Tuesday,
October 8, 2002, Chandigarh, India
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Jyoti finishes sixth at Dunhill
New Delhi, October 7 The 30-year-old Randhawa played some fantastic golf and returned cards in the 60s on all four days of the championship, which was played over three different links courses on the first three days followed by the final day at St. Andrews, the Mecca of world golf, according to information available in Delhi. The Indian tallied an impressive 16-under 272 for the championship aided by a final round score of four-under 68. On the opening day, he shot a six-under 66 at Kingsbarn to be tied for the second place. A three-under 69 on day two at St Andrews saw Jyoti slide a couple of spots to tied fourth at nine-under 135. Another three-under 69 at Carnoutsie kept him at tied sixth place on the penultimate day. The impressive performance earned Randhawa 171,919 euros, the biggest cheque of his career. It also earned him a spot in Trophee Lancome, the next event on the European PGA Tour, to be played at the Saint Nom-La-Breetche course in Paris, France, but Randhawa opted out of it to honour his commitment to play in the Royal Challenge Grand Prix. Amandeep Johl, the other Indian to have made the three-round cut. OSR |
Karan Harit to lead Delhi Under-15 team New Delhi, October 7 The 16-member team was picked by the Junior Selection Committee, which met under the chairmanship of Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) sports secretary Sunil Dev. The other selectors present were Mahinder Singh and Bikker Bahadur. The team announced by Mr Sunil Dev is: Karan Harit (captain), Vartik Tihara (vice-captain), Siddharth Mandley, Kartik Bhatia, Rushil Bhaskar, Virat Kohli, Anuj Jain, Karan Rai, Saurabh Srivastava, Aswath, Kevin Gupta, Mohd. Daewood, Kumar Abhishek, Tapan Jain, Soumya Azad and Saurabh Srivastava (wicket keeper). Standbyes: Yogesh Nagar, Parateek Pawar, Raman Sachdeva, Mohit Chaudhary, Shobit Kaushik, Hemant Chugh and Saurabh Passi, Somen Trikha and Tarun Chaudhary. Mr Hitesh Sharma and Mr Baljeet Singh Joban will be the coach and manager of the team. The players will have to report to the coach and manager on Tuesday at 2.30 pm at the Ferozeshah Kotla ground for a practice-cum-coaching camp.
Air Force win Indian Air Force beat Delhi Blues by one wicket in the N N Mohan Memorial Cricket Tournament at the Mohan Meakins Stadium in Ghaziabad. Scores: Delhi Blues: 143 all out in 36.1 overs (Ankur Kakkar 28, 2x4, 1x6; Mihir Diwakar 23, Deepak Bhaskar 2 for 38). Air Force: 144 for 9 in 42.3 overs (Deepak Bhaskar 54 n o, Mukesh Deewan 4 for 29, Sachin Jain 2 for 20). Deepak Bhaskar was named the Man of the Match. |
S P enter Rameshwar Trophy final New Delhi, October 7 In the second semi-final, Scindia Club India will meet Lal Bahadur Shastri Club. The final will be played on October 10. A large number of spectators watched the thrilling match, including Delhi Under-17 coach Radhey Shyam and manager Devender Chaudhary, Sports Committee member Praveen Jain, Delhi Under-15 team manager B S Joban, organising secretary Rajinder Saini and secretary of the North Delhi Cricketers’ Association Himmat Saini. Vinay Sharma was adjudged the man of the match. The award was presented to him by DDCA Sports Committee member and president of the Delhi Cricket Association of Disabled P S Chauhan. S P Academy won the toss and batted first. Scores: S P Academy: 208 all out in 38.4 overs (Anuj Tyagi 41, Vinay Sharma 35, Harish 3 for 32, Shawej Khan 2 for 33, Sandeep 2 for 25). Ravindra Public School: 132 all out in 30.3 overs (Karan Passi 26, Akash Chauhan 36, Vinay Sharma 5 for 24). |
