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K N Colts edge out Chand Khanna
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New Delhi, October 3
K N Colts scored a thrilling one-wicket victory with one ball to spare against Chand Khanna Club in the opening match of the N N Mohan Memorial Cricket Tournament at the Mohan Meakins ground, Ghaziabad.

K N Colts won the toss and elected to field. It looked like an unwise decision, as Chand Khanna, helped by a brilliant century knock of 117 with nine fours and three sixes by Pankaj Joshi and Suhail Rauf’s 61 with nine fours and one six, amassed 290 for 7 wickets in 45 overs. But K N Colts were well served by Raja Gurmeet Singh (76 n o, 9x4, 1x6) and Devender Singh (66, 5x4, 3x6) and the match ended in a thrilling finish with Colts winning by one ball to spare. The tournament was inaugurated by Brig. Kapil Mohan.

Scores: Chand Khanna: 290 for 7 in 45 overs (Pankaj Joshi 117, 9x4, 3x6; Suhail Rauf 61, 9x4, 1x4; Farman Ahmad 39, Jitender Solanki 3 for 54).

K N Colts: 292 for 9 in 44.5 overs (Raja Gurmeet Singh 76 n o, 9x4, 1x6; Devender Singh 66, 5x4, 3x6; Saurabh Srivastava 20, Ravinder Bhandari 22, Tony Singh 2 for 40, Vaibhav Dua 2 for 42, Pankaj 2 for 41).

TRDO meeting at Bangalore
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New Delhi, October 3
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has accorded its approval for appointing Talent Resources Development Officers (TRDO) from each of its affiliated units to witness junior national tournaments for the season 2002-2003.

National Cricket Academy vice-president C. K. Khanna said in the Capital on Wednesday that in order to streamline and co-ordinate the activities of the TRDOs so as to facilitate their efficient functioning, an orientation programme will be conducted at the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Bangalore on October 5 and 6.

Mr Khanna said on the first day, a “brainstorming session between all the TRDOs and NCA director Brijesh Patel and former Indian captain Dilip Vengsarkar will be held”.

He said that the importance of the software will be drilled into the delegate by Mr Makarand Waingankar, followed by an open house session on software. On day two, a practical test of TRDOs will be held. A video of a junior cricket match will be shown on the television for the TRDOs to assess technical points and fill the reports. And those who are computer savvy will need to transfer all data on the software. The NCA will provide a cassette of a junior match and one television set for the purpose. The session will conclude with a rounding up discussion by Brijesh Patel and Dilip Vengsarkar.

S P Academy register easy win
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New Delhi, October 3
S P Academy registered a comfortable nine-wicket victory against Springdales School in a Group D League match of the Shaheed Smriti Under-19 Cricket Tournament for the Rameshwar Trophy, organised by the North Delhi Cricketers’ Association, at the Ashok Vihar ground.

Springdales School, who have lost both the matches they played, are out of the fray.

Springdales won the toss and elected to bat. But they were shot out for 104 in 32 overs, thanks to the steady and penetrative bowling of S P Academy.

S P Academy found the target rather easy to chase as Naveen Vashishtha spearheaded their batting assault with an unbeaten 59. He also hoisted an 102 run partnership for the second wicket with Anuj Tyagi to blunt Springdales’ bowling attack.

Scores: Springdales School: 104 all out in 32 overs (Piyush 40, 3x4, 3x6; Ajay Kumar 2 for 12, Naveen Bansal 2 for 11, Monish Sharma 2 for 24, Vinay Sharma 2 for 16).

S P Academy: 106 for 1 wicket in 13 overs (Naveen Vashishtha 59 n o, 11x4; Anuj Tyagi 22 n o, 1x4).

Sanjeev shines: Deadly bowling by medium-pacer Sanjeev Tomar, who claimed five wickets for 25 runs, and an unbeaten knock of 67 by Manoj Singh and 52 not out by Sachin Choudhary, helped Abhay Ram Gymkhana beat Brighto Club by five wickets and entered the quarter-final of the 12th Shaheed Bhagat Singh Memorial Cricket Tournament for the Utkarsh Trophy at the Hamdard ground.

