SPORTS

Sonnet advance in Shera Pandit tourney
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Sonnet Club: 214 for 7 in 39.1 overs (Devender Sharma 71, Pankaj Sharma 66, Mohit Vadera 2 for 30, Vaibhav Dua 2 for 43).

Bhavan Cricket Tourney

Deadly bowling displays by Rahul Baluni (4 for 10) and Ansul Baluni (3 for 18) helped R P Cricket Academy beat Bhartiya Vidya Bhawan by five wickets and entered the final of the first Bhavan Under-13 Cricket Tournament at the Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan ground.

Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan 125 all out in 28 overs.

Scores: Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan: 125 all out in 28 overs (Nikuj Sharma 50, Rahul Baluni 4 for 10, Mayank Saini 2 for 1, Ansul Baluni 3 for 18).

R P Academy: 126 for 5 in 16 overs (Sidharth Khatar 39, Amretesh 4 for 30).

Gill bowls AIIMS into final
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New Delhi, May 2
A devastating wicket-taking spree of 4 for 27 by B S Gill helped the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) defeat Gyan Bharti South Delhi Academy by eight wickets to enter the final of the second Rajdhani Cup Cricket Tournament at the Najafgarh Sports Club ground.

Scores: Gyan Bharti Academy: 86 all out in 24.5 overs (Harkeerat Singh 32, Saibi Kukreja 27, B S Gill 4 for 27, Mohinder Singh 2 for 10).

AIIMS: 90 for 2 in 9.5 overs (Rajeev Uniyal 36 n o, Ravinder Rawat 31, Nitin Kumar 1 for 39).

Pranav, Sharad shine

A quickfire half century by Pranav Mahindra and a deadly bowling of 3 for 20 by Sharad Kumar helped R P Academy defeat Brighto Daryaganj by seven wickets and entered the quarter-final of the fourth BDM Cup Cricket Tournament at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium. Pranav Mahindra was named the man of the match.

Scores: Brighto Daryaganj: 170 for 7 in 40 overs (Ravi Kant 52, Manjeet Rajput 34, Amit Tewatia 3 for 22, Sharad Kumar 3 for 20, Arshad Masi 2 for 23).

R P Academy: 171 for 3 in 37.1 overs (Pranav Mahindra 54, Kaif Mohd 30, Rajat Chawla 35, Tarun Datta 35 n o, Gaurav Malhotra 2 for 25).

Ganga School honours sports winners
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New Delhi, May 2
Ganga School, Hiran Kudna, honoured 181 students for their achievements in sports during the Annual Day prize distribution function on Thursday. Lt Governor Vijai Kapoor gave away the prizes.

Thirty-six students were honoured for excelling in academics, curricular and co-curricular activities. The Vice-Principal, Mrs H. Sraw, presented a detailed account of the school’s achievements in various spheres of activity. The principal congratulated the sportspersons who brought laurels to the school.

Sports coaching

Ganga School will hold coaching classes in cricket, football, hockey, basketball, judo, wrestling, billiards, skating, table tennis, baseball, volleyball, snooker and lawn tennis from May 5 to 30.

Interested players may contact the sports Director, Mr D. S. Jaggi, for enrolment.

Shri Ram School record two wins
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New Delhi, May 2
Delhi Public School, Mathura Road, went down to Shri Ram School, Delhi, 55-60 in the Afzal Khan Memorial Basketball Tournament at the Doon School courts, Dehra Dun. In a close match, G Dolo scored 22 points for DPS while Chadha top-scored with 24 points for Shri Ram School.

Shri Ram School had earlier beaten Bishop Cotton School, Shimla, 66-54. Y. Singh scored 19 points for Shri Ram while Moses got 28 points for Bishop Cotton.

Welham Boys edged past Mayo College, Ajmer, 36-34. Maroof scored 32 points for Welham while Jonajit basketed 16 points for Mayo.

