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Sports meet marks Onam celebrations
Mohali, August 28 “Onam festival is the prime festival of Kerala and is celebrated during the harvesting season. In Kerala, the races of big boats, each occupies around 150 persons, are organised and here we are celebrating in our own way “, told Mr V.K.C. Nair, president of the association. Besides, athletic events and races under different categories, various inventive events like toffee collection, banana race, frog race, potato race, musical chair and thread and needle were held. Results: 100 m race (boys) Classes 4 and 5 - Rahul Rajendran 1; Jijo Joseph 2; 100 m race (girls) Classes 4 and 5 - Reshmi Rajendran 1; Aishwarya 2; 50 m race (boys and girls) Classes 1, 2, and 3: Siji 1; Sujesh 2; 100 m race (girls) Classes 6 and 7 - Siji 1; Pranav 2; 100 m race (girls) Classes 6 and 7 - Chippy 1; Anju 2; potato race (girls) Classes 6 and 7 - Chippy 1; Anju 2; potato race (girls) Classes 4 and 5 - Reshmi 1; Aishwarya 2; potato race (boys) Classes 4 and 5 - Rahul Rajendran 1; Aneesh 2; frog race: Aadersh 1; Aakarsh 2; Banana race - Ajith 1; Harish 2; Toffee collection - Nikhil Babu 1; Aishwarya Anil 2; musical chair (pre-nursery to U KG) - Aishwarya 1; Aishwarya 2; long jump (Classes 5 to 7) - Sija 1; Pranav 2; 50 m race (women) - Suja 1; Anitha Rajeev 2; lemon and spoon (women): Jaya Shree 1; Suja 2; thread and needle (women) - Vimala Unnikrishnan; and 100 m race (Classes 8, 9 and 10) - Vineesh 1; Saurav 2. |
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Tennis players set to make a mark
Chandigarh, August 28 Nadia, a student of Plus 1 in New Public School (NPS) at Sector 18, has been a state champion for last two years. In the national championship of 2001-02 at Baroda, Nadia had made it to the semifinals under the cadet category and was the part of the team, which got third position in the team championship. She represented Haryana in the national championships at Baroda and Sirsa in 2001-02 and 2002-03, respectively. In the championships of 2003-04 and 2004-05 at Ajmer and Chennai, respectively, she represented Chandigarh. “With the shifting of my father at Chandigarh, it became difficult to represent Haryana state”, said Nadia, who is ardent admirer of Rahul Dravid, the cricket star. Like her ideal, she wants to make earn fame. Her sister, Dev, a student of ninth class of DAV Public School, Sector 8, has also participated in all the above said national championships. He helped his team to get the third positions in team championship at Baroda and Sirsa and remained second at Ajmer under sub-junior category. However, he lost in the quarter finals of all the matches held under different categories in the championship at Chennai in 2004-05. At present he has been playing under-14 category and wants to be the national champion of the category. Besides these, the talented pair has won many local and state level tournaments. Both players have been groomed under the supervision and guidance of their father, Mr Narinder Saini, who had played national level table tennis from 1980 to 1992 and is the treasurer of Chandigarh Table Tennis Association these days. “Both my children are talented and play good game. So it would not be difficult for them to achieve their targets”, said the proud father. He was also full of praise for the principals of NPS and DAVPS-8, who provide full facilities and necessary infrastructure to the sportspersons of their respective schools. |
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St John’s, St Anne’s register wins
Chandigarh, August 28 St John’s scored 154 for nine in 25 overs. Chasing the score, Cricket Academy-37 was bundled out at 69. Brief scores: St. John’s: 154 for 9 in 25 overs (Manan 29, Rohit 24, Kuldeep 2 for 33, Piyush 2 for 14 and Kshitij 2 for 28). Cricket Academy- 37: 69 all out in 23 overs. (Kuldeep 25, Karan Goyal 4 for 3 and Sumit 2 for 4). In the second match, St Anne’s School won the match defeating Guru Nanak Cricket Academy by 63 runs. Guru Nanak Cricket Academy were all out at 46 in 14 overs. Brief scores: St Anne’s: 109 for 6 in 25 overs (Vishesh 26, Shauraya 30 and Karan 2 for 18) and Guru Nanak Cricket Academy: 46 all out in 14 overs. (Tarunpreet 4 for 18 and Vishesh 3 for 21). In another match played at DAV School, Sector 8, here, the Mohali Cricket Association thrashed DAV Cricket Academy team by four wickets. DAV team was all out at 118 for eight in 25 overs. Mohali team chased the target of 119 runs in 24 overs only. Brief scores: DAV School Cricket Academy: 118 for 8 in 25 overs (Shahnawaz 35, Sunny 25, Sachin 2 for 13) and Mohali Cricket Association: 119 for 6 in 24 overs. (Ankit 43 and Sachin 42). In the second match played there between Sector 16 stadium and Panchkula stadium team, Sector 16 stadium team won the match by 60 runs. Brief scores: Sector 16 team: 152 for 6 in 25 overs (Saurav Chopra 52, Harshmit 38, Ankush 2 for 21, Varun 2 for 24) and Panchkula team: 92 all out in 20.5 overs (Ankush 63 and Vishu 5 for 15). |