Scores: Brighto Club: 176 all out in 31 overs (Mridul Gupta 38, Kapil Mehta 36, Jagdish Singh 26, Sanjeev Tomar 5 for 25, Sanjeev Rana 2 for 28).

A R Gymkhana: 179 for 5 in 33 overs (Manoj Singh 67 n o, Sachin Chaudhary 52 n o, Tarun Gupta 2 for 20).

Navyug beat St. Paul

New Delhi, October 3
Navyug Public School downed St. Paul Public School 5-2 in the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Football Tournament at the Ganga International School ground, Hiran Kudna, Rohtak Road.

CRPF, Nivia win: Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) School, Rohini beat Moti Bagh School 3-2 via the tie-breaker to lift the Under-14 title of the Nivia Football Tournament at the Ambedkar Stadium on Thursday.

Nivia Football Academy beat Government Senior Secondary School, Kheri (Mahendergarh) 4-2 to annex the under-19 title.

Praveen, Dinesh and Amar Deep scored the goals for CRPF in the tie-breaker shootout. Kulbhushan and Rakesh were the markesmen for Moti Bagh. For Nivia, Rajiv Parbhakar, Rashid Ali, Amit Kumar and Sita Ram were the goal-scorers. Vinod and Karambir converted the spot kicks for the losers.

DSA-SAIL Open Club fixtures for Friday: Raisina vs Youngmen (2 pm); State Bank of India vs Ashoka (3.30 pm)—Ambedkar Stadium. Timarpur vs Ajmal (2 pm); Rohini FC vs Delhi Students (3.30 p m)—Nehru Stadium West ground. St. Columba’s vs Bangadarshan (2 p m); Nivia vs New Friends (3.30 pm)—Nehru Stadium East.st.

Swimming meet: A swimming competition in the memory of late Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi will be held to mark his 58th birth anniversary at River Yamuna on October 6 at Ghat No 2, Tamuna Tat, on Oct 6 at 3 pm.

General secretary of the Yamuna Yuvak Kendra Vijay Shankar Chaturvedi said that the swimming competitions would be held in three categories--seven, five and three miles. Besides, flag hoisting, swimming, kite flying in water and water sports will be held. Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, Mayor Jaishri Pawar, Health Minister Dr A.K. Walia and other ministers of the Delhi Government will be present. Secretary Guru Dharampal Yadav said that the winners will be given a Rajiv Gandhi trophy each and cash prizes. Entries close on October 5 at 10 am at Ghat No 2, Yamuna Bazar, Delhi-10006. OSR

Richa stars in Haryana TT
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Rohtak, October 3
Richa of Rohtak won the Kids (girls) Singles title of the Liberty 3rd Haryana Ranking Table Tennis Championship, which began at I.C. College here today. Richa defeated Anchal of Sonepat 10-12, 11-3, 11- 4 and 13-11. In the Kids (boys) cagegory Manu of Faridabad reached the finals defeating Saurabh Verma of Sirsa 12-10, 11-9,11-9.

Earlier, in the day, the championship was declared open by the Minister of Local Bodies in Haryana, Mr Subhash Goyal. Over two hundred participants from 14 districts of Haryana are taking part in the championship. Besides men and women categories, competitions are being organised for boys and girls kids cadet, sub-junior, junior categories.

Following are the results of the opening day of the championship:

Kids (Girls):

Richa (Rohtak) bt. Priti (Sirsa) 11-5, 11-3,11-3. Pinki (Bhiwani) bt. Divya (Sirsa) walk over. Nitu (Bhiwani ) bt. Swati (Sirsa) 11-13, 13-11, 11-5, 11-8

Anchal (Sirsa) bt. Nitu (Bhiwani) 11-4, 11-0, 11-5. Richa (Rohtak) bt Divya (Sirsa) 11-2, 11-0, 11-2 Nitu (Bhiwani) bt. Divya (Sirsa) 11-7, 11-3, 11-2 (for 3rd and 4th place)

