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Athletics meet concludes
Our Sports Reporter
Chandigarh, December 4Guru Gobind Singh College for Women, Sector 26, and DAV College, Sector 10, Chandigarh, were winners in the Panjab University Inter-College Athletics meet in the women’s and men’s section, respectively, which concluded this evening on the PU campus. SGGS-26 got 60 points, while DAV College earned 64 points.
In the women’s section, the GN Khalsa College for Women, Ludhiana, MCM DAV College for Women, Sector 36 and MG Khalsa College for Girls, Kottian secured second, third and fourth places respectively. In the men’s section, SGGS College, Sector 26, Chandigarh, won the second place, while GHG Khalsa College, Gurusar Sudhar and SCD Government College, Ludhiana, bagged second, third and fourth places, respectively. Pawandeep Kaur of the GGS College for Women, and Vikas Kumar of DAV College, Sector 10, Chandigarh, were declared best athletes in women and men section, respectively. Spikers qualify:
City school spikers made it to the last eight of the ongoing 50th National School Games at Gwalior. As per information reaching here, Chandigarh boys beat Uttranchal 3-2, with scores being 24-26, 26-24,15-25, 25-16,15-8. In the second tie, Chandigarh defeated Gujarat 3-0 (25-22, 25-14, 25-10), Himachal Pradesh 3-0 (25-15, 25-16, 25-12). In the last league match, Chandigarh trounced Delhi 3-0 (25-15, 25-20, 25-21).Basketball tourney:
St Stephen’s School, Secor 45, and St Kabir School, Sector 26, won the boys and girls titles in the ICSE Inter School Basketball Tournament, which concluded today at Tender Heart School, Sector 33. In the girls final, St Kabir School, Sector 26 , defeated Little Flower school, Panchkula.Indo-Pak Punjab Games:
The symbolic torch of the first-ever Indo-Pak Punjab Games-2004 was flagged off this morning by Punjab Governor General SF Rodrigues (retd) for its onward journey to Patiala.The torch was welcomed at Zirakpur, where children from various schools lined up along the Chandigarh-Patiala to cheer the torch bearers. Students raised slogans for the brotherhood of India and Pakistan and released balloons in the air. Mr Narinder Sangha, SDM, Dera Bassi, Mr Manmohan Kumar Sharma, DSP, Mr Narinder Sharma, President, Zirakpur Nagar Panchayat, along with various prominent persons of the areas were present on the occasion. Earlier yesterday, the torch was handed over to Punjab Governor and was kept overnight in the Punjab Raj Bhavan. Best athlete:
Garry S. Amor was declared the best athlete in the below-12 section of the annual sports day of St John’s High School, Sector 26, today, where more than 800 athletes of the senior school participated. Ravi Arvind was adjudged the best athlete in-under-14 section, while Kritarth Jain and Abhinav Sharma were declared the joint best athletes in the under-16 section. A special trophy for Johnian of the Year was awarded to Abhishek Ahluwalia. Earlier Arun Kumar, Deputy Commissioner, UT, who was the chief guest took the salute and declared the event open. Various other events such as drill display, tug of war also enhralled the audience.Quark beat Spice:
Quark defeated Spice Telecom by five wickets in the Pool A league match of the CRY Cadence Cricket tournament played here today on the grounds of Sector 3 Panchkula. Brief scores: Spice Telecom:168 runs for six (Nitin Verma 37 n.o., Manan Dogra 25, Amit Dua 2 for 18). Quark:169 runs all out in 22.2 overs (Tej Govind 77 n.o., Harnanden 32, Sanjeev Gupta 22, Sumit 2 for 39). Tennis results:
Samin Adhikari clinched the under-10 boys singles title when he overpowered Rahul Adhikari. The score was 7-6 (1), 6-1 on the penultimate day of the CLTA Open Tennis Championship, played here today at Tennis Stadium, Sector 10. Parul Verma, a student of DAV Model School, Sector 15, bagged the under-14 title. In the men’s singles, Jitin Bishnoi will face Akash Sharma in the final to be held tomorrow. Today’s results: Men’s singles (semi-finals): Jitin Bishnoi b Prabhjot Singh 6-4, 7-5; Akash Sharma b Izreek Singh 7-5, 6-3. Men’s doubles (semi-finals): Saurabh Singh and Jitin Bishnoi b Vikas Sharma and Gursewak 7-5, 6-1. Boys under-14 (semi-final): Amit Chauhan b Uday Karan Singh Puniha 7-6 (5), 7-6 (3); Parul Verma b Chandam Shaolin 3-6, 6-2, 6-1. Boys under-10 (final): Samin Bhargava b Rahul Adhikari 7-6 (1), 6-3. Mens Doubles (finals): Jitin Bishnoi and Saurabh Singh b Robin Kumar and Akash Sharma 0-6, 6-3, 7-5. Boys under-14 (final): Parul Verma b Amit Chauhan 7-6 (2), 6-2.
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