SPORTS

CBSE national hockey meet inaugurated
Our Sports Reporter

Chandigarh, November 17
The CBSE national hockey meet for both boys and girls in under-14 and under-19 age groups began this morning on the Panjab University grounds. The four-day meet was inaugurated by Dr Ajmer Singh, Arjuna awardee, who was the chief guest while Mr PI Sabu, Regional Officer, CBSE, was the guest of honour.

Earlier Mr DS Bedi, Director-Principal of the hosts, Shivalik Public School, apprised the guests about the achievements of the school in hockey and other sports. A cultural programme was also held which enthralled the audience . It included yoga demonstration, a march past and bhangra.

Later in the matches played on the PU grounds in both the under-19 and under-14 sections, St John’s International Residential School lost to SGGS Khalsa School, Mehta chowk, Amritsar, 0-1, Shah Satnam Ji school, Sirsa, got the better of Greenwood Senior Secondary School, Sirsa, 2-0, In girls under-19, Vidya Devi Jindal School, Hisar, beat St Mary’s Senior Secondary School, Rampur, UP, 15-0. In other matches of the day, Mayo College, Ajmer, beat St Anthony’s, Rampur, 8-2.

Prabhodhananda Prashanti Niketan, Ghatikesar (Hyderabad), lost to Ganga Anthony School, New Delhi, 0-4, JKG Senior Secondary School, Ghaziabad, trounced White Eagles, Devpur, 6-0, Police DAV Public School, Jalandhar, beat Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Bhimavaram, 4-1 while DAV Centenary Public School, Ghaziabad, had a draw with SVM Public School, Jaipur, 1-1.

In the girls section, matches held at Shivalik Public School, Mohali, GND Public School, Bilaspur (Rampur), lost to VMPS, Rai Singh Nagar, 0-1, Vidya Devi Jindal School, Hisar, beat Lawrence School, Lovedale,Ooty (TN), 6-1, MAS, Sirsa, beat Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Bhimavaram, 3-0 while St Anthony’s School, Rampur, got the better of White Eagles, Devpur, 1-0.

Leena wins karate gold
Our Sports Reporter

Chandigarh, November 17
Leena of Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 46 bagged the gold medal in the below 23 kg section in girls’ under-14 age group In the UT inter-school karate meet for girls played here today at the St Joseph’s Senior Secondary School, Sector 44. Kajal of GMSSS-37 was the runner-up while Priyanka of GHS and Swati of CL Aggarwal School, Sector 7, came third.

Other results are: below 26 kg: Reetika (GMSSS10) 1, Mamta (GMSSS-39) 2, Satbir Kaur (GHS-37) 3, Priya (GHS-37) 3; below 29 kg: Swati (GMSSS-10) 1, Gulshan (GMSSS-41) 2, Ruchi Rana (GMHS-28) 3, Sahibjeet Kaur (GMSSS-22) 3; below 32 kg: Sunita (GMSSS-22) 1, Tanya Gupta (GMSSS-35) 2, Anu (GMHS-44) 3, Pooja Devi (GHS-41) 3; below 35 kg: Amapreet( SPS-41) 1, Kavita (GHS-30) 2, Rekha (GMHS-39) 3; Jyotsha (CL Aggarwal School, Sector 7) 3; below 38 kg: Meenu (GMSSS-22) 1, Rajni (GHS-41) 2, Dipti (GMSSS-46) 3, Kiran (GHS-40) 3; below 41 kg: Rupinderjeet kaur (Sacred Heart-26) 1, Rekha (GHS-41) 2, Charli (Mount Carmel-47) 3, Meena Kumari (GMSSS-10) 3; below 44 kg: Geeta (GMSSS-10) 1, Bhanu Priya (GMSSS-22) 2, Barmi Sharma (Carmel Convent) 3, Manpreet (GHS-40) 3.

Zinnia shines

Zinnia Ahlawat of pre-nursery stole the limelight in pick-the-ball contest as part of the annual sports meet of Delhi Public School, Panchkula/Pinjore, which concluded at Sector 12, Panchkula, near here, on Sunday. There were fun-filled races and fun games and the children had a lot of enthusiasm.

In elephant race, Mehak Singla of nursery secured first place. Other winners in various events included, sack race- Kushik Kapoor- prep; Dressup and run- Nikhil Kundu- Class I; three-legged race: Raghav Mehta and Rishab Kumari-Class II; senior sports meet: lemon-and-spoon race: Sanchi- Class I; book balancing: Yashodhar-Class V; cross-obstacle and search coin: Akhshansh-Class V; Obstacle race: Salil-Class VI; hop-and-cross obstacle: Saurabh- Class VII.

Inter-sector athletic meet begins
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, November 17
The 23rd Inter-Sector Athletic Meet began here today, with about 450 athletes scheduled to compete in 23 events over the next four days.

The ITBP’s eight sectors, including Liaison and Communication, Jammu and Kashmir I and II, Training, Gharwal, Kumaon, Leh and Himachal Pradesh are participating in the event.

Following a marchpast and oath-taking ceremony by the participating sportspersons, the meet was declared open by the Deputy Speaker, Punjab Vidhan Sabha, Mr Bir Devinder Singh, who was the chief guest on the occasion. Lauding the force for its performance in various activities and wishing the participants success, he recalled the role played by the force in maintaining internal security in Punjab.

The finals of 5000-metres race were also held, in which Satpal Singh, Rajbir Singh and Channinder Kumar bagged the first three positions, respectively. A tug of war, a gymnastic show and a band display were also organised.

Motorcycle rally in final stage
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, November 17
The Garuda motorcycle rally, being organised by the Second Battalion of the Guards was flagged off for the final leg to the unit’s location somewhere in the western sector from Zirakpur by Major-Gen O.P. Nandrajog, MGGS, Western Command, today.

