SPORTS

Bhanu, Fardeen in finals of carrom tournament
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, August 1
Bhanu of St Joseph School, Sector 44, and Fardeen of Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 46, today moved into the finals of the XV Chandigarh State Carrom Tournament in the girls sub-junior category, being held at St Stephen’s School, Sector 45, here.

Farheen beat Surbhi of Mount Carmel School, Sector 47, by 25-0 25- 5 while Bhanu outclassed Kudrat by 25-12 4-25 24-5.

In the boys sub-junior singles event, Mohammed Shaquib of Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 45, and Raj Kumar of Government Senior Secondary School, Sector 37, made their entry into the finals by beating Arish and Piyush Sood, respectively, in the semifinals.

Other results are as follow:

Men singles pre-quarterfinals: Gagandeep beat S.K. Mishara 22-06, 19-01; Anuj Kumar Sinah beat Riyasat Ali 25-00, 25-06; Dhruv Chakarvathy beat Pardeep Mittal 20-21, 21-02, 16-06; Sudhir Sidhu beat Arjun K. Yadav 24-20, 20-19; Shahzad beat Furkan 19-04, 06-20, 25-07; Asif Iqbal beat Shahnawaz 25-13, 18-16; Piyush Sood beat Umed Ali 25-02, 17-12; Raj Kumar beat Neeraj Bharti 25-17, 19-09.

Men doubles quarterfinals: Anuj and Umed Ali beat Vikrant and Bahadur 25-08, 25-06; Qayyum and Jaffar beat Arjun and Shahzad 25-05, 25-00; Gagandeep and Asif beat Ajay and Anil Sundryal 25-00, 25-05; Dhruv and Neeraj beat Sudhir and Sujas 19-25, 25-21, 25-05.

Boys junior singles pre-quarterfinals: Lakshay Piplani beat Arvind Singh 22-16, 23-20; Hassan beat Sartaj 25-06, 20-14; Rizwan beat Mohd. Shaquib 22-18, 23-18; Abhinandan beat Himanshu Sexana 25-00, 25-06; Raj Kumar beat Ravinder Kumar 23-10, 22-08; Gaurav Sharma beat Ayush Hemdan 25-09, 20-13; Wasim Akarm beat Utsav Das Gupta 25-00, 25-04; Piyush Sood beat Irshad Khan 25-00, 25-00.

Girls junior singles quarterfinals: Harshpreet beat Samridhi Pipalni 25-03, 25-16; Akansha beat Surbhi 00-25, 25-10, 23-15; Farheen beat Tanaya 25-04, 25-01; Neha Goel beat Bhanu 24-01, 19-14.

The finals of the remaining categories will be played on Tuesday.

International shooter pins hopes on youngsters
Arvind Katyal

Chandigarh, August 1
International air rifle shooter Sabeeha Dhillon, former National Games bronze medalist has said Indian youngsters, both girls and boys , are capable of doing well in the 10 metre air rifle event and air pistol event.

She said in 1999, she won medals in the 10-metre event of National Shooting Championship in both junior and senior women section. It was great morale booster for her. Later, she won many more titles and participated in international competitions.

Sabeeha said any promising shooter needed continuous inspiration so that he remained dedicated to the sport which required a great amount of hardwork.

On the personal 10-metre ranges being constructed by certain shooters, she said many rifle shooters all over the country and globe had their own ranges at home since it required very less space compared to 25-metre, and 50-metre events.

Normally one could set up a personal shooting range at a cost of around Rs 1 lakh, depending on the make of pulley, electronic or manual, and other paraphernalia.

She said a shooter could start at the age of 12 or above since the game demanded more of patience and mental concentration. However, any budding shooter could always start hitting targets with normal rifle before the age of 12.

There were many good brands of quality rifles from Germany and other European countries, though a bit costly. The National Rifle Association of India also helped a shooter to import such rifles on subsidised rates, said Sabeeha.

She was of the view that any 10-metre range had to be indoor and also, if possible, air-conditioned, as in this region, the temperature was generally hot and humid.

Sabeeha said junior shooters of Punjab, like Harveen Sarao and Amanpreet Singh, had done exceptionally well in air pistol event. Coming International games including Commonwealth Games 2006 (Melbourne), Asian Games 2006 (Doha) and Beijing Olympics-2008 would certainly have Indian shooters winning medals not only in rifle event but also in air pistol and clay pigeon events.

Football title for GMHS-42
Our Sports Reporter

Chandigarh, August 1
Government Model High School, Sector 42, win the under-17 title in the Pre-Subroto Inter-School Soccer Tournament played at football grounds, Sector 17, today. In the final, GMHS-42 downed St Stephen’s School, Sector 45, 3-2 in a nail-biting finish. The boys of GMHS-42, mainly from the Chandigarh Football, Academy, however, were given a tough time by St Stephen lads

The first goal was scored by Randip of GMHS-42 and the lead was maintained till the first half.

In the second half, Aita Ram hit an equaliser for St Stephens.

Then again GMHS-42 boys took lead with Rakesh scoring the goal. Another equaliser for St Stephen came from Sukhpreet.

Finally in the dying minutes. Randip scored the winning goal for GMHS-42. They have qualified for the All-India Subroto Mukherjee Football Tournament to be played in Delhi.

Meanwhile, no decision has been made yet on the dispute over under 14 final. 

Hansraj Public School wins cricket tourney
Tribune News Service

Panchkula, August 1
An unbeaten half century by Manan Vohra (55 n o in 44 balls) and 128 runs opening wicket stand with Sourabh Chopra (46 n.o.) enabled Hansraj Public School to beat Govt Model Senior Secondary School, Sector-7 by 32 runs in the finals of the Panchkula District Inter-School Cricket tournament (U-14) held at Satluj Public School here today.

Chasing the target of 128, GMSSS-7 could manage just 94 runs. Manan Vohra and Sourabh Chopra duo claimed two wickets each .

Brief Scores: Hansraj Public School 128 runs in 16 overs without loss (Manan Vohra 55 n o, Sourabh Chopra 46 n.o.) GMMSSS-7: 94 all out (Bawan Kumar 14 , Sonu 13, Pathan 11, Sajit 2 for 11).

Arjun Grewal wins top honours
Tribune News Service

Mohali, August 1
Arjun Grewal got the first position in Ludhiana District Air Rifle (10 metres) competition in the senior category. The competition was held at the Mohali shooting range on July 30.

Arjun had won second and third positions in the sub-junior categories’ at Himachal Pradesh in 2003 and 2004, respectively.

He also participated in GV Mavalankor Shooting Championship in Coimbotore in 2004. 

Swimming pool for DPS, Pinjore
Our Sports Reporter

Chandigarh, August 1
A new swimming pool was inaugurated last evening at the premises of Delhi Public School, Himshikha, Pinjore, by Chairman of the DPS Society, Mr Narendera Kumar, who had come from Delhi.

An inter-house swimming event was also conducted on the occasion. Later speaking on the occasion, Mr Narendera Kumar highlighted the importance of sports in one’s life and called for balancing sports and studies.

Dist Badminton Championship
Tribune News Service

Panchkula, August 1
The District Badminton Association will organise the District Badminton Championship, Panchkula-2005 from August 12 to 14 at Ch. Devi Lal Sports Complex, Sector 3 here. The tournament will be open to bona fide badminton players from Panchkula district in all categories for boys and girls. Entries along with proof of age and class on the prescribed forms and fees should reach Mr Ravinder Kapoor, badminton coach, at the complex before August 10.