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Narayan is Mr Chandigarh-2004
Our Sports Reporter

Chandigarh, January 31
Hari Narayan of Bon Sante, Sector 17, basged the “Mr Chandigarh-2004” title in the 15th Chandigarh Body Building Championship which was organised by the Chandigarh Amateur Body Building Association in the auditorium of DAV College, Sector 10.

About 50 local body builders participated in the championship. The over all championship was won by Bon Sante with 236 points while the Superma Gym stood second with 33 points.

Winners in different weight categories were (below 55 kg), Sabir Ali 1, Tejinder Singh 2, Munish Seth 3. Below 60 kg; Ravinder Pal Singh1, Ajay Kumar 2, Puneet Chadda 3. Below 65 kg , Illyas 1, Raj Kumar 2, Kulwinder Jeet Singh 3. Below 70 kg; Mahinderpal Gupta 1, Rupinder 2, Kumar Gaurav 3. Below 75 kg; Pardeep Kumar 1, Anuraj Pandey 2, Hari Charan 3. Below 80 kg; Jaswinder Singh 1, Anshul Arora 2, Suraj Bhan 3. Below 85 kg; Hari Narayan 1, Prem Chaudhary 2, Rakesh 3. Below 90 kg; Meharban Singh 1, Raj Kumar 2, Amrinder Singh 3. Above 90 kg; Sanjeev Kumar 1, Nirmaljeet Singh 2, Sahil Kumar 3.

Sunil Walia, President, Chandigarh Amateur Body Building Association, said the meet would give an opportunity to the promising body builders every year to show case their talent. Mr Rama Kant, national level body builder, gave away the prizes to winners.

Nagreta, a happy man
Our Sports Reporter

Chandigarh, January 31
City volleyball got the boost by winning the national title in the 30th Junior National Volleyball Championship organised in Kolkata recently. Going by the past performance and trend, volleyball has shown gradual improvement during the past three years.

The credit for the victory goes to Shivalik Public School, Sector 41, which began the volleyball academy a few years ago and gave enough exposure to young volleyball players to groom themselves.

Mohan Nagreta, volleyball coach, Sports Authority of India, posted with the Shivalik Academy is a happy man.

The dedication and devotion of this coach could be gauged from the fact that ever since Shivalik Public School launched its academy, Nagreta had been trying to pick up talent from nearby areas, be it Himachal Pradesh or Haryana.

Only last year, a few of his players were absorbed by the Haryana State Industrial Development Corporation Limited (HSIDC) when the latter decided to form its own volleyball team.

This team brought laurels when they bagged the national title last year in the senior section under the banner of the HSIDC.

Nagreta said a few boys of his academy were also on the verge of making it to the Indian Junior Volleyball team.

He said three players were already in the national camp. Eight of them were in the city team which won national title three days ago.

When asked what more the boys need in order to groom themselves, Nagreta said, for the national and other prestigious matches, city players need to practice in the indoor hall.

Nagreta said Mr D.S. Bedi of Shivalik Public School had given the layout of the plan to construct the indoor hall to the UT Administration but its approval was awaited.