SPORT

Judo teams for school games announced 
From Our Sports Reporter

LUDHIANA, Sept 13 — Members of a judo team for the Inter-District School Games have been announced.

In the under-19 boys' category the players are: Man Rajvir Singh of CPC and Raman of Bhartiya Vidya Mandir in the below 40 kg category; Saurab of Government Model Senior Secondary School, PAU, and Ankit Chawla of BVM in the 45 kg category; Navjot Channa of GMSSS, PAU, and Raji of SNP in the 50 kg category; Rajdeep Singh of Jamna Model School and Kapil Shelly of BVM in the 55 kg category; Vikas Sharma of JMS and Balwinder Kumar of Arya School in the 60 kg category; Ali Mohamad of JMS and Kuldipak Naib of BVM in the 66 kg category; Harpinder Singh of Government Multipurpose School and Sandeep of BVM in the 71 kg category; Ashani Verma of BVM and Tejinder Singh of GMSSS, PAU, in the above 71 kg category. Baljeet Singh Gill will be the in charge of the under-19 boys' team.

In the under-17 boys' category the players are: Amarvir of Navbharati School and Bhupinder Singh of NM Jain School in the 40 kg category; Mandeep Singh of NBS and Aman Patel of RS Model School in the 45 kg category; Sachin of NBS and Ramandeep of Sargodha Model School in the 50 kg category; Sukhpreet of SNP and Gurpreet Singh of RSMS in the 55 kg category; Sahil of RSMS and Sanjeev of SNP in the 60 kg category; Deepak Jaugra of RSMS in the 65 kg category; Love Dogra of RSMS in the 71 kg category; and Sunny Malhotra of RSMS in the above 71 kg category. Sanjay Kumar will be the in charge of the under-17 boys team.

In the under-19 girls' category the players are: Poonam of Sargodha Girls School and Harjinder Kaur of Madhopuri in the 36 kg category; Manju of Division No 3 and Khushboo of Bharat Nagar in the 40 kg category; Kamaljit Kaur of Madhopuri and Surinder Kaur of Bharat Nagar in the 44 kg category; Amandeep Kaur of Madhopuri and Harpreet Kaur of Sargodha Girls School in the 48 kg category; Santosh and Manpreet both of Bharat Nagar in the 52 kg category; Charu of Bharat Nagar and Anita of RSMS in the 57 kg category; Reena and Kamaljit Kaur both of Bharat Nagar in the 63 kg category; Gagandeep of Madhopuri and Aarti of Bharat Nagar in the above 63 kg category. Leela Rani will be the in charge of under-19 girls' team.

In the under-17 girls' category the players are: Manpreet Kaur of GGSSS, Gill, and Meenakshi of Madhopuri in the 36 kg category; Jasbir Kaur of Division No 3 and Harpreet Kaur of SNP in the 40 kg category; Surinder Kaur of Bharat Nagar and Pooja of Madhopuri in the 44 kg category; Sumita Soni and Savita of Madhopuri in the 48 kg category; Sharnjit Kaur of GSSS, Gill, and Suman Lata of Madhopuri in the 52 kg category; Ramandeep of Division No 3 and Rajinder Kaur of GSSS, Gill, in the 57 kg category; Shalu of Division No 3 and Rajdeep Kaur of GSSS, Gill, in the 63 kg category; and Jaswinder Kaur and Harpreet Kaur both of GSSS, Gill, in the above 63 kg category. Ranbeer Kaur will be the in charge of the under-17 girls' team.

Salaries not paid to coaches
By Kamal Kishore Shankar

LUDHIANA, Sept 13 — Guru bina gati nahi hoti (nobody can succeed without a teacher) is an old saying. But the Punjab Government appears to mean otherwise. This is evident from the plight of sports coaches in the local Government College.

Although the coaches are regular employees of the state government but they have not been paid their salaries since June. Mr Brij Bihari, a basketball coach, told Ludhiana Tribune that two coaches, one clerk, one ground marker, and two peons were suffering for not getting their salaries. He disclosed that there were 36 coaches and other supporting staff in various colleges who are facing the same problem. The irregularities in the payment of salaries started in 1998.

The coaches in various government colleges have been working under the DPI ( Colleges ) since 1974. Col Raminder Singh, Director, Sports and Youth Services, issued an order on March 31,1993, to absorb these coaches in the Sports Department. The coaches filed a writ against the order in the Punjab and Haryana High Court. The order was quashed by the high court. After that these coaches remain in the same department.

These coaches have reportedly brought the matter to the notice of Mr H.S.Deol, DPI (Colleges), Punjab. He said it was the Finance Department which sanctioned the salary of these coaches and he could do nothing in this matter.

Mr Jagwinder Singh, a hockey coach at Government College for Boys, here, disclosed that the college had produced many national and international players. Mr Yashpal Sharma, a veteran cricketer, is the product of this college. "We are doing our best to produce good players. But we have been ignored by the government for many years. We have to wait for months together to get our salary", he said.

He pointed out that people frequently criticise the sportspersons, especially coaches for not bringing medals in the Olympics and Asian Games but nobody is ready to listen to their problems.

SHSSS win cricket tournament
From Our Sports Reporter

LUDHIANA, Sept 13 — Sacred Heart Senior Secondary School (SHSSS), Bhai Randhir Singh Nagar, won the Punjab Inter-School Ludhiana Zone II (under-19) Cricket Tournament held here yesterday. SHSSS defeated BCM School by a margin of three wickets.

BCM School won the toss and decided to bat first. BCM made 128 runs in 20 overs after loosing eight wickets. SHSSS achieved the target in 19.3 over by making 129 runs after loosing seven wickets.

BCM gave a tough fight to the rivals but could not face the fiery batting by Nitin Bhandari. Nitin hit two sixes in last overs to make the victory comfortable. Nitin made 23 runs in just 17 balls and remained not out. Amarvir contributed 22 runs, while Naveen contributed 25 runs. Shavinder could score only 13 runs this time. The excellent bowling by Mandeep took the team to the victory flag. He took three wickets in four overs for 19 runs, while Sumit, Amarbir, Shavinder and Nipun took one wicket each.