded for winning a moto).

 Later in the day, Aravind yet again took pole position on the podium winning the Indian Experts; Group-B class staving off the challenge of HK Pradeep and Pramod Joshua in a near total TVS Racing domination.  

 Aravind’s win meant winning two of the three motos he contested in the day.

 On a day that had seven classes lined up, TVS Racing won five to top the tables.  Pradeep Adnan Ahmed (Novice; Gr-C), Pramod Joshua (Indian Experts; Gr-C), Pinkesh Thakkar (Private Experts; Gr-C) were other TVS class winner of the day apart from Aravind's two.

The championship now moves to Pune to complete the five-round championship. The Pune-leg of the championship is scheduled for Saturday, December 3.  

 Results:

 Class 1: Foreign Open, Gr-A (2/4 Stroke, upto 250cc/ 500cc): 1-Aravind KP (TVS Racing; RTR 250) – 37 points; 2-CS Santosh (TVS Racing; RTR 250) – 37 points; 3-Pradeep HK (TVS Racing; RTR 250) – 30 points, 4-Raju Fernandes (Goa; CR 125) – 23 pts, 5-Shamlal Pardeshi (Pune; CR 125) – 22 pts

 (Moto 1): CS Santosh (20 pts), KP Aravind (17 points), Pradeep HK (15 pts), Raju Fernandes (13 pts), Shamlal Pardeshi (11 pts)

(Moto 2): KP Aravind (20 points), CS Santosh (17 pts), Pradeep HK (15 pts), Shamlal Pardeshi (11 pts), Raju Fernandes (10 pts)

 Class 2: Novice, Gr-C (2/4 Stroke, Upto 260cc): 1-Adnan Ahmed (TVS Racing; RTR 160), 2-Murthy R (Bangalore; RX 135), 3-Sachin Ghorpade (Kolhapur; Fiero), 4-Amrut Dudhane (Kolhapur; RX 135), 5-Shahrukh Mulla (Ichalkaranji; RX 135)

  Class 3: Indian Experts, Gr-B (2/4 Stroke, Upto 260cc): 1-Aravind KP (TVS Racing; RTR 160), 2-Pradeep HK (TVS Racing; RTR 160), 3-Pramod Joshua (TVS Racing; RTR 160), 4-Naresh VS (TVS Racing), 5-Shamlal Pardeshi (Pune; RX 135) 

 Class 4: Locals, Gr-B (2/4 Stroke, Upto 260cc): 1-Sachin Ghorpade (Kolhapur; Fiero), 2-Amrut Dudhane (Kolhapur; RX 135), 3-Shahrukh Mulla (Ichalkaranji; RX 135), 4-Arif Shaikh (Miraj; RXZ), 5-Vasim Badgat (Ichalkaranji; RX 135)  

 Class 5: Indian Experts, Gr-C (2/4 Stroke, Upto 260cc): 1-Pramod Joshua (TVS Racing; RTR 160), 2-R Natraj (TVS Racing; RTR 160), 3-Naresh VS (TVS Racing; RTR 160), 4-Adhan Thakkar (TVS Racing; RTR 160), 5-Pinkesh Thakkar (TVS Apache)  

 Class 6: Private Experts, Gr-C (2/4 Stroke, Upto 250cc): 1- Pinkesh Thakkar (TVS Apache), 2-Murthy R (Bangalore; RX 135), 3-Amrut Dudhane (Kolhapur; RX 135), 4-Shahrukh Mulla (Ichalkaranji; RX 135), 5-Sachin Ghorpade (Kolhapur; TVS Fiero) 

 Class 7: Private Foreign Open, Gr-A (2/4 Stroke, Upto 250cc/500cc; 2 Motos): 1- Harith Noah (Kerala; KTM SXF 250) – 40 pts; 2-Allan Sequiera (Goa; KX 250) - 34 pts; 3-Javed Shaikh (Goa; KTM 250F) - 30 pts; 4-Raju Fernandes (Goa; CR 250) – 26 pts; 5-Suraj Kute (Nashik; YZ 250F) – 21 pts.

