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Rain ruins another
day’s BRISBANE, Nov 11: The first cricket test between Australia and New Zealand is heading towards a draw after rain forced play to be abandoned for the third straight day today. New Zealand were under pressure to avoid the follow-on midway through the fourth day when an electrical thunderstorm suddenly hit the ground and prevented any further play. .........more ROTTERDAM, (The Netherlands), Nov 11: In a widely anticipated victory, Germany won the champions trophy today, defeating Australia 2-1 in the finals. ..........more Civil
Defence camp Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Nov 11: Mr R R Sharma, Principal, MAM college declared open the 10-day Civil Defence camp at the college premises, here yesterday......more Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Nov 11: Vijay Higher Secondary School bagged all the three places in the district level debate competition, organised by the Cooperatives Societies, Udhampur at Boys Higher Secondary School, Udhampur.......more |
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Varun Memorial Jammu
Distt Basketball Tourney Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Nov 11: Tiger Sports Club and Parade College team today reached the final in Women’s group, while BSF....more GCW Gandhi Nagar holds search for talent Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Nov 11: In an attempt to spot talent among the students, the Government College for Women, Gandhi Nagar conducted a week-long search for ....more Sunshine
XI win opening Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Nov 11: Sunshine XI defeated Anil Cricket Club by three wickets in the......more Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Nov 11: Roller Athlete Skating Club bagged the overall championship trophy in the Open District Athletic Championship which was organised by the Rolland Roller Skating Club, here today......more |
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Rain ruins another day’s play of Australia, New Zealand test BRISBANE, Nov 11: The first cricket test between Australia and New Zealand is heading towards a draw after rain forced play to be abandoned for the third straight day today. New Zealand were under pressure to avoid the follow-on midway through the fourth day when an electrical thunderstorm suddenly hit the ground and prevented any further play. With only one day to go and the forecast of more rain, the opening match of the three test series now seems certain to finish in a draw. When play was abandoned today after less than four hours’ play, the Kiwis were 186 for five in their first innings, replying to Australia’s massive total of 486-9 declared. Needing to make at least 287 to take Australia bat again, the New Zealanders were in trouble early when they lost four quick wickets but Nathan Astle steadied the innings with an unbeaten half-century. Chris Cairns (25 not out) and Craig McMillan (45) also contributed valuable runs to steer the Kiwis towards the safety of the follow-on target after they lost 4-19 in the morning session. Australian fast bowler Jason Gillespie triggered the top-order collapse when he dismissed opener Matthew bell on the sixth ball of the day. Bell failed to add to his overnight score of six when Gillespie found the edge and Ricky Ponting safely held the catch at third slip. Mark Richardson and Mathew Sinclair then defended grimly for almost an hour before Gillespie struck again, trapping Richardson LBW for 26 with an off cutter that straightened up on him. Gillespie was on a hat-trick after he dismissed Stephen Fleming for a duck when the Kiwi captain nervously poked at a ball outside off stump and gave a faint edge to wicketkeeper Adam Gilchrist. Brett Lee chipped in to get Sinclair with his first ball of the morning, Sinclair making just three runs before ponting sent him on his way with a diving catch at point. Astle and McMillan steadied the innings with a cautious 92-run partnership for the fifth wicket before their stand ended after lunch when Lee had McMillan caught by Shane Warne at first slip for 45. The Australians, needing to bowl the Kiwis out twice in two days to claim an improbable victory, suddenly looked to be in with a chance of winning before Astle and the foul weather combined to scuttle their hopes. Astle, who made a double century against Queensland at the Gabba a week before the test, continued his good form as he went on to reach his 13th test 50 when he clipped ponting over the slips cordon for his fifth boundary. Cairns was also in good touch after snaring five wickets in the Australian innings, clubbing 25 in typically aggressive fashion. He and Astle added 39 for the sixth wicket before the Heavens opened up 40 minutes before tea and the players scurried from the field. The rain briefly stopped, raising the prospects of more play, but a second electrical storm forced the umpires’ hand after pools of water formed on the outfield. (REUTERS) |
