EDUCATION

Embroidery work of students displayed
From Our Correspondent

LUDHIANA, Aug 12 — An exhibition of craft work done by school students was organised by Coats India Ltd, at DAV Public School and BCM Arya School, Shastri Nagar, here today.

Before the commencement of summer break, students of both the schools were distributed long-stitch kits with colourful cartoons and themes like ‘Happy Birthday’, ‘Merry Times’ and ‘Jolly Ride’ free of cost. The students were told to use their creativity and use any colour combination. Some of the students even used cross-stitch patterns.

The exhibition was divided into two groups, senior and junior. While the junior group comprised students from Classes V to VIII, the senior group had students from Classes IX and X. On the basis of the creativity and neatness, some good creations were selected for prizes.

In DAV Public School, Mallika was declared first, followed by Sangam and Maryada from the junior group. In the senior group, Namrata stood first, Richa was declared second and Prerna third. The results of a similar contest at BCM Arya School will be declared on Monday as the exhibition has been extended in the school.

Mr R.S. Patial, Principal of DAV Public School, appreciated the work done by the students. “The creativity of the students is clearly seen from the efforts of the students. The exhibition also reflects varied tastes of juvenile creators,” remarked Mr Patial.

Mrs Santosh Sharma, craft teacher of the school, said such contests encourage creativity in students. Mr Jatinder Sharma, coordinator, Anchor Educational Service, said the contest would be held at other schools also and the ‘Best Embroidery Student of the Year’ selected. The next contest is scheduled to take place at CFC Public School.

SPORTS

Martial arts championship
From Our Sports Reporter

LUDHIANA, Aug 12 — Students of Dragon Chinese Martial Art Kung-fu School, Ludhiana, bagged four gold, four silver and three bronze medals at the 11th National Open Full Contact Martial Arts Championship held recently in Sangrur. The championship was organised by the International Veer-Kwan-do Martial Arts Academy and Sangrur Veer-Kwan-do Martial Arts Association.

The recipients of the gold medal are Arjun Adhikari(22-26 kg, sub junior), Gurrattan Bir Singh Sohal (42-46 kg, sub-junior), Vishnu Bhadur(42-46 kg, junior), and Subhash Pradhan (45-50 kg senior). Those who won the silver medal are Lokh Bahadur, Raj Kumar and Arun Kumar, Lovleen Bhardawaj while Amit Raj Masi, Ram Bahadur and Santosh won the bronze medal.

Double crown for Alpine boys
From Our Sports Reporter

LUDHIANA, Aug 12 — Alpine International School in the city lifted two crowns, winning the Ludhiana district schools badminton and table tennis tournaments, which concluded here today.

In the badminton singles final, Raj Kumar (Alpine) beat Sukhpreet (DAV School) 15-0, 15-0, while in the doubles final. Raj Kumar and Gurbaksh Singh (Alpine) scored a comfortable 15-0, 15-2 victory over Nikhil Dhand and Pranav Chopra (DAV school).

The Alpine table tennis players also made a clean sweep, defeating Hindi Putri School, Khanna 3-0. Sahil beat Satnam 21-11, 21-11, Kashish beat Nitish 21-19, 17-21, 21-15 and Karanjot beat Gurpreet 21-12, 21-14.