 (Moto 1): Harith Noah (20 pts), Allan Sequiera (17 pts), Javed Shaikh (15 pts), Raju Fernandes (13 pts), Suraj Kute (11 pts)

(Moto 2): Harith Noah (20 pts), Allan Sequiera (17 pts), Javed Shaikh (15 pts), Raju Fernandes (13 pts), Suraj Kute (11 pts)

 Best Rider of The Day: Aravind KP (TVS Racing).

12 teams for Emily Gosain Basketball

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PANCHKULA, NOV 28

St Xavier’s School of Panchkula, will organize the annual Emily Gosain Basketball Tournament at School Campus on November 29 and 30.

As many as 12 teams from Tricity are participating in the eighth edition of the tournament. The matches will start at 8 a.m.

Q-finalists spotted in Kabir Football Trophy

 

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CHANDIGARH, NOV 28

The quarter-final line-up has been completed in the Chandigarh Sub-Junior Football Tournament for St Kabir Trophy being played at the St Kabir School ground in Sector 26 here today.

Hosts St Kabir School just managed to pip Government Model High School, Sector 26 to runners-up position in Group B league. Both teams finished their league programme with two wins and one draw each and were tied with seven points apiece. After a goalless draw against Government Model School, Sector 26 today,  the deadlock continued. Even the goal difference (+5 each) could not resolve the issue.

St Kabir were declared group leaders on the basis of maximum number of goals scored (6). GMHS-26 have netted five goals in the league phase. Both teams qualified for quarter-final knockout stage.

The quarter-final  line-up is: St Stephen’s-45 vs Vivek High School-38 (9 a.m.),  St John’s-2 6 vs St Soldier-28 (10 a.m.), Strawberry Field vs St Kabir (11 a.m.) and Saupin’s-32 vs GMHS-26 (12 noon).

Defending champions St Stephen’s-45 outplayed St  Soldier International School, Sector 28 by 4-0 and maintained their unbeaten record in the league phase in Groulp A. The highlight of the one-sided match was  three-in-a-row feat by Tejpratap who struck in the 26^th, 31^st and 36^th minutes. Stephen’s were put ahead by Shaiza in the 20^th minute.

Riding on the hat-trick of Anuj, St Xavier’s  School blanked Mount Carmel of Sector 47 by 5-0. Anuj and Tejvir wrecked the Mount Carmel defence.  Anuj scored in the 3^rd, 11^th and 15^th minutes. Tejvir pumped in two goals in the 30^th and 38^th minutes.

In another match, New Public School, Sector 18 prevailed over  St Xavier’s School of Panchkula by a solitary goal scored by  Shivam Pandey in the 38^th minute.

 Strawberry Field-26 and Saupin’s School-26 played a one-all draw and split points. Strawberry Field drew the first blood though Maulik in the 27^th minute while Aryaman neutralized the lead for Saupin’s in the 48th minute.

The quarter-final matches will be played tomorrow from 9 a.m.

Hosts Patiala claim overall trophy Punjab Rural Games

 

