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HEALTH

Blood donation camp at LIC office
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, September 5
As part of the insurance week celebrations in connection with the LIC’s golden jubilee year, the Chandigarh division organised a blood donation camp today in the conference hall of the divisional office in Sector 17-B here.

The Blood Bank Society of the General Hospital, Sector 16, conducted the camp under the supervision of Dr M.S. Anand. Mr N.P. Chawla, Senior Divisional Manager, inaugurated the camp along with Mr P.L. Vidyarthi, Marketing Manager.

Among 45 donors were employees, agents and policy holders. Two donors, Mr Kuldip Sharma, cashier, and Mr J.S. Sodhi, Development Officer, donated blood for the 28th and 27th time respectively. The donors were presented mementoes by Mr N.P. Chawla.

A free health check-up camp for children will be held at Shishu Niketan School, Sector 22-D, here on September 7.

SPORTS

Shaina, Arish enter quarterfinals
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, September 5
Local girl Shaina Kapor and boy Arish in the cadet category entered the quarterfinals of the 33rd Sub-Junior National and Inter-State Carrom Championship being organised at Skating Rink Hall, here today.

In the sub-junior category, Raj Kumar and Surbhi Hemdan lost their respective matches even after playing excellent game in the pre-quarter final stage.

The results are: Boys singles (pre-quarter): In the first pre-quarter final, Umar Tanveer of Uttar Pradesh defeated K. Srinivas of Hyderabad at 24-14, 6-25, 25-15. In the second pre-quarter final G.D. Ashok Kumar of Tamil Nadu defeated Ram Vikas of Hyderabad at 21-5, 18-15; in the third pre-quarter final, Dilli Babu of Tamil Nadu defeated S Das of Bengal at 25-0 (in 6 boards), 25-1 (in 5 boards); in fourth pre-quarter final, Dharmendra of Bihar defeated Raj Kumar of Chandigarh at 11-25, 22-16, 20-10; In fifth pre-quarter final, K. Chandra of Tamil Nadu defeated Harish Rathod of U.P. 25-18, 25-18; in sixth pre-quarter final, Vinay Kumar of U.P. defeated Md. Fazal of Chhattisgarh at 23-7, 20-18; in seventh pre-quarter final, Md. Kasim of U.P. defeated Sohail Mohd. of Vidarbha at 25-4, 25-0; and in eitht pre-quarter final, Arun Babu of Tamil Nadu defeated Zarif Khan of Chhattisgarh at 18-14, 25-0.

Sub-junior girls singles pre-quarter final: First pre-quarter final Kamna Gupta of Uttar Pradesh defeated Srividhya of Tamil Nadu at 19-17, 5-24, 21-8; in second pre-quarter final, Suruchi of Bihar defeated Shamama Iqbal of UP at 14-13, 5-25 and 17-15; in the third pre-quarter final, Sarayu of Tamil Nadu defeated Kamna of Bihar at 22-8 (in 7 boards) and 20-18 (in 8 boards); and in the fourth pre-quarter final, B. Sudeshna of Hyderabad ousted Surbhi of Chandigarh at 25-5 (in 8 boards), 19-18 (in 8 boards).

Host player Surbhi, however, lost the match but struggled well in the second game to give neck-and-neck fight. In the sub-junior final, Suchita of Bihar defeated Tanya of Chandigarh at 18-5, 24-6. In the sub-junior girls pre-quarter final, M. Sushma of Hyderabad defeated Jyoti of Haryana at 24-10, 16-20, 19-13. In the sub-junior girls eight quarter final, M. Kangadhar of Tamil Nadu defeated Khushboo Jain of U.P. 18-14, 17-12 (in 8 boards each)

Cadet boys singles pre-quarter final : A. Amarjeet of Manipur beat Ankit Thul of Vidarbha 25-4, 25-6; S. Ananthanarayan of Tamil Nadu defeated Harsh Bangude of Gujarat at 25-0,25-0; Mohd. Asif of Chhattisgarh beat Prathmesh Shivalkar of Maharashtra 19-11, 23-12; Arish of Chandigarh defeated Paras Gupta of Uttaranchal at 25-0, 25-0; U. Naresh of Hyderabad defeated N. Rahul of Andhra Pradesh at 25-2, 25-0; Saif Ali of Chhattisgarh defeated Ishant Sharma of Uttaranchal 25-0, 25-0; Saif Ali of Chhattisgarh defeated Nishant of Utttaranchal at 25-0, 25-0; Vijneswaran of Tamil Naadu defeated Rajesh Duggar of UP 22-13, 23-7; and K. Samantha of Bengal defeated L.Dinachandran of Manipur 25-5, 25-0.

