School celebrates annual function
Tribune News Service

Mohali, October 30
Shivalik Public School, here celebrated the annual function of the school. Dr Sardar Anjum, graced the occasion as the chief guest. On arrival he received, a floral welcome and lit the lamp of knowledge.

The school annual report was read out by Ms Hardeep Kaur who highlighted the achievements of the school. To lend credibility to what was being highlighted in the report, action slides of school activities were projected along with it.

The atmosphere was livened by a scintillating variety of entertainment programmed of songs, skits and dances. A Rajasthani dance followed by a patriotic song,’Yeh desh salona hai’ set the trend. A western dance exhibiting influence of western culture on the youth was followed by a Punjabi folk dance accompanied by appropriate couplets.

The prizes for excellence in various activities were given away by the chief guest. Addressing the audience, Dr Sardar Anjum, commended the exalted standards of the institution and the contributions made by it in grooming the young generation. Mr D.S. Bedi, the Director Principal, thanked the chief guest and parents for their presence and encouragement. “Your presence” he said, “acts as a motivator and catalyst in our unending pursuit for excellence. The curtains came down on the programme with bhangra followed by the National Anthem. 

From Schools
Tiny tots diffuse colours
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, October 30
The annual day celebrations of Evergreen Academy, a preparatory school in Sector 34, were a riot of colours as tiny tots put their best foot forward to dance and sing into the hearts of those present.

Spreading the message of love and friendship, the “Evergreen birthday party” turned out to be a big hit as children transported the audience to the land of dancing gypsies. Ribbon and ballad dancers, in frills and laces, synchronised their movements to the notes of the background music.

Changing fashion over the years found expression in an item which saw the children sashaying down the stage in colourful attires typical of each decade. The Principal, Ms Kuljit Suri, read out the annual report. The grand finale came in the form of an action song “It happens only in India” where all the kids came together on-stage to shake a leg.

Divali at Rai School: Students of Rai School, Sector 48, celebrated Divali by organising a lucky dip, here today. In a show completely managed by the children, 43 prizes were given away. These included dinner sets, tea sets, flower vases and teddy bears among others. The winners, their beaming faces a delight for the school management, clutched on to their prizes tightly and dispersed for the Divali break.

Annual day celebrated: Air Force School, 3 BRD, celebrated its annual day at the Lecma hall, here today. The programme commenced with the lighting of the lamp by Ms Reena Srivastava President AFWWA (Local) and was followed by a saraswati vandana.

The patriotic song “Mera rang de basanti chola”, Hindi and Punjabi folk dances marked the day. A performance of children portraying the contemporary “living legends” left the audience spellbound. A large number of audience, parents and guests, witnessed the colourful cultural programme.

Ms Srivastava distributed the prizes among children who had excelled in various activities during the last academic year. Master Vikrant Gupta was given award for the best student of the year.

The chief guest, Air Cmde R.K. Srivastava, AOC, 3 BRD, and chairman of the school management committee, appreciated the good show put up the school children. He also praised the dedicated efforts of the teachers and performance of the students in academics and extra-curricular activities.

Students were also honoured for participation in sports in state-level competitions and winning various medals and trophies. He assured that all required facilities will be provided to the students for their all round development.

Celebrations: Tiny tots of Chitkara International School celebrated Divali, here today. Students of Class I performed an educational skit, depicting the varied aspects of the festival of Divali. Apart from explaining the history of the festival, the skit represented the present day festivities and gaiety associated with Divali.

The highlight of the day was the “Say no to crackers” campaign which had been going on in the school for the whole week. The children also learnt how to make rangolis and light diyas in a safe manner.

Lakshmi Puja was performed and the spirit of brotherhood stressed upon. Teachers participated with enthusiasm and performed a song and dance sequence for the children. Traditional diyas were painted and decorated with beads and glitter and given to the children.

Nursery inaugurated: The new nursery of Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 32, was inaugurated earlier this week by the DPI (Schools), Mr D.S. Mangat.

The walls have been covered with paintings of cartoons while miniature animals are also on display.

