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An emerging roller hockey power
Arvind Katyal

Panchkula, June 2
Meet two Panchkula skaters, Amrita Singh and Chandita Kamboj, who are now on the threshold of emerging as one of the strongest roller hockey (skating) power not only in Haryana but in whole India. When this reporter met them at the skating rink of Blue Bird School, Sector 16, both were doing light exercises before getting ready for their hectic evening schedule. Both praised each other’s tactics. Amrita said, ‘Chandita has improved a lot in recent months, specially after the just concluded national camp. Chandita said, “Amrita is the most confident player on the rink and the way she carries the ball, it needs to be complimented.”

They have attended a month-long national roller hockey camp recently at KB DAV Centenary School, Sector 7, Chandigarh, which was coached by Italian coach Baraldi Aldo. Amrita has represented India in the Asian Roller Skating Meet held at Shanghai (China) in 1999 and another Asian meet held at Taiwan in 2001. Earlier, she helped her state in winning various national championships in three national meets held at Chandigarh, Faridabad and Visakhapatnam in 1999, 2000 and 2001, respectively. When asked about how she feels about her game after attending the camp, Amrita said it has improved her style and would help her perform better in future.

Chandita Kamboj, now a Class VIII student of Blue Bird School said she was one of the probables last year for the Indian team. However, since she was below 12 years of age so keeping in mind the rules of the International Skating Federation, she could not find berth in the national team. But Chandita has also a good record. She won first place in the National Roller Hockey Meet (under-14) at Visakhatpatnam. Chandita scored six goals in a single match which astonished all those present at the venue.

Chandita said she had also played for Haryana in the women cricket team. Even now in June , she was to go for North Zone cricket camp, which she would have to miss due to second phase of the national roller hockey camp going to begin from June 18.

Manik wins race of the champions
Our Sports Reporter

Chandigarh, June 2
The third Maruti-CMSA Autocross, which saw 58 participants today at Circus Grounds, Sector 17, evoked good response from the spectators. This one-day meet was organised by the Chandigarh Motor Sports Association (CMSA).

The race of the champions, which had six laps was won by Manik Raikhy. Then there were other top participants like Sunny Sidhu who drove his Esteem to win the title in this category. The Zen, Maruti-800 category and for women participants, there were four laps.

The mercury rose high in the open grounds as the day progressed, but it did not deter the participants in showing their optimum performance. The chief guest of the day was, Mr M. Ramsekhar, Deputy Commissioner, while Mr Sushil Kapoor of the Maruti Udyog Limited, gave away the prizes.

The results are: (Gypsy category) — Gurbir Kahlon 1 and Harbir Singh 2; (women) section — Maninder Sharma 1 and Mandeep Sandhu 2; race of the champions title — Manik Raikhy 1, Sunny Sidhu 2 and Vijayant Chouhan 3; Esteem category — Sunny Sidhu 1, Manik Raikhy 2 and Vijayant Chauhan 3; Zen category — Bhalinder Singh 1, S. Sharma 2 and Anil Sharma 3; Maruti 800: Chetan Aggarwal 1, Anil Sharma 2 and Sukhjinder Rana 3.

Cricket meet

A brilliant performance by Vishal Saini, who hammered 101 runs, helped by Satish Chaudhary who claimed five wickets for 29 runs, enabled the Chandigarh Sports Club in beating Indo-Dutch Systems-XI by 123 runs to win the final of the ‘B’ division of the UT league cricket tournament played here today.

Brief scores: CSC XI : 235 runs all out (Vishal Sahni 101, Manav Asopa 38, Parveen 3 for 24, Asa Ram 2 for 75); IDS XI: 112 runs all out (Bhavneet Singh 42, Jagjit Singh 18, Satish Chaudhary 5 for 29, Ankush 2 for 27, Gaurav Sood 2 for 27).

Selection trials

The second phase of the selection trials for admission to the cricket academy being run by the Panchkula District Cricket Association affiliated to the Haryana Cricket Association will be held tomorrow at 3.30 pm at Hansraj Public School, Sector 6, Panchkula. The players under the age of 22 are eligible to take part in the trials.