SPORTS

GIMRC lift cricket trophy
Our Sports Reporter

Chandigarh, December 2
The Government Institute of Mentally Retarded Children, (GIMRC) Sector 32, Chandigarh, outscored Aanchal, Delhi, by six wickets to lift the trophy in the Third North Zone cricket meet for mentally retarded children being played here today at Sector 16 Cricket Stadium. Gurpreet of GIMRC was adjudged man-of- -the-match for his outstanding performance. Earlier in the semi-finals, Aanchal beat Ambuja, while in the second semifinal, GIMRC defeated Asha AWWA by nine wickets. Tomorrow on the World Disability Day, an athletics meet will be held at Sports Complex, Sector 46.

Snooker meet

Naveen got the better of Ajay Saini in senior snooker section, 59-53, 37-36, 59-29, 85-49, in the VIIth Haryana state senior, junior billiards and snooker championship played here today at Panchkula. In other matches of senior section, Jasvinder beat Ankit Ahuja 56-35, 57-34, 25-52, 45-13 while Ajay Singla defeated Randhir Minhas, 58-15, 66-59, 43-30. In the junior snooker section, Rajeev Sharma beat Sagar 3-1 with scores being 33-47, 62-19, 60-42, 53-31.

UT volleyball team

Balwinder Singh of Shivalik Public School, Sector 41 has been named as captain of the UT school volleyball team (under-19) section, which will take part in the National Games to be held at Rewa (MP) from December 5 to 10. Out of 12 boys selected by the UT Education Department, seven are from the Shivalik Volleyball Academy. Giving this information, Mr DS Bedi, Director Principal of the school, said, earlier, the UT team probables were given free lodging and boarding facilities by the school. Three boys are from SD School, Sector 32, and two from DAV Senior Secondary School, Sector 8.

The team is: Balwinder Singh (captain), Raju Chauhan, Vinod Negi, Gurinder Singh, Ravinder, Surender Kumar, Surjit Singh (all SPS-41), Lalit Kumar, Sandeep and Jasbir Singh (all SDP-32), Ajay and Naresh (DAVSSS-8).

Kirti, Rudra win laurels

Kirti, a class VI student in girls section, while Rudra Mukherjee, a class VII student of Manav Mangal School, Sector 11, Panchkula, brought laurels to their school when both of them won gold medal in their respective sections in the 27th National Yoga Championship, concluded recently at Patiala. Kirti won gold in 8-11 years category while Rudra in 11-14 years section.

Both will now represent India in the international yoga competition to be held at Portugal next year. Out of six gold medals won by Haryana in the above meet, two have won by Manav Mangal students. Ms Bharti, another class IX student of the school, secured a bronze medal in the 11-14 years section.

ADMINISTRATION

No decision on city SSP
Tribune News Service

The comment of the top man in the Home Ministry, which has to clear the name from amongst contenders, Mr Harpreet Singh Sidhu and Mr Gaurav Yadav, both 1992 batch IPS officers, has kept the rumours alive that Mr Yadav is not yet out of the race for the coveted post. The political manoevouring for the post has been going on for the past few weeks. While Mr Harpreet Singh Sidhu is the SSP, Ludhiana, Mr Yadav is the AIG (Police Headquarters).

New DEO takes over
Our Correspondent

Chandigarh, December 2
Ms Asha Sharma, Principal of the Sector 8 Government Girls Senior Secondary School, joined as the new District Education Officer (DEO) of the UT Education Department here today. She succeeds Mr Brahmjit Kalia, who retired on November 30. She will hold this office only for a month, as her retirement is due on December 31.