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Gateball, woodball to make debut in city Chandigarh, June 24 Both gateball and woodball have their origin in Japan. While gateball took birth in 1947, thanks to the efforts of Washin Suzuki who developed the game in Hokkaido based on croquet, a game popular in Europe, woodball was invented rather late by Ming-Hui Weng and Kuang-Chu Young in 1990. The two hit upon the idea while planning a garden for their parents in Taipei City. The equipment for woodball comprises a wooden ball, a bottle-shaped wooden mallet, and a gate which resembles two beer bottles and an inverted beer mug, conceptualised in the living room of Weng and Young where two beer bottles, a wine glass and a wooden ball were among the decorative pieces. Ever since, the shape of the equipment has undergone changes before the standard woodball set was accorded approval by the International Woodball Federation. A standard woodball course comprises 12 fairways. Gateball, which involves mental and mild physical exercise, also has simple equipment comprising a stick with a cylindrical head and a wooden ball. The game is played in a small court which has three small gates and a goal pole. According to coach Satwant Singh, woodball has already been recognised by the Olympic Council of Asia. The first World University Woodball Championship is scheduled to be held in Taiwan from September 4 to 7. Chief referee and chairman of the technical board of the Gateball Federation of India Rajesh Paspulkar, who has been overseeing the arrangements for the twin meets at Panjab University along with officials of the Punjab and Chandigarh units, including Mr S.S. Sidhu, Major H.S. Bhullar, and Dr Swarn Singh Dhaliwal, told The Tribune that 22 states were affiliated to the GFI headed by Mr Ashish Deshmukh. The first and second editions of the gateball nationals were held at Nagpur in 2002 and 2003. While gateball has eight members in a team, including three substitutes, woodball has six playing members. Although the games are new to the region, these have generated a lot of enthusiasm among youngsters in Chandigarh. For the past few days, many boys and girls have been practising at the Panjab University grounds, trying to pick up the rudiments under the watchful eyes of Satwant Singh, Rohit Kumar and Rajesh Paspulkar. The practice sessions, at times, extend to several hours. The visiting teams from all over India are being provided accommodation on the university campus and other places in the city. Mr Lal Singh, Finance Minister, Punjab, will inaugurate the meets on June 26. |
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Cricket trials held at St John’s Chandigarh, June 24 Those in the under-12 group are: Sidharth Duggal, Sakshar Sharma, Gurkanwar, Ankush Chawla, Harsimran Singh, Arjil, O.P. Rakul, Gaurav, Prithvi Bhart, Mihir, Nikhil, Ravpritpal Singh, Anmol Singh, Jatin, Aseem, Arpit, Sapan, Karan Goel, Nilesh Panda, Abhishek Marwaha, Manraj, Shivam Goel, Gaurav Malhotra, Rohan, Kartik, Chitresh, Rehmat, Shrey Aggarwal and Gurtej Singh. Those in the under-15 group are: Mayank Kaura, Ashish, Varun Dixit, Arjun Vir Chadha, Angad Singh, Udhbhav Khandelwal, Krishan Ahuja, Anubhav, Gautam, Sidharth Prashar, Vishal Jhatta, Animesh Aggarwal, Kartikaya Sharma, Ashish, Aditya, Anurag Gehlawat, Karan Dhanoa, Aanubhav, Suryadeep Singh Virk, Ankit, Ishandeep, Charanpreet Singh, Ankit Sharma, Rahul Arora, Amandeep Singh and
Jasmeet. |
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Unseeded
players dominate the show Chandigarh, June 24 Fateh S. Ladhar caused an upset, when he trounced the second seed Samin Bhargav in the quarter-finals of boys under 12 age category and confirmed his berth in the semi-finals. The see-saw match saw the second seed Samin with a 3-0 lead against the unseeded Fateh, but latter won straight games with a lead of 5-3. Then the second seed took next three games in a row to take the lead 6-5. But then a service break saw him trailing at 6-7, but he fought back well to bring the score level at 7-7 for the tiebreaker. And in the tie breaker it was Fateh who dominating the precedes with an ease to show the second seed the exit door by winning the tie breaker at 7-5. The final score read in the favour of Fateh at 8-7(7-5). In the boys under 12 category the giant killer Ravisher Singh, who knocked out the top seed Jaivardhan Gupta last evening was eliminated from the championship by loosing 8-1 at the hands of Jivtesh S Kang in a one sided affair. In
the boys’ under 10 age section, the top seeds Samin Bhargav and
Nishchay Rawal booked their place in the semi-finals by defeating
Pragun Vinayak and Daksh Bassi, respectively, with ease. In the boys under 14 age category the third seed Amit Chauhan escaped himself from the elimination at the hands of the unseeded Vishal Suri by coming back from 4-7 down, he played tremendous game to pull back from the defeat. He defeated the unseeded Vishal Suri at 8-7(7-5) in a match which lasted for over one hour and fifteen minutes. In the girls under 14 category
Purna, Shilpa, Tanvi, Pallak, Shivangi, Divya, Gauri and Prabhamrit Kaur made to the last eight. In the girls under 12 age category
Noopur, Shilpa, Shivangi Bansal, Karishna, Sonali Bansal, Prabhamrit, Ashima and Shreya Jain made to the last eight. According
to Mr Devender Kapoor, the boys under 14 singles semi-finals along
with boys doubles finals will be played tomorrow morning at 7 am along
with girls under 12 quarter-finals. The boys under 10 and boys under
12 semi-finals along with girls under 14 quarter-finals will be played
in the evening session at 3 pm . |
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