Burns ward in private hospital
Our Correspondent

Mohali, October 26
Cosmo Hospital in Phase VIII here has set up a state-of-the-art burns ward to treat patients suffering from burn injuries.

Dr M.S. Sekhon, managing director of the hospital, said at a press conference here yesterday that the burns unit was set up according to the guidelines proposed by various international burn organisations. He claimed that it was the first burns unit in any private hospital in the region and consisted of six-bedded ICU with advanced ventilators, a fully-equipped burn operating theatre and 12 isolation rooms.

SPORTS

Bangalore’s Sharmila retains title
Donald Banerjee

Chandigarh, October 26
Defending champion Sharmila Nicolette showed her class as she fired two birdies on the return nine for a final aggregate of 307 to retain the Championship Bowl as also the Junior Shield of the 15th Realtech Punjab Open Ladies Amateur Golf Championship, which concluded on the par-72 greens of the Chandigarh Golf Club, here today.

The 16-year-old Bangalore girl played a steady game, barring a poor 80 in her second round. But this was enough for her to leave her nearest opponents Nalini Singh and Meher Atwal of Delhi seven strokes behind.

But the girl to watch out for is Meher. This 13-year-old Delhi girl gave a fright to her seniors as she trailed the leader by just three strokes on the penultimate day. That is the day Meher also clinched the under-14 title.

Sharmila played a bad front nine double-bogeying once and losing strokes three times. But in the final return nine, the champion fired birdies on the 12th and 13th. But two strokes later, she double-bogeyed for a par return nine. Nalini Singh played a par front nine, but played badly on the return nine for a 76 card.

Another Delhi girl who played well today was Shreya Ghei. After returning poor cards in the first three rounds, the 16-year-old fired two birdies as she finished with her best card of 77 to finish at the second spot in the nett results of the Junior Shield in the overall Championship Bowl she finished fifth at 322.

Akriti Singh of Amritsar, who started off well firing a 76 in the first round, wilted under pressure as also feverish conditions. She played her worst round today - a 17 over par 89 - to finish at sixth spot.

Kasavi Malik and Gursimar Badwal picked up gross and nett titles in the Bronze Plate and Challenge Bowl, respectively.

Final scores:

Championship Bowl (gross open): Sharmila Nicolette 307, Nalini Singh and Meher Atwal 314, Shweta Galande 317, Shreya Ghei 322, Akriti Singh 327, Mani Chander 328.

Silver Salver (handicap 0-12) nett: Meher Atwal 274, Shreya Ghei 286, Akriti Singh 287, Mani Chander and Vani Kapoor 296.

Challenge Bowl (13-24): Gross - Gursimar Badwal 358, Amandeep Kaur 362, Shivali Aggarwal 371. Nett - Gursimar Badwal 286, Pratiksha Ravi 291, Deepu Dhanoa 294.

Bronze Plate (25-36): Gross - Kasavi Malik 389, Babbles Singh 411, Meher Dhillon 418. Nett - Kasavi Malik 289, Babbles Singh 295, Meher Dhillon 29.

Junior Shield (u-18): Gross - Sharmila Nicolette 307, Meher Atwal 314, Shweta Galande 317, Shreya Ghei 322, Akriti Singh 327, Mani Chander 328. Nett - Meher Atwal 274, Shreya Ghei and Gursimar Badwal 286, Akriti Singh 287.

Parsoon, Naina are u-14 champs
Tribune News Service

Parsoon of Manav Mangal School, Panchkula, in action during the Manav Mangal Open Table Tennis Tournament at Manav Mangal Smart School, Sector 64, Mohali, on Friday. — Tribune photo by Vicky Gharu

Mohali, October 26
Parsoon of Manav Mangal School, Panchkula, and Naina Saini of DAVPS-8, clinched the u-14 sub-junior boys’ and girls’ titles of the Sixth Manav Mangal Open Table Tennis Tournament. The tournament is being held at Manav Mangal Smart School, Phase X, here, today.

Parsoon, with his precise volleys and topspins, defeated Sahil of Patiala by 11-6, 11-6, 11-5, 8-11, 11-4 in the final match. Naina Puri outclassed Kalyani of Manav Mangal, Chandigarh, by 12-10, 3-11, 11-4, 13-15, 11-9, 14-12 in the thrilling girls’ final.

The finals of the junior boys will be played between Dev Saini of Chandigarh and Munish Saini of Patiala. In the girls’ group, Kalyani of Manav Mangal, Chandigarh, will clash with Naina of DAVPS-8 for the title.