Khanna, Azad felicitated New Delhi, October 7 Those who were present to felicitate Khanna and Kirti Azad, were former Delhi Chief Minister and Delhi BJP chief Madan Lal Khurana, Union Labour Minister Sahib Singh Verma, Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee president Subhash Chopra, DDCA president and former Union Law Minister Arun Jaitley, former national selector Madan Lal, Chief Commissioner of Income Tax L. K. Singhvi, senior police officials U. K. Katna, Deepak Mishra and R S Krishamaya, manager of the Indian cricket team Ram Babu Gupta, renowned cricketers Hari Gidwani, Suresh Luthra, Rajan Mehra, V N Nigam, Bhaskar Pillai, Delhi Ranji Trophy captain Vijay Dahiya and other members of the Ranji team, DDCA joint secretary Sunil Khanna, joint club secretary Dr S. S. Sareen, Anil Khanna, Sunil Mittal, chairman of the Company Secretary Institute S. P. Narang and president of the Shri Ram College of Commerce Alumni Association Girish Ahuja. |
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R R Gymkhana lift title New Delhi, October 7 Pradeep Chawla was adjudged the man of the tournament while Vishal Sharma was declared the best batsman of the tournament. Vikas Vij got the best bowler award. Mr Maninder Singh Bhitta, chairman of the All-India Anti-Terrorist Front, gave away the prizes. Scores: R R Gymkhana: 223 for 7 in 40 overs (Pradeep Chawla 52 n o, Raja Gurmeet Singh 42, Abhinav Bali 35, Vikas Vij 3 for 30). Dena Bank: 215 all out in 39 overs (Sanjay Sharma 54, Varun Kumar 45, Pradeep Gupta 35, Sandeep Angurala 4 for 38). |
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LIC Zonal
Carrom Tournament New Delhi, October 7 The following players entered the quarter-final rounds. Men: Mohd Irfan, Sanjay Verma, D K Baudh and Rajiv Prakash (all Delhi), N. N. Arora (Ajmer), Rajinder Rathore (Udaipur), Rajesh Khurana (Jodhpur) and Vikas Sharma (Ludhiana). Women: Bharti Narayan (Delhi), Neeraj Jain (Jalandhar), Saroj Saini (Udaipur), Bhanu Jain (Chandigarh). Also, Sneh Lata, Mamta Mukhi, Malti and Parvesh Thakur (all Delhi). |
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Hewlett
Packard down ICICI New Delhi, October 7 Scores: ICICI Bank: 74 all out in 17.4 overs (Vikas Prashad 31, 2x4, 3x6; J T Jacob 2 for 3, Sandeep Behl 2 for 3, Vivek Dwivedi 2 for 16). Hewlett Packard: 75 for 4 in 17.4 overs (Sanjeev Tickoo 28 n o, 2x4, 1x6; Vivek Dwivedi 27, 5x4; Gaurav Ahuja 1 for 6). Ganga in semis Ganga International School, Hiran Kudna edged past Ramjas Public School, Anand Parvat 3-2 to enter the semi-final of the Central Board of Secondary Education (Cluster X) Junior Football Tournament at the Ganga School ground. Rajesh Makar, Manas and Kamlesh were the scorers for Ganga School. In the senior section, Ganga International beat Doon Public School 6-1 to sail into the quarter-final. Laxman Public School, Haus Khas beat Mont Fort School 3-2 and Jaspal Kaur Public School beat Arwashin Public School 1-0 in other matches. |
Nagar Nigam removes 25 encroachments Ghaziabad, October 7 The anti-encroachment cell of the nigam removed 25 encroachments in Sector 10 of Raj Nagar. The offenders have been warned not to encroach public land or build unauthorised structures on government land in future also. The three truckloads of goods confiscated from the roadside will be returned only on receipt of fines and penalties by the nigam, the officials said. The Chief Nagar Officer, Mr Ram Bodh Maurya, inspected tax and penalty recoveries in the Kavi Nagar zonal office. He expressed unhappiness at only 33 per cent tax receipts and issued orders for speeding up the recoveries. As against a target of Rs 5.90 crore only Rs 1.66 crore had been received so far. Meanwhile, the new Nagar Nigam Chief Engineer, Mr R. P. Singh, resumed charge of his office. He has been transferred from Meerut Nagar Nigam. Mr R. K. Shukla from Ghaziabad has been posted to Meerut Nagar Nigam in place of Mr R. P. Singh. |
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