HEALTH

Two extra days of pulse polio drive
Tribune News Service

Faridabad, February 3
The district health authorities are determined to make the pulse polio campaign in the district a ‘success’. Their earlier claim about the ‘success’ of the pulse polio campaign in the district turned out to be a great ‘embarrassment’, as polio cases were detected in the district last year.

The officials have now announced that their workers and volunteers would also administer polio drops on February 10 and 11, after the main campaign on February 9 comes to an end.

At a meeting held at MCF auditorium here today, the officials of the Health department in the district told the Deputy Commissioner and other participants that the one-day pulse polio drive would continue for two extra days and volunteers would go from house to house to ensure that every child upto the age of five years were administered polio drops.

The authorities, however, appealed to the people to visit their nearest pulse polio booth on February 9 itself and not wait for the volunteers to come to their houses.

Earlier, addressing a meeting attended by the panches, sarpanches, members of local bodies, teachers and voluntary groups, the Deputy Commissioner said that it was the duty of every official, employee and worker of the Health Department to see that no child was left out of the pulse polio campaign.

He said one child affected with the disease could be a source for its spread to other children in the area.

He said the fact that 4.64 lakh children were given polio drops in November 2002 and it rose to 4.88 lakh in January last, suggested that some of the children may have been left out in the earlier drive.

SPORTS

Gyan Bharti Academy lift cricket crown
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, February 3
A stroke-filled unbeaten 91 by Vidur Sethi and a deadly bowling of 3 for 4 by Rohan Rao enabled Gyan Bharti South Delhi Academy defeat Chetan Sharma Academy by 126 runs and bagged the inaugural Chetan Sharma Sports Foundation Under-12 Cricket Tournament at the S S Khalsa School ground in Lajpat Nagar. Vidur Sethi earned the Man of the Match award for his match-winning knock.

Kshitij Kumar was adjudged the Best Batsman while Manan Sharma received the best bowler award. Shivam Sharma walked away with the Best all-rounder prize while Trigun Das was adjudged the Man of the Series. Former Test player Chetan Chauhan gave away the prizes.

Chetan Sharma, Maninder Singh, Gursharan Singh, Khalsa School principal N S Sistani, Punjabi singer Jaswinder Sigh Jassi and Chetan Sharma Sports Foundation president Pawan Arora were also present.

Scores: Gyan Bharti Academy: 183 for 4 in 35 overs (Vidur Sethi 91 n o, Trigun Das 32, Siddhant Singh 28, Hardik Singh 2 for 24).

Chetan Sharma Academy: 57 all out in 16.5 overs (Kapil Kumar 21, Rohan Rao 3 for 4, Shivansh Sourav 3 for 16, Abhilash Malik 2 for 13). 

Commonwealth Cricket in Delhi
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, February 3
The second edition of the Raymond Trophy Commonwealth Cricket Tournament, organised by the Jawaharlal Nehru Sports Trust, will be held from February 8 to March 30 at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium and the Dhyan Chand National Stadium. Commonwealth diplomatic missions based in Delhi and the Indian Parliamentarians’ teams will play in the tournament.

The teams who have confirmed their participation are Ministry of External Affairs, the Jawaharlal Nehru Sports Trust, Prasar Bharti-Doordarshan Cricket Club, Australia, World Bank, United Kingdom, Canada, New Zealand and Sri Lankan missions.

The tournament committee is headed by Britain’s Deputy High Commissioner to India Mark Renecus.

Organising committee spokesperson Ray Mercelo of the Australian High Commission Cricket Club said the tournament will provide quality competition. Mr Vikram Kaul, president of the Nehru Trust, said the tournament was intended to foster goodwill among the Commonwealth countries.

The organising committee comprises Mark Renecus (president), K Narsimha (vice-president), Vikram Kaul (secretary), Harish Mehta (chief co-ordinator), Neil Brigden and Ray Mercelo.

Hindustan sitting pretty
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, February 3
Defending champions Hindustan Club were sitting pretty after they scored a 3-0 victory against Moonlight in the first leg semi-final of the Delhi Soccer Association (DSA)-SAIL Super League.

Hindustan are more or less assures of a place in the final and their second leg match at the Ambedkar Stadium on Tuesday is just a formality. But there will be a keen interest in the second semi-final match between New Delhi Heroes and Indian Air Force as their first leg match had ended in a goalless draw. Heroes will be striving to qualify for the final after a gap of 40 years. Heroes had won the league title six times, with four of them coming in a row, from 1953 to 1956. The final is slated to be played on Friday.

Tuesday’s fixtures: New Delhi Heroes vs Indian Air Force (1 am); Hindustan vs Moonlight (3 pm)— Ambedkar Stadium.

