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Rohtas Singh wins Pro-Am title
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, March 3
Rohtas Singh put an end to his 14-month title drought when he won the team and individual titles in the Rs 6-lakh Business Today-American Express Pro-Am of Champions 2002 title at the Classic Golf Resort. He pocketed Rs 40,000 for his victory.

Rohtas’ fine showing earned his team a win in the team category as well. His team of Ashwin Kapoor, J S Jong and Arvind Wable tallied a winning score of 93 team stableford points. Rohtas, as the pro in the winning team, earned Rs 40,000. The second-placed team of Shiv Prakash, Sonny Iqbal, Kamal Oberoi and Sanjay Sehgal aggregated 92 points. The Kanpur-based Shiv took home Rs 30,000. Feroz Ali and his team of Deepak Talwar, Suvendoo Ray and U K Bose finished third at 91 points with Feroz pocketing Rs 20,000.

Lucknow’s Vijay Kumar finished second in the individual stableford category with a two-day tally of two-under 142. Vijay, who played to level par 72, earned Rs 30,000. Mukesh Kumar, Indrajit Bhalotia and Shiv Shankar Prasad Chowrasia and Shiv Prakash finished tied third at one-under 143 to earn Rs 17,500 each.

The best individual card on day two, a three-under 69, was brought in by Chandigarh’s Amritinder Singh who won a prize of Rs 25,000. Suvendoo Ray won the “longest drive” competition on the seventh with a 265-yard effort off the tee, while Rana Kapoor won in the same category on the 14th with a 275-yard long drive. Anil Virmani won the ‘closest to the pin’ contest.

Mughals & City qualify for semis
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, March 3
Former league champions Nivia-Mughals Club defeated Shahdara Club 3-0 to top Group A Super League and qualify for the semi-final of the Delhi Soccer Association (DSA)-SAIL Senior Division Football League Championship at the Ambedkar Stadium in the Capital on Sunday.

In Group A, Mughals, Hindustan and Indian Air Force (New Delhi) finished with ten points each from five matches. However, Mughals and Hindustan qualified for the semi-finals on better goal difference, and edged out Indian Air Force from the fray.

Mughals have eight goals in favour and two against while Hindustan have six goals in favour and two against. Air Force had only four goals in favour and two against. In another match, City Club defeated defending champions SAIL-Indian Nationals 2-0.

In the first match, after a barren initial half, Mughals scored the first goal in the 50th minute through captain Rajesh Arya while striker Sunil Kumar made it 2-0 in the 65th minute. Rajesh Arya completed the tally (3-0) in the 70th minute. Shahdara could collect only three points from five matches.

In the second match, City Club forged ahead by ‘default’ when Nationals’ defender Ran Vijay Singh gave way for the first goal to be scored, and a defensive lapse led to Nageshwar Rao striking the second goal for Nationals.

The League Sub-Committee has taken a “serious view” of the match, and City Club too has convened a meeting to “take stock of the situation”.

The defeat made no difference to Nationals, as they along with City have qualified for the semi-finals.

The dates of the semi-finals and the final will be decided later.

Some clubs had been voicing complaints that matches were ‘fixed’ to favour certain clubs and in the process, the sufferers were clubs like Indian Air Force and others. An official complained that some clubs entered into an ‘understanding’ among themselves to protect the interest of each other.

Monday’s fixtures: National Football League Second Division: ASEB Sports Club, Assam vs Hindustan Club (1.30 pm); Jorba Durga (Orissa) vs Uttar Pradesh Police (3.30 pm)—Ambedkar Stadium.

YMCA Eng Institute win team trophy
Tribune News Service

Faridabad, March 3
The local YMCA Institute of Engineering has won the team trophy in the two-day Inter-Engineering College state level athletics meet which concluded here at its grounds on Thursday. The meet was known as ‘OLYMCA 2-K2’.

While the host YMCA team collected as many as 60 points with a tally of nine golds, four silver and three bronze, the PDM College of Engineering, Bahadurgarh which got the second spot could get only 27 points. Apeejay College of Engineering, Faridabad remained third with 26 points. As many as 12 teams across the state took part in the meet.

Mr Dharamvir, Financial Commissioner and Principal Secretary (Technical Educaiton), Haryana gave away prizes to the winners. Ravinder Joon of PDM Engineering College, Bahadurgarh and Priyanaka Yadav of Apeejay Institute here, were declared best male and female athletes of the tournament respectively.

Ravinder won gold in 100 mtr, 200 mtr, 400 mtrs and triple jump while Priyanka snatched top spot in 200 metrs, 400 and 1500 meters race and silver in 800 mtr event. Other results were as follows.

Boys - High Jump- Anil Kumar 1,vikrant Malik 2, Navin Verma 3: 800 meters: Devender 1, Aditya 2 and Kripal 3, Discuss: Satbir 1, Long Jump - Anil Malik 1, Pravin 2, Ravinder 3.Triple Jump: Ravinder 1, Pravin and Anil. Shotput - Satbir 1, Vikrant 2 and Harjit 3. Javelin: Vinod 1, Rahul 2, Anil 3. 1500 Meters: Rinku 1Devender 2 Tarun 3. Hmmer Throw: Munraj 1, 3000 metrs: Devender 1, Arun 2, Tarun 3. 100 Meters: Ravinder,Amit 2, Brijesh 3. 400 Meters: Ravinder 1, Manoj 2 and Mustafa 3.

Girls: Shotput- Ritambra 1, Shinu Virmani 2, Punja Dua3,

Discuss: Amrita 1, Shinu 2 and Babita Yadav 3: Long Jump: Ritambra 1, Puja 2, Deepshikha 3, High Jump: Priyanka 1, Puja 2, Amrita 3, Triple Jump: Ritambra 1, Surekha 2, Meenu 3.

Javelin Throw: Meenu 1: 100 metrs: Priyanka 1, Rashmi 2, Ritambra 3 200 meters: Priyanka Yadav 1, Puja 2, Priyank Dua 3, 1500 meters: Priyanka Yadav 1, Angelika 2, Kalpana 3, 800 meters: Puja 1, Priyanka Yadv 2, Kalpana 3. The team of Apeejay comprising Puja,Vineeta, Rasika and Priyanka claimed gold in 400 mts Relay category.

Team from CR Engineering College, Murthal and ITM were placed second and third respectively in this section.

The Director of the YMCA Institute here Dr Ashok Kumar Arora, Sports Incharge Mr J C Arya and several officials were present at the award presentation function.

Oberoi Blues win polo title
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, March 3
Oberoi Blues beat Jindal Steel and Power by nine goals to eight to win the Hindustan Times (14 goals) Polo Tournament title at the Jaipur Polo Ground in the Capital on Sunday.

In a thrilling match, Samir Suhag opened the account for Jindal Steel and Power, which was equalised by Vishal Singh for Oberoi Blues. Samir Suhag struck again in the second chukker while Dhruvpal Godara equalised the score, and then put Oberoi Blues in a 4-2 lead when he converted two penalties (30 and 60 yards).

Dileep hits century for Shastri Club

New Delhi, March 3
A fine unbeaten century by Delhi Under-22 player Dileep TT (9x4, 3x6) and deadly bowling of 5 for 30 by Ravi Sehgal helped Lal Bahadur Shastri Club defeat Rohtak Road Gymkhana by eight wickets and entered the semi-final of the second Rajdhani Sports Trophy Cricket Tournament at the Bharat Nagar ground. Dileep T T was declared the man of the match.