According to the school Principal, Ms S. Nijhwan, tiny tots learn better through visuals.

The English, Hindi and Punjab alphabets have also been painted on the walls.

YPS students show the way

Chandigarh, October 30
Divali, the festival of lights, can be more than an occasion for merry making and wasteful expenditure. And this was amply demonstrated by thousands of schoolchildren of the region who responded to the clarion call “no to crackers, yet to lights” by Fr Thomas KJ, President, Roshni Society which rehabilitates physically challenged children.

And their lights did shine for their less privileged brothers and sisters as they bought the greeting cards designed by Swpana and Mary (both physically challenged girls who paint with their half forelimbs) who are by now well known for many years for their high artistic calibre. It was the same light of concern which spread smiles in the life of Reena Rani of Nardu village from Patiala, who crawled for 18 years before being rehabilitated. The cards were bought today by YPS Patiala and YPS Mohali students, who are Roshni’s partner in the cause of 40 challenged children who gathered at Rotary Bhavan, Rajpura, and set the ball rolling for an eco-friendly and meaningful Divali. TNS

Students celebrate Divali
Tribune News Service

Mohali, October 30
Students of Sri Hemkunt Public School, Sector 71, celebrated Divali and promised not to bust crackers. They raised slogans against bursting of crackers. The Rotract Club Mohali has organised a function at Old-Age Home, Sector 15, Chandigarh, in collaboration with the Rotary Club SAS Nagar. A cultural programme was also organised.

Students of the Shivalik Institute of Education and Research, Phase VI, also celebrated the festival with inmates of Old-Age Home.

Students of Small Wonders School organised a drawing and colouring contest for all classes. To celebrate Divali in an eco-friendly manner, the message say no to crackers was put across the children.

Inter-house competitions of card making, candle and diya decoration and rangoli were held at Swami Tirath Public High School. The school campus was decorated with garlands.

Students of Shastri Model School, Phase I, decorated their classrooms with flowers, balloons and paper cuttings. Students of Class VI to XII organised an anti-cracker rally. Students of DAV Public School took a pledge to celebrate an eco-friendly Divali by not bursting crackers. Students of Shemrock Public School decorated the school with diyas, candles and “rangoli” made by students.

HEALTH

Medical camp organised
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, October 30
A medical camp was organised by the LiveLifeMore Foundation, a charitable trust, at Sanjivani Health Care Centre, Mauli Jagran Complex, here today. Around 350 patients were examined free of cost by specialists and quality healthcare was made available to lower income group population residing in the area.

Blood investigations were done and medicines distributed free of cost.

The trust plans to hold such events regularly with the help of the success of its LiveLifeMore Health Show, a radio programme on the FM channel, Chandigarh, being aired every Friday at 10.05 am.

It also runs a website www.livelifemore.com, on which people can log on for cyber consultation on any health issue. The website is also coming up with a free e-news letter on better living by next month.

SPORTS

Chandigarh State Games
DAV College dominates in athletics events
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, October 30
DAV College, Sector 10, continued to dominate the track and field events by bagging five gold out of seven on the final day of the athletics competitions of the first Chandigarh State Games being, organised by the Chandigarh Olympic Association at the Sector 46 Sports Complex here today.

Jaswinder Singh emerged the fastest runner among men by clocking 11.62 seconds in the 100 m race. Rajnish (400m, 50.98 sec), Joginder (1500m, 4:07.1 sec), Jaswinder Singh (long jump, 6.79 m) and Harwinder Singh (triple jump, 13.45 m) were the other gold medallists for DAV College.

The Sports Authority of India Training Centre, Sector 18, women won three gold medals. Amandeep Kaur of the SAI-18 bagged the fastest runner’s title with a timing of 12.93 seconds in the 100m race. She also finished first in the one-lap race with a timing of 1:01.9 seconds. Sarita (SAI-18) got gold with a clearance of 1.42m in high jump for women.

National thrower Sakshi Sharma of Sports Complex, Sector 46, recorded 12.38 metres to win the shot put gold.

