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SPORT

City to host ball badminton meet
By Our Sports Reporter

CHANDIGARH, June 24 — The Chandigarh Ball Badminton Association will hold the 20th Sub-Junior National Championship from August 31 to September 3 in the Sector 41 Shivalik Public School. Mr Harbhushan Gulati, President of the association, said 46 teams of various affiliated state units other institutions would take part in the meet.

The meet will expose local boys and girls to players of the southern regions who dominate the game. Past year's winners, Andhra Pradesh (boys) and Kerala (girls), were also expected to be among the participants.

Mr Baljinder Singh Banwait, Secretary of the association, said the game was still in its infancy in the city. "However, after watching nearly 100 trainees practice daily in Shivalik Public School, Sector 41, one feels that the game is becoming popular," he said. He said participants would be provided with free accommodation in the Sector 42 Sport Complex.

Mr Banwait said the indoor facility in the school could be used in case of rain. Mr Farmesh Singh, Vice-President of the association, said the four-day championship would have more than 100 matches.

He said as woolen balls were used in this game, western countries did not accept it. Mr Banwait said there was a scarcity of qualified coaches in this sport and former players were training youngsters.

Mr Banwait also said since it was not an Olympic sport, getting sponsors was difficult. He said organisers were working hard to get donations from various persons who wished to promote the game.

He said in last sub-junior national championship at Allahabad, Andhra Pradesh had stood first in the boys' section, followed by Hyderabad, Karnataka and Kerala. Kerela had won in the girls' section where Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Orissa had stood second third and fourth.

He said they had planned a series of coaching camps for the Chandigarh team in preparation for the national meet.

Deepak, Mohit help Phonex Club win
By Our Sports Reporter

CHANDIGARH, June 24 — Deepak and Mohit helped Phonex Cricket Club achieve a superb 57-run win over Little Flower Convent School, Panchkula, in an under-12 league cricket tournament at the Sector 44 grounds today. Deepak scored 68 runs which included nine boundaries, while Mohit took five wickets for just eight runs which also included a hat-trick.

Brief scores: Phonex CC — 143 for 7 in 20 overs (Deepak 68, Sahil 17, Aditya Kaushal 3 for 14, Nitish Bhardwaj 2 for 10); LFC School, Panchkula — 86 all out (Aditya Kaushal 23, Nitish Bhardwaj 18, Mohit 5 for eight, Vikas 2 for 11).

Cricket trials: The Panchkula District Cricket Association will hold trials to select probables for an under-14 coaching camp, tomorrow at Hansraj Public School grounds in Sector 6, Panchkula. This was said by Mr Sandeep Moudgil, Secretary of the PDCA (affiliated to the Haryana Cricket Association).

Body-building meet: The Chandigarh Amateur Body Building Association will organise the first Mr Chandigarh Inter-Club Championship on July 9 in the Sector 10 DAV College auditorium. Mr Sunil Walia, President of the CABBA, said the weighing-in and pre-judging will be done at 9 am and the final posedown will be held at 5 pm on same day at the venue.

"Body builders who have won medals in junior, sub-junior or Mr Chandigarh meets will not be allowed to compete," said Mr Walia. Participants will be required to show their club membership cards at the time of weighing-in.

ADMINISTRATION

Deadlock continues
Tribune News Service

SAS NAGAR, June 24 — The deadlock between the management of the Punjab School Education Board and the employees’ union continued for the fourth day today.

Claiming that the management had called them for holding talks, the union leaders kept on waiting throughout the day in the premises of the board. Around 50 members of the union had been deputed to keep a look on any alleged move by the management to break locks of the almirahs in which record of the results had been kept.

Mr Jarnail Singh Brar, General Secretary of the union, said the employees were keeping a vigil to thwart any move by the management to seize the result record. However, no member of the management was available for comments.

Good response to scheme
Tribune News Service

SAS NAGAR, June 24 — The Punjab Urban and Development Authority (PUDA) in a press release said that a recently introduced “choose your neighbourhood scheme” had elicited a good response.

The Chief Administrator of PUDA, Mr KBS Sidhu, said of the total of 87 successful applicants at least 64 applicants had organised themselves into groups.

In all there were 10 such groups and the largest group contained 24 members for 250 sq yard plots and nine members for 500 sq yard plots. He said the draw of lots in this regard will be held on July 5.