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Stone laid for polygrass turf
Chandigarh, August 28 Earlier, the former Olympians took part in a seminar on “Revival of hockey”, organised by the Chandigarh Sports Journalists Association (CSJA) on the school premises. Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh was scheduled to lay the foundation stone, but his helicopter could not take off from Patiala due to bad weather. Mr D.S. Bedi, Principal, said the polygrass turf, estimated to cost around Rs 30 lakh, would be the first of its kind in a private school in the country. The turf, measuring 30 metres x 50 metres, would be a practice pitch to prepare youngsters for playing on astro-turf, said Mr Bedi. He stated that the turf was likely to be laid by March, 2006. It would also have floodlights. |
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Saurav prevails over Gaurav
Chandigarh, August 28 The tournament is being organised by the District Badminton Association, Panchkula. Today’s results (finals): Boys singles (u-19) — Saurav Kapoor (Pkl) beat Gaurav Kapoor(Pkl)15-6, 15-5 Men’s singles
— Sumit Dahiya (Bh.) beat Piyush (Pkl) 15-4, 15-5 Women’s doubles: Kannu & Gauri (Pkl) beat Manju & Meenu (Bh.)15-8, 15-4, 15-12. Boys doubles (u-19) — Gaurav & Prateek (Pkl) beat Saurav & Ravi (Pkl) 15-8, 15-10. Men’s doubles — Sumit & Rohit (Bh) beat Saurab and Sachin 11-15, 15-6, 15-11. Veteran singles — GK Bajaj (Rtk) beat Vipin Sharma (Pkl) 15-11, 15-7. Girls’ singles u-19 — Kannu (Pkl) beat Pallavi (Pkl) 11-2, 11-1 Girls’ doubles (under-19) — Kannu and Pallavi (Pkl) beat Meenu and Monika (Bh) 15-8, 15-4, 15-12. |
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Punjab varsity to have new basketball courts
Chandigarh: Another feather in the cap of Panjab University’s sports infrastructure is being added with two modern floodlights-lit basketball courts and a handball court coming up on its campus.
About 1,450 luxes — a technical word to define brightness of light — are required for staging the matches. A total of four poles for each court would have to be erected for the floodlights. An amount of Rs 5.6 lakh on the handball court and another Rs 3.3 lakh on the basketball court are expected to be spent on the floodlights. The handball court is roughly 40 metres long and 20 metres wide whereas the basketball court is 28 metres in length and 15 metres wide. Mr Toor said , “Now that the administrative approval in this regard has been granted, the official permission will reach us in a week’s time. We need just 60 days to install the lights.” Asked about the already installed lights on the courts, he said, “These will be fixed in the adjoining parks and passages.” Describing the specifications of the courts, he said the new courts would be made six-inch above the ground level, just to keep soil and rainwater away from the surface of the courts. “The existing courts were in very shabby conditions and were unfit for the use. The cement floor of the courts was badly damaged and had been a victim of neglect for the past 40 years. Our team has been bagging winners position in various intervarsity handball tournaments for the past 10 years and this untidy court desperately need revamping,” said handball coach Narinder Singh. Panjab University is among the best sports-oriented institutions. It has built up infrastructure for badminton, football, hockey, judo, athletics, etc. “We carry out our training on professional grounds, and try our best to provide the best available infrastructure to players for practice. We have glorious record in sports arena and so we cannot afford to let our players compromise on any grounds,” described Mr Toor. |
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Cricket trials tomorrow
Chandigarh, August 28 The team would take part in the inter-district tournament, which is being organised by the Punjab Cricket Association. All players either studying or living in Mohali are eligible for the trials. |
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Lowest scorer awarded at car rally
Chandigarh, August 28 This exactly happened with Mr Rajwant Singh, who bagged two prizes - One for being the lowest scorer and the other for being the best dressed male participant in the fifth fun car rally, 2005, which was flagged off by the Haryana Transport Minister, Mr Randeep Singh Surjewala, from Baithak, Kalagram here this morning. Dr Simranjeet was declared the best dressed female and Mr Sanjay Gupta got the prize for the best decorated car. The rally was open only for owners of Toyota
vehicles. The rally ended at Shivalikview hotel. Dr Manjeet Singh, Maj H.S.Mamsahai (retd) and Mr Ramesh Kumar, were declared first, second and third, respectively. The participants had to cover a distance of about 60 km in over one-and-a-half hours. |
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