Chandigarh, August 24
The MRS Academy, Amritsar, defeated GRM School, New Delhi, 6-1 on the second day of the semi-final league match during the 6th SN Vohra Memorial Sub-junior (under 14) Hockey Tournament at Sector 42 Hockey Stadium, here today.

Lovedeep, who made no mistake in capitalising on a penalty stroke, opened the academy’s account in the 4th minute. This was followed by another field goal through Gurpreet in the very the next minute. Five minutes on, Gurbir proved to be too tough for the New Delhi lads and scored yet goal for his team.

The MRS was leading by three goals without conceding a single goal. During the 25th minute, Gurpreet, who after getting a pass from the left flank, sent the ball home. Sumit was the only contributor from the New Delhi side who executed a penalty corner successfully during the 44th minute of play. Deepinder (49th minute) and Lovedeep (52nd minute) were the other scorers who sealed the fate of match at 6-1. Gurpreet Singh of MRS Academy was declared Man of the Match.

The other semi-final match was played between Malwa Khalsa School, Ludhiana and Baba Uttam Singh Hockey Academy, Khadoor Sahib where the Ludhiana team beat Khadoor Sahib by two goals to nil. Akashdeep scored the goals in 32nd and 55th minutes of the match.

On the other hand, the Ludhiana team too failed to capitalise on the penalty corners during the 16th, 17th, 26th, 27th and 29th minutes of play. Gagandeep of Ludhiana was adjudged Man of the Match.

Chandigarh, August 24
Dhan Bahadur of Sri Guru Harkrisan Public School-38 emerged winner in voulting horse, roman ring, pomelled horse and parallel bar events during the Inter-school Gymnastics Championship for under 19 (boys) held at Sector 7 Sports Complex.

Voulting Horse: 1-Dhan Bahadur, 2-Hargun, 3-Lalit

Roman Ring: 1-Dhan Bahadur, 2-Hargun, 3-Rishabh Dev.

Pomelled Horse: 1-Dhan Bahadur, 2-Hargun, 3-Lalit Bhandari.

Parllel Bars: 1-Dhan Bhadur, 2-Hargun, 3-Lalit Bhandari.

Arun Kumar of GMSSS-10 was declared the all round best gymnast in boys’ under-14 Inter-school Gymnastic Championship. In the team championship event, Moti Ram Arya Senior Secondary School-27 won the title. While the second place was clinched by DAV-8 gymnasts, Vivek High School-38 got the third place.

Vaulting Horse: 1-Karun Kashyap, 2-Vikas Bist, 3-Rajat Rawat.

Pommel Horse: 1-Rajat Rawat, 2-Karan Kashyap, 3-Vikas Bist.

Roman Ring: 1-Pankaj Pandey, 2-Karan Kashyap, 3-Vikas Bist.

Parallel Bars: 1-Karan Kashyap, 2-Vikas Bist, 3-Rajat Rawat.

Chandigarh, August 24
To facilitate budding cricketers of the St John’s Cricket Academy, Sector 26, the St John’s Old Boys’ Association (SJOBA) gifted a bowling machine to the academy.

While inaugurating the machine at the academy, UT director of public relations and SJOBA president Vivek Atrey said it would help batsmen work on their weak points. It would also help them learn bowling techniques as it had the latest speed-control technology with a speed range of 4 to 95+ miles per hour.

“As a cricketer, I wanted to give some special gift to these budding cricketers. As they did not have a bowling machine, SJOBA decided to provide it,” said Atrey.

Thanking the body, school principal Kamla Dass said, “The machine will help build a wonderful team. Such advanced machines definitely motivate them.”

With the machine, the cricketers would be able to practise their batting against speeds that the bowlers would not usually be able to bowl at consistently for long periods. It would also help improve their hand-eye co-ordination and make them better cricketers, said Nagesh Gupta, coach at the academy.

Chandigarh, August 24
With the score card reading 6-1, the boys of St Stephen’s School-45 registered a convincing victory over GMSSS-37 B team in the u-14 inter-school hockey meet held at Sector 42 Hockey Stadium, here today.

In another match, GMSSS-35 D team beat GMSSS-44 team by 1-0. In the u-17 category, DAVSSS-8 team defeated GMSSS-44 team by three goals without conceding a single goal.

Carrom: St Joseph’s School, Sector 44 emerged winner in the u-14 Inter-school Carrom Tournament held at St Stephen’s School, Sector 45, today.

The results: St Joseph-44 bt GMSSS-32; St Kabir-26 bt Chandigarh Bapist School-45; Mount Carmel-47 bt GHS-46; DAV-8 bt Ryan International School.

Chandigarh, August 24
Kartik Mehta secured the first place in the u-4 boys’ event during the 3rd Shrimati Rama Dikshit Memorial All India Dikshant Roller Skating Championship, 2007 that commenced at Dikshant International School, Zirakpur, today. Almost 600 Skaters from seven states are participating in this championship.

The results:

Rink Race I — U-4 boys: 1: Kartik Mehta, 2: Shivam Taneja, 3: Aneesh Sood.

4-6 years boys: 1: Aryan Pal, 2: Raghav Goel, 3: Pranav Arora.

4-6 years girls: 1: Khayati Jain, 2: Ksnishka, 3: Medhavi.

6-8 years boys: 1: Naman Gupta, 2: Balkirat Singh, 3: Aakash Bhati.

6-8 years girls: 1: Karen George, 2: Isha Singh, 3: Gauri.

8-10 years girls: 1: Mani Kamboj, 2: Megna Bist, 3: Mehak Singh. — TNS