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HEALTH

2,500 delegates for PGI conference
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, November 21
More than 2,500 delegates from India and abroad are expected to participate in the four-day joint annual pulmonary conference (NAPCON) of the Indian Chest Society and the National College of Chest Physicians at the PGI here tomorrow.

Asthma, smoking, chronic obstructive lung disease, lung cancer, tuberculosis and other respiratory infections would be deliberated upon.

Sessions on medical perspectives such as economics of medicare, medical ethics, terminal care, the role of religion in terminal care and other similar issues would also come up for discussion.

SPORTS

Raj Kumar is judo champion
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, November 21
Raj Kumar of DAV-8, Chandigarh, clinched first place in the u-17 category (under 45 kg weight category) while Amit Vig of KNPS, Bhopal , got the second place during the CBSE National Judo Tournament held at IS Dev Samaj School, Sector 21, here today. Samiksha of Maharishi Vidyamandir, Hardoi, bagged the first place in the girls’ u-12 (30 kg) category.

The results:

Girls: U-12 (girls),weight category: 30

1. Samiksha, 2. Pooja, 3. Anu &Komal U-17(girls) , weight category: -52

1. Vinita , 2.Navneet Kaur, 3. Monu & Chelcia. U-12 (girls), weight category: +40

1. Vijeta 2. Simran 3 Jyoti & Anchal Karma. U-14 (girls) weight catgory: -40.1 Karani 2. Samriti Sharma 3. Mahima, & Charul sharma U-14(girls) , weight category:-45

1. Aarzusi, 2. Shruti Tyagi 3.Jyoti & Priya Shavani. U-17(girls),weight category: -48

1.Neetu, 2.Vasudha 3 Pooja & Khushboo Pandey. U-19(male) , weight category: -66

1. Sahil 2. Rahul and Mardul Joshi 3.Gurjeet Singh U-19 (male),weight category: +81

1.Pakul Rana 2. Ajay, 3.Vijay & Sukhpreet. U-12(male), weight cat gory: -30

1.Akshay Rana 2. Rohit Kumar 3. Aman Sexana &Veeru U-14 (male) weight category:-50

1. Ashutosh 2. Nipul Tyagi 3.Ravinder & Shubham Thakur. U-14(male) weight category: -35

1. Govind 2. Dinesh 3. Shridhar Rao & Vikram U-17(male), weight category: -45

1. Rajkumar 2. Amit Vig 3. Keshav & Abhishek Bansal

U-17(male) weight category: -55

1. Amandeep Tanwar 2. Bipin pandey 3. Atul Pathak & Thamveer .

Kho-Kho Tourney
Shishu Niketan teams register wins
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, November 21
The girls’ and boys’ teams of hosts Shishu Niketan Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 22, Chandigarh, defeated Sant Ishar Singh Public School, Sangrur, and Divine Child School, Gujarat, respectively, during the CBSE National Kho-kho Tournament being played on the school premises.

During the day, a site-seeing trip was also organised by the host school and a cultural extravaganza marked the end of the day.

Results: Girls: Bokaro Ispat Vidyalaya, Jharkhand, b Police Public School, Jalandhar; Aryavrat School, Bhiwani, b Arafa English School, Kerala; BSP Senior Secondary School, Bhillai, Chhattisgarh, b Mother India Senior Secondary School, Ghaziabad; Shishu Niketan Model Senior Secondary School, Chandigarh, b Sant Ishar Singh Public School, Sangrur; DAV Centenary Public School, Delhi, b Arafa English School, Thrissur, Kerala; Mother India Senior Secondry School, Ghaziabad, UP, b Tagore Public School, Jaipur, Rajasthan.

Boys: Shishu Niketan Model Sr Sec School, Chandigarh, b Divine Child School, Mehsaana, Gujarat; Guruvayur Devaswami School, Kerala, b DAV Public School, Sahibabad, Ghaziabad, UP; Police DAV Public School, Jalandhar, b Divine Child School, Mehsaana, Gujarat; DAV Public School, Secundrabad, b OS DAV Punjab School, Kaithal; Guru Nanak Khalsa School-30, Chandigarh, b Birla Shiksha Kendra, Chittorgarh, Rajasthan; DRK Adarsh Vidya Mandir, Bhiwani, b Birla Shiksha Kendra, Chittorgarh, Rajasthan.

Cricket
DAVSSS-8 enter final
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, November 21
DAVSSS-8 beat Shivalik Public School-41 by 37 runs in the first semifinal during the Inter- School Cricket Tournament (u-16 boys). The tournament was held at Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 32 grounds, here today.