According to a statement here, the rally was launched from Mangalore on November 3 in commemoration of the unit’s 225th raising day. It had reached Zirakpur last evening after covering a distance of about 3000 km. The rally comprises an officer, two Junior Commissioned Officers and 20 other ranks.

The unit has won several battle honours and gallantry awards during its over two centuries of existence.

Since Mangalore was the first battle honour of the unit, the rally began from there.

Teams from 20 schools take part in contests
Our Correspondent

Chandigarh, November 17
As many as 20 schools participated in a collage and book-mark-making contest held at the Central State Library in Sector 17 today.

About 160 students participated and 120 students participated in the book-mark-making competition. The competition was organised as a part of “book week” and Children’s Day celebrations.

The results will be declared tomorrow. About 150 students are expected to participate in a face painting competition to be held on November 18. Earlier quiz competitions were held on November 12 and November 13 .

The results of the quiz competition are as follows: (junior group) St Kabir School (1), St Stephens School (2), and Shishu Niketan School (3). (Senior group) Guru Nanak Public School (1), Government Model Senior Secondary School-Sector 16 (2), and St Stephens School- Sector 45 (3).

Four-day school celebrations end
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, November 17
The four-day Children’s Day celebrations by the staff and students of Dikshant International School, Dhakauli, Zirakpur, concluded today.

Teachers provided fun time to the children. They arranged for a party for the children and organised fun games and surprise gifts. Sweets were distributed and the students were given eatables. Handmade gifts like face masks and photo frames made by the teachers were distributed.

The finale was an excursion at Forest Hill Resort. Over 100 students were taken to the resort. Activities like trekking, nature appreciation, frisbee, wildlife spotting, musical chairs, fishing and antakshri were organised. They were also served a welcome drink and lunch.

Punjab win police golf team title
Our Sports Reporter

Chandigarh, November 17
The Punjab police team, comprising Mr S.K. Sharma, IG Border and Mr Rupinder Singh, DSP, bagged the team championship in the net category with a score of 20 under in the 7th All-India Police Golf Tournament-2003, which concluded on November 14 at Kolkata. Mr Sharma, who played 12 under with a handicap of 14, was declared the best golfer in the net category. Mr R.S. Khattra, SSP, who played 7 under with a handicap of 14, took the first runner-up trophy while Mr S.S. Sodhi, with a score of 18 under bagged second runner-up trophy in the gross championship. Mr Rupinder Singh also took the prize of scoring maximum number of birdies in the tournament.

Kho-kho meet

The kho-kho team of Sanjay Public School, Sector 44, won the runner-up trophy in the CBSE national kho-kho meet in under-19 section held in New Delhi. In the final, Sanjay School boys lost to DAV Centenary Public School, Delhi, by one point.

Calicut eves rule pool
Our Sports Reporter

Chandigarh, November 17
Calicut University, among girls and VT University, Belgaum, among men, clinched the overall championship at the conclusion of the all-India inter-university swimming championship at the Panjab University swimming pool here today.

In water polo final, Pune University won the honours when in the final, they downed Kerala University 7-3. Third place went to Mumbai University, who outplayed Amravati University 5-4.

Results: overall championship:men: VT-Belgaum 1, Gujarat University 2, Mumbai University 3; women: Calicut University 1, Bangalore University 2, Calcutta University 3.

Karate events

An inter-school karate championship was organised by the Karate-Do- Indo-Ryu Association here last evening at the St Soldier’s Paradise School, Zirakpur. Mr Sanjeev Mainra, Principal, was the chief guest. Various winners in different age group are: Sharvan Kumar, Harvinder Singh, Prince, Karanpreet, Dipesh, Thakur Singh, Gurinder Singh, Gagandeep, Parminder, Mukesh, Anandveer Singh, Rajinder and Deepak Sharma.

ADMINISTRATION

110 rickshaws impounded
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, November 17
The enforcement staff of the Municipal Corporation impounded 110 rickshaws parked at illegal rickshaw stands in a major drive launched from Sectors 7 to 11 here today. The enforcement staff, escorted by a strong police posse, also removed four taxis, three generator sets and other articles.

The anti-encroachment drive, which began in the morning, ended in the evening, with 132 challans. The Additional Commissioner, Mr Arun Sekhri, led the drive.

An officer in the enforcement staff said vehicles from two unauthorised taxi stands in Sectors 8 and 9 were also removed. Earlier, the officers of the enforcement wing carried out a survey to ascertain the number of unauthorised rickshaw stands in Sectors 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11. The area councillor, Mr Chander Mukhi, and the Additional Commissioner carried out the survey. At least 22 unauthorised rickshaw stands used for parking of 250 rickshaws were identified. 

180 commercial sites to be auctioned
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, November 17
In one of the biggest auction in the recent years, the Chandigarh Administration has announced that 180 commercial sites and 103 residential sites will be auctioned in December. It has been decided to hold the auction on a free-hold basis from December 8 to 10. As usual, the auction will be held in the open space adjoining the Estate Office Building in Sector 17, the Estate Officer-cum-Deputy Commissioner, Mr Arun Kumar, said today.

The auction for the commercial sites will be held on December 8 and 9 and while for residential sites it will be held on December 10. Before the start of the auction, Rs 50,000 shall be deposited as security by the bidder and the successful bidder will deposit 10 per cent of the premium at the fall of the hammer and 15 per cent will have to be paid within 30 days from the date of the auction. The remaining 75 per cent of the premium shall be payable in three annual equated instalments along with interest at the rate of 10 per cent per annum.