SPORT

Badminton tourney begins
By Our Sports Reporter

CHANDIGARH July 28 — The sixth District Badminton Championship began today at Sector 7 Community Centre, Panchkula, with seeded players having smooth sailing into next rounds. The three-day meet is being organised by the District Badminton Association, Panchkula.

The maximum number of entries were received in under-16 boys section. Mr SC Kansal, Chief Controller, Finance, HUDA, inaugurated the championship. Mr TR Tuli, Secretary of the association, highlighted the achievements of the association during the past one year. He told that despite one court hall, the response to the game was tremendous and they were hoping for a new hall in Sector 3 Sports Complex, which was due next year.

Results: Under - 16 — singles: Gaurav b Rahul 15-2, 15-1; Kunal Jain b Aman 15-8, 15-12; Adit Aggarwal b Vikas 15-3, 15-0; Saurav Gupta gets walkover; Nitin Saini b Vaneet 13-15, 15-11, 15-4; Puneet Manchanda gets walkover; Vikram Singh b Navdeep 15-2, 15-2; Sachin Garg b Amit Kumar 15-0,15-0; Gaurav b Sahil Jain 15-2,15-0; Adhiraj Neogi b Shrey 15-11,17-15; Munish Garg b Kunal 15-1, 15-0; Karam Syal b Pankaj Katyal; Adit Aggarwal b Saurav Sharma 15-7, 15-1; Gaurav Kapoor b Kapil Raina 15-0, 15-1; Saurav Kapoor b Aman Mittal 15-1,15-3; Varun Gupta b Saurav Gupta 15-0,15-1; Mayank Choudhary b Sameer Batta 15-3, 15-4; Prateek Sharma b Nitin Saini 15-1, 15-0; Ashish Girdhar b Pankaj Kalra 15-0, 15-0; Gaurav Matia b Vikramjit 15-1, 15-0; Abhishek Goel b Puneet 15-3, 15-3; Piyush Aggarwal b Vikram 15-0, 15-0; under - 16 — doubles: Aman & Pankaj b Varun & Yatish 15-2, 15-3; Karan & Ashish b Navdeep & Saurav 15-0, 15-0; Saurav & Anshul b Varun & Vikas 15-0, 15-0; Sachin & Piyush b Aman & Pankaj 15-0, 15-0; Karan & Ashish b Amit & Satyadeep 15-1, 15-1.

Carrom championship

The tenth Chandigarh state carrom championship will begin tomorrow at St Stephen’s School, Sector 45. A total of 205 participants, including 38 women, will vie for top honours in this six-day meet organised by the Chandigarh Carrom Association. The events to be conducted include, mens singles and doubles, boys singles and doubles, sub-junior boys singles and doubles, veterans singles, women singles and doubles, girls singles and doubles, and sub-junior girls singles and doubles.

Seedings: men — Gagandeep 1, Tejinder Harry 2; junior boys: — Ramanpreet 1, Dhruva 2; sub-junior boys — Taranpreet 1, Rahul Nanda 2; women — Anjali Negi 1, Saroj Chandel 2; junior girls — Shikha Nanda 1, Pallavi 2; sub junior girls — Nidhi Patwal 1, Eveleen 2; veterans — Subhash 1, RC Wadhwa 2. A total of 210 matches will be played in this meet, according to Mr Mahesh Sekhri, Secretary of the association.