The results:

Sub-junior boys’ final (u-14): Parsoon b Sahil 11-6, 11-6, 11-5, 8-11, 11-4.

Semifinal: Parsoon b Mayank 11-3, 11-7, 6-11, 12-10; Sahil b Tushar 11-7, 11-4, 11-6, 11-4.

Quarterfinals: Parsoon b Mayank 11-7, 11-5, 11-3; Sahil b Mayank 11-7, 11-7, 11-9; Aditya Pandey b Tushar 11-4, 11-6, 11-5; Tushar b Shashwat 11-5, 11-7, 11-9.

Sub-junior girls’ final (u-14): Naina b Kalyani 12-10, 3-11, 11-4, 13-15, 11-9, 14-12.

Semifinals: Kalyani b Aishwarya 11-9, 11-8, 11-8, 11-9; Naina b Garima 13-15, 11-6, 6-11, 11-7, 11-9, 9-11, 11-6.

Quarterfinal: Aishwarya b Barbie 13-11, 11-5, 11-5; Kalyani b Vibhuti 11-9, 11-0, 11-5; Naina b Aastha 11-6, 11-9, 11-5; Garima b Sakshi 14-12, 11-6, 11-6.

Junior boy’ singles (u-17):

Semifinals: Munish Saini b Sahil by 11-3, 11-8, 11-8, 11-9; Dev Saini b Gursewak by 11-6, 11-5, 11-5, 11-9.

Quarterfinals: Gursewak b Mayank Kapoor 12-10, 11-9, 11-7,12-10; Sahil b Rohit Malik 11-6, 11-7, 11-6, 11-2; Dev Saini b Simranjit 6-11-11-4,11-7,11-8, 6-11, 6-11, 11-3; Manish Saini b Parsoon 11-7, 6-11, 6-11, 11-7,12-10, 3-11, 11-5.

Junior girls’ singles (u-17):

Semifinals: Naina b Barbie 14-12, 11-9, 7-11, 4-11, 12-10, 7-11, 11-8; Kalyani b Aishwarya 11-4, 11-13, 10-12, 11-6, 9-11, 11-5, 11-7.

Quarterfinals: Aishwarya b Garima Goyal 11-6, 5-11, 11-8, 6-11, 7-11, 11-8; Barbie Nagpal b Shakshi 8-11, 13-11, 11-7, 11-3, 11-6; Kalyani b Anu Saini 11-6, 11-7, 13-11, 11-6; Naina b Himani 11-3, 11-2, 11-1, 11-0.

Youth boys (u-21):

Quarterfinals: Anshul Garg b Munish Saini 11-5, 11-6, 11-8, 13-11; Vikrant b Parteek Gupta 11-4, 11-7, 10-12, 13-11, 7-11, 11-9; Dev Saini b Prashant 11-7, 23-21, 11-3, 11-6; Rachit Chopra b Kamaljeet Singh 11-9, 11-6, 9-11, 7-11, 11-9, 11-8.

Youth girls (u-21):

Quarterfinals: Nadia Saini b Garima Goyal 11-6, 11-2, 11-3, 11-9; Manisha Sharma b Sunanda 7-11, 11-4, 11-2, 11-5, 11-5; Naina b Meghna 11-9, 8-11, 8-11,7-11,12-10,11-9,11-6; Kalyani b Aishwarya 11-9, 11-9, 5-11,11-2, 7-11, 11-7.

DAV-10 win by 8 wkts
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, October 26
An unbeaten century by Sumit Dhawan and fine bowling spell by Yugwinder (3 for 17) enabled DAV College-10 to beat GN Khalsa College, Abohar, by 8 wickets on the third day of the PU Inter-college Cricket Meet. The meet was held at PU, here, today.

Batting first, the GN Khalsa team piled up 192 runs in 42.4 overs. Parved and Harpreet contributed 54 and 48 runs, respectively. On the other hand, DAV bowlers proved to be too tough for the Khalsa team to handle. Besides, Yugwinder Siddharth Sharma claimed two wickets for 23 runs in five overs. In reply, the DAV team achieved the target in just 18 overs. They scored 195 runs for the loss of two wickets. While Sumit scored a century, Vishal’s 40 runs also proved valuable.

In another match, it was Simrat Bawa and Surinder who enabled SGGS College to beat PU Campus. Batting first, the PU team mustered 175 runs in 48.1 overs. Ashok and Gourav Tiyagi scored 39 and 20 runs, respectively, while the rest of the wickets fell quickly. In reply, SGGS’s Simrat scored an unbeaten 61 runs and Amit contributed 41. While Surinder took four wickets, Satnam claimed two. Ashim also claimed two wickets. The SGGS team won the match by six wickets.