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ROTTERDAM, (The Netherlands), Nov 11: In a widely anticipated victory, Germany won the champions trophy today, defeating Australia 2-1 in the finals. Going into the finals of the Men’s Field Hockey Tournament, the Germans were atop the six-pool league table with a perfect 15 points from five matches. Australia was second with 12 points. Germany is European champion and clinched the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup in Malaysia in August, but this year’s champions trophy was the first major title since they last won the prize in 1997 in Australia. In the play for championship, Florian Kunz opened the score from a penalty corner in the last minute before halftime. In the 45th minute, Matthew Smith scored the equalizer. But the Australian hope didn’t last long. Seconds later, German team captain Kunz won the tournament for Germany with a drag flick from a penalty corner. As at the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup in August, Kunz was voted player of the tournament. He also became topscorer with an impressive record of ten goals from six matches. Pakistan’s Sohail Abbas was second with nine goals. In today’s other play, Olympic champion and title defender Netherlands won bronze, crushing Pakistan 5-2 in the play-offs. Sydney Olympic silver medalist South Korea - which was last in the league table with zero points from five matches-had a chance to save its reputation against England, but lost 6-5 after penalty strokes. Dutch coach Joost Bellaart told a news conference he was satisfied with the result against Pakistan, citing his team’s ability to recover from yesterday’s 3-2 defeat against Germany. Having lost four of their key players since the Sydney Olympics, dutch are in the process of building up a new team. "With a somewhat unexperienced team, this was the maximum feasible result," he said. "We didn’t belong in the finals, since we lost against both finalists." Playing for bronze against Pakistan the Dutch controlled the pitch, creating many chances and keeping their ranks closed. Just a week ago, they managed a 1-1 draw against Pakistan in their first match of the tournament. But after half an hour of play today, Holland was already up 3-0 with goals from Teun De Nooijer, Ronald Brouwer and Taeke Taek Ema. In the second half Kashif Jawwad brought the score back to 3-1. But only three minutes later, Marten Eikelboom sealed the match, scoring his second in the tournament. Coming back from an injury, drag flick specialist Bram Lomans - who was sidelined for most of the tournament- scored from a penalty corner after 51 minutes of play. One minute before end of the game, Sohail Abbas scored his eight in the tournament. The no.3 event in the game - trailing only the Olympic Games and the World Cup- had initially been scheduled to take place in Pakistan, but was moved to the 6,500-seat hockey club Rotterdam in the wake of the bombing campaign in neighbouring Afghanistan. (AP) |
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Civil Defence camp begins at MAM College Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Nov 11: Mr R R Sharma, Principal, MAM college declared open the 10-day Civil Defence camp at the college premises, here yesterday. About 50 NSS volunteers are being imparted training in various fields like First Aid, Fire Fighting, rescue handling of gas tragedies and other eventualities including bomb blasts. Mr K L Mathur, Deputy Controller, Civil Defence Jammu while speaking on the occasion highlighted the role of Civil Defence activities and stressed upon the volunteers to take interest in the training so that their services are utilised in any emergency. |
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Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Nov 11: Vijay Higher Secondary School bagged all the three places in the district level debate competition, organised by the Cooperatives Societies, Udhampur at Boys Higher Secondary School, Udhampur. Deepak Koul, Kuldeep Kour and Gaganpreet Kour shared first, second and third places respectively. The topic of the debate was ‘Cooperation is essential for our economic development. Cash prizes of Rs 3000, Rs 2000 and Rs 1000 were given to the first three position holders, a handout issued here said. |
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Varun Memorial Jammu
Distt Basketball Tourney Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Nov 11: Tiger Sports Club and Parade College team today reached the final in Women’s group, while BSF Jammu sailed into the final of Men in the ongoing Late Varun Sharma Memorial Jammu District Basketball Tournament being played at Mini-Stadium, Parade, here. In the first semi-final played this afternoon, Tiger Sports Club outplayed Mubarak Mandi XI 31-10 (ht 21-4). Mahima and Shivani played a key role in the Tigers’ big win with nine and eight points in their respective accounts. From losers, Sakashi contributed six points, while Kusum and Sonia added two each. The second semi-final also ended in a one-sided affair, when Parade College girls thrashed Presentation Convent 26-5 (ht 15-4). Monika was the top scorer from Parade college with 10 points, whZile Anamika and Bhawna contributed eight and five points respectively. In the Men’s first semi-final, Border Security Force, Jammu outclassed 12-Mech 84-34 (ht 52-11). Anoop Singh (17), Sher Singh (16) and Sudesh Pandey (11) were the main scorers from the winners. From 12-Mech, Rameshwar and Subash contributed 12 and 11 points respectively. Earlier, in the last league match played in the Men’s section, 12-Mech beat Vikram Club by a narrow margin of one point, though Vikram Club was leading by three points at the end of first half. Ramesh and Autar Singh were the top scorers from 12-Mech with 19 and 17 points respectively. Deepak (20) and Amit Gupta (13) were the top scorers from Vikram Club. Today’s matches were officiated by Mohd Shafi, Manoj Kumar, Sohan Singh, Sumit Dogra, Arun Sharma, Irfan, Ravinder Khajuria and Sohan Singh. This tournament is being organised by the Tigers Sports Club, Jammu. |
