The Tribune, Chandigarh, India

Clinics charge OPD fee on Doctor’s Day
Our Correspondent

Panipat, July 2
Free OPD for general public, as directed by the Panipat chamber of the Indian Medical Association (IMA) to mark the Doctor’s Day yesterday, proved futile due to insufficient publicity. While the general public was not even aware of the fact that they would be provided free services, a few doctors even charged fee for OPD services.

This was for the first time that the IMA, Panipat, along with its fellow members, had decided to attend outdoor patients (OPD) in their clinics free on the Doctor’s Day yesterday. As many as 18 to 22 patients per clinic had been attended by the member doctors of the association, according to reports. However, as most of the people were not aware of the free service, the patients paid the consultation fee at several clinics visited by this correspondent. To mark the Doctor’s Day, Additional Deputy Commissioner R. P. Bhardwaj, District Forest Officer D. K. Sinha and IMA president Dr S. K. Chirvi planted saplings at the civil hospital here.

SPORTS

Ankit Maini shines in Young Friends’ win

New Delhi, July 2
An all-round display by Ankit Maini (64 n.o and 4 for 29) helped Young Friends beat Delhi Blues by 35 runs and entered the semi-final of the DDCA Under-15 Cricket Tournament at the Yamuna Sports Complex ground.

In another match played at the Kalindi College ground, Bright Club beat Golden Hawks by three wickets, also to enter the semi-final. Scores: Young Friends: 194 for 7 in 40 overs (Ankit Maini 64 n.o, Pramod Gupta 36, Shrey Gupta 3 for 20, Karan Deep Singh 2 for 55). Blues: 159 all out in 36.1 overs (Ankush Raghav 27, Sutanshu Saxena 26, Ankit Maini 4 for 24, Prashant Gupta 2 for 27). Golden Hawks: 146 all out in 39.2 overs (Nitin Pathak 38, Sumit Kundu 3 for 20). Bright Club: 147 for 7 in 39 overs (Sumit Kundu 77 n.o, Jasdeep Singh 2 for 24).

Shastri Club advance

Lal Bahadur Shastri Club defeated West Delhi by six runs and entered the semi-final of the R C Sharma Memorial Cricket Tournament. Scores: Shastri Club: 156 for 8 in 30 overs (Lov Sehrawat 39, Sawan Saini 30 n.o, Neeraj Tiwari 3 for 19, Jasvir Singh 2 for 16). West Delhi Academy: 150 for 9 in 30 overs (Rajesh Rawat 49, Rishi Bhardwaj 43, Vipin Malhotra 3 for 37, Sawan Saini 3 for31). In another match, Rohtak Road Gymkhana beat Ravindra School on the basis of best run rate. Scores: Ravindra School: 119 for 7 in 30 overs (Aditya Gulati 38, Ashish Yadav 32, Tarun Kumar 2 for 26, Sagar Midda 2 for 27). R R Gymkhana: 80 for no loss in 11 overs (Mohit Sharma 44 n.o, Anmol Sharma 27 n. o).

Cricket selection trials

The Dhampur Sugar Mills cricket team will tour the UK and South Africa in the second half of July and August, 2003. Trials to select the players will be held on July 6 at the Bharat National Public School, near the Yamuna Sports Complex. Details can be had from Rakesh Shukla, Senior Manager, SAIL. Tel: 22465233. OSR

Subhania annex Ranjit Singh cricket title
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, July 2
A fine half century by Ashok Kumar (56, 8x4) and deadly bowling by Manish Verma (4 for 11) helped Subhania Club beat Pelican Club by three runs and win the title of the Ranjit Singh Ji Cricket Tournament at the Airport Authority of India ground at Mahipalpur. Harpreet Singh was adjudged the best all-rounder, Ashok Kumar the best batsman, Rahul Chodhary the best bowler and Sumeet the best fielder.

The prizes were distributed by Guru Harkishan Public School (Vasant Vihar) principal S S Minhas and Maninder Singh. Scores: Subhania Club: 146 all out in 29.4 overs (Ashok Kumar 56, Naveen Vashist 31, Harpreet Singh 3 for 19, Rahul Chodhary 4 for 11).

Pelican Club: 143 all out 29.4 overs (Harpreet Singh 39, Sourav 31, Manish Verma 4 for 11).

Columba’s down Royal Bengal
Our Sports Reporter

New Delhi, July 2
Columba’s Youngsters defeated Royal Bengal 4-0 to earn full points in a Group II match of the Delhi Soccer Association B Division Open Clubs League Championship at the Ambedkar Stadium on Wednesday. Cedric (2), Alvin and Toppo were the goal-scorers.

Young Sports downed Goodwill 2-1 in a Group III match at the Ambedkar Stadium. Irshad put Young Sports in the lead while Asad made it 2-0. Jokhan reduced the margin for Goodwill.

Shakti Club beat Delhi Tigers 4-0 to record their second straight victory at the Nehru Stadium East ground.

Rizwan-ul-Haq, Bobby (2) and Ravi Shaker were the goal-scorers.

In another match at the Nehru Stadium, Gulabi Bagh beat Delhi Students 2-1. Delhi Students forged ahead in the 10th minute through Mohsin Zoomia while Gulabi Bagh hit back through Hitesh and Amit Kumar.

Thursday’s fixtures: Rohini vs New Friends (4 p m); Union vs Ajmal (5.15 p m)—Ambedkar Stadium. Nivia vs Lodhi Club (4 pm); Young Bengal vs Venus (5.15 p m)—Nehru Stadium.

Vaish School win

New Delhi, July 2
Vaish Public School, Rohtak, beat Aryavrat Sports Club on the basis of their first innings lead in a two-day cricket match.

Scores: Vaish Public School (Ist innings): 238 (Satish Gil 46, Shakti Roze 30, Ankur Verma 26, Akhil Goel 6 for 112, Kamal Verma 3 for 78).

Second innings: 250 (Anil Sharma 45, Shakti Roze 54, Vivek Ahlawat 40, Akhil Goel 4 for 77, Dinesh Bindal 5 for 78).

Arya Vrat Club (Ist innings): 193 (Deepak Kumar Bagri 43, Abhay Viz 33, Tanu Tushar 24, Bhupender 21, Anil Sharma 5 for 46, Arun Dhul 3 for 54). Second innings: 272 for 9 (Deepak Kumar Bagri 143, Abhay Viz 28, Keshav Saini 21, Rahul Sharma 4 for 54, Ankur Verma 3 for 63). OSR