Physiotherapy camp concludes at DMCH
Our Correspondent

Ludhiana, December 13
The week-long physiotherapy camp organised for senior citizens concluded at Dayanand Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) here today. The camp had got an enthusiastic response as more than 200 elderly people benefited from the camp and more than 525 were given treatment.

Dr Satwinder Kalra, Head of the Department, Physiotherapy, DMCH informed that the emphasis was not only on providing treatment through exercises and hi-tech machines but counselling was also done as it was found that elderly were depressed due to their illnesses. And a majority of people of this age group were found to be suffering from severe knee, back, neck and joint pain.

On the concluding today, Mr Dharamveer Bector, vice-president, Mr Amrit Nagpal, secretary, Managing Society, DMCH, Dr Daljit Singh, Principal, Dr J. Whig, vice-principal and Dr Sandeep Puri, Medical Superintendent, Dr S C Chopra, Dean Academics, Mr Narinder Singh, Chief Operating Officer, DMCH appreciated the effort done by the Physiotherapy Department.

Mr Amrit Nagpal announced that the camp would be organised every year and to extend further benefits to the elderly 25 per cent concession would be given to the patients at the camp in case they wanted to continue further treatment. Mr Nagpal also gave away certificates of participation to all physiotherapists.

Dr Daljit and Dr Whig said special attention would be paid to provide the specialised physiotherapy to the patients at the hospital.

Campaign for eye donation to be launched
Our Correspondent

Ludhiana, December 13
Eye donation is the best kind of donation a person can give to fellow human beings. Ludhiana Midtown Jaycees will launch a vigorous campaign in the coming year and target school and college-going students to donate eyes. This statement was made by the president of the Ludhiana Midtown Jaycees, Dr Jasbir Bawa, in his presidential speech at the installation ceremony held here last night.

Addressing the gathering, Dr Bawa said that in his tenure, he would undertake programmes like personality development, effective public speaking, drug awareness, female foeticide, especially designed for youth along with anti-corruption drive. He called upon parents to involve their children in these types of activities.

The zonal president of Indian Jaycees, Dr Vivek Mahajan was the chief guest on the occasion. Others present were Mr Raman Naggar, Mr Upinderbir Singh, Mr Dinesh Kapila, Dr Y.S. Walia, Mr Balwinder Madhor and Mr Vivek Bakshi.

SPORTS

Association honours athletes
Our Sports Reporter

Ludhiana, December 13
The athletes who won medals in the Ludhiana District Athletics Championship held here on December 2 were felicitated by the District Amateur Athletic Association (DAAA) here today. The boys and girls under 16, 18 and 20 years were given mementoes at a function organised at the Guru Nanak Stadium by the association.

Mr Sohan Lal Lotey, District Sports Officer, was the chief guest on this occasion. Mr Devinder Singh Walia and Mr Sukhdev Singh, president and general secretary, respectively, of the DAAA along with Mr O.S Nagi, Mr Baljit Singh Gill, Mr Amit, sports in charge of Sacred Heart Convent School, Sarabha Nagar, Bhartiya Vidya Mandir School and Kundan Vidya Mandir School, respectively,coaches from schools from Hambran and Khanna and parents of the athletes also attended the function.

The athletes who were honoured were: Girls (under-20 years)- 100m Harpreet Kaur 1, Simarjeet Kaur 2, Sawiter Kaur 3; 1500m race- Jatinder Kaur 1, Baljinder Kaur 2; long jump- Akwinder Kaur 1, Simarjit Kaur 2; triple jump- Kulwinder Kaur 1, Akwinder Kaur 2, Saviter Kaur 3; discus throw- Kulwinder Kaur 1, Shilpi 2; Charanjit Kaur 3; shot put- Sharandeep Kaur 1, Shilpi 2; 100m race- Harpreet Kaur 1; javelin throw- Kulwinder Kaur 1, Suviter Kaur 2; 400m hurdles- Harpal Kaur 1, Akwinder Kaur 2; 400m race- Akwinder Kaur 1, Niharika 2.

Girls (under-18 years)- Sukhpreet Kaur 1, Rajinder Kaur 2, Nishu 3; 1500m- Priya 1, Gurpreet 2, Manisha 3; 200m race- Sukhpreet 1, Rajinder Kaur 2, Manisha 3; 800m- Priya 1, Manisha 2; Satnam 3; 400m- Priya Bawa 1, Harsimratjit Kaur 2, Shabda 3; long jump- Rajinder Kaur 1, Nishu 2, Satnam Kaur 3; triple jump- Sukhpreet Kaur 1, Charanjeet Kaur 2, Satnam Kaur 3; discus throw- Diljeet Kaur 1, Vedika Thapar 2, Satnam Kaur 3; shot put- Charanjit Kaur 1, Manisha Verma 2, Jasjot Kaur 3

Girls under-16 years- long jump- Harpreet Kaur 1, Harsimranjot Kaur 2, Sukhjit Kaur 3; triple jump- Harpreet Kaur 1, Sheetal 2, Kanika 3; discus throw- Jasdeep Kaur 1, Diljit Kaur 2l Rupali 3; shot put- Jasdeep Kaur 1, Diljit Kaur 2, Rajinder Kaur 3; javeling throw- Jasdeep Kaur 1, Diljit Kaur 2, Supam 3.

