SPORTS

Indo-Dutch Systems win United India Cup
Our Sports Reporter

Chandigarh, September 15
Indo-Dutch Systems (IDS) has outplayed Punjab Engineering College (PEC) Employees Cricket Association-XI by four wickets to lift the United India Cup in the inter-institution cricket tournament played at the PEC cricket grounds, Sector 12, here.

Mr M.R. Dhiman, president of the Chandigarh unit of the BSP, who was the chief guest, gave away the prizes. On the occasion Mr Brij Syal, Regional Manager, United India Insurance Company, Mr N.K. Sidhu, secretary, sports club, UIC, and Mr Baljeet Kapoor, Principal, PEC, were also present.

Lakshay Sharma of IDS was declared man of the match and best batsman of the tournament. Satish Chaudhary of PEC was declared best all-rounder, Rajinder Singh best bowler and Harminder Bawa of PEC best wicketkeeper.

Brief scores: PEC: 153 runs for 9 (Satish Chaudhary 48, Harminder Bawa 35, Gulzar 30, Vaneet Chawla 31, Lalit Joshi 3 for 29, Pawan 2 for 28, Bhavneet Singh 3 for 23).

IDS:157 runs for 6 (Lakshay Sharma 87 n.o., Jagjit Saini 32, Lalit Joshi 22, Bhavneet Singh 14 n.o., Rajinder Singh 3 for 29, Tejinder Paul 2 for 13).

Cricket tournament

Cricket Stadium, Sector 16, Chandigarh, has defeated Krishna XI, Panchkula, by seven wickets in the last league match of the second Satluj League Cricket Tournament for under-14 boys played Satluj Public School, Sector 4, Panchkula.

Brief scores: Krishna XI: 97 all out in 24.2 overs (Nishant 19, Mukul Gupta 29, Gurinder Singh 3 for 12, Nipun 3 for 7).

Sector 16 stadium: 98 for 3 in 19 overs (Jaskaran Malhotra 46 n.o., Amit 22, Krishna 2 for 21).

The final match will be played between Satluj Cricket Coaching Centre, Sector 4, Panchkula, and Sector 16 cricket stadium.

Chess association

Mr A.P. Saksena and Mr Vipnesh Bhardwaj were unanimously elected president and secretary, respectively, of the Chandigarh Chess Association at its meeting held on Sunday. Mr K.S. Bharti, UT Sports Department, was the presiding officer.

The office-bearers are: president — Mr A.P. Saksena; vice-presidents — Mr Manmohan Singh and Mr Abhinandan Vohra; general secretary—Mr Vipnesh Bhardwaj; joint secretaries — Mr Rajpal Singh and Mr Navin Bansal; and treasurer—MrSatish Dogra. Executive members are Mr Kanwar Sandeep Singh, Mr Negi, Mr Sanjeev Biswas and Mr C.M. Oberoi.

Nominated

Mr Ravinder Chaudhary, secretary of the Amateur Athletic Association, Chandigarh, has been nominated as manager of the Indian athletic team which will take part in the 15th Asian Track and Field Championship to be held in Manila (Phillipines) from September 20 to 23.

Chaudhary is working as a lecturer with the Department of Physical Education, DAV College, Sector 10, Chandigarh.

Badminton tourney

Akriti and Tushar clinched the under-13 singles’ titles in the girls and boys section, respectively, at the 15th Chandigarh State Badminton Championship, which entered the penultimate day here today at the badminton hall, Sector 42. Akriti along with Chetna bagged the doubles’ crown in the under-13 doubles section.

In singles, Akriti defeated Tanu 11-7 and11-6 while Tushar beat Aman Sethi 15-7 and 15-11. In the under- 16 girls’ doubles final Harleen and Astha got the better of Samridhi and Seema in straight sets 11-2 and 11-9.

Ravinder Talwar and Vijay Pundit made it to the veterans’ doubles (under 35) final by defeating Subhash Nagpal and Sahni in the semi-final. They will meet Sanjay Judge and Dr Bedi in the final who beat Ajay and Amit in the second semi-final.

In the men’s singles Deepak Sidhu, Amit Sachdeva, Akash Sethi and Ashish Sharma all made it to the semi-final. In the under-19 boys’ section those who made it to the last four include Vikas Kundu, Robin, Puneet and Mandeep while in the under-16 section the players who entered the last four were Mandeep, Ankur Sharma, Vikas Kaul and Oscar Bansal.