Chandigarh register easy win
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, October 26
Host Chandigarh registered an easy eight-wicket win over Jharkhand in the under-15 National Twenty20 Cricket Championship being organised by the Chandigarh Twenty20 Cricket Association at the Sector 16 Cricket Stadium, here, today.

Chandigarh scored 178 runs for 8 wickets. For the fifth wicket, the 75-run partnership between Shreshta and Shubam Rana proved valuable. Jharkhand were dismissed for 82. Rahul (3 for 12) and Gaurav (3 for 23) were the main wicket-takers for Chandigarh.

In another match, an unbeaten 104-run partnership between openers Devrath (60) and Gaurav Tandon (33) enabled the Association for Twenty20 Cricket (India) to have an effortless 10-wicket win over Goa. The match was played at the same venue.

In the third match of the day, Haryana beat Madhya Pradesh by 84 runs at the Punjab Engineering College ground in Sector 12, here. Madhya Pradesh won the toss and opted to field. Haryana posted 129 runs in 18.4 overs. Openers Anish Jain (17) and Abhishek Khatri (28) put on 35 runs for the opening wicket stand. Ashish Sharma (28), Amit Panchal (13), Ravi Kumar (15), Deepak Joon (13) were the other main batsmen for Haryana.

In reply, Madhya Pradesh were bundled out for 60 in 15.2 overs. Only Prashant (12) and Avinash Rai (11) could reach the double figure. Ravi Kumar (2 for 17), Kulshann (2 for 16), Deepak Joon (2 for 11) were the main bowlers for Haryana. 

GGDSD-32 lift boxing title
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, October 26
GGDSD College, Sector 32, here, clinched the Panjab University Inter-college Boxing Championship 2007-08 by securing 34.5 points. The meet was held at PU’s gymnasium hall, here today. This is for the ninth time that the SD boxing team has clinched the title.

SGGS College, Sector 26, here, Government College, Hoshiarpur, and Gobindgarh Public College, Alour, secured the second, third and fourth positions, garnering 23.5, 14.0 and 10.5 points, respectively.

Sandeep of SD College came first in the light-fly weight category. The second place went to Mohan Singh Rana of SGGS College, Chandigarh.

Other results:

Fly weight: 48-51 kg: 1 Mukesh Kumar, 2 Dev Prakash, 3 Sukh Ram and Harvinder Singh; bantam weight: 51-54 kg: 1 Manoj Kumar, Ravi Kumar, 3 Narinder Singh and Amandip Singh; feather weight: 54-57 kg: 1 Dalbir, 2 Sant Ram, 3 Nasib Birla and Gagandeep Singh; light weight: 57-60 kg: 1 Bhawan, 2 Gurcharan Singh, 3 Balwinder Singh and Baljinder Singh; light welter weight: 60-64 kg: 1 Baghel Singh, 2 Sarabjeet Singh, 3 Jaspreet and Surinder Singh; welter weight: 64-69 kg: 1 Rakesh Kumar, 2 Gurpreet Singh, 3 Vishal Garg and Kuldeep; middle weight: 69-75 kg: 1 Gautam Bhargav, 2 Vikas, 3 Kamaljit Singh and Avikash Turka; light heavy weight: 75-81 kg: 1 Vikas, 2 Satish Kumar, 3 Harcharan Singh and Lakhwinder Pal’ heavy weight: 81-91 kg: 1 Jarnail Singh, 2 Nawab Singh, 3 Digvijay and Gurvir Singh; super heavy weight: +91 kg: 1 Amanpreet Singh, 2 Tarun Goswami, 3 Jagdev Singh.

Cricket trials from October 30
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, October 26
The third phase of selection trials to fill up the seats at the Chandigarh Cricket Academy will be held on October 30 and 31 at 9 am at the Sector 16 cricket stadium.

Boys born on or after January 1, 1993, with minimum height of 140 cms are eligible for the academy. Outstanding players will be given relaxation. Interested players should bring their date of birth certificate along with two passport size photographs.

Tournament

Satluj Public School, Sector 4, Panchkula, is going to organise the U-15 Cricket Tournament for school teams from October 30. Interested players can submit their entries at the school’s reception, latest by October 28. Players born on or after July 1, 1992, are eligible to participate in the tournament. For further details, cricket coach Sarpreet Gill can be contacted at 9417088283.