Other results:

Women: 100m: 1 Amandeep Kaur (SAI-18) 12.93; 2 Talwinderjit Kaur (SC-46) 13.01; 3 Reena (SAI-18) 13.20.

400m: 1 Amandeep Kaur (SAI-18) 1:09.9; 2 Amanjot Kaur (PUAC) 1:04.4; 3 Sarita (SAI-18) 1:08.3.

3000 m: 1 Veena Yadav (SC-46) 11:14.9; 2 Pooja Rani (SAI-18) 11:15.2; 3 Amandeep Kaur (GMSSS-MM) 11.30.7.

Shot put: 1 Sakshi Sharma (SC-46) 12.38m; 2 Manjit Kaur (MCM DAVC-36) 11.32m; 3 Jagdeep Bawa (PUAC) 10.85.

Long jump: 1 Lovneet Kaur (SC-46) 4.84m; 2 Sarita (SAI-18) 4.76m; 3 Mandeep Kaur (GMSSS-40) and Simer Kaur (PUAC).

High jump : 1 Sarita (SAI-18) 1.42m; 2 Reenopal (SAI-18 1.40m; Jyoti (GSSS-10) 1.35 m).

Men: 100 m: 1 Jaswinder Singh (DAVC-10) 11.62; 2 Vikram Chaudhary (DVC-10) 11.7; 3 Jaskaran Singh (DAVC-10) 11.72.

400m: 1 Rajnish (DAVC-10) 50.98; 2 Amandeep Singh (DAVC-10) 53.12; 3 Mandeep Singh (DAVC-10) 54.2.

1500m: 1 Joginder (DAVC-10) 4:07.1; 2 Gurinder Singh (DAVS-8) 4:09.5; 3 Jagdeep Singh (DAVC-10) 4:10.6.

Shot put: 1 Harinder Singh (SC-7) 14.59m; 2 Harminder Pal (SGGGSC-26) 14.06; 3 Dalbir Singh (DAVC-10) 14.03m.

Long jump: 1 Jaswinder Singh (DAVC-10) 6.79m; 2 Harwinder Singh (DAVC-10) 6.70m; 3 Jaswinder Singh (DAVC-10) 6.36 m.

High jump: 1 Satish Kumar (SC-7) 1.75m; 2 Pranav (SC-7) 1.70m; 3 Gurdeep Singh (DAVC-10) 1.60m.

Triple jump: 1 Harwinder Singh (DAVC-10) 13.45m; 2 Jaswinder Singh (DAVC-10) 12.66m; 3 Jaswinder Singh (DAVS-8) 12.42m.

City bids adieu to state games
Arvind Katyal

Chandigarh, October 30
Sunday marked the end of the first Chandigarh State Games-2005. More than 3000 sportspersons assembled to say goodbye for the next edition of these games. The closing ceremony was organised with much fanfare at the Football Grounds in Sector 17, which once again witnessed a large turnout of people like the opening ceremony held on October 27.

The four-day event, organised for the first time by the Chandigarh Olympic Association (COA) in the history of Chandigarh, proved to be a successful venture. Twenty three top players from each discipline were honoured with a cash prize of Rs 5000 by the COA. This was besides the earlier benevolence showered by the COA of providing a free kit and a grant of Rs 5000 to each association to hold the events.

Earlier, Mr Surinder Singla, Cabinet Minister, Punjab, Finance and Planning, who was the chief guest, announced Rs 5 lakh to the association for the state games. He also felicitated 23 players from different sports disciplines selected by the COA. Each player was given a cheque for Rs 5,000.

The players who received a cash award of Rs 5,000 each were:

Gagandeep Kaur (archery), Harvinder Singh (athletics), Mandeep Singh (basketball), Dalbir Singh (boxing), Rohan Kakar (cycling), Kartik Bhardwaj (football), Parnita Garewal (golf), Karan Bahadur (gymnastics), Shiv Dyal (handball), Cyril Ekka (hockey), Kiran Negi (judo), Manoj Kumar (kayaking and canoeing), Jaibir Singh (kabaddi), Kiran (kho-kho), Kinshuk Sharma (tennis), Munshadi Kahlon (rowing), Harveen Sarao (shooting), Kirandeep Kaur (swimming), Nadia Saini (table tennis), Lalit Kumar (volleyball), Inderpal (weightlifting), Raj Singh (wrestling) and Vikram Singh (triathlon).

