GS Club, Grenadiers-B win matches in Hockey Tourney

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Dec 15: G S Club, Bhore Camp defeated Ist Rajput Club, Samba 4-0 in a one sided match of 10th Sukhbir Memorial Hockey Tournament being played at Green Field grounds, here today.

First half of the match was empty as no side could able to convert the hits in the net. But, in the second half G S Club dominated the field and left no chance for Rajput to score any goal.

First goal came in the 37th minute through center-off Dhanmeet Singh, while the second and third goal was hit by center-forward Gurvinder Singh in the 42nd and 50th minute.

Right-in Chanchal Singh converted an accurate pass into goal in the 55th minute of the match making it 4-0 win for G S Club.

In another match, 5 Grenadiers-B outplayed Khalsa Blue 4-1 to enter the second round. Very first goal of the match was hit by Ashok Kumar in the 15th minute through a plenty corner. But, soon in the 20th minute, Khalsa Blue equalised the lead when left-out Jagjeet Singh struck the goal.

Again, Grenadiers took lead in the 25th minute, when full-back Daljeet Singh scored a goal. Thereafter, Grenadiers did not look back and added third goal in the 34th minute by right-out Vijay Kumar.

In the 54th minute of the match, left-out Sanjay Kumar made another goal to make it 4-1 win for Grenadiers.

Messrs Vijay Vaid, Kuldeep Singh, Raju and Harmanan Singh were referees in the matches.

Women wrestlers selected for National meet

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Dec 15: Twelve women wrestlers have been selected from the state for forthcoming 2nd Women National Wrestling Championship will be held at Nasik (Maharashtra) from December 25 to 29.

The selection was made by the Jammu and Kashmir Wrestling Association after conducting trails through the selection committee headed by Mr Shiv Kumar Sharma at M A Stadium, here today.

Selected wrestlers included Anju, Shakti, Anju (senior), Kuljeet Kaur, Ritika, Rachna, Neeraj Bala and Sheetal (Jammu district), Asha Rani (Rajouri) and Anita Rani, Santosh Devi and Madhu from Kathua district.

Other members of the selection committee included Messrs P R Sharma, Prem Choudhary, B L Tidyal and Gurcharan Singh.

Jaideep, Ankur enter junior Billiards final

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Dec 15: Jaideep Manocha and Ankur Mahajan today entered the junior Billiard final in the 8th State Billiards and Snooker Championship being held at M A Stadium, here.

Junior top seed, Jaideep outplayed Joyti Anand 344-136 in the first semi-final, while Ankur Mahajan beat Viraaj Malhotra 441-310 in another semi-final of the day.

Inter-College Cricket Tourney
Vivek’s 161 and Munish’s ton help MAM College to pile 372

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Dec 15: Superb unbeaten knock of 161 runs by opener Vivek Singh and century by Munish Sharma helped MAM College to pile up 372 runs losing 5 wickets in the opening day of 3-day Inter-College Cricket final against Commerce College being played at Jammu University grounds, here today.

MAM College after winning the toss made a poor start, when opener Rupinder Singh went to pavilion hitting just a boundary. But, the second wicket partnership between Vivek and Varinder Kumar gave fillip to the innings and brought the total to 90 runs when Varinder was caught by Abhinav on the bowling of Sandeep.

It was only fifth wicket partnership of 178 runs between Vivek Singh (161, 2x6s, 21x4s) and Munish Sharma, who completed his century in just 94 deliveries with the help of 17 boundaries and a huge six at long-on put MAM College into comfortable position.

Jatinder contributed 38 runs, while Skipper, Surinder Singh was on the crease with 12 runs.

For Commerce College Sandeep was the most successful bowler, who got two important wickets of Varinder Kumar and Madan Mohan. While, Tajbeer Singh, Amrit Pal and Shailender got one wicket each.

Taekwondo players’ concern

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UDHAMPUR, Dec 15: Taekwondo players of Udhampur have taken serious exception to the non-payment of amount of Rs 5000 to Mr Mohan Lal, son of Mr Amar Nath, resident of Ward Number 4, Udhampur, who was declared as best fighter in the 5th State Taekwondo Championship which was held on October 25 last.

As per a release the players of Taekwondo of the district have appealed Mr Ajay Sadhotra, Minister for Food and Supplies to intervene in the matter as he had announced the award of Rs 5000, which was to be given to Mr Mohan Lal by the District Youth and Sports Department. Meanwhile Mr Mohan Lal has also in a Affidavit, duly verified, has stated that he has not received the said prize of being the best fighter so far despite lapse of more than one and a half month.

