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SPORT

Kawaljeet to coach ITF junior team
Our Sports Reporter

Chandigarh, April 21
Kawaljeet Singh, coach of Davis cupper Sunil Kumar in Chandigarh, has been invited to be the team coach of the International Tennis Federation (ITF) junior ‘B’ team for a tour of Europe, beginning on May 13. Kawaljeet, is at present coaching Jyotsna Vashisht, who is participating in the ongoing ITF women tennis meet, had earlier held assignments like under-16 team coach for tour of Europe in June 2000, coach of Indian youth team for World Youth Cup at Jakarta (Indonesia) in May 2000, ITF expert for level I coaches course in February 2000, ITF coach for Asian under-14 team besides others.

Kawaljeet feels that unless more exposure is given to Indian players, they do not stand a chance at the world level where competition is very stiff. Rohan Gajjar, who had beaten Sunil Kumar in ITF meet held at Chandigarh last January is the only Indian in this nine member team comprising five boys and four girls.

The team: Dias Doskarayev (Kazakhastan), Komlavi (Togo), Henry Adjei (Ghana), Lamine (Algeria) and Rohan Gajjar (India). Girls-Suzanna Baboos (Hungary), Khady Berthe (Senegal), Feriel Fatma (Algeria) and Pichaya (Thailand).

The schedule of tour: May 13-15- training camp at Austria; May 16 to 20-22nd International Raiffeisen Spring Bowl, St Polten, Austria; May 22-26 — Villach Junior Cup (Austria); May 28 — June 2 — 37th Astrid Bowl Charleroiu, Belgium; June 6-10 — Eravis Epitok Cup-Budapest, Hungary and June 12-16 — 9th international junior tournament of Frankfurt, Germany.

Producing cricket stars
Our Sports Reporter

Chandigarh, April 21
In a span of three years, the cricket coaching centre of DAV Senior Secondary School, Sector 8, has become a force to reckon with. During this period, 40 trainees from the centre get a chance to play for their respective states and some even played at the national and international-level.

The players are being trained by Mr Sukhwinder Bawa, a Sports Authority of India coach. He said the players topping the list of achievements are Yuvraj Singh and Dinesh Mongia. Both played for the country.

Rahul Panta was selected for the Deodhar Trophy and also for under-19 Indian team. Ravinder Nain was chosen for Ranji Trophy and also in the under-19 team, Gaurav Gupta represented junior India international for ICC trophy Asia Cup, Vikramjit Sodhi also represented junior India international team, Sanjay Dhull was member of the Ranji Trophy team, Praveen Sharma and Hitesh Angrish were part of the Himachal Ranji team, Amit Uniyal played the Vizzy Trophy and for the rest of India under-19 team. Poras Chaudhary and Rajat Bhandari were members of the Indian under-19 team, Rahul Arora captained the Rest of India team in under-16 event, Vishwas Bhalla was the captain of under-16 team of Punjab.

Other trainees of the centre who represented their states included Rajat Bhatia,Vipul Sharma, Aseem Gupta, Deepak Saini, Sidhharth Sharma, Rajnish Sharma, Nagesh Gupta, Gurinder Saini, Anurag Sharma, Prabhjot Singh, Lakshay Sharma, Rajinder Chaudhary, Amardeep, Gurkirat Singh, Naresh, Awijit Singh, Narinder Khokhar, Bhageshwar Bist, Manpratap Singh, Harpreet Singh and Prabhbir Singh,Vikramrajveer Singh, Sukhjinder Singh, Karanveer and S. Dogra.

Mr Ravinder Talwar, Principal of the school, said a cemented wicket was prepared for practice and a modern sprinkler system was installed to water the outfield which ensured a green outfield thereby encouraging youngsters to fearlessly dive and stop the ball. He said the next step on the cards was the installation of a bowling machine which would help boys in practice.

UT summer cricket
Our Correspondent

Chandigarh, April 21
The Satluj Cricket club, Panchkula, trounced the Attawa Youth Club by 161 runs, thanks to a fine knock of 78 by Navneet Thapar and a six wickets haul for just 18 runs by Karandeep Singh in the Vth UT Summer League Cricket Tournament at the Cricket Stadium, Sector 16. today.

In other matches of the day, the FCI Cricket Club got the better of 3 BRD XI by eight wickets, Bombay CC outplayed Eleven Star XI by seven wickets and the DAV Coaching Centre defeated PGI CC by 109 runs.

