Khanna boys romp home to victory in volleyball tourney

Our Sports Correspondent

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Ludhiana, July 31

Trainees from Naresh Chander Stadium, Khanna, today romped home to victory in the boys’ section in volleyball on the second and penultimate day of the District-Level (U-18) Games being organised by the Punjab Sports Department under the Tandrust Punjab Mission here.

Guru Nanak Stadium, Ludhiana, finished as runners-up, while Naresh Chander Stadium, Khanna, ‘B’ team secured the third position.

In athletics, Isha Sahota of Sacred Heart Convent School proved her mettle in long jump event to win gold medal, while Simranjit Kaur of Khanna Public School, Khanna, and Harman of Peace Public School, Mullanpur, secured the second and third positions, respectively.

In table tennis (girls), Dindi Putri Pathshala, Khanna and Guru Nanak Stadium Ludhiana recorded victories in the semi-final to set up the title clash.

Hindi Putri Pathshala warded off spirited battle before coming out triumphant 3-2 against Bal Bharti Public School and Guru Nanak Stadium faced a little resistance from Green Land Covent School, Sector 32, as the former won it 3-0.

In the boys’ category (table tennis), after the knock-out matches, Green Land Convent School, along with Bal Bharti Public School, Guru Nanak Stadium and Kundan Vidya Mandir School qualified for the semi-final.

Other results

Handball (boys): Jesus Sacred Heart School beat JRD School 4-2; Police Public School, Barewal, beat Shamrock Public School 18-0; BVM School, Udham Singh Nagar, beat Government School, Cemetery Road, 15-4; AIC School beat Radha Vatika School, Khanna, 12-2; DAV Public School, BRS Nagar, beat BVM School, Kitchlu Nagar, 12-9; Guru Nanak Public School, Sarabha Nagar, beat Peace Public School, Mullanpur, 9-1; International Public School, Sandhu Nagar, beat Guru Nanak Public School, Doraha, 11-6 and BCM Arya Model School, Shashtri Nagar, beat PAU School 11-6.

Roller skating

Boys- 500-m (quads): 1st Manmeet Singh and 2nd Karampreet Singh.

Girls- 500-m (quads): 1st Simardeep Kaur and 2nd Gurmehak Kaur.

Boys- 500-m (inline): 1st Chashmeet Singh and 2nd Tushiv Malik.

Girls- 500-m (inline): 1st Kavya Sood and 2nd Jasleen Kaur.

Boys- 1000-m (inline): 1st Chashmeet Singh and 2nd Gurkirat Singh.

Girls- 1000-m (inline): 1st Jahnvi and 2nd Jasleen Kaur.

Athletics

3,000-m race (boys): 1st Mudul Dham of Guru Nanak Stadium and 2nd Krishan Lal Shankar of Guru Nanak Stadium.

3,000-m race (girls): 1st Ritu Bala of Khanna Public School and 2nd Neha of Guru Nanak Stadium.

Discus-throw (boys): 1st Harnoop Singh of SCD Government College, Ludhiana, and 2nd Vivek of PAU School.

Discus-throw (girls): 1st Jasmeet Kaur of Anand Ishar School, Chhappar and 2nd Muskan Kaur of KVN 1, Halwara.

Long jump (boys): 1st Harpal Singh Mann of Malwa Khalsa Senior Secondary School, Ludhiana, and 2nd Arshdeep Singh of Guru Nanak Public School, Bassian.

Long jump (girls): 1st Isha Sahota of Sacred Heart School, Ludhiana and 2nd Simranjeet Kaur of Khanna Public School, Khanna.

Kho-kho

Girls (quarterfinals): Govt Sr Sec School, Ghalib Kalan, Government Senior Secondary School, Lama Jattwala, Doraha, and Government Girls Senior Secondary School, Bharat Nagar, reached semi-final.

Boys (judo) below 40-kg: 1st Prem of Sekhewal and 2nd Keshav of Nav Bharti Public School.

Below 45-kg: 1st Prince of Sekhewal, 2nd Ritesh of Guru Nanak Stadium and Kunal.

Below 50-kg: 1st Alok of Government School, Cemetery Road, and 2nd Golu of Government School, Cemetery Road.

Below 56-kg: 1st Varun Sharma of BVM School, Chandigarh Road and 2nd Chahat of Government School, Jagraon Bridge.