Batting first, DAV scored 124 runs after losing eight wickets in the stipulated 20 overs.Vaibhav and Harpreet scored 37 and 32 runs, respectively. Aman of DAV claimed three wickets for 9 runs while Rakesh and Anirudh took two wickets for 15 and 20 runs, respectively. On the other hand, SPS were bundled out for 87 runs in 19 overs. Gaurav scored unbeaten 23 runs.

In another semifinal match played at the same venue, DAV-15 beat GMSSS-35 by 11 runs. DAV scored 110 runs for the loss of seven wickets in 20 overs.

Karan and Abhay scored 23 and 26 runs, respectively. In reply, the GMSSS-35 were all out at 89 runs in 19.2 overs.

The final match between DAVSSS-8 and DAV-15 will be held on November 26 at the GMSSS-32 grounds.

Rekha’s ton steers MCM to victory
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, November 21
A superb ton by Rekha Gill (108) steered MCM DAV College, Sector 36, to a thumping 188-run victory over DAV College, Sector 10, in the semifinal of Panjab University Inter-College Cricket (women) Tournament at the grounds of MCM-36 here today.

Batting first, MCM piled up 253 runs all out in 32.2 overs with the help of Rekha Gill’s century. Nidhi Sharma was another contributor with her unbeaten 48-run knock.

In reply, DAV were bundled out on a paltry 65 in 24.1 overs. Parul and Mehak tore apart the batting line-up of the rivals, snapping four wickets each for 9 and 17 runs, respectively.

For DAV, Neelam made 15 runs.

Brief score

MCM DAV: 253 all out in 32.2 overs (Rekha Gill 108, Nidhi Sharma 48 no)

DAV: 65 all out in 24.1 overs (Neelam 15, Parul 4 for 9, Mehak 4 for 19).

Golfing Tour: 3 share lead
Donald Banerjee

Mohinder Gill, an NRI from San Francisco, puts on the 18th hole on the opening day of the Chandigarh Golfing Tour. — Tribune photo by Vinay Malik

Chandigarh, November 21
Brig H.S. Gill, M.P. Singh and Col R.S. Grewal shared the lead at four-over par 76 on the opening day of the Chandigarh Golfing Tour on the par-72 greens of the Chandigarh Golf Club today.

Although all three carded 76, Brigadier Gill clinched the best card prize because of a better back nine in which he shot three birdies and conceded an equal number of bogies for a par score.

Although 41 NRIs had teed off, it seems the jet lag kept them away from good scores. The best card in this category was by Amardeep Sangha who returned a 10-over par 82.

Among the NRIs were 25 golfers from the USA. Others were from the UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Hong Kong, Switzerland, Kenya, Ghana and the UAE.

Organised by the Chandigarh Golf Association in collaboration with the tourism departments of the Chandigarh administration and Haryana, the tournament is being held to promote golfing facilities available in Chandigarh and nearby areas.

M.P. Singh and Harinderpal Bedi of Panchkula tied for the best nett score carding 64, with another Chandigarh golfer Charan Bal carding a nett 66 for the third spot.

Harinderpal Bedi came very near to scoring a hole-in-one when his drive on the par-3 eighth hole landed barely 1 ft away from the cup. However, he clinched the day’s prize for being nearest to the pin.

Jayant Singh of Nalagarh hit the longest drive of 273 yards.

Tomorrow, the golfers will converge on the greens of the Panchkula Golf Club for the second round of the tournament which will be a gunshot start. The third and final round will be played on the challenging course at the Chandi Mandir cantonment where the prize distribution will be held.

CEC team PTU champion again
Tribune News Service

Mohali, November 21
Chandigarh Engineering College , Landran, emerged winner in the PTU’s Inter-College Weightlifting and Powerlifting Championships for the second time on the trot. The team won nine gold, four silver and one bronze medals in the two events. Twelve teams from various colleges took part.

In the 56 kg to 105 kg plus category of weightlifting, Arundev Singh, Jarnail Singh, Gagandeep Singh Bajwa and Harpreet Singh won gold medals while silver medals went to Pardeep Bhatia and Umesh Kumar. In the 85 kg category, Harjeet Singh won a bronze. In powerlifting, Arundev Singh, Pardeep Bhatia, Hardeep Singh, Gagandeep Singh Bajwa and Harpreet Singh won the top honours.