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PATIALA, NOV 27
Hosts Patiala bagged overall trophy by pocketing 28 points on the concluding day of Punjab State Rural Games for boys under – 16, here at Raja Bhalindra Singh Sports Complex, Polo
Ground. Gurdaspur finished runners-up with 17 points and Sangrur
remained third with 14 points.
Brigadier Labh Singh, Olympian and Dhiyan Singh Awardee was the chief guest and he gave away the prizes.
Judo team championships went to Gurdaspur who grabbed 15 points, Tarn Taran won silver just behind Gurdaspur by getting 14 points where as Patiala and Amritsar pocketed 12 each points and won bronze jointly.
In handball Patiala bagged gold by defeating Moga in a well contested final match. Gursharan Singh and Ramandeep Singh scored 15 and 10 for their team which helped host to win the gold. Bronze medal won by Faridkot who defeated Ferozepur 20-11 for the 3rd /4th position.
It was tough finals of football between Hoshiarpur and Gurdaspur both teams played their best but at last Hoshiarpur succeeded to bag gold by defeating its rival by one goal. Jalandhar got bronze medal who defeated host by 5-4 margin.
Faridkot won team championships in wrestling with 20 points. Amritsar got silver with 13 points and Fatehgarh Sahib got 11 points and won bronze.
In volleyball finals Patiala clinched gold by defeating Sangrur in straight sets 25-22,25-21,25-19 where as Jalandhar outplayed Ludhiana for the bronze 25-14,25-19,25-14.
In weightlifting Ludhiana showed their supremacy by winning overall team championships with 22 points, Sangrur got 14 ponits with silver and Kapurthala also got 14 points and won bronze on the bases of gold medals.
Sangrur won gold in kho-kho final match by defeating Mansa by 8 points where as Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar got bronze by defeating Ludhiana by 3 points.
The final match of hockey was cliff hanger as both teams Gurdaspur and Fatehgarh Sahib attacked well on each other and both teams were goalless. At last Gurdaspur got an edge in tie breaker who defeated
its rival by 5-4. Jalandhar won bronze by defeating Mansa by 3-0 goals.
In basketball Patiala grabbed gold by defeating Mukatsar Sahib 56-37 and Sangrur outplayed Mansa 29-17 for bronze.
Patiala won overall team Championships by pocketing 44 points, Moga won silver on the bases of no. of gold medals with 15 points where as Bathinda got bronze with15 points.
Amritsar outplayed Gurdaspur by 47-40 in kabaddi Patiala and Bathinda were declared joint third.

CITCO snatch exciting 2-run victory

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CHANDIGARH, NOV 27

Chandigarh Sports Department defeated Home Department by four wickets in the Chandigarh Inter-Department T-20 Cricket Tournament being organized  by the Chandigarh Sports Council in Sector 16 Cricket Stadium here today.

Spors Department won the toss and elected to field first. Home Department were dismissed for 62 in 11 overs. Sanjeev Kumar scored 19 runs, Harish Sharma took 3 wickets for 13 runs. Shammi Kumar bagged 3 for 25. Amarjeet Singh got 3 for 8.

Sports Department scored the required runs in 12.2 overs by scoring 64 for 6 wickets. Ravinder Laddi scored 20 runs and Harish Sharma remained not out on 10 runs. Shekhar took 4 wickets for 24 runs.

In another match Chandigarh Police beat Education Department by 95 runs. Chandigarh Police won the toss and elected to bat first. They scored 220 runs for 5 wickets in 20 overs. Jaswinder Singh scored 57 and Ramandeep remained not out on 55.  Parmod took 2 wickets for 41 and Sanjeev took 1  for 31..

In reply Education Department could muster only 125 for 7 in 20 overs. Rajesh Monga (43) and Bhart ( 34) were their main scorers. Balwinder and Jaswinder Singh took 2 wickets each for 24 and 21 runs, respectively..

CITCO snatched an exciting two-run  victory over Government Medical College, Sector 32 at the Government Model Senior Secondary School ground in Sector 32. Batting first CITCO scored 86 for 4 in allotted 15 overs. Narinder Kawatra remained not out on 43. Ganesh Dutt scored 18 runs,. Harish took 2 wickets for 15 runs and  Rajeev Attwal got 1 for 10 runs.

In reply Govt. Medical College scored 84 for  9 wickets in 15 overs. Ajay Kumar scored 37  and Sanjeev Massi remained not out on 15.  M.S. Rana took 2 wickets for 15 runs, Om Parkash bagged 2 for 12. Shiv Kumar got 2 wickets for 15 runs.

Municipal Corporation routed Medical Health Officer XI by five wickets. Medical Officer XI won the toss and elected to bat first and they scored 91 for 5 in allotted 15 overs.. Satpal scored 17 runs and Chander Mohan got 18 runs.

Chandigarh reached the require target in 11 overs by scoring 92 for 5. Varinder scored 25 runs and Deepak made 33.