Monday, January 29, 2001, Chandigarh, India |
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Naveen wins chess
tourney CHANDIGARH,
Jan 28 — Naveen Jain won the Chandigarh Open 2001 Chess Tournament title which concldued here today at Sports Complex, Sector 42. The second and third positions were clinched by Jitender Joshi, and Abhinandan Vohra, respectively. In all 53 players took part in this three-day tournament organised by tbe Chandigarh Chess Association. The first 15 top players were also awarded prizes while special prizes were given to children. The final positions at the end of the seventh round in order of merit were, Naveen Jain, Jitender Joshi, Abhinandan Vohra, Sanjeev Biswas, Ashwani Kumar, Anil Raina, Major Singh, Ashok Mittal, Nitin, Anil Upadhya, Naveen Bansal, Swapan Biswas, CM Sharma, Anmol Razdan, and CM Oberoi.
Golf tourney The CGA fun golf tournament for its members and their families was organised at the Chandigarh Golf Association golf range, near Kishangarh, today in which about 110 people participated. Two-minute silence was observed before the start of the tournament by the entire participants to pay homage to the victims of the disastrous earthquake in Gujarat. Among those present on the occasion were, Mr Sarabjit Singh, Director-General Police, Punjab, and Mr B.S. Bassi, IGP, UT. Mr Inder Raj Soni, Commissioner Cenral Excise Chandigarh-I, was the chief guest and gave away the prizes. The results are:
Three hole — (men) - Mr Daljit Singh 1, Major B.M. Singh 2; (women) -Ms Bachitter Singh 1, Ms B.M. Singh 2; (boys) Mr Dilsher Singh Sukhija 1, Mr Abhinav 2. Pitch and putt — (men) Mr Jatinder Harika 1, Mr H.C.S. Berry 2; (women) Ms Kiran B.M. Singh 1, Ms Bachitter Singh 2; (boys) Mr Dilsher Singh Sukhija 1, Adhiraj Thind 2; putting — (men) Manddar Saddi 1, Pawandeep 2; (women) Ms Kiran B.M. Singh 1, Ms Bachitter Singh 2. Bunker shot and putting — (men) Mr B.S. Thind 1, Manddar Saddi 2; (women) Ms Bachitter Singh 1, Ms B.M. Singh 2; (boys) Mr Dilsher Singh Sukhija 1, Adhiraj Thind 2. Longest drive
— (men) Manddar Saddi 1, Gurdish Pal Singh 2; (women) Ms Bachitter Singh 1, Ms Kiran B.M. Singh 2; (boys) Mr Dilsher Singh 1, Mr Himmat Singh 2. Longest drive (iron) — (men) Mr Baboota 1, Mr Ashwani Chandna 2; (girls) Ms Parneet Sidhu 1. |
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