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Punjab judokas honoured
Our Sports Reporter

Ludhiana, June 1
Punjab judokas, who brought laurels to the state during the 31st National Games held in the month of November last year, were felicitated by the Punjab Judo Association (PJA) at a function held here last night.

The Punjab judo players annexed 16 medals including 6 gold, 4 silver and 6 bronze in the last nationals. The PJA also honoured seven coaches on this occasion who had trained these judokas. Mr Jagmohan Singh Kang, Minister for Sports and Youth Services and Mr M.S. Bhullar, Director General of Police, Punjab, presented the players and their coaches, blazers, ties and mementoes. Navjot Channa of Hoshiarpur, who became the first-ever judoka to win a gold medal in any international meet (Junior Asian Judo Meet at Syria) was also honoured.

The following players and coaches were felicitated : (Men) Below 56 kg-Navjot Channa of Hoshiarpur (gold), 60 kg-Kamaljit Singh of Gurdaspur (bronze), 66 kg-Rakesh Kumar of Gurdaspur, 73 kg-Pankaj Sharma of PAP Jalandhar (gold), 81 kg-Jaswant Singh of PAP Jalandhar (bronze), 90 kg-Brij Lal of PAP Jalandhar (gold), 100 kg-Davinder Yadav of PAP Jalandhar (bronze) and Open category-Gaganjit Singh of Patiala (bronze).

(Women) - 44 kg-Priyanka Sharma of Jalandhar (bronze), 48 kg- Nimrata of Ludhiana (bronze), 52 kg-Bharti Dogra of Hoshiarpur (silver), 57 kg-Joginder Kaur of Ludhiana (gold), 63 kg-Parvinder Kaur of Jalandhar (gold), 70 kg-Jagjit Kaur of Ludhiana (gold), 78 kg-Aarti Sharma of Ludhiana (silvear) and Open category-Daljit Kaur of Ludhiana (silver).

Coaches — Rakesh Singh of Ludhiana, Harbans of PAP, Jalandhar, P Rana of Jalandhar, S Sodhi of Hoshiarpur, Varinder Singh of Jalandhar, Malkiat Singh of Ropar and Harbans Lal of Anandpur Sahib.

The PJA also felicitated Mr M.S. Bhullar, Mr Rajdeep Singh Gill, ADGP and president, Punjab Basketball Association and Mr Kartar Singh, Director Sports, Punjab for their contributions to promote sports in the state. Former Olympians Jagdev Singh, Nirmal Singh, Jaswant Singh, Narinder Singh and Davinder Singh and local MLA, Mr Malkit Singh Birmi also attended the function.

PJA elections

The elections of the Punjab Judo Association scheduled to be held yesterday were deferred as representatives of some of the district associations pointed out that they did not receive the notice in time. The annual general body meeting of the association was held here yesterday in which 15 district units of the association took part.

After going through other items listed in the meeting agenda, the election for the next term was to be held. But 13 district associations protested against it arguing that they had not received the proper notice. The meeting then decided to postpone the elections.

Mr Teja Singh Dhaliwal, general secretary, Punjab Basketball Association, attended the meeting as the Punjab Olympic Association’s observer while the District Sports Officer, Ludhiana, Mr Harpal Singh Kanwar, was the observer from the Punjab State Sports Council.

Brothers excel in swimming meet
Our Sports Reporter

Ludhiana, June 1
Two brothers, Nikhil Sunil and Mridul Sunil, students of classes VI, and X, respectively, of Sacred Heart Senior Secondary School, Bhai Randhir Singh Nagar, were at the centre-stage on the first day of the Ludhiana District Sub-junior and Junior Swimming Championship at the municipal corporation pool here today.

In 50 m backstroke event (boys), Nikhil took 47.64 second to finish ahead of others in the group IV. Bharti Sharma of Government Senior Secondary School, Cemetery Road, Civil lines, clocked 57.46 seconds to emerge second while Rohish of Sacred Heart Senior Secondary School took 57.94 seconds to finish third.

In the 200m freestyle (boys II) , Mridul Sunil proved his supremacy over others.

First day’s results: 400m freestyle (boys I): Akash Deep Garg of A S Model School Khanna (6.20.17) 1, Tej Karan of NSP School Ludhiana (7.01.03) 2.

400m freestyle (girls I): Sukhmandeep of GNPS School, Ludhiana, (6.47.54) 1, Pankhuri of KVM School (9.21.58) 2.

200m freestyle (boys II): Mridul Sunil of SH Senior Secondary School (2.36.06) 1, Amit Singh of ASS Club, Khanna, (2.50.12) 2, and Ajay Singh of ASS Club, Khanna, (3.19.18) 3.

200m freestyle (girls II): Vibha Babbar of SH Con School (2.48.25) 1, Brisha of SH Con School (4.49.45) 2.

100m freestyle (boys III): Azal Jot Singh Grewal of PAU (1.14.97) 1, Vibhor Mundipi of KVM School (1.15.37) 2, and Harman Singh of Khanna (1.25.87) 3.

50m backstroke (boys IV): Nikhil Sunil of SH Sr Sec. School (47.64) 1, Bharti Sharma of Govt Senior Secondary School, Civil Lines, Ludhiana, (57.46) 2, and Rohish of SH Senior Secondary School, Ludhiana, (57.94) 3.

100m backstroke (boys I): Suneetpal Singh of the ASS Club, Khanna, (1.24.28) 1, Kulwinder Singh of the ASS Club, Khanna, (1.28.72) 2, and Shiva of BCM School, Ludhiana, (1.49.70) 3.

100m backstroke (girls I): Monika Vaid of USPC Jain Public School, Ludhiana, (1.35.15) 1, and Pankhuri of KVM School (2.43.94) 2.

100m backstroke (boys II): Harbans Singh of GNPS Mullanpur (1.21.55) 1, Gagan Deep of ASS Club, Khanna, (1.32.25) 2, and Ravish of SH Senior Secondary School, Ludhiana, (1.42.69) 3.

100m breaststroke (boys III): Aala Singh of GNPS School, Mullanpur, (1.32.56) 1, Mohit Bhardwaj of KVM School, Ludhiana, (1.45.12) 2, and Deepansh of GM Senior Model School (1.51.03) 3.