Cadet girls singles pre quarter final : Kajal of Bihar defeated S. Kangasa Bhomick of Bengal at 22-15, 18-23, 24-9; Shaina Kapoor of Chandigarh defeated Shipra Jain of U.P. by 23-6, 25-4; Nishita Gud of Hyderabad defeated Shailey Rajoria of Chhattisgarh at 23-6, 8-22, 21-2; Awani Belapukar of Gujarat defeated A. Bhawani of Andhra Pradesh 25-0, 25-0; KA Banita Gladys of Tamil Nadu defeated Vishakha Dua of Chhattisgarh at 25-0, 25-0; Shradha Agarwal of UP defeated Neelam of Jharkhand 25-0, 25-0; Sonal of Bihar defeated Dikshita Gaur of Hyderabad 15-14, 17-7; and Yagya Sharma of Gujarat defeated MSK Harika of Andhra 25-8,25-0.

Chandigarh academy enter football finals
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, September 5
Chandigarh Football Academy entered the finals after defeating SAI, Kolkata, by 5-4 in the semifinals of Administrator Cup for Junior Challenge Football (u-17) at Football Stadium, Sector 17, on Monday.

As both the teams ended 1-1 draw in the stipulated time, the tie-breaker rule was applied. Chandigarh netted five goals, while SAI could score four goals and lost the match.

In the second semifinal match between DDA, Delhi, and MFA, Kurali, the Kurali team won the match by 1-0 and qualified for the final. The lone goal for Kurali was scored by Mandeep in the 58th minute.

The final match will be played between CFA, Chandigarh and MFA, Kurali, at Football Stadium, Sector 17 on Tuesday at 3.45 pm.

Cricket team

Vipul Chadha will lead the Chandigarh u-15 team in the Haryana State Inter-District Cricket Tournament, which will start on September 8 at Barwala.

Other members of the team are: Angad Singh, Tanveer Manak, Rohit Singh, Vishal Thind, Sahil Chauhan, Rakesh Yadav, Mohit Rana, Nipun Narang, Pankaj Kumar, Mayank, Anurag Gehlawat, Ajay Pandit, Shyam Singh, Kunal Mahajan and Chanpreet Singh.

Standbys: Karandeep, Prashant, Amish Sharma, Rajat Taneja, Guntash Singh and Harman.

St Stephen’s team

The St Stephen’s u-14 team won the UT Inter-School Football Championship for the second consecutive year after beating DAV School, Sector 8, by 4-0 at Government Senior Secondary School, Sector 22.

The goals were scored by Simranjeet Singh, Jonny Kumar, Arashpreet Singh and Nikhil Sharma.

Hockey match

An exhibition hockey match between British Army Hockey and Chandigarh XI will be played on September 7 at Hockey Stadium, Sector 42.

The match is being organised by the Chandigarh Hockey Association. Mr S.S. Virk, DGP, Punjab, will be the chief guest.

Taekwondo meet

The following players have been selected to represent Chandigarh in the 23rd Seniors National Taekwondo Championship to be held at Talkatora Stadium, New Delhi, from October 3 to 5.

Fin weight: Gaurav Saini and Nikita; fly: Satya Pal Negi and Priyanka; bantam: Varinder Singh and Monica Chauhan; feather: Sarbjit Singh and Chitra; light: Sunil Dutt and Aman Sharma; welter: Amarjeet Singh; middle: Suresh; and heavy: Narinder Singh.

Satish Kumar will accompany the team as coach.

Katoch Shield

Chandigarh consolidated its position with 360 runs in the first innings against Minor District Zone A in the first match of the Katoch Shield Tournament for 2005-06, which started at DAV Senior Secondary School, Sector 8, here on Monday.

After winning the toss Chandigarh elected to field first. Minor District Zone A made 87 runs in 35.4 overs. Gurmukh (24), Jagmohan (15) and Gurbes (13) were the main scorers. Amit Uniyal of Chandigarh claimed 5 wickets for 39 runs. The other wicket takers for Chandigarh were Vipul Sharma (2 for 15) and Asim Gupta (2 for 12).

In reply, Chandigarh scored 360 runs for 4 wickets in 56.3 overs. Amardeep Soankar made 147, while Viswas Bhalla scored another century (132). The other contributor for Chandigarh was Amit Uniyal (28). Gagandeep, the left-arm spinner, (2 for 82) and Jagmohan (2 for 60) were the main wicket takers for Minor District Zone.