Rajasthan Club lift Vinod Puri Trophy
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, February 3
Fierce bowling performances by Vijay Dalmia and Kul Bhushan helped Rajasthan Club Members XI defeat Rajasthan Club President’s XI by one wicket and annexed the Vinod Puri Memorial Cricket Trophy Tournament, played at the Delhi University ground.

Scores: Rajasthan Club President’s XI: 104 in 18.3 overs (Rakesh Jain 18 n o, Raj Kumar 14, Tarun Bansal 12, Suresh Saini 12, Kul Bhushan 3 for 11, Vijay Dalmia 3 for 15, Raj Kumar 2 for 8, Sanjay Gupta 2 for 11).

Rajasthan Club Members XI: 105 for 9 in 19.4 overs (Sanjay Gupta 18, Satish Goel 15, Rajender Gupta 3 for 15, Rakesh Jain 2 for 12, Suresh Saini 2 for 10, Ashok Khanna 2 for 13).

In the junior match, Rajasthan Club Members XI defeated Rajasthan Club President’s Junior XI by five wickets.

Scores: Rajasthan Club President’s Junior XI: 104 in 21.3 overs (Vipul Gupta 19, Honey 17, Manu 3 for 21, Aviral Himmatramka 2 for 4, Bharat Himmatramka 2 for 11, Abhishek 2 for 11).

Xansa down Bechtel in Teri Cup
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New Delhi, February 3
Xansa defeated Bechtel by 25 runs in a league match of the 10th Teri Cup Cricket Tournament at the Teri Oval.

Scores: Xansa: 117 for 6 in 15 overs (Tarun 46, 3x4, 2x6; Himanshu 21, 2x4; Susmit Mukerjee 1 for 14).

Bechtel: 92 for 7 in 15 overs (Chinappa 22, 2x4; Rajeev Rana 28 n o, 2x4, 1x6; Gunjan 2 for 15, P C Pandey 2 for 18, Tarun 1 for 20). Tarun was named the Man of the Match.

Abhishek hits century

Abhishek Kapoor hit an unbeaten century as the Madan Lal Cricket Academy defeated R P Academy by seven wickets and entered the final of the R G Williams Memorial Under-14 Cricket Tournament at the Frank Anthony School ground.

Scores: R P Academy: 212 for 3 in 35 overs (M Dangar 104, Mohd Kaif 52, Ashwin Venkat Raman 3 for 37).

Madan Lal Academy: 214 for 3 in 32.3 overs (Abhishek Kapoor 100 n o, Apratin Kumar 49, Vaibhav Rawal 2 for 32).

Rahul, Rohit slam tons

Century knocks by Rahul Yadav (160) and Rohit Sharma (100 n o) and deadly bowling by Rajat Sharma (4 for 17) helped Ramjas School No 2 beat St Michael School by 152 runs and entered the quarter-final of the sixth Rohtak Road Gymkhana R P Jain Inter-School Under-153 Cricket Tournament at the Bhrat Nagar ground.

In another match, Mount St Mary’s School defeated Ramjas Day Boarding by nine wickets at the Ramjas ground. Scores: Ramjas School, Anand Parvat No 2: 284 for 1 in 35 overs (Rahul Yadav 160, Rohit Sharma 100 n o). St Michael’s School: 132 all out in 34.4 overs (Gagan Preet Singh 39, Rajat Sharma 3 for 11, Ashish Maheshwari 3 for 20, Manoj Gupta 3 for 10).

Ramjas Day Boarding: 97 all out in 28.4 overs (Shobhit Chandok 4 for 15, Hem Thakural 3 for 27). Mount St Mary’s: 98 for 1 in 17.5 overs (Mukul Dangar 35 n o).

Palash Joshi deadly

Devastating bowling performances by Franklin Andrews (4 for 2) and Palash Joshi (3 for 14) enabled Clintus defeat Delhi Achievers by six wickets in a limited-over match.

Scores: Delhi Achievers: 160 all out in 28.4 overs (Jitendra Sharma 49, Abhishek Singhanla 36, Franklin Andrews 4 for 20, Palash Joshi 3 for 14, Vishal Varma 2 for 28).

Clintus: 161 for 4 in 29.1 overs (Varun Mehta 45, Arvind Joshi 35, Franklin Andrews 30 n o).

R P Academy enter final in SPM cricket

New Delhi, February 3
Fine batting by Rajesh, Rishi and Ashish and penetrative bowling by Parnav (3 for 48) and Sharad (2 for 22) enabled R P Cricket Academy defeat Delhi University Cricket Coaching Centre by seven runs and entered the final of the SPM Cricket Tournament at the SPM ground.