Ambedkar school braces for holding symposium

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Dec 15: The management committee of Dr Ambedkar Memorial Convent School, Rajpura Jammu in a meeting held under the chairmanship of Dr M L Wangoo, Coordinator discussed the arrangements for holding State level symposium on the life and contribution of Bharat Rattan Baba Saheb Ambedkar being held at Guru Ravi Dass Bhavan, Krishna Nagar on December 19.

As per a release Mr M L Verma Administrative Officer presided over. Mr Wangoo informed the participants that Mr Ram Pal, Parliamentary Secretary and Minister of State as also Mr B R Kundal, Commissioner-cum-secretary Health, Mr R L Bharti, IFS, Chief Conservator of Forests and other high dignitaries were participating and gracing the occasion.

Nr Verma informed that nearly 50 students from different leading schools as also from Dehradoon were also participating.

Commerce College bags Boxing Trophy

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Dec 15: SPMR College for Commerce Jammu has lifted the Inter Collegiate Boxing Trophy for the session 1998-99 by trouncing the Government MAM College, Jammu in a neck to neck competition.

According to a College handout issued here today, Ganga Prasad, Amit Barva, Rahu Kachru, Ranjeet Singh and Kapil Manchada won the gold in their respective weight categories. Ranvir Singh and Ashok Patil won the Silver medals while Vishal Handoo won the bronze.

The MAM College has lost this trophy for first time during last eight years. The credit for the Commerce College team’s victory goes to team incharge Prof S K Bhalla, Mr M K Malhotra and Mr Mahesh Sharma of Department of Physical Education.

Dr B L Koul, Principal of the College has congratulated the players of the team. he expressed the hope that the team will continue to maintain the winning spree in future also.

Cricket fans plea to PDD authorities

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Dec 15: Cricket fans of the City have appealed the Power Development Department (PDD) authorities to change the morning schedule of power curtailments from 7 am to 11 am in view of the India- Newzealand cricket series which commences from tomorrow.

As per a release, the appeal was made in a meeting of these fans which was held here today. They said the matches will be telecast from 2-30 am to 10-30 am from tomorrow and the authorities can enforce the power cut after that time.

Tendulkar among ten greatest batsmen

SYDNEY, Dec 15: India’s cricketer Sachin Tendulkar has been nominated as one of the top ten batsmen in the history of the sport by an Australian newspaper here.

Tendulkar figures a spot below former opener Sunil Gavaskar who is ranked ninth, in a list of the ten greatest batsmen compiled by new south wales selector Neil Marks for the sun herald.

The list is headed by Sir Don Bradman (Australia) followed by sir Garfield Sobers (West Indies), Victor Trumper (Australia), Len Hutton (England), Vivian Richards (West Indies), Greg Chappell (Australia), Neil Harvey (Australia), Everton Weekes (West Indies).

At the end of the 1990s, when the game is more universal than it’s ever been, he is the world’s most feared batsman, a player capable of decimating an attack, the newspaper said of Tendulkar.

The paper listed timing, eye, and ability to hit the good ball for four as Tenulkar’s strengths.

Batsmen were selected for their strokemaking ability, influence on their cricketing generation, length of career and popularity with the crowds, besides their runs and averages, the paper said. (PTI)

Identify culprit or quit office: Kapil

NEW DELHI, Dec 15: As the revelations of Mark Waugh and Shane Warne sparked international outrage against match-fixing and betting, former captain Kapil Dev said there is certainly some truth in the allegations and asked the Indian cricket administrators to make efforts to identify the culprit soon or quit their office.

There is some truth in the match-fixing allegations because the topic has been going on for quite a long time... And if the administrators also take a long time to find the truth behind the allegations, they should not be there (holding their offices), the 1983 World Cup winning skipper told a private TV channel last night.

Asked what the administrators should do to get at the truth, the world’s highest wicket taker said they or the Government should constitute a fresh commission to investigate the matter.

When reminded about the Justice Chandrachud Commission, instituted by BCCI after allrounder Manoj Prabhakar’s match-fixing allegations, Kapil said, I think that was an eye wash.

Australians Mark Waugh and Shane Warne rocked the cricket world on Wednesday last when they admitted they had been paid thousands of dollars by an Indian bookmaker to provide information on pitch and weather conditions during matches on a 1994 sub-continental tour.

The disclosure prompted International Cricket Council to institute a Commission to go into the allegations. (PTI)