Monday,
September 29, 2003, Chandigarh, India
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Meenakshi
Tokas, Varun rule the pool New Delhi, September 28 Meenakshi began her medal hunt by winning the 200m breaststroke with a time of 3:21.49 secs with Shefali Gogia and Kiran (Laxmibai) trailing at the second and third position. Meenakshi then annexed the 400m free style title with a time of 5:24.62. Kiran Tokas of SRCC and Ritishka Vij of LSR took the second and third place, respectively. In the 100m butterfly, Meenakshi clocked 1:17.81 to finish first. Kiran and Aditi took the silver and bronze. In the 100m backstroke, Meenakshi posted a time of 1:23.24. Rashmi and Sweena (Hansraj) bagged the second and third position. Meenakshi returned a time of 1:09.22 while winning the 100m free style, with Ritishka Vij (LSR) and Shefali taking the silver and bronze. Meenakshi then added the 400m individual medley and 200m freestyle titles to her collection. Varun Sethi of Hansraj Raaj College dominated the men’ section, lifting the 200m breaststroke, 400m free style, 100m backstroke, 100m free style, 400m individual medley and 200m free style golds. Hitender Tokas of ARSD denied him a clean sweep as he butted in to take the 100m butterfly gold. |
City, National enter quarters New Delhi, September 28 City Club rallied to edge past Goan Sports 3-2 while Indian National got the better of Shastri Club by a lone goal. Goans took the lead in the 22nd minute through inside-left Shailender Rawat and City restored parity in the 41st minute through Faiz Alam. City forged ahead four minutes later when inside-right Jatin Singh Bedi found the mark. In a see-saw battle, Goans pulled off the equaliser in the 65th minute through K. P. Dony. City eventually clinched the match-winner when medio Sohan Singh found the mark in the 78th minute. Indian National pulled out all stops to prevail over Shastri. National scored the match-winner in the 39th minute when medio Manjit’s curving lob, following a free kick, sailed into the box. There was intense fight on resumption, but neither team could cash in on the innumerable chances they got. Monday’s fixtures: Simla Youngs vs N D Heroes (1.30 pm); Raisina vs Indian Air Force, New Delhi (3.30
pm) — Ambedkar Stadium. OSR |
Sameer shines New Delhi, September 28 Scores: Meera Model:
185 all out in 37 overs (Sameer Ralhan 100, Rohit Saddi 4 for 17, Mayank Gulati 3 for 38). Ramjas School:
124 all out in 34 overs (Mohit Kumar 29, Akshay Kumar 3 for 27, Rohit Kumar 2 for 12). In another match, Salwan Public beat Don Bosco by eight wickets at the Salwan School ground. Scores: Don Bosco:
96 all out in 29.2 overs (Anmol Lamba 38, Mohit Negi 3 for 7, Raman Sachdeva 2 for 20).
Salwan Public: 97 for 2 in 16 overs (Raman Sachdeva 48 n o). |
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