Inner Wheel Club holds dental check-up camp
Our Correspondent

Ludhiana, January 11
January 10 is celebrated as International Inner Wheel Day, as on this day in 1924, the inaugural meeting of the Manchester Club (Great Britain) was organised by the first-ever Ladies wing of the Rotary and the name Inner wheel was adopted. For the past 80 years Inner Wheel Clubs, all over the world, have served humanity in their own areas keeping friendship and service as their target.

To mark this day, the city branch of club organised a dental check-up camp for the children of Nirdosh, a school for the mentally challenged, run by it for the past 23 years. The camp was inaugurated by a local municipal councillor.

The dental check-up was conducted by Dr Preeti Vohra. She distributed tooth brushes and toothpastes among them. Members of the club also celebrated Lohri with the inmates of Nirdosh. Lohri gift packs and kites were also distributed among members.

Those who attended the meeting were club president Madhu Khosla, secretary Namrta Singhania, school chairperson Rekha Munjal, Sudarshan Khanna, Rippy Chattwal, Manjula Jain and Veena Bhandari. 

SPORTS

Sushyant hogs the limelight
Our Sports Reporter

Ludhiana, January 11
Left-arm spinner Sushyant Kohli, who yesterday scalped five for 12 runs to enable Sanatan Vidya Mandir Senior Secondary School, Civil Lines, to record an easy 53- run victory over SDP Senior Secondary School, Hazoori Road, took five wickets for 22 runs to steer his team to a comprehensive win by 95 runs against Government Model Senior Secondary School, Punjab Agricultural University, in the Parle-PCA Inter-School Cricket Tournament (u-17) played at the Satish Chander Dhawan College for Boys ground here today. The meet is being organised by the Ludhiana District Cricket Association. Sanatan Vidya Mandir School, with second successive win, has almost secured a berth in the final to be played on January 16.

Sanatan Vidya Mandir School won the toss and opted to bat first. In their quota of 40 overs, they scored 97 runs for the loss of 9 wickets. Sushyant top scored with 49 runs, followed by Ankit Jaiswal and Davinder who contributed 31 runs each.

In reply, Government Model School were bowled out for 102 runs in 24 runs. Only three batsmen, Neeraj (26), Manpreet (24) and Chander (17), were able to reach the double figure.

Earlier, Mr B.D. Gandhi, a former secretary general, School Games Federation of India, inaugurated the match.

Brief scores: SVM Senior Secondary School — 197 for 9 (Ankit Jaiswal 31, Atul Kohli 14, Sushyant Kohli 49, Nakul Sharma 18 and Davinder 31; Deepak 3 for 38, Rohit 2 for 27 and Sahil 2 for 21).

Government Model School — 102 all out (Neeraj 26, Manpreet 24 and Chander 17; Sushyant Kohli 5 for 22 and Vinod 3 for 22).

In the second match played at the Arya College for Boys grounds, SDP Senior Secondary School, thanks to fine bowling by Sunny (5 for 26) and Jagbir (4 for 35), beat Nauhria Mal Jain Senior Secondary School, Ferozepore Road, by 67 runs to record maiden victory.

In reply to SDP School’s 166 runs, Nauhria Mal Jain School were bundled out for 99 runs.

Brief scores: SDP School — 166 all out (Parveen Saroye 70, Sunil 22 and Balwinder 22; Sumit Jhand 4 for 37, Rohit 3 for 40 and Arvind 2 for 43)

Nauhria Mal Jain School — 99 all out (Sumit 14, Sunil Kumar 6; Sunny 5 for 26 and Jagbir 4 for 35).

Hockey tourney

Prithipal Academy of Ludhiana and Nankana Sahib Public School of Kila Raipur entered the final of the first district-level Hockey Tournament (u-14) being organised by the Youngsters Hockey Revival Club at the astro turf ground of the Punjab Agricultural University on Sunday.

In their respective matches, Prithipal Academy beat Government High School, Narangwal, 8-1, while Nanakna Sahib Public School outplayed Doraha Hawks 2-1 to register second consecutive victories. The final will be held on Monday.

The first match between Nankana Sahib Public School and Doraha Hawks turned out to be a well-contested affair. Much to the chagrin of the Kila Raipur lads, Doraha Hawks went into the early lead when Jagjit Singh pierced through the defence line and rolled the ball into the net.

In the second half, Kila Raipur boys reorganised themselves and began to dictate the terms. They found the equaliser in the 36th minute through Sandeep Singh. Seven minutes later, Sandeep again found the target to put his side ahead 2-1. Doraha Hawks players tried their best to restore the parity but luck eluded them as they missed a couple of scoring chances.

In the second match, Government High School, Narangwal, failed to match up their strong opponents, Prithipal Academy, as they lost it without posing any challenge to the local lads 1-8. Gurdip Singh (1), Taranpreet Singh (4) and Sukhbir Singh (3) were the scorers for the academy, while the lone scorer for Narangwal was Deepinderjit Singh.

