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52nd National School Games
City boys, girls reign supreme
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, December 3
The local boys and girls stole the show on the third day of the 52nd National School Games 2006-07 being organised by the Education Department here.
Chandigarh boys (u-17) beat AP squad with a huge margin of 16-0.
The main scorers were Ranjodh Singh (1st, 8th and 18th minutes), Deepak Kumar (7th and 52nd minutes), Lovedeep Singh (10th and 30th minutes), Dupinder (20th minute), Harinder Singh (26th, 47th and 50th minutes), Preetinder Singh (27th, 35th and 42nd minutes), Sandeep (37th minute) and Impreet (43rd minute). Chandigarh girls beat Rajasthan team by 8-0. Punjab boys’ hockey team also won their league matches, but the match between Punjab and Karnataka ended in a 1-1 draw. In another match Punjab girls beat Andhra girls 2-0. In soft ball Chandigarh boys beat Gujarat 12-4. The following are the results. Softball (u-14 boys): Punjab b Maharashtra 4-1, Chandigarh b Gujarat 12-4 and Andhra Pradesh b MP 1-0; softball (u-17 boys): Chhattisgarh b Rajasthan 6-0, Andhra Pradesh b Haryana 10-1 and J-K b Orissa 8-3; softball (u-19 boys): Delhi b Haryana 6-0, Chhattisgarh b Maharashtra 5-2 and Rajasthan b AP 6-4, Softball (u-14 girls): Punjab drew with MP, Haryana b Andhra Pradesh 11-5, Chhattisgarh b Delhi 1-0 and Punjab b Haryana 20-0; u-17 (girls): Chandigarh b J-K 12-1, Rajasthan b Maharashtra 3-0, Delhi b J-K 13-0 and Punjab b Maharashtra 6-1; u-19 (girls): MP b Gujarat 10-1, Chhattisgarh b Maharashtra 8-6, AP b J-K 11-7 and Haryana b Gujarat 18-10. Hockey (u-17 boys): Chandigarh b AP 16-0, Punjab b MP 11-0, Delhi b Maharashtra 11-1, Orissa b Uttaranchal 10-0, Rajasthan b Tamil Nadu 2-0, Himachal Pradesh b Kerala 7-1, Haryana b IPSC 7-1, Manipur b Chhattisgarh 2-0, UP beat Orissa 1-0, Delhi played draw with Karnataka 1-1, Tamil Nadu b J-K 6-3, Punjab b Uttaranchal 16-0, Himachal Pradesh beat IPSC 6-0; u-17 (girls): Punjab played draw with Karnataka 1-1, Maharashtra b Chhattisgarh 3-2, Haryana b Orissa 4-1, HP beat Manipur 5-0, Chandigarh b Rajasthan 8-0, Kerala b Goa 2-0, UP b Delhi 2-0, Punjab b AP 2-0, Maharashtra b IPSC 4-0, Chandigarh b Uttaranchal 2-0, Chhattisgarh b Tamil Nadu 3-1 and Kerala b Rajasthan 2-1
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Aditi, Rajiv win TT titles
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, December 3
Aditi Tandon of The Tribune emerged winner in the women’s singles category by beating Jyotika Sood 21-14, 22-20 in the Airtel-Chandigarh Press Club Inter-Media Table Tennis Tournament, held at DAV Public School, Sector 8, here today.
Reigning champion Rajiv Bajaj of The Tribune today again displayed his supremacy as he comfortably beat his opponents to once again clinch the men’s singles trophy. The pair of G.S. Paul and Jyotika claimed the mixed doubles title. In the semi-finals, the pair defeated Akash Ghai and Aditi 21-18, 21-17. Later, the team of Paul and Jyotika defeated the pair of Maneesh Chhibber and Chitleen K. Sethi (21-18, 21-15) in the final. In another notable tie, Vinay Chudhary (Tribune) defeated Umesh (Tribune) 21-18, 14-21, 21-14. In the final, the forehand smashes of Bajaj resulted in the defeat of Vinay 21-10, 21-11. Later, Bajaj also partnered Arvind Saini to win the men’s doubles title too. They beat the pair of Raghav and Umesh 21-9, 21-17 in the semi-finals and later got the better of the team of Rohit and Vinay (Tribune) 21-13, 21-16 in straight sets to lift the trophy. Results (finals): Men’s singles: Rajiv Bajaj b Vinay Choudhary 21-10, 21-11. Women’s singles: Aditi Tandon b Jyotika 21-14, 22-20. Mixed doubles: G.S. Paul and Jyotika b Chitleen K. Sethi and Maneesh Chhibber 21-18, 21-15. Men’s doubles: Rajiv Bajaj and Arvind Saini b Rohit Awasthi and Vinay Choudhary 21-13, 21-16.
