Students donate blood
Our Correspondent

Chandigarh, October 15
A team from the PGI collected 223 units of blood at a camp organised by the Lions Club International (Region XI) in the Government College for Boys, Sector 11. The Principal of the college Mr Balwinder Singh, inaugurated the camp.

Lion Renu Bali, region chairperson, gave away certificates, mementoes and blood donors’ pins to the donors. It was announced that two more such camps would be organised in near future.

Mr K.P.S. Shante, coordinator of the Blood Bank Society of Government College for Men, made arrangements for the camp. The camp was dedicated to the memory of Major P.P.S. Sandhu, an ex-student of the college, who sacrificed his life in Assam during 1997. The mother of Major P.P.S. Sandhu was present on the occasion. Amongst donors was Shante Sagar, a blind student of the college.

Manav Mangal paddlers hog limelight
Our Sports Reporter

Chandigarh, October 15
Hosts Manav Mangal High School, Sector 21, showed their superiority by reaching four finals of the Cluster XIII CBSE Table Tennis Tournament at Sector 23 TT hall here today.

They made it to the finals of girls under-14, boys under-14, girls under-16 and boys under-16.

DAV Public School, Sector 8, were close second as they entered three finals.

Results: boys under-14 semifinal: MM-21 b AKSIPS-41 (3-0); DAV Public, School-8, b Bhawan Vidyalya-27 (3-2). Third place: BV-27 b AKSIPS-41 (3-1).

Girls under-16: MM-21 b Sacred Heart-26 (3-0); DAV Public-8 b Bhawan Vidyalya-27 (3-0). Third place: BV-27 b SH-26 (3-2).

Boys under-16: semifinal: MM-21 b Pinegrove, Subathu 3-0; AKSIPS-41 b MM-21, Panchkula 3-1. Third place: Pinegrove, Subathu, b MM-PKl 3-2.

Tennis tourney

The week-long HEAD Total Tennis Championship began at YMCA, Sector 11, here today.

The meet was inaugurated by Mr T.R. Sarangal, IAS, Secretary Health Systems, Punjab.

Mr Satish Chandra, a senior IAS officer, was also present on the occasion.

The matches were held in under-10 and under-12 categories. The winners of under-10 category are Aditya Bansal, Jasamrit, Abhishek, Kartik, Udai, Arjun, Arjun, Rahil, Angad, Anmol, Jaymit, Raviraj, Kritarth, Manik, Karan, Gautam, Kultar, Kunal.

The under-12 category winners are Ravisher, Shubham, Udai, Manik, Gagandeep, Reshab, Kunaldeep, Ankur, Jai Vardhan, Vishavjot, Karan Bhai and Fateh S. Laddar.

TT meet

Shillong will meet Pune region in the boys under-14 final, while Bhopal will fight Hyderabad in the boys under-17 final of the XVth NVS National Table Tennis Championship being played at Jawahar Navodya Vidyalya, Sector 25.

In other matches tomorrow, Jaipur will clash with Bhopal in the boys under-19, while Hyderabad will meet Bhopal in the girls under-19 final.

YPS students cheer shuttlers
Our Sports Reporter

Chandigarh, October 15
It was a unique experience for over 150 children of Class V of Yadavindra Public School, Mohali, who got the opportunity to watch and cheer players at the semi-final matches in below-13 age group of the ongoing 18th National Sub-Junior Badminton Meet at Sector 42 badminton hall today.

An invitation had been extended by the Chandigarh Badminton Association to a few schools in and around the city.

Ms Gurvinder Rai, one of the senior teachers, and Mr Praveen Singha, sports teacher, who accompanied the children said it was for the first time that schoolchildren had been invited to attend badminton matches.

They thanked the CBA and the school Principal, Mr Harish Dhillon, for providing the opportunity to budding youngsters.

They said earlier invitations used to be extended for cricket or hockey matches only.

Children were rejoiced to watch top-ranked sub-junior players, drawn from all over India, in action.

One of the students said: “We initially thought that we were being taken to a cricket match. After witnessing the badminton matches, I feel I will take to the game.”

Another student wondered why the sport was being neglected by getting poor television coverage. He said he had heard about Prakash Padukone and Gopi Chand — badminton stars of the yesteryear — only in general knowledge books.

Mr T.P.S. Puri, former chief national badminton coach, also interacted with children.

He said the CBA would soon hold a talent hunt to select promising players between nine and 11 years of age.

Later, refreshments were given to the children.

Yesterday, around 60 children of Class V of The Gurukul, Sector 20, Panchkula, had paid a visit to watch the matches.

City shines in kabaddi
Our Sports Reporter

Chandigarh, October 15
Chandigarh players notched impressive wins in both girls and boys sections on the second day of the 16th North Zone Inter-State Kabaddi Championship at Football Stadium, Sector 17, today.

Results: men: J&K b Uttar Pradesh 33-17 (best raiders: Shambir and Dharamjit of J&K). Delhi b HP 50-31(best catcher: Sanjay of J&K).

Chandigarh b Punjab 65-35 (best raider: Satish of Chandigarh and best catcher: Parmod).

Haryana drew J&K 37-37, Haryana b UP 62-13, J&K b Uttranchal 44-28 and Rajasthan b Uttranchal 60-29.

Women: Haryana b J&K 88-24 (best raider: Bandna Sharma of J&K, best catcher: Rashpreet Kaur of J&K), Chandigarh b Rajasthan 65-18 (best raiders: Meena Gill, Meena Kumari; best catcher: Anupam Sharma of Chandigarh), Punjab b Rajasthan 59-14, and Delhi b J&K 83-21.

Sanjay School clinch a cliff-hanger
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, October 15
Defending champions Sanjay Public Senior Secondary School, Sector 44-B, retained the UT Inter-School Handball title for the second time by trouncing DAV Senior Secondary School, Sector 8, by one goal today.

Sanjay School boys played a well-coordinated game and dominated the proceedings from the beginning.

The match started on a fast pace with Sanjay School boys making their intentions clear by mounting attack right from the start.

However, the defence of the DAV-8 stood ground and did not allow the rivals to do any harm. The first half score was 16-14 in favour of DAV boys. SPS-44 boys clearly had an upper hand in the second half.

After the lemon break, Sanjay School-44 boys covered the lead and equalled the score as the match progressed into the last three minutes.

They took the title in the dying minutes. The final score read 22-21.