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GMT school honours athletes
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Ludhiana, December 7
GMT Senior Secondary Public School, GT Road, organised a function here on the school premises to honour athletes who brought laurels during the recently held CBSE Inter-Schools Sahodaya Complex Athletics Meet held at GGN Public School, Rose Garden, Ludhiana.

Those honoured were Sukhwinder Singh of class XII, who won the gold medal in javelin throw (under-16 boys); Jaswinder Singh and Balwinder Singh, students of class XII, who finished runners-up in javelin throw and discus throw (under-19) events, respectively; Karamvir Singh, a class IX student, who stood second in shot put (under-16 boys); Rohan Sharma of class VIII, Ajay Sharma of class XII and Manpreet Kaur of class XI, who finished third in shot put, (under-14), triple jump (under-19) and 800m race (under-18) categories, respectively, and Kamaljeet Kaur of class XII, who secured third spot in 400m race (under-19) category.

Mr S.K. Thind and Mr S.K.S. Thind, directors of the school, praised the players for their outstanding performance. Ms Heema Jassal, Principal of the school, also spoke on the occasion.

SAN Jain School record 6-wkt win
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Ludhiana, December 7
Powered by useful innings from Tarun Passi (37 n.o) and Chintan Sehgal (33), SAN Jain Model Senior Secondary School, Circular Road, registered an easy 6-wicket win over the Government Model Senior Secondary School, PAU, to bag the trophy in the inaugural Master Dalip Aggarwal Memorial Cricket Tournament (u-19 years) organised by Bharat Box Factory at the BBF ground, Bhambia Kalan, here today.

Batting first after winning the toss, government school , in their stipulated 25 overs scored 163 runs losing eight wickets with main contributions coming from Karan Bhardwaj and Lalit who chipped in with 63 runs each.

SAN Jain School achieved the target in the 24th over after losing just four wickets. Former Test star, Yash Paul Sharma along with Mr Rajinder Aggarwal and Mr Parveen Aggarwal gave away prizes to the participants. Karan Bhardwaj and Lalit Kumar, both of Government Model School, PAU were declared the best batsman and the best allrounder respectively, while SAN Jain School’s Tarun Passi and Chintan Sehgal were adjudged the best fielder and the best wicket keeper, respectively.

Brief scores: Govt School, PAU- 163 for 8 ( Karan Bhardwaj 63 and Lalit 63; Rattan Bricher 2 for 10 and Sukhminder 2 for 26); SAN Jain School 164 for 4 ( Tarun Passi 37 n.o, Chintan Sehgal 33, Rattan Bricher 29, Sachin 22; Jatin 2 for 26 and Lalit 1 for 25).

Women’s hockey meet from Dec 9
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Ludhiana, December 7
The Ludhiana District Women Hockey Association (LDWHA) will conduct the District Hockey Championship in the junior as well as senior sections here at the Government College for Women from December 9 to 11. According to Ms Surinder Dhir, honorary general secretary, LDWHA, the tournament is being dedicated to the memory of late Ms Ranjodh Kaur Grewal, a former president of the association. In the junior section, teams from schools only will be allowed to participate.

The interested teams have been advised to contact Ms Dhir at phone no 2427979 or Mr S L. Lotey, District Sports Officer before December 8.

Under-14 hockey: A three-day hockey meet for boys (u-14) will be held here at the Prithipal Singh Astro-Turf ground of Punjab Agricultural University from January 10 to 12. Giving this information, Prof Kanwaljit Singh, spokesman of the Youngesters Hockey Revival Club, said a decision in the regard was taken at a meeting of the club held here today at the Guru Nanak Stadium which was chaired by its president Shivtar Singh Bajwa.

In this tournament, 10 top teams of the district would be vying for top honours and matches would be played on knock-out basis. The winners and other participants would be given kits and trophies, Prof Kanwaljit Singh said.