HEALTH

AIDS awareness rally by Army men
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, November 30
An Army AIDS awareness motorcycle rally was flagged on its next leg to New Delhi from Command Hospital at Chandimandir today. It had arrived here from Udhampur yesterday and will conclude in the Capital tomorrow on the eve of the World AIDS Day.

The AIDS Control Organisation of Armed Forces Medical Services is organising the rally in collaboration with National AIDS Control Organisation and TVS Motor Company as a part of the 48th biennial conference and 9th Army Medical Corps reunion.

A total of 11 officers from the three services, led by Lieut-Col Suresh Himale, are participating in the rally. The motto of the rally is “Know AIDS for no AIDS”. It has since already travelled through Varanasi, Ranchi, Kolkata, Sambhalpur, Nagpur, Pune, Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Bikaner and Ferozepore.

SPORTS

Karnataka gain two points
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, November 30
Karnataka gained two points on the basis of the first innings lead of 156 runs in the Elite group A Cooch Behar Trophy match against Maharashtra which ended in a draw at Sector 16 cricket stadium, here, today.

In reply to Karnataka’s first innings total of 335, Maharashtra could pile up only 175 runs in 78 overs after sticking to the pitch for 283 minutes. Harshad Kadiwake topscored for the side with 61 runs with the help of seven fours before being bowled by Appana.

Sunil N. Raju of Karnataka claimed four wickets for 70 runs while K.P. Appanna took two for 35.

Maharashtra declared their first innings at 335 for 6, which included a fine batting display by Sunil K. Jain who made 129 runs off 240 balls with 18 fours. Other notable contributors were tailenders Amit Verma and Kunal Kapoor who made 87 off 66 balls and 25 off 64 balls, respectively.

Chasing the target, Maharashtra were at 175 for 7 in 78 overs at close of play.

Brief scores: Maharashtra (1 st innings): 179 all out in 88.4 overs. Karnataka (1 st innings): 335 for 6.

S. Vinodh 11, Sunil Jain 129, V. Cheluvaraj 40, Ganesh Satish 20 (run out) , Amit Verma 87, Kunal Kapoor 25, Aditya Sagar 9 n.o. Fall of wickets: 1/ 24; 2/162; 3/202; 4/ 238, 5/319; 6/335.

Maharashtra (2 nd innings): 175 for 7

Rohit Kakade 6, Harshad Khadiwale 61, Abhishek Raut 26, Nikhil Paradkar 23, Rakesh 10, Ajinkya Joshi 9, Mandar 16.

Fall of wickets: 1/ 7; 2/64; 3/ 108; 4/124; 5/ 148; 6/ 150; 7/ 175. Sunil N. Raju 70 for 4, Appana 35 for 2, A. Sagar 12 for 1.

Karnataka declared the innings after taking a lead of 156 runs.

Bisht only local lad in Haryana team
Tribune News Service

Mohali, November 30
Bhageshwar Bisht will be the only local boy in the Haryana team, which will take on Punjab in the ‘Elite B’ group Ranji Trophy match, starting tomorrow at the PCA Stadium.

The Haryana team, which has won the Ranji Trophy in Plate group last season, moved into the Elite group for the first time from the Plate group.

Bisht made his debut in first class cricket, last season and made 383 runs with an average of 40 runs. He scored a century (112) against Rajasthan besides two half centuries against Goa and Services.

Bisht, who termed cover drives and straight drives as his forte, comes as an opener. In the first match of the ongoing Ranji Trophy against Uttar Pradesh at Kanpur last week, he made 30 runs in the first innings and also went cheaply for just 12 in the second innings. However, he is not disappointed with his dismal performance.

Bisht, who stays in Mani Majra, has played four Ranji matches and four one dayers in the domestic circuit for Haryana Ranji team. In the one-day format he has scored 76 against Punjab.

Hailing from Nainital, Uttaranchal, Bisht moved to Chandigarh to play cricket. He did his schooling from Government Model School, Sector 20 and graduation from S D College, Sector 32.

Irina clinches trophy for sixth time
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, November 30
The national ladies golf icon Irina Brar clinched the Sardar Wazir Singh Memorial Trophy for the Ladies Club Champion winning by a huge margin of 10 strokes.

The M.A. Psychology student of DAV College, Sector 10, Irina bagged the trophy for the sixth time with a gross score of 149 over 36 holes (74, 75).

Parnita Garewal finished runner-up with a score of 159 (83, 76 ).

Sixteen-year-old Preetinder Kaur won the prize for the best nett score of 147 (75, 72) four shots ahead of Tina Jain who finished runner-up with a nett score of 151 (75, 76 ).

Founder member of the Chandigarh Ladies Section, Mrs Inder S.D. Singh, gave away the prizes.

A novel fun game
Our Correspondent

Chandigarh, November 30
Hitting a balloon with a racquet! Yes, this is what a Panchkula school, The Gurukul, Sector 20, has started advocating to its children with the basic aim of developing motor skills. Children in the age group (4-8) can be seen flexing muscles with colourful balloons. The idea is to have more and more physical workouts for children in this tender age, but with caution and by making it more fun-loving, says Ms Kavita Soni, Principal of the The Gurukul.

Shelja, sports instructor at the school, said they had specified days for this activity and once children were invited to the activity room for this exercise, they remained engrossed in it.

Ms Soni said fun games were essential for children in this age group so that by the time they matured, they could stick to serious sports.

Cycle rally for healthy hearts
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, November 30
The Chandigarh Healthy Heart Action Project organised a cycle rally in collaboration with SD Public School, Sector 32, here. As many as 75 school children participated in the rally which was flagged off by Ms Manju Bhardwaj.

The rally was flagged off from SD Public School and it passed through Sectors 32, 33, 34, 35 and 36. The participants were given refreshments at the Fragrance Garden.

The cycle rally aims to urge people to be more active and increase awareness about physical activity.

PU athletic meet from Dec 2
Our Sports Reporter

Chandigarh, November 30
The annual athletic meet of Panjab University campus will be held from December 2 to 4. As many as 700 athletes drawn from different colleges affiliated to the university will take part in this three-day meet. Dronacharya DP Azad, will inaugurate the meet at 9.30 am. This was stated by Dr DS Toor, Professor, in charge, Department of Sports.

UT kho-kho meet from Dec 3
Our Sports Reporter

Chandigarh, November 30
The Chandigarh Senior State Kho-Kho Championship for men and women will be held at Government Model High School, Sector 43, on December 3 and 4. To be organised by the Chandigarh Kho-Kho Association, the city teams will take part in the National Kho-Kho Championship to be held at Kolkata from December 28 to January 1, 2006.

Panchkula skating
Tribune News Service

Panchkula, November 30
The 11th Panchkula District Roller Skating championship will be held at the skating rink of Bhawan Vidyalya, Panchkula from December 3 and 4.

The championship will serve as selection trials for the state games 2005. The entry forms for the same are available at Blue Bird High School, Sector 16, here. The participants should submit their entry forms latest by December 2.