Panchkula team announced
Gaurav Chopra will lead the Panchkula district (Under-14) cricket team to participate in various tournaments, this was informed by Mr Sandeep Moudgil, secretary of the Panchkula District Cricket Association. The team is: Vishal Goel, Karan Sharma, Saurabh Chopra, Nitish Bhardwaj (jr), Zupin, Aditya Kaushal, Nelson Saini, Kunal Dhawan, Gautam, Deep Prakash, Deepak Verma, Romil and Nitish Bhardwaj (Sr). The selected players have been asked to bring original birth certificates and to report at 3.30 p.m. on April 23 at Manav Kendra Cricket grounds, Sector 4, Panchkula.

St. Stephen’s lift title
Our Sports Reporter

Chandigarh, April 21
St Stephen’s School, Sector 45, beat St Xavier’s Senior Secondary School, Chandigarh, 3-0, to lift the team championship in the ICSE Inter-School Carrom Tournament here yesterday. Earlier in the semifinals, St Stephen’s edged out Minerva Public School, Daon.

The results: Minerva Public School, Daon, beat Little Flower Convent School, Panchkula, 3-0. (Sukhdev b Pulkit 9-2; Satinder b Chandan 13-0; Pardeep b Kartik 12-0); Yadavindra Public School,SAS Nagar, b St Joseph’s School, Chandigarh, 2-1; Karan lost to Utkarsh 6-10; Jaskaran b Saurabh 7-4; Jaspreet b Ankit 7-1; St Xavier’s SS School, Chandigarh, b St Kabir Public School, Chandigarh, 2-1; Andrew b Ashish 12-0; Rajat lost to Varun 9-17; Davinder b Daljeet 13-0; Semi-finals: St Stephen’s b Minerva Public School, 3-0; Abhinandan b Pardeep 17-0; Gurinder b Sukhdev 8-0; Harmanpreet b Satinder 20-0. St. Xavier’s b Yadavindra Public School, 2-1; Andrew Roy b Jaspreet 6-5; Davinder b Jaskaran 13-0; Rajat lost to Karan 6-11.

Final: St Stephen’s b St Xavier’s Chandigarh, 3-0; Gurinder b Andrew 25-0; Harmanpreet b Davinder 25-4; Graham b Rajat 25-4.

ADMINISTRATION

Dhawan faction asks Mayor to quit
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, April 21
After the local MP, Mr Pawan Bansal, and the president of the Chandigarh Territorial Congress Committee (CTCC), Mr BB Bahl, the Harmohan Dhawan faction today targeted the Mayor, Mr Raj Kumar Goyal, demanding his resignation and holding of fresh elections to the Municipal Corporation of Chandigarh (MCC).

Terming yesterday’s reported statement of Mr Goyal that he was helpless against the MCC Commissioner and the Chief Engineer as shameless, Mr Devinder Singh Babla, a close confidant of Mr Dhawan, alleged that differences between Mr Goyal and the Senior Deputy Mayor, Mr Gurcharan Dass Kala, were disheartening for Congressmen.

The short sightedness of Mr Bansal and Mr Bahl could be gauged from the way Mr Goyal and Mr Kala were elected the Mayor and the Senior Deputy Mayor. At a time when the Congress had only five councillors, the Congress leaders engineered defections from the BJP to elect Mr Goyal and Mr Kala, he alleged.

All developmental works had come to standstill and the House of MCC was in an paralytic situation. If such a scenario continued, the Congress would not be able to win even a single seat in the ensuing corporation poll.

Condemning the statement of certain Congress leaders against Mr Dhawan yesterday, Mr Babla dared Mr Bansal and Mr Bahl to declare that Mr Dhawan and his supporters did not play any role in the victory of Mr Bansal.

After his victory, Mr Bansal had conceded from many platforms that the Dhawan factor was crucial for his victory. This fact had been denied by the leaders of the Bansal-Bahl faction, he added.

Adviser to chair fund panel
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, April 21
The managing committee for the Union Territory Fund for Reconstruction and Rehabilitation of Ex-servicemen has been reconstituted by the UT Administration with effect from this month.

According to a notification, the 10-member committee will be chaired by the Adviser to the UT Administrator, while the UT Home Secretary and the Commander, Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh sub-area, will officiate as the committee’s first and second vice-chairmen, respectively. A representative of the Director General Resettlement or the Kendriya Sainik Board and the UT Deputy Commissioner will be the members of the committee, while the UT Zila Sainik Welfare Officer will be the member-secretary.

Besides, two members each will be nominated by the Ministry of Defence and the UT Administration. The nominees of the Defence Ministry are Brig I.B.S. Cheema (Retd) and Cmdr C.S. Khuman, while the nominees of the UT Administration are Maj-Gen Amarjit Singh and Brig Satjit Singh. The term of the nominated members will be for two years.