In the veteran doubles matches (above 45) Virinder Mehta of the HVPN and M.P.Dogra will meet Subhash Nagpal and Rastogi in the final.

Netball trials

The selection trials to select the Chandigarh Netball team in both boys and girls section will be held on September 17 at Government Senior Secondary School, Sector 27, Chandigarh. Players will be selected to represent Chandigarh in the senior national netball championship to be held in Delhi from September 30 to October 3.

Cricket tournament

A superb century by Narender Kumar who scored 92 runs in 48 deliveries enabled Navbharat Club to come over Himachal Cricket Club by 60 runs in the third knockout cricket tournament played here at SAS Nagar. In another tie Navbharat Club beat Bedi Cricket Club by 74 runs.

Brief scores: Navbharat Club: 166 for 7 (Narender 92, Sushil 42, Guddu 3 for 28).

Himachal Cricket Club: 106 all out (Deepak 30, Munish 3 for 32, Amrinder Singh 3 for 15).

Navbharat Club: 178 all out in 19.4 overs (Nirmal 48, Deepak Gaur 38, Narender 32, Arpinder Bedi 4 for 36, Sandeep 2 for 27).

Bedi Cricket Club: 104 all out in 14.4 overs (T.P. Singh 45, Munish Sethi 5 for 23, Chander Puri 3 for 24).

Athletics meet

The athletes of Satluj Public School shone in the district athletic championship held in the Sector 3 sports complex, Panchkula. Kunal secured first place in long jump in the under-14 boys’ section and second in shot-put.

Anu got second place in below-16 girls’ section in shot-put while Aditya came second in below-16 boys’ section. Ramandeep got second place in below-18 boys’ section in 100 m.

KV-I, Patiala, wins Kho-kho meet
Our Correspondent

Chandigarh, September 15
The three-day kho-kho meet of Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan, Chandigarh region, concluded at Kendriya Vidyalaya (KV) Sector 31 here, today. The meet started on September 13. 192 students of various KVs of Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh participated in the event.

Kendriya Vidyalaya-I, Patiala, bagged the first prize and KV-IV, Ambala, got the second prize.

ADMINISTRATION

Verma for bigger grievances box
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, September 15
In an interesting development, UT Administrator Chief Justice O.P. Verma (retd.) today rejected the size and location of the grievances box put up by Administration on his instructions at U.T. Secretariat.

The box had been put up inside the Secretariat building. The box was no bigger than a residential letter box. Justice Verma instructed the Adviser, Mr Raminder Singh Gujral, to put up the grievances box outside the boundary wall of UT Secretariat to ensure easy access to general public to this box. Moreover, grievances box should be of the size of the letter box of the Postal Department and should be distinctly visible and accessible to general public right outside the boundary of the UT Secretariat. The location of the present grievances box in the porch near the entry is such which may not allow easy access to the public.

Munshi sent to Police Lines
Our Correspondent

SAS Nagar, September 15
The munshi of the Sohana police station, who was accused of beating up a resident of the village, has been sent to the Police Lines.

Mr Harcharan Singh Bhullar, SP, said the munshi, Jarnail Singh, had been sent to the Police Lines because he had been visiting the house of Nirmal Singh, a resident of Sohana village, despite the latter’s objections. He said Jarnail Singh had been told not to go to Nirmal Singh’s house and maintain any links with him.

Mr Bhullar said Jarnail Singh, Nirmal Singh and his wife, Jaswinder Kaur, had been called to his office and they had reached a compromise. He said Nirmal Singh had a misunderstanding that his wife had illicit relations with Jarnail Singh. The SP said both Jarnail Singh and Jaswinder Kaur claimed that they treated each other like brother and sister.

Mr Bhullar said when Nirmal Singh had reached home on the night of September 13, he was under the influence of liquor and had also beaten his wife. A case was registered on the complaint of his wife. Jarnail Singh had secured a loan on interest for Nirmal Singh and had gone to his house to ask him to return the money.

The SP said earlier the SHO of the Sohana police station, Mr Sukhjit Singh, had been told to inquire into the matter. The inquiry failed to prove that the munshi had illicit relations with Nirmal Singh’s wife.