COA secretary-general Ravinder Talwar read out his report on the inaugural State Games. COA President Rana Sodhi, who is also Chief Parliamentary Secretary, Punjab, declared the games closed.

Among those who were present on the occasion were COA vice-president Chander Sekhar, Padmashree Pargat Singh - Director Sports, Punjab, Chandigarh Golf Association senior vice-president J.S. Cheema and former Punjab Olympic Association secretary-general T.C. Gupta. Cultural programme and fireworks marked the closing ceremony.

Results of various games are

Golf: Sagar Bhatia (men) and Parnita Grewal (women), putted the golf titles respectively. Bhatia won the first position in the sudden death play-off. He was tied with H.S. Kang with a total of 156 in the two-day strokeplay event conducted at the Chandigarh Golf Course. Anupinder Singh Grewal won the bronze with a score of 158.

Parnita Garewal played ten over with a score of 154 and earned the gold medal. Kanika Manocha (165) and Preetinder Kaur (167) finished second and third, respectively.

Gymnastics: Best all-around gymnasts: Shyantan Deb collected 36.40 points to be adjudged the best all-around gymnast in the sub-junior boys section. Parkash Lal Shah (23.80) and Akil Katoch (14.69) were second and third, respectively.

Sub-junior girls: Hari Kala 1, Shivani 2, Prahleen 3.

Junior boys: Dhan Bahadur 1, Amit Kumar 2, Paramveer Singh 3.

Junior girls — artistic: Deepika Rawat 1.

Junior rhythmic: Surabhi 1, Vidya 2,Sweta 3.

Senior girls: Shikha 1, Priyanka 2, Kavita 3.

Boxing: Babli of the Home Science Club won the gold medal in the 36 kg class in the women’s boxing championship Kamni Sood of Divya Shiksha got the gold in the 48 kg section.

Boxing (finals): Women: 46 kg: Babli (Home Science. Club) 1, Hardeep (Eagle Club) 2. 48 kg: Kamni Sood (Divya Shiksha) 1, Divya (GHS-7)2. 50 kg: Anjali (Dhanuantri)1, Anita Raj (GHS-7) 2. 52 kg: Veena (Dev Samaj) 1, Navdeep (Home Sc. Club)2.

54 kg: Seema (Dev Samaj) 1, Arpana (Dhanuantri) 2. 57 kg: Naresh. K. (Divya Shiksha) 1, Amanpreet (Dev Samaj) 2.60 kg: Surinder Kaur (SGGS-26) 1, Manpreet (Home Sc. Club) 2. 63 kg: Satinder Kaur (Dhanuntri) 1, Ramandeep (Dev Samaj) 2. 66 kg: Abhilasha (Dev Samaj)1, 2 Monika (Dhanuntri).

Men: 48 kg: Aakar Chauhan (DAV-10)1, Sashi Sarda-40) 2.51 kf: Tarun (SG.-32)1, Aman Thakur (DAV-10) 2.54 kg; Mohit Sharma (Sharda-40)1, Ashwani (United Clib)2.57 kg; Dalbir (BCC-42)1, Jaswinder Singh (S.G.G.S-26) 2.60 kf: M. Habib (SGGS-26)1, Sanjay Kumar (Sharda-40) 2.64 kg: Suman Sourabh (SD-32) 1, Dharam Singh (DAV-10) 2.69 kg. Sanjay Kumar (SG-32) 1, Sham Yadav (BCC-42) 2.75 kg. Ravinder Singh (DAV-10) 1, Jeevan (GCM-11) 2.81 kg: Gamavdeep (SD-32) 1, Amardeep (SGGS-26) 2. 91 kg: Arihant (BCC-42) 1, Aniket (Sharda-40) 2.