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HEALTH

Now, a witty way to health
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, December 18
The health education unit of Advanced Paediatric Centre (APC) of the PGI organised a unique programme to convey health messages to students of a government school in Mani Majra today.

Dr Bhavneet Bharti said the messages were well received by the students as those were conveyed through cultural means like dramas, songs, choreographies and puppet shows. Delivery of various health messages through didactic lectures and classroom teachings was dull and boring and it was difficult to maintain the concentration of students through these methods, especially with high student-teacher ratio in most of our government schools, she asserted.

Crisp health messages conveyed in a humorous way made the students giggle and laugh. Refraining from substance abuse and abstinence before marriage were some of the important messages.

An ideal society was conceived by the theatrical group of the Rural AIDS Awareness Society to tackle various social evils, added Dr Bharti.

SPORTS

AITA tennis: Unseeded players rule the day
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, December 18
The day belongs to unseeded players in the ongoing AITA Talent Series Tennis Tournament at the CLTA courts, Sector 10, here today.

In the boys’ singles under-16 category, unseeded Suraj Beniwal turned the tables on top seed Maninder Singh by 6-0, 2-6, 6-3 to move into the quarterfinals of the tournament. Another local unseeded Ajay Yadav showed the doors to third seed Maninder Singh of Haryana 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 in the boys’ under-18 singles pre-quarterfinal round.

Continuing his winning campaign, second seed Garry Singh Amor of Chandigarh moved into the quarterfinals of boys’ under-16 singles event drubbing wild card Naveen Mehla of Delhi 3-6, 6-0, 7-5 in a well-contested match. Bouncing back after losing the first set 3-6, Amor gave a tough fight in the next two sets, which he won by 6-0 and 7-5. He also upset second seed Akshat Joshi, also of Chandigarh 6-4, 7-5.

Results: Boys U-16 singles (pre-quarterfinals): Kamal Kishore Maderana (Raj) b Aviraj Kamboj (Chd) 6-4, 6-2, Ajay Yadav (Chd) b Saransh Bhatia (Dli) 6-2, 6-0, Naveen Shankar (Chd) b Jatinder Singh (Chd) 6-2, 6-2, Suraj Beniwal (Har) b Maninder Singh (Har) 6-0, 2-6, 6-3, Raghav Singhal (Chd) b Mohammad Aiman Bin Abdullah Aiman Abdullah (Brunei) 6-3, 6-2, Sidhant Solanki (Dli) b Anupam Chhetri (Chd) 6-2, 6-4, Garry S. Amor (Chd) b Naveen Mehla (Dli) 3-6, 6-0, 7-5, Digvijay S. Naruka (Chd) b Uday S. Mann (Chd) 6-2, 6-2. QBoys U-18 (pre-quarterfinals): Arman Choudhry (Har) b Gaurav Inder Toor (Chd) 6-1, 6-3, Ashwani Kumar (Chd) b Manish Kumar (Dli) 6-3, 7-5, Gurinder Singh (Chd) b Nischay Rawal (Chd) 6-1, 6-2, Navneet Kumar (UP) b Shobhit Phutela (Chd) 6-1, 6-0, Naveen Shankar (Chd) b Raghav Singhal (Chd) 6-1, 6-1, Garry S. Amor (Chd) b Akshat Joshi (Chd) 6-4, 7-5, Ajay Yadav (Chd) b Maninder Singh (Har) 4-6, 6-4, 6-4, Sidhant Solanki (Dli) b Rishab Dev (Pb) 6-1, 6-1.

Athletics: City lad wins 2 golds, 1 silver
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, December 18
Local Golden Master athlete Captain G.S. Sidhu brought laurels to the city by winning two gold and one silver medal in the 28th Punjab Masters’ Athletics Championship that concluded on December 16 at Gobindgarh (Fatehgarh Sahib).

Sidhu threw shot put to 10.63m to win the yellow metal in 75+ age group while the other gold medal came in discuss throw event with his throw to 26.51m distance.

This is the fifth gold medal, being won by the master athlete for the state.

In hammer throw event, he won silver medal (28.10 m).

Now Sidhu has been preparing for the forthcoming national athletic championship to be held at Guwahati in March.

“My immediate aim is to win top honours in the Asian Masters’ Championship, scheduled to be held in Japan in April next year”, said Sidhu.

DAV eves beat SCD College in kho-kho
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, December 18
The DAV College, Chandigarh, team beat SCD Government College, Ludhiana, by one inning and 19 points in the league match of the Panjab University Inter-College Kho-Kho A division (women) tournament. The tournament is underway at Panjab University grounds here today.

In another league encounter, SGGS College-26 eves toppled Government College, Muktsar, team by one innings and 20 points.

Other results:

Knock out matches: Government College, Muktsar, b PU Campus, Chandigarh; GGS College, Chandigarh b Government College, Sector 11, Chandigarh.

Atul bags silver in national volleyball
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, December 18
Atul Chauhan, a student of New India Senior Secondary School, Sector 15, Panchkula, bagged second position in National volleyball held in Dehradun recently.

He was the member of Haryana Volleyball team under-17, the only student from Panchkula who got a silver medal. He is now selected for Indian camp. Caption: Atul Chauhan wins silver medal