It’s hard to miss them in the crowd. Wearing enthusiasm on their sleeves, they go about the venue of the 36th National Kendriya Vidyalaya Sports Meet spilling smiles and inspiring spirits.

Who can explain the excitement of Shahina Akhtar, who has travelled all the way from Jammu with the message of affection? Unflustered, she prepares for her game as well as “rozas”.

When asked if it would be easy to have fasts during competition, she beams, “Game is a matter of pleasure; roza is a matter of faith. Both compliment and facilitate each other. I am sure in this ceremonious season of roza, my game will only get better. I am ready to hit the floor and take on every challenger in tae kwon do.”

The authorities, at the meet, are taking special care for Akhtar, as Ms Ranjana Bassi, Principal, KV, 3 BRD, AF Station, says, “We will make special eating arrangements for her. She will feel at home.”

Giving Akhtar a warm company was Aditi Dubey, a seven- year- old differently-abled girl from Delhi, Though hard of hearing, she was in no way hard of spirit.

In her father’s, Anand Dubey, presence, his only daughter, Aditi, listed all her strengths, adding that, “Sport meets like these offer a lifetime chance to improve one’s skills. These are so interactive, so positive that there is no way you can miss them. I did not bag any position, I am happy that I have come.” Aditi did not win but because she was the youngest participant in her event, she was declared the fourth winner, said Ms Bassi.

K Deepika 12-year-old Aditis challenger from Hyderabad, brought laurels. Bagging the first position under-14 skating, she soared high and made no attempts to hide her joy. “Last year, I managed to get a silver, but this year I was determined to bag a gold. All my competitors were adorable in that and they cheered me for my game. Happy for the while, Deepika has higher goals. “I will settle for nothing less than an Olympic gold for India,” she struts.

Eleven-year- old Palak Sharma’s attitude made a better mark than her game. The Bhopal girl lost at the meet, she was a winner in general. “I made many friends, laughed a lot and shared loads of experiences. What if I did not get a position? I have got a lot of friends. I can go back home happy that I made good use of my time at the meet. Also, I was handling an important job all through - that is of cheering those who won!” 

Venue: Boxing Hall, Sec-42, Chandigarh

Game: Boxing Boys Semifinal

Category 42-45 Kg

Vipin Kumar (Delhi) beat Amit Kumar of Ahmedabad

Mayank Verma of Lucknow beat Gurmeet Singh of Chandigarh

Category 45-48 Kg

Sasi Chandra of Delhi beat Ram Singh of Dehra Dun

Category 48-51 Kg

Anoop Kumar of Delhi beat Vikram Singh of Jabalpur

Sandeep of Lucknow beat Jagdeep of Mumbai

Category 51-54 Kg

Chandan Kumar of Mumbai beat Vishal Jamwal of Jammu

Sumit Kumar of Delhi beat Joginder Singh of Lucknow

Category 54-57 Kg

Sandeep Rawat of Delhi beat Ashok Kumar of Ahmedabad

Balram of Chandigarh beat Sabdeep of Dehra Dun

Category 57-60 Kg

Viney of Dehra Dun beat Ajad Singh of Delhi

Vijay Raj of Chandigarh beat Sachin Vasist of Delhi

Category 60 - 64 Kg

Vikas Kumar of Delhi beat Deepak of Lucknow

S.Stainlass of Banglore beat Sushil Kumar of Chandigarh

Category 64 - 69 Kg

Tikinder Singh of Dehra Dun beat J.S.Beeshman of Chennai

Avikash of Chandigarh beat Kailash Pati of Lucknow

Category 69 -75 Kg

Prinsu Yadav of Chandigarh wins by walk over

Ajay Yadav of Chandigarh beat Manjeet Mathur of Delhi

Category 75-81 Kg

Rahul of Mumbai beat Anoop Singh Nagi of Delhi

Host: KV, Sec -31

Venue: Punjab University

Game: Hockey Boys (League Matches)