Kids (Boys):

Manu (Faridabad) bt Akash (Bhiwani) 11-2, 11-2, 11-4). Saurabh Verma (Sirsa) bt. Piyush (Bhiwani) 11-4, 11-7, 11-8. Saurabh Wadhwa (Sirsa) bt. Ajit (Bhiwani) 11-7, 11-5, 11-1. Saurabh (Rohtak) bt. Prasun (Panchkula) 11-2, 11-5, 8-11, 11-9 Anshu (Sirsa) bt. Gautam (Bhiwani) 11-2, 11-5, 11-4. Navneet Singh (Bhiwani) bt. Devender (Rohtak) 11-4, 11-3, 11-4.

St Marks trounce Jindal
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New Delhi, October 3
St Marks School (Janakpuri) registered an emphatic eight-wicket victory against N C Jindal Public School in the third Parle Cup Inter-School Under-17 Cricket Tournament at the Mont Fort School ground on Wednesday.

A dashing knock of 82 by Priyank Tehlan was the highlight of St. Marks’ victory.

Scores: N C Jindal: 179 for 8 in 40 overs (Rohan Sharma 58, Nitin Honda 32, Mayank Tehlan 3 for 33). St. Marks School: 182 for 2 in 32 overs (Priyank Tehlan 82, Mayank Tehlan 46 n o).

Gyan Bharti School beat DLDAV, Shalimarbagh by six wickets at the Gyan Bharti ground.

Scores: DLDAV: 170 all out in 39.2 overs (Soumik Chatterjee 48, Sahil Chaugh 31 n o, Manav Sharma 4 for 33, Ankur Julka 2 for 20, Avinash Sahu 2 for 31, Bhanu Sahni 2 for 31).

Gyan Bharti (Saket): 172 for 4 in 37.3 overs (Varun Sudan 58, Prateek Pawar 32, Ankur Julka 31 n o).

Delhi Public School, R K Puram beat Mary Home School by 190 runs.

Scores: DPS: 282 for 9 in 40 overs (Abir Lawasa 72, Diwakar Jha 34, Bharat Suri 36, Karan Mehta 30, Dhiraj Rawat 2 for 27, Naveen Gahlot 2 for 60, Pramod Gupta 2 for 47).

Mary Home School: 92 all out in 13.5 overs (Ravinder Kumar 40 n o, Anuj Prasad 7 for 40).

Mount St. Mary School beat Mount Abu School, Rohini by three runs at the Mount St. Mary School ground.

Scores: Mount St. Mary: 93 all out in 33.1 overs (Sahanjahan 20, Rohit Saini 3 for 14). Mount Abu School: 90 all out 31.5 overs (Praveen Kumar 21, Ankit Chaddha 4 for 21, Praghat Singh 2 for 10).

Old Boys Golf
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New Delhi, October 3
The fifth Inter-House Doon School Old Boys Golf Tournament, sponsored by ICICI Bank, will be held on Saturday, October 5, at the Jaypee Greens Golf Resort in Greater Noida from 7 am to 1 pm.

Meet on police reforms today
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, October 3
To stress the need for implementing the recommendations of the National Police Commission on police reforms and to make the police force more public-friendly, the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative, in collaboration with the Editors Guild and FICCI, is organising a round-table conference on police reforms tomorrow.

The conference will be inaugurated by Vice-President Bhairon Singh Shekhawat and the valedictory address will be given by Deputy Prime Minister L. K. Advani. The conference will focus on various models and structures that could insulate the police from extraneous influences and arrangements, which are needed to ensure greater police accountability.

Mr C. V. Narasimhan, member secretary of the National Police Commission, said that the public was not at all satisfied with the police investigations. “Police investigations are subjected to pressure and the police officers cannot act independently. As a result, in most of the cases, only innocent people were being punished,” he said.

He said that the commission’s core recommendation was to implement an Act, which entailed access to the police case dairy to a multi-member body. Now, only select people like police officials and the ruling party have access to the case diary, which makes objective investigation very difficult.