Chandigarh, May 13
Though the hospital starts treating victims of hit and run cases soon as they reach there, the time taken in shifting the injured and the nature of injuries matter a great deal in the survival chances of the victims, says Dr Harsh Mohan medical superintendent, Government Medical College and Hospital, (GMCH), Chandigarh. In many cases excessive blood loss in limb injuries prove fatal. If the victims are shifted to the hospital immediately, precious lives can be saved.

In hit and run cases the victim is usually transported to the hospital by the police on being informed about the incident by the public, resulting in the loss of ‘golden hour’ which is important to save lives, says Dr Sonia of the PGI. — TNS

Chandigarh, May 13
The Mission Olympics Wing (MOW) girls’ squad - comprising Jyoti Kumari, Lalita Kumari and Kavita Sangwan - made a clean sweep by bagging all top three positions, respectively, in the 5-km girls’ category of the run conducted as a precursor to the 4th Military World Games.

Over 2,500 participants took part in the run, which was organised by the Western Command for the games to be held at Hyderabad later this year.

The ceremonial 1.5-km run was flagged off from the Sukhna Lake by Punjab Governor and UT administrator Gen S.F. Rodrigues (retd).

The event also saw the participation of a large number of senior citizens and retired officers of the armed forces.

Hav Angad Kumar of the Army Sports Institute (ASI), Pune, stood first in the 10-km men’s category, followed by Hav Dharamvir Singh and Rfn Chand Neni, both of the ASI.

In the 10-km women’s category, Gurjeet Kaur Virk of Sangrur stood first, followed by Sunita Malik.

Sunil Kumar of the ASI bagged the first position in the boys’ 5-km category, followed by Paramjit Singh of the ASI and Lovepreeet Singh of the Mission Olympic Wing (MOW), Delhi.

Jean Rodrigues, Governor’s wife, Lieut-Gen Daljeet Singh, GOC-in-C, Western Command, Mohini Daljeet Singh, president, Western Command AWWA (Army Wives Welfare Association) and a large number of serving Army officers took part in the 1.5-km run that concluded at Bougainvillaea Garden.

Former Army chief Gen V.P. Malik (retd) and Capt Kanwaljit Singh, minister for defence services, Punjab Government, also joined the run.

Earlier, Capt Kanwaljit Singh flagged off the other two runs - 5 km for schoolchildren and NCC cadets and 10 km for professional runners (open category) - held simultaneously.

Nearly 1,100 runners participated in the 10-km run and around 800 ran in the 5-km category.

Besides the run in three categories, a number of other events were also planned for the day.

Morning walkers at the lake were treated to a visual delight as they witnessed games mascot “Bison” being lowered down from an IAF advanced light helicopter (ALH) onto an specially made platform on the lake.

This was followed by a flypast by Army aviation’s Cheetah helicopters that flew majestically over the lake.

Later, nine skydivers of the Para Brigade from Agra, who jumped from a Dornier aircraft, were greeted by onlookers as they landed on ground in quick succession.

A hot-air balloon, carrying the insignia of the Indian Army was of particular attraction to children who had gathered in large numbers at the venue.

The event concluded with an entertainment programme and the prize distribution ceremony where the Governor and his wife gave away prizes to the winners.

Mohali, May 13
Clinical bowling spells by Harpreet Golu (6 for 6 in first innings) and Harpreet Singh (6 for 35 in second innings) guided Mohali district to an innings and a 101-run victory over Jalandhar in the Punjab State Under-17 Years Tournament For ML Markan Trophy 2007-08 at Yadvindra Public School here today.

In reply to Mohali’s 255 for 9 in 95 overs in the first innings, Jalandhar batsmen virtually knelt down to the bowling spell of Mohali, as the team was bowled out for 68 in 21.3 overs.

Ripping apart the Jalandhar batting lineup, Mohali’s Harpreet Golu finished with superb figure of 6 for 6.

The other successful bowler was Mohit Bedi, who took three wickets for 69.

Only Nitish and Abhishek showed some resilience scoring 29 and 22 runs, respectively.

Conceding a follow-on, Jalandhar started the second innings in the afternoon. But again, the story was no different.

The team was wrapped up at 86 in 50 overs.

Harpreet Singh led the bowling attack this time with his controlled spells. Harpreet claimed 6 wickets for 35 runs, while Harpreet Golu snapped 3 wickets giving away 19 runs.

The top scorer for Jalandhar was Himanshu, who played a defiant knock of 29 runs, followed by Nitish (17) and Rahul Vij (14).

Mohali beat Jalandhar by innings and 101 runs.

Brief score:

Mohali (1st innings): 255 for 9 in 95 overs (Nitin 40, Rahul Mankotia 45, Harpreet Singh 54, Yogesh Kumar 3 for 69, Varun 2 for 13, Gursewak 2 for 55).

Jalandhar (1st innings): 68 all out in 21.3 overs (Nitish 29, Abhishek Gupta 22, Siddharth 18, Harpreet Golu 6 for 6, Mohit Bedi 3 for 36).

Jalandhar (2nd innings): 86 all out in 50 overs (Nitish 17, Himanshu 29, Rahul Vij 14, Harpreet Singh 6 for 35, Harpreet Golu 3 for 19).

Chandigarh, May 13
Anandit Joshi blazed his way to clinch the title after defeating Deepinder Singh 4-3 in the well-contested final of the best-of-seven frames during the sixth Saurabh Khattar Memorial Snooker Championship at Chandigarh Club, here, today.

In the neck-and-neck battle for the title, Anandit did not have a good start and lost the first frame 34-74.