The organisers also conducted a (u-12) match between Sacred Heart Convent School, Bhai Randhir Singh Nagar, and Youngsters Hockey Club in which the former, with the help of a brace scored by Yadvinder Singh, emerged winners 2-0.

Athletics meet

Dilbagh Singh of the PPA and woman constable Inderpreet Kaur were adjudged best athletes among men and women, respectively, in the Combined Zone Sports and Athletics Meet conducted at the Maharaja Ranjit Singh Punjab Police Academy, Phillaur, near here, on Saturday.

Players from the PPA, Police Recruits Training Centre, Jahan Khelan (Hoshiarpur), Government Railway Police, Intelligence Wing, Computer and Wireless Wing of the Punjab Police participated in hockey, football, volleyball, basketball, kabaddi and athletics. PPA teams dominated in hockey, football, basketball and volleyball, while the PRTC, Jahan Khelan, contingent bagged the trophy in kabaddi.

Dr G.S. Aujla, Director, PPA, Phillaur, distributed prizes. Speaking on the prize-distribution function, Dr Aujla emphasised the need for imbibing the lofty ideals of sportsmanship. Commenting upon the role of the Punjab Police in encouraging and promoting the sporting activities at the national and international levels, Dr Aujla stressed that “we must carry forward this healthy tradition with undiminished zeal to win laurels for the country and also groom healthy police men-women for the better service of society as a healthy mind inhabits a healthy body”. A march past and a cultural programme were organsied to mark the closing ceremony.

Skating meet concludes
Our Sports Reporter

Ludhiana, January 11
Skaters from Ludhiana and Sangrur proved their supremacy over others in the road races in the 15th Punjab State Roller Skating Championship which concluded at the Leisure Valley,, Sarabha Nagar, here today.

In hockey, Amritsar emerged victorious in the senior girls' section while the second and third positions were bagged by Muktsar and Ludhiana, respectively. In the sub junior section (girls), Sangrur clinched the title while Muktsar finished runner-up and Jalandhar got the third spot. In the junior section, Patiala, Muktsar and Sangrur finished first, second and third respectively.

In the boys section, Patiala beat Ludhiana 18-1 to lift the title in the senior men's category. In the junior section, Patiala outclassed Sangrur 5-1 while in the sub junior section, Patiala outnumbered Sangrur 5-2.

Results: Rink race II- Boys (o-6 years) - Simran Mann of Sangrur 1, Chanchalpreet of Sangrur 2, Rohit Gupta of Amritsar 3; (6-8 years) - Harsh Dholkia of Amritsar 1, Sameer Sharma of Amritsar 2, Bhavneet Singh of Ludhiana 3; (8-10 years)- Avdeep Singh of Amritsar 1, Swatantar Pal Singh of Amritsar 2, Sanjamojot Singh of Patiala 3; (10-12 years)- Gurshish Pal Singh of Ludhiana 1, Avneet Singh of Amritsar 2, Tejeshwar Mahal of Patiala 3; (12-14 years)- Sumeet Singh of Amritsar 1, Varun Vaid of Roop Nagar 2, Vishal Puhsa of Patiala 3.

Girls (0-6 years) - Ramandeep Kaushik of Sangrur 1, Ibadit Mander of Sangur 2, Kaminder Jot Kaur of Mansa 3; (6-8 years)- Navpreet Kaur of Sangrur 1, Simran Sagar of Ludhiana 2, Savleen Kaur of Ludhiana 3; (8-10 years)- Ashwarya of Ludhiana 1, Taranjit Kaur of Ludhiana 2, Shryiya Savnani of Amritsar 3.

Road race (boys 0-6 years)- Simran Mann of Sangrur 1, Ravnoorpreet Singh of Mansa 2, Chanchalpreet of Sangrur 3; (6-8 years)- Harshdeep Singh of Sangrur 1, Harsh Dholkia of Amritsar 2, Akshit Saini of Patiala 3; (8-10 years)- Avdeep Singh of amritsar 1, Mandep Singh of Ludhiana 2, Kanwardeep Singh of Ludhiana 3; (10-12 years)- Gurashish Pal Singh of Ludhiana 1, Tejeshwar Mahal of Patiala 2. Avneet Singh of Amritsar 3.

Girls (0-6 years) - Anmoldeep Kaur of Patiala 1, Ibadat Mander of Sangrur 2, Sukhman Kaur of Sangrur 3; (6-8 years)- Navpreet Kaur of Sangrur 1, Rinshika of Ludhiana 2, Savleen Kaur of Ludhiana 3; (8-10 years)- Ashwrya of Ludhiana 1, Alisha Puri of Ludhiana 2, Taranjit Kaur of Ludhiana 3; (10-12 years)- Suranshi Thukral of Ludhiana 1, Ramandeep Kaur of Sangrur 2, Sivani Gupta of Ludhiana 3.