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GCW Gandhi Nagar holds search for talent Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Nov 11: In an attempt to spot talent among the students, the Government College for Women, Gandhi Nagar conducted a week-long search for talent, wherein competitions under various categories were held in the college premises. On the concluding day yesterday, prizes were also distributed among the position holders in various events. In the category of dramatic activities, Deepika, a third year student, was declared first in Mime as well as in Mono acting. Second place in Mime went to Bhupinder and team. In Skit, first prize went to Madhuri and team, while second place was bagged by Deepika and team. Bhupinder and team claimed third position. Taniya Wazir, Arti Mehta and Satinder Kour shared first, second and third positions respectively in Music (solo dance classical) while, Deepika, Vidisha and Shivani Slathia secured first, second and third places respectively in solo dance (light). In the group song (Hindi), Dipender Kour and team bagged first place, while Chinmai Sharma and team finished second and Bhupinder Kour and team third. In light music, Chinmai Sharma and Satbir Kour bagged first and second positions respectively, whereas third place was shared by Swati Kher and Shubra. Santosh Kumar emerged victorious in Folk Music. In this group, Ranju Saini bagged second and Dipender Kour third place. In the Western Music solo category, Shubia Jamwal secured first position and under the group dance and Duel dance category, first prize went to Arti Mehta and group second prize to Pooja Jamwal and Rachita Sharma and third prize went to Chinmai Sharma and group. In Flower arrangements, first prize was bagged by Shiba Aggarwal, while Shahida Shafi finished second. Remia Mahajan and Divya Khajuria shared third place. In Rangoli, Rashmi Gupta, Manju Sharma and Indu Charak bagged first, second and third positions respectively. The first prize in painting competition went to Niemat Kaur, while Neha Sharma and Nikita Arora bagged second and third positions respectively. In Collage Shahida Shafi bagged first place, Radhima Kohli, 2nd and Munisha Slathia third. In Salad making competition, Sakshi Mahajan, Pritika Jain and Shilpa Gupta bagged first, second and third positions respectively. In Poster making, Renia Mahajan claimed the first place, while Rashmi Gupta finished second and Nitika Arora, third. On the concluding day, Principal of the college, Prof Gurdeep Kour congratulated the winners. She expressed satisfaction at the potential and confidence of the students. |
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Sunshine XI win opening tie in Pepsi Cup Cricket Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Nov 11: Sunshine XI defeated Anil Cricket Club by three wickets in the opening match of the Pepsi Cup knock-out Cricket Tournament, which began at Panthal in Katra today. Earlier, batting first after winning the toss, Sunshine Club set a target of 136 runs for the loss of nine wickets in 20 overs, which Anil Club chased in 18.5 overs losing seven wickets. Rinku was the top scorer from Sunshine with 38 (off 20 balls) runs in his account, while Dheeraj contributed 22 and Rahul 16. From Anil club, Himanshu and Anil shared three wickets each, while Ashu took two. Batting second, Anil Club reached the required target of 136 runs in 18.5 overs with three wickets in hand. Mohinder was the main scorer with 25 (off 15 balls) runs, while Sachin contributed 16. Himashu and Sandeep added valuable 14 runs each. From Sunshine XI, Bobby made hat-trick, while Dheeraj and Dushant shared two wickets each. Next match will be played on November 15. |
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Open Distt Athletic
Championship Excelsior Sports Correspondent JAMMU, Nov 11: Roller Athlete Skating Club bagged the overall championship trophy in the Open District Athletic Championship which was organised by the Rolland Roller Skating Club, here today. Besides other events, Roller Athlete Skating Club, Jindrah, led by Paramveer Bhatia, won the hockey final beating Roller Sports Skater Club which was led by Rajesh Anand 15-4. At the end, Arjun Gandotra was declared as the flying skater of the championship, while Karish Gupta topped in Road Race. Earlier, in the Rink Race II ( boys 6-8 years), Valentine Bernard clinched gold, while Aditya Mehta and Abhishake Sabharwarl finished second and third respectively. In boys under-14 Road Race, Krish bagged the first place, Jasmeet Singh, second and Vikas Jain finished third. In girls above 14 years Road Race, Priya Chandan claimed first place, while, Vanita Suri finished second. In boys under 12-14 years Road Race, Sharad Kharyal won first position and Ankush Gupta finished second. In girls 12-14 years Road Race, Harpreet Kour clinched gold, while Deveshi Chandan and Juhie Mohan shared second and third positions respectively. To ensure the parents active participation, Pepsi Race was organised. Apart from this, the organising club also honoured the outstanding skaters of the State including those who represented India in the Asian Championship. In the finals and prize distribution function, Mr BR Luthra was the chief guest. |
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