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Vikas, Karan move to next round
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, December 3
Vikas defeated Harkanwal and Karan beat up Gagandeep to move to the next round of the singles’ category of The Fort Ramgarh YMCA Total Tennis Championship, held at YMCA Total Tennis Academy, Sector 11, here today.
Results: Boys (u-10) second round: Param b Rachit 6-1, Jatinder b Sachin 6-0, Fatehdeep b Paramveer 6-0, Abhijit b Harpreet 6-3, Rohin b Anshul 6-1, Karandeep b Akhil 6-0, Utkarsh b Ramandeep 6-0 and Dheeranush b Raghav 6-2. Boys (u-12) second round: Bhavtaran b Paramveer 6-1, Rakender b Fatehdeep 6-4, Mandeep b Andrew 6-1, Nishchay b Angad 6-1, Uday b Utkarsh 6-1, Parminder b Inderbir 6-3, Vinayak b Ankush 6-5, Ajaybir S. Thakur b Dheeranush Bhatti 6-3, Digvijay Naruka b Jatinder Singh 6-1, Pankaj Kumar b Lubhit Gambhir 6-2 , Anshul Chawla b Sumitpal Singh 6-4, Ajay Yadav b Aniket Bhatia 6-0, Angad Singh b Bhuvan 6-0, Pragun Vinayak b Srijan Uppal 6-3 and Digvijay Naruka beat Rishabh 6-0. Boys (u-14) second round: Pragun Vinayak b Vinayak 6-2, Pankaj Kumar b Srijan Uppal 6-4, Angad Singh b Sidhant Poddar 6-0, Ajay S. Thukral b Inderbir S. Bains 6-0, Vaibhav Gupta b Uday S. Maan 6-2, Navin Shankar b Abhishek Jodarwal 6-0, Ajay Yadav b Aviral Kambhoj 6-0, Devbir Singh b Angad Ahluwalia 6-2 and Nishchay Rawal b Jaivardhan Gupta 6-4. Boys (u-16) first round: Jaivardhan Gupta b Kabir Sodhi 6-1, Ishaan Thukral b Paritosh Chouhan 6-2, Mandeep b Chanderpratap Tyagi 6-0, Devbir Singh b Rishi Arora 6-1, Mandeep S. Gill b Saurabh 6-0, Vaibhav Gupta b Rishabh Babuta 6-0, Ashwani Kumar b Nitish Peshawaria 6-0, Ankit Chopra b Abhishek Jodharwal 6-2, Digvijay Mehta b Sidhant 6-0, Sukhdanish Singh b Angad Singh 6-3, Shailender Singh b Aniket Bhatia 6-2, Angad Ahluwalia b Gulshan Gupta 6-5(2), Aviral Kambhoj b Vinayak 6-2 and Chamdam Shaolin b Pranjal 6-0. Men’s singles (first round): Vikas Sharma b Harkanwal Singh 6-2, Chandam Shaolin b Tushar Jaitly 6-2, Mandeep S. Randhawa b Balwinder Singh 6-2, Sukhdanish Singh b Satpal Singh 6-1, Sachin Patil b Ashok Chahar 6-0, Karan Patnaik b Gagandeep Amor 6-0, Sadeev Kang b Kanwardeep Singh 6-3, Ramesh Rozra b Shiva 6-0 and Digvijay Mehta b Ashwani Kumar 6-1.
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Nawabs in driver's seat
Panchkula, December 3
A superb knock of 76 runs by Abhinav Kumar put Hyderabad in driver's seat as the team got 84-run lead over Baroda in the quarterfinal match of the All-India Inter-Zonal Knockout (U-22) Cricket Tournament being played at the J.R Institute of Cricket Technology, Barwala, here today.
Resuming from 57 for 2, the Hyderabadi batsmen put on 276 for 5 in their first innings at the end of the second day play. Playing well Abhinav and Rushi Raj faced the Baroda's bowling attack with aplomb and at lunch the scoreboard read 181 for 3. The final day's play will start at 9 am tomorrow. Brief scores Baroda:
(Ist innings) 192 all out in 68.5 overs (Rohan Garde 26, Rakesh Solanki 27, Alpesh Patel 39, Harvinder Singh 38 n o, MP Arjun 3 for 55, Lalit M 4 for 56, Amul Shinde 3 for 26). Hyderabad:
(Ist innings) 276 for 5 (Ronald Rodrigues 21, Abhinav Kumar 76, Rushi Raj 36, P.S. Niranjan 66 n o, Mohd. Shakir 24, Amul Shinde 19 n o).
— TNS
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