Boys- 100m- Maninder Singh 1, Gurjodh Singh 2, Lovin 3; 400m- Lakhbir Singh 1, Manjeet Singh 2, Balpreet Singh 3; 800m- Rishabh 1, Lalit 2, Sunny 3; 2,000 m race- Rajinder Kaur Singh 1, Naveen 2, Bhupinder Singh 3; high jump- Navdeep 1, Sunny Preet 2, Ravinder 3; javelin throw- Jasmer Singh 1, Amandeep Singh 2, Paramjit Singh 3.

Boys under-18 1500m race- Harpreet Singh 1, Narinder Singh 2, Rupinder Singh 3; 100m- Jaswinder Singh 1, Manmeet Singh 2, Kuldeep Singh 3; 200m race- Kuldeep Singh 1, Prem John 2, Maneet 3; 800m race- Narinder Pal 1, Harreet Singh 2, Parmod 3; 400m- Parneet Kaur 1, Prem John 2 and Maneet 3.

Discus throw- Sarbhan Malik 1, Harpreet Singh 2 and Rajbir Singh 3; long jump- Jawinder Singh 1, Gurveer Singh 2, Harmanpreet Singh 3; triple jump- Harmanpreet Singh 1, Gurveer Singh 2 and Ranpreet Singh 3; 3 kms walk- Jasbir Singh 1, Jatinder Pal Singh 2 and Jaspreet Singh 3; 110m hurdles- Harmanpreet Singh 1, Amritpal Singh 2 and Parneet Singh 3; 5,000m race- Dheeraj 1, Deepak Kumar 2 and Mohd Shaheed 3; shot put- Harinder Singh 1, Harpreet Singh 2 and Prabhramanjit Singh 3; javelin throw- Manpreet Singh 1, Rajbir Singh 2 and Jasmeet Singh 3; hammer throw- Tanveer Singh 1.

Boys under-20 years 100m Mohit 1, Devinder Singh 2 and Mandeep Singh 3; 400m- Avtar Singh 1, Gurpreet Singh 2 and Pardeep 3; discus throw- Jagroop Singh 1, Navjot Singh 2 and Devinder Singh 3; high jump- Jaspal Singh 1, Gurpreet Singh 2 and Mandeep Singh 3; 200m- Davinder Singh 1, Mandeep Singh 2 and Ranjit Singh 3; 3 km walk- Mohd Naushad 1, Baljinder Singh 2 and Navdeep Singh 3; triple jump- Jaspal Singh 1, Gurpreet 2 and Mandeep 3; long jump- Gurpreet Singh 1, Gurpreet Singh 2 and Mandeep Singh 3; 110m hurdles- Jaspal Singh 1, Mandeep Singh 2 and Harminder Singh 3; 1500m race- Mohd Shamshad 1, Naveen Tewari 2 and Amrik Singh 3; 5000m- Mohd Shamhad 1, Naveen Tewari 2 and Gurcharan Singh 3; hammer throw- Gurpreet Singh 1, Davinder Singh 2; shot put- Jagroop Singh 1; Javelin throw- Kulwant Singh 1 and Navjot Singh 2. 

Cagers lack facilities, rues BFI secy
Our Sports Reporter

Ludhiana, December 13
The lack of proper facilities like wooden and terra flex courts coupled with absence of sponsorship for basketball in the country is the main reason behind India’s poor performance at the international meets.

This observation was made by Mr Harish Sharma, secretary general, Basketball Federation of India, who was in the city yesterday to supervise the preparations being done by the women cagers who are undergoing training here at the Guru Nanak Stadium prior to their participation in the Asian Basketball Championship slated to be conducted next month in Japan.

Mr Sharma said that during the last edition of the championship, India finished eighth. He, however, expressed the hope that this time the Indian team would definitely be among the first six nations out of the total 13. Eighteen women cagers are attending the camp here since November 20.

North Zone LIC athletics meet
Our Sports Reporter

Ludhiana, December 13
J.S. Bains of Chandigarh Division hogged limelight wining one gold and one silver medal in the 37th North Zonal Life Insurance Corporation of the India Athletics Meet that concluded at the Punjab Agricultural University ground here today. In the high jump event, J.S. Bains leapt to a distance to win the gold medal and later in the day, he threw the iron ball (hammer throw) to finish second after Karnail Singh of Karnal Division. Mr P.K. Rath, Senior Divisional Manager, Ludhiana, gave away prizes to the participants.

Results — (men) 10000m Dheeraj Das of Amritsar Div 1; high jump- J S Bains of Chandigarh Div 1, D C Jangam of Jaipur Div 2, Narain Chauhan of Shimla 3; 400m race- G P Gujjar of Jaipur Div 1, Hira Lal of Shimla Div 2; tripple jump- Shiv Singh of Jaipur Div 1, Arun Bawa of Delhi Div 2, Mohan Lal Meena of Delhi Div 3; hammer throw- Karnail Singh of Karnal Div 1, J.S. Bains of Chandigarh Div 2, S.S. Maan of Bikaner Div 3; 100m Sushil Kumar of Amirtsar 1, Aftab Ali of Jaipur Div 2, Bhupinder Kumar of Shimla Div 3. Women: 400m race- Renu Sharma 1; tripple jump- Sarita Bajaj of Delhi Div 1; hammer throw- Ritu Bhatia of Delhi Div 1, Kamlesh Bhardwaj of Delhi Div 2.