EDUCATION

PCTE students steal the show
Our Correspondent

Ludhiana, October 30
Students of the Punjab College of Technical Education bagged the overall trophy at Abhivyakti-2002, a two-day youth festival held at the MAIMT, Yamuna Nagar, on October 28 and 29. They won five first prizes, two second prizes out of 12 literary and cultural events. They had also won ‘overall runners trophy at Renaissance-2002 — a cultural festival held at Bharatiya Vidya Peeth Institute of Management and Research, New Delhi, recently by winning two first prizes, two second prizes and two third prizes.

Twentyseven teams had participated from different management and technical institutes of Punjab in Abhivyakti-2002. Ashima Deol of MBA-I won first prize in Indian solo song, Abha Bajaj in declamation, Aashima and Gautam Sikri won first prize in antakshri. The PCTE won first prize in western group dance and short skit as well. Seema Gahotra and Shivani Bector of MBA (final year) got second prize in rangoli and Sunny of BCA (final year) won second prize in solo dance.

SPORTS

Doraha win kabaddi titles
Our Sports Reporter

Ludhiana, October 30
Doraha won kabaddi titles in the boys as well as girls section in the Ludhiana District Inter-Block Rural Games which concluded at Guru Nanak Stadium here today. In the girl’s section, Doraha block demolished Dehlon block 56-45 while its boys team scored a comprehensive victory over Samrala block 77-55 to lift the title.

In the girls section, Ramanpreet Kaur of Doraha and Sumanpreet Kaur of Dehlon block were named best raiders while Sandeep Singh of Doraha and Jaspreet Singh of Samrala block were declared best raiders in the boys section.

In football (boys), Khanna beat Pakhowal 6-5. The issue was resolved through tie-breaker as both the teams were tied one goal each all at the end of the regular period. Earlier, the semi-finals, Khanna beat Machhiwara, 5-4, while Pakhowal prevailed over Ludhiana II, 3-2.

Mr Anurag Aggarwal, Deputy Commissioner, Ludhiana gave away prizes.

Final results:- volleyaball (boys) — Raikot b Doraha 25-15, 25-22 and 25-17; (girls) — Raikot b Doraha 25-11, 25-5 and 25-7; athletics: (boys) — 1500 m 1 Mohd Shamshad of Machhiwara; 2 Gurmeet Singh of Ludhiana II, 3 Bhupinder Singh of Ludhiana II; discus throw — 1 Sandeep Singh of Machhiwara, 2 Amartej Singh of Ludhiana I, 3 Pardeep Singh of Dakha; Javelin throw — 1 Narinder Singh of Ludhiana II, 2 Hardev Singh of Ludhiana I, 3 Charnjit Singh of Ludhiana I; 200 m: 1 Bahadur Singh of Ludhiana I, 2 Jaswinder Singh of Ludhiana I, 3 Pardeep Singh of Dakha; 4x100 m relay: 1 Ludhiana I, 2 Dakha, 3 Machhiwara;

Girls — 1500 m: 1 Gagandeep Kaur of Khanna, 2 Amarjit Kaur of Machhiwara, 3 Baljiner kaur of Machhiwara; discus throw — 1 Chamandeep Kaur of Khanna, 2 Harjot Kaur of Samrala, 3 Gurpreet kaur of Dehlon; 200 m: 1 Kulbir Kaur of Doraha, 2 Gurmeet Kaur of Machhiwara, 3 Sukhjeet Kaur of Ludhiana I; and 400x100 m relay — 1 Machhiwara, 2 Khanna, 3 Doraha.

TT tourney

Nishu recorded an easy win (3-0) over Shweta to bag the girls cadet title on the first day of the Ludhiana District Table Tennis Championship at Shastri Hall of Guru Nanak Sports Complex here today. Nishu beat Shweta 11-5, 11-4 and 11-2. Earlier, in the semi-finals, Shweta defeated Garima 11-7, 12-10 and 11-9 and Nishu outclassed Kirti 11-13, 11-9, 12-10 and 11-7.

In the cadet boys section, Jagdeep and Abhijit fought it tooth and nail to overpower their opponents to secure their berths in final. In the semi-finals, Jagdeep faced stiff resistance from his rival Sumit whom he outplayed 11-8, 12-14, 11-6, 8-11 and 11-8 while Abhijit too had tough time against Dharminder before romping home victorious 11-9, 11-9, 9-11 and 11-9.

In the womens final, Nishu scraped past Kirti 6-11, 11-9, 12-14, 11-7 and 11-9 to clinch the title. Nishu and Kirti made their entry into the final by defeating Shweta and Gauri respectively in the semi-finals.

Results: boys sub-junior ( Ist round)- Rachit b Rohit 11-5, 11-3, 11-9; Jagdeep b Taman 9-11, 11-6, 9-11, 11-7 and 11-6; Rachit b Akshay 11-4, 11-8, 11-13, 11-13 and 11-9; Sumit b Gagan 11-7, 11-7, 7-11 and 11-9; Quarter-finals- Simarpreet b Parul 11-5, 11-3 and 11-8; Sahil b Rachit 11-6, 11-8, 11-5 and Jaideep b Sumit 11-8, 8-11, 11-9, 16-18 and 16-14.

Selection trials on Nov 7
Our Sports Reporter

Ludhiana, October 30
Trials to select the Ludhiana contingent for the forthcoming Punjab State Rural Games ( boys and girls u-16), slated to be held at Sangrur from November 13 to 15, will be conducted here at the Guru Nanak Stadium on November 7 at 10 am, according to Mr Harpal Singh Kanwar, District Sports Officer, Ludhiana.

These trials will be held in disciplines- archery, hockey, kho-kho, weightlifting, wrestling and tug-of-war (boys and girls) and kabaddi for girls. Players born on or after January 1, 1987, and with rural background are eligible to take part in these games.

Meanwhile, the district teams for athletics, football and volleyball will be finalised on the basis of the performance of the players during the two-day Ludhiana District Inter-Block Rural Games which concluded here on Wednesday, Mr Harpal Singh said.