In the second frame, Anandit displayed some good cue work to grab the second frame 66-25.

Deepinder won the third frame 64-26. Anandit came back strongly once again and took the next two frames 90-28, 42-26.

But Deepinder fought back to take the next frame 58-32.

The two fought valiantly for the last and deciding frame. Both played brilliant moves but Anandit prevailed, taking the frame 54-25 and the match 34-71, 66-25, 26-64, 90-28, 42-26, 32-58, 54-25.

Chandigarh, May 13
At least seven local pugilists have been selected to the various national sub-junior, junior and senior men and women boxing coaching camps to be held at various venues across the country. Dr C.K. Jairath, general secretary of the Chandigarh Amateur Boxing Association, said: “This is the first time that the city will send seven boxers to national camps at the same time.”

The selected boxers are: Boys: Kamal (E-4 Wt), Surinder (B-7 Wt) and Paramjeet (B-12 Wt) for sub-junior (men) camp to be held at Shilaroo, from May 19 to June 14; Ashok Sura (54 kg) and Bhupinder (64 kg) for junior men camp to be held at Bangalore from May 29 to June 23; Mukesh Kumar (51 kg) for the senior men camp to be held at Patiala from June 12 to July 15. Girls: Suman (52 kg) for the senior women’s camp to be held at Thiruvananthapuram from May 28 to June 30. — TNS

Chandigarh, May 13
The CISF team registered an emphatic win over Patiala Tigers 16-8 in the inaugural 5th edition of Olympian Dharam Singh Memorial Six-a-Side Hockey tournament held at the hockey stadium, Sector 18, today.

The half-time score read 8-2 in favour of the CISF.

The man of the match title went to Ciril Ikka of the CISF who scored 10 goals.

In another match, the BPCL beat the PSEB in a well-contested match 12-10.

The half time score read 8-4 in favour of the BPCL team.

The man of the match award was bagged by Prabhdeep Singh of the BPCL who scored four goals.

Panchkula, May 13
Akash of Doon Public School took the first spot, while Kartik and Kabir secured second and third positions, respectively, in the four to six years’ (boys) category in rink race-2 of the Skating Carnival, which concluded at Doon Public School, Sector 21, here today.

In road race (10-12 boys), Vaibhav of Gurukul won the top honours, whereas Little Flower’s Sidhant finished second, followed by Abhishant Gaur of St Xavier’s School.

Over 300 skaters from Chandigarh, Mohali and Panchkula took part.

The results: Road race: Above 16 boys: 1-Gaurav (KBDAV), 2-Shrey (Dikshant).

14-16 boys: 1-Hargun (DAV), 2-Rajwinder Singh (Dikshant).

12-14 boys: 1-Dhruv Rana (Army School), 2-Sidhant (Xavier’s).

10-12 boys: 1-Vaibhav (Gurukul), 2-Sidhant (Little Flower), 3-Abhishant Gaur (Xavier’s).

8-10 boys: 1-Mohit Yadav (KBDAV), 2-Pranya (Xavier’s), 3-Aryan (Little Flower).

6-8 boys: 1-Balkirat (Xaviers), 2-Gurbir (Doon), 3-Mohit (KBDAV).

4-6 boys: 1-Rudra Tej (Hansraj), 2-Kartik (KBDAV), 3-Kabir (Bhavan Vidyalaya).

14-16 girls: 1-Pawandeep (Dikshant).

12-14 girls: 1-Vrinda (Xaviers), 2-Vijyanti (Holy Child).

6-8 girls: 1-Shobita (Xavier’s).

Under-4 girls: 1-Bhawaya (Little Flower).

10-12 boys (inline): 1-Abhinav (Gurukul).

Rink Race-2: 4-6 boys: 1-Akash (Doon), 2-Kartik, 3-Kabir (Bhawan).

6-8 boys: 1-Gurbir (Doon), 2-Naman (Doon), 3-Mohit (KBDAV).

8-10 boys: 1-Mohit (KBDAV), 2-Tejvir (Doon), 3-Sarthak (Gurukul).

10-12 boys: 1-Kunal (Kabir), 2-Vaibhav (Gurukul), 3-Saransh (DPS) and Abhishant (Xavier’s).

6-8 girls: 1-Karen (Xavier’s), 2-Nevva (Gurukul), 3-Nurpreet.

8-10 girls: 1-Tamanna (KBDAV), 2-Meghna (Shishu Niketan), 3-Muskan (Gurukul).

8-10 girls (inline): 1 Sirjana Dhariwal. — TNS

Chandigarh, May 13
Sandeep Sardana, principal, Manav Mangal School, Sector 11, Panchkula, was unanimously elected president of the Panchkula District Table Tennis Association at its first general body meeting held at the school on Friday.

V.P. Paul was elected chairman of the association.

Anjali Marriya, principal, CL DAV School, and Mitul Dikshit, principal, Dikshant Public School, were elected senior vice-presidents.

The other elected members are: honorary secretary - Nalin Somani; vice-presidents - Subhash Batra, Anil Mittal and Harsh Gulati; technical adviser - Dr Ranjan Katyal; treasurer - Ravi Sharma and joint secretaries - Dinesh Goel, Meenakshi Chauhan, Manmohan Goel and Sanjiv Gandhi.

The tentative calendar for tournaments in 2007-08 was also decided as under by the body: Panchkula Ranking TT Tournament (July 7 and 8); District Panchkula Tournament (August 18 and 19); League Tournament for Juniors: (first week of November); Open TT Tournament (first week of December).