In another match, Welham downed Lawrence School, Sanawar, 42-29. Maroof was once again the leading scorer for Welham with 14 points while A. Gupta basketed 10 points for Lawrence School. Lawrence School had earlier lost to Amrit

Model School, Abohar, 28-65. N. Singh scored 21 points for Abohar while A. Gupta netted 14 points for Lawrence School.

Amrit Model went on to take Mayo College also in their stride with a 65-29 victory. G. Kumar scored 22 points for

Amrit Model while Jonajit basketed 12 points for Mayo. Doon School crushed Bishop Cotton 66-23. A. S. Deo scored 20 points for Doon School while D. Pia netted eight points for Bishop Cotton.

Cathedral School, Mumbai, beat Yadvendra Public School, Patiala, 41-28, J Desouza scored eight points for Mumbai while Damanjeet with 24 points top-scored for Yadvendra School.

The tournament is being held in the memory of Afzal Khan, a former student of Doon School, who was an outstanding sportsman and who died young.

Twelve leading schools of the country are taking part in the tournament, which is being supported by Tiger Pataudi and actor Sanjay Khan.

Achrekar opens summer camp
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New Delhi, May 2 Dronacharya cricket coach Ramakanth Achrekar inaugurated a summer coaching camp at the Aryavrat Sports Club ground, DDA Sports Complex, Paschim Vihar. Achrekar, well-known as the coach of Sachin Tendulkar, will impart coaching techniques and fitness tips to young players. Veteran coach Ramakanth Achrekar makes a keen observation as a budding player goes through his motions at the summer camp at Paschim Vihar.

ADMINISTRATION

Rs 50 lakh for repair of watercourses in each district
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Sonepat, May 2
The Haryana Government has earmarked a sum of Rs 50 lakh for each district to repair watercourses used for irrigating the cultivable land of the farmers in the state.

The Deputy Commissioner, Mr Balwan Singh, told mediapersons here today that the authorities of the Command Area Development Authority (CADA) and the irrigation department have been asked to identify such watercourses and undertake the work for their repair as the government was committed to ensuring the supply of canal water at the tailend villages and the fields of the farmers.

He also said that the state government has also constituted the committees comprising senior officers at each district for monitoring the repair work of the watercourses in their districts.

He said that the state government has directed the irrigation department authorities to undertake the work of desilting the drains, canals, distributaries and the minors in their areas.

Steps should also be taken to repair the ring ‘bundhs’ around the villages to check their inundation during the monsoon.

Referring to the ‘Swajaldhara’ programme, launched by the state government for providing drinking water to the people of each village, the DC asked the district officials to mobilise the gram panchayats to deposit 10 per cent amount of the cost of the projects so that the work should be taken in hand for the purpose.

The state government, he said, would grant 90 per cent of the remaining amount of this project.

The DC said that the state government would construct sports stadium in two villages of each block and set up one model village in each assembly constituency of the state.

ITI students sit on dharna

Around two dozen students of local industrial training institute (ITI) staged a dharna in Nagar Parishad Park and later demonstrated in front of the residence of the Deputy Commissioner against the indifferent attitude of the ITI authorities in distributing their course certificates to them.

They alleged that they had completed one-year computer course sponsored by Tata Infoteck from August 2001 to July 2002 and paid all fees, but they were not being given the certificates despite repeated request to the ITI authorities. They urged the DC to take necessary action.

New General Manager of Panipat NFL takes over
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Panipat, May 2
Mr V. K. Bansal has taken over as t he General Manager of Panipat unit of the National Fertilizers Limited on May 1.

Mr Bansal, an electrical engineer of 1967 batch from the Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh, joined as Junior Executive (Trainee) in the Fertilizer Corporation of India at Kamrup unit in February 1968. During his long tenure of service in different capacities at different units, he visited Japan for repair of UPC in 1994 on the invitation of Toshiba, Japan and was honoured by them.

He also served as Deputy General Manager at Bhatinda and Panipat and was promoted as General Manager (O&M) on February 26, 2002.