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Students told to become health ambassadors
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Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit with Union Health Minister Shatrughan Sinha at the inauguration of the Children’s Health Mela at Talkatora Ground in the Capital on Tuesday. — Tribune Photo Mukesh Aggarwal

New Delhi, November 12
Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare Shatrughan Sinha has called upon schoolchildren to act as health ambassadors for making family, society and country healthy.

He was delivering the inaugural speech at the three-day Bal Swasthya Mela, jointly organised by the Health and Family Welfare Departments of both the Centre and Delhi at Talkatora Grounds here today. Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit was the chief guest.

Mr Sinha said that use of tobacco in any form was injurious to health. Of the total cancer cases, 50 per cent men had become victims to this deadly disease due to the use of tobacco. Similarly, 25 per cent women were suffering from cancer owing to the use of tobacco or passive smoking. The schoolchildren, he said, could play an important role by impressing upon their parents and other family members to give up this habit. He hoped that the Bal Swasthya Mela would bring fruitful and positive results.

Mrs Dikshit said that children were the present of today and future of tomorrow. The Bal Swasthya Mela, first of its kind in the country, was aimed at creating health awareness in the children. She said that if children would be healthy, so would be the family, society and country.

SPORTS

All-Jalandhar final in Nehru hockey
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New Delhi, November 12
Two school teams from Jalandhar will clash in the final of the 20th Nehru Sub-Junior Hockey Tournament at the Shivaji Stadium on Wednesday at 3.15 pm.

In the semi-final matches on Tuesday, Government Model Senior Secondary School, Jalandhar beat Baba Farid Public School, Faridkot 2-0 while Lyallpur Khalsa Senior Secondary School, Jalandhar beat Birsa Munda Vidyapitha, Rourkela (Orissa) 3-2 via tie-breaker.

In an evenly contested match, Govt. Model School forged ahead in the fourth minute when Kulwant Singh scored a field goal. But the second goal came only at the fag end of the match, when Manpreet Singh converted a penalty stroke in the 52nd minute.

In the second semi-final, Lyallpur Khalsa School and Birsa Munda battled out for a goalless draw during the regulation time. In the tie-breaker, Gurpreet Singh, Jatinder P Singh and Kulwant Singh converted the penalty strokes for Lyallpur while only Mahdev Majhi and Libnus Kujur could find the mark for Birsa Munda.

In the 39th Senior Nehru Hockey Tournament, which got off the mark on Tuesday, Namdhari XI beat Air India Academy 3-0. Gurcharan Singh converted a penalty corner seconds before the half time hooter. Didar Singh Senior struck home, also off a penalty corner, the second goal in the 45th minute while Didar Singh Junior completed the tally in the 68th minute.

Wednesday’s fixtures: Academy Club vs Indian Postals (11 am); FCI (NZ) vs SAI Centre (12.30 pm)—Shivaji Stadium.

Rajdhani lift C.L. Gupta title
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New Delhi, November 12
Deadly medium-pace bowling by Pramod Bhati, who claimed four wickets for 27 runs, and a fine knock of 94 by Sonu Vaid helped Rajdhani Sports Club beat Lal Bahadur Shastri Club by seven wickets in the final of the second C L Gupta Memorial All-India Cricket Tournament for the Prem Lata Trophy at the Mohan Meakins ground.

Delhi and District Cricket Association sports secretary Sunil Dev and chief general manager of State Bank of India R. K. Thapliyal distributed the prizes. On the occasion, sports officer of DDCA Himmat Saini was also honoured for his contribution to cricket promotion.

Rajan Gupta of Lal Bahadur Shastri Club was adjudged the best batsman while Amit Mishra of the same club was named the best bowler of the tournament. Ravi Yadav of Rajdhani Sports got the man of the tournament award while Sonu Vaid of Rajdhani Sports received the Man of the final award.

Scores: Lal Bahadur Shastri Club: 165 all out in 39.2 overs (Dilip T T 43, Gaurav Chhabra 38, Rajan Gupta 24, Pramod Bhati 4 for 27, Jatin Khanna 3 for 33, Ravi Yadav 2 for 22).

Rajdhani Sports: 166 for 3 in 31.2 overs (Sonu Vaid 94, 7x4, 3x6; Naveen Verma 44, Ashutosh Sharma 2 for 47).

Mother’s International win ESPN Quiz
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New Delhi, November 12
Mother’s International School, Shri Aurobindo Marg, won the Delhi region round of the ESPN School Quiz 2003, held at the Siri Fort Auditorium on Tuesday. The Mother’s International School team comprised Shreyas Reddy and Shivam Singh.

The Mother’s International School team received gift hampers from ESPN and sponsors. While the best cheering team award went to DPS, Dwarka, the best banner award was collected by students from St. Thomas School, Mandir Marg.

More than 2000 schools participated in the ESPN School Quiz 2003 in 27 centres across India. The sixth and last regional round of the quiz on Tuesday at the Siri Fort Auditorium received overwhelming response as over 2000 children from 100 school participated in it.

Naresh hits century

New Delhi, November 12
Naresh Dhamija cracked an unbeaten century (107, 2x6, 15x4) to help Yorks Club beat Lala Ramcharan Cricket Club by seven wickets in a DDCA League match at the Kotla II ground. Scores: Lala Ramcharan Club: 224 all out in 38.4 overs (Parvinder Singh 69, Amit Yadav 30, Shammi 25, Amarjit Chawla 22, Prakash Singh 3 for 45, S K Soni 2 for 30). Yorks Club: 226 for 3 wickets in 37.3 overs (Naresh Dhamija 107 n o, 2x6, 15x4; Rajinder Singh 32, Narinder Deswal 26, Neeraj Tyagi 25.

SPBRG-AAI win

SPBRG-AAI defeated IBM India by four wickets with 9.1 overs to spare in a league match of the second Eventus Cup Cricket Tournament at the Palam ground. Socres: IBM India Ltd.: 128 for 9 in 25 overs. SPBRG-AAI: 130 for 6 in 15.5 overs. OSR

SAR Group beat NTPC

New Delhi, November 12
SAR Group defeated National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) by ten wickets in the sixth DG Phadkar Memorial Cricket Tournament at the Teri Oval. Scores: NTPC: 24 all out in 9.5 overs (S K Rampal 7, Lalit Anand 8 for 15, Rajesh Brown 2 for 8).

SAR Group: 26 for 0 in 4.2 overs (Narender 12 n o, Rajesh Brown 11 n o). Lalit Anand was adjudged the Man of the Match. In another match, JRA beat HDFC Bank by 29 runs.

Scores: JRA: 116 for 9 wickets in 25 overs

HDFC Bank: 87 all out in 21.1 overs. OSR

Janki Devi College win

New Delhi, November 12
Janki Devi Mahavidyalaya Club beat Stickler Club 25-12, 25-18, 25-9 in a women’s match of the sixth New Delhi YMCA Delhi State Invitational Volleyball Tournament at the YMCA court on Tuesday. In other women’s matches, Indira Gandhi Institute of Physical Education and Sports Sciences beat Laxmi Bai College 25-7, 25-12, 25-9 and Jesus and Mary College beat Gargi College 25-8, 25-4, 25-5.