1. Jaipur beat Chennai, 6-2

2. Bhopal beat Mumbai, 9-2

3. Bangalore beat Lucknow 8-2

Evening Session

1. Jabalpur beat Delhi 3-0

2. Dehra Dun beat Hyderabad 5-3

Host: KV Sec -31

Venue: Sports Complex, 42, Chd

Game: Judo Boys

Final Result

41+ Kg to 45 Kg

1 Vikas Lucknow

2 Rajneesh Dehra Dun

3 Hansraj Delhi

3 Amit Kumar Delhi

45 Kg to 49 Kg

1 Paramjit Singh Mumbai

2 Vijay Giri Bhopal

3 Yogindera Rawat Dehra Dun Region

3 Ankur Delhi

49 Kg TO 54 Kg

1 Sanjeev Kuamr Malik Jabalpur

2 Rohit Malik Delhi

3 Manoj Kumar Lucknow

3 Chandan Rawat 
Dehra Dun

54 Kg to 59 Kg

1 Sachin Delhi

2 Jasbir Singh 
Dehra Dun

3 Atul Lucknow

3 Sandeep 
Dehra Dun

64 Kg to 69 Kg

1 Vipul Saini Delhi

2 Gaurav Delhi

3 Sachin Mumbai

3 Ashay Chandigarh

Host: KV-29, Chandigarh

Venue:

Game: Badminton Boys

Badminton Boys

1. Under -14 Boys: 
semifinal

1. Mumbai beat Ahmedabad by 2-0

2. Chandigarh beat Jabalpur by 2-1

2. Under -17 Boys: 
semifinal

1. Silcher Region beat Jabalpur Region

2. Dehra Dun Region beat Lucknow by 2-1

3. Under -19 Boys: 
quarterfinal

1. Bangalore Region beat Delhi Region by 2-0

2. Chennai Region beat Bhopal by 2-0

4. Under - 10 Boys : 
semifinal

1. Chandigarh beat Chennai by 2-0

2. Bangalore beat Silcher by 2-0

Host: KV Air Force 
Station High Ground, 
Chandigarh

Venue:

Game: Kho - Kho (Girls)

Kolkata Region beat Jabalpur Region by 1turn and 4 points

Chandigarh Region beat Bhopal Region by 2 Points

Delhi Region beat Ahmedabad Region by 3 points and 6 minutes left

Jammu Region beat Guwahati Region by 1 turn and 7 Points

Bangalore Region beat Patna Region by 04 Points

Mumbai Region beat Chennai Region by 1 turn and 1o pts

Jammu Region beat Silcher Region by 5 points

Bangalore Region beat Delhi region by 12 points and 7 minutes

Jammu Region beat Mumbai Region by 2 points and 2.40 minutes

Dehra Dun Region beat Jaipur Region by 12 Points

Lucknow Region Beat Bhopal Region by 2 points

Chandigarh Region beat Jabalpur Region by 1 turn and 1 point

Hyderabad Region beat Bhubaneshwar Region by 13 points

Dehra Dun Region beat Bhubaneshwar Region by 1 turn 1 point

Lucknow Region beat Kolkata Region by 2 points

Host: KV, 3BRD

Venue: Skating Hall, Sec 10, CHD

Game: Skating (Girls) final result 500 meters

U-19

1. Shiva Mathur Delhi

2. Partibha Panwar Bhopal

3. Kanika Sankla Bhopal

U-17

1. Shery. Y Mumbai

2. Ritika Saini Delhi

3. Arzoo Kahn Bhopal

U-14

1. Monika Hyderabad

2. Deepika Hyderabad

3. Shweta Arora Delhi

Kendriya Vidyalaya, GC.CRPF, Pinjore

The chess competitions were held in all the categories of under-14, under-17, under-19. The rounds of chess competitions saw the participants displaying great skill and talent and their performance was applauded by one and all. In chess, the final standings at the end of the 5th round are as follows:-

Mumbai Region leading with 15.5 points in under -14 category.

Silchar Region leading with 14.5 points in under -17 category

Jammu, Bangalore & Patna leading with 11 points each in under -19 category.

Chess

Under-19 Boys

Place Score

1. Jammu 11

2. Bangalore 11

3. Patna 11

Under-17 Boys

1. Silchar 14.5

2. Bangalore 12

3. Mumbai 11.5

Under-14 Boys

1. Mumbai 15.5

2. Bangalore 12

3. Jaipur 11

Host: KV-2, 
Chandi Mandir

Venue: Tau Devi Lal Sports complex, Panchkula

Game: Athletic meet

100 m (u-17):

1. Rushika

2. K. Mahija

3. Poonam

High jump (u-14)

1. Maridhalini Rai

2. Neha Bharti

100m hurdle race

1. Subhashiri

2. Mamta

3. Anita

Discus throw( u-14)

1. Ambika

2. Neelam

3. Princi

Long jump ( u-14)

1. Sangeeta

2. Akshita

3. Divya

Javelin throw (u-19)

1. Rashmi

2. Priti

3. Nandini

Shortput (u-17)

1. Harsharan Kaur

2. Divya

3. Rinku

3000 m race (u-17)

1. Shilpa

2. R Dhrishya

3. Sapna