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Budding city skaters make it to nationals
Panchkula, August 27
Three local budding skaters Anshul Sharma, Megha Bisht and Bhavya Bansal have been selected for the All-India National School Championship, which is likely to be held in October this year at Goa.
The skaters have grabbed gold medals in the state schools championship held from August 19 to 22.
Sports Day at GC-11 losing sheen
Chandigarh, August 27
National Sports Day, which falls on August 29, will no longer be the same for students of Government College, Sector 11. Unlike the past many years, when the day would be marked by a number of sports activities, including a basketball match, volleyball match, football match, tug of war and a swimming competition, this time there will only be a swimming competition and a cross country. |

Concrete-mixing machine lying in disuse at Government College, Sector 11, in Chandigarh on Monday.
— Tribune photo by Pradeep Tewari |
MG Cup cricket tourney from Sept 2
Chandigarh, August 27
The Chandigarh Sports Club would organise the Second MG Cup League Cricket Tournament from September 2. Teams from banks, financial institutes and corporate sectors are eligible to participate in the tournament. The league matches will be of 25 overs and semi-finals would be of 30 overs and the final of 35 overs.
U-13 football fest begins today
Chandigarh, August 27
Three-day Chandigarh girls u-13 football festival for the RF Saupin Trophy will start tomorrow at Saupin's School, Sector 32, here.
Eight teams from different schools of the city will participate. The teams will be divided into two groups.
Mandeep scripts PDCA win
Panchkula, August 27
An all-round performance by Mandeep Singh (71 runs and 2 for 38) helped Panchkula District Cricket Association
to register victory over Rest of Haryana by 35 runs in a league match of the Haryana State Inter-district (U-22) Cricket Championship at the JR Institute of Cricket Technology, Barwala, here today.
Rakesh shines on Day 1
Chandigarh, August 27
A 62-run knock by Rakesh helped the Chandigarh Cricket Association (CCA)
team to score 167 all out in 67 overs against Bhiwani District in the first innings of the two-day Haryana inter-district (u-15) league match at Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 19, here today. |
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Chandigarh batsman plays a shot against Bhiwani bowler during a Haryana inter-district (u-15) league match at Government Model Senior Secondary School-19 in Chandigarh on Monday.
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Tribune photo by Manoj Mahajan |
Carmel Convent thrash DAV-15
Chandigarh, August 27
Carmel Convent School, Sector 9, thrashed DAV-15 40-10 in the first match
of the eighth Pandit Mohan Lal Memorial Basketball Tournament, which started at PML SD School, Sector 32, here today.
Conversion
UT not to extend deadline
Chandigarh, August 27
The Chandigarh administration has decided not to give more time to industrialists to opt for conversion after the September 17 deadline.
Adviser to the UT administrator Lalit Sharma said a two-year period was enough for the industrialists to make a
choice
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