Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Oct 31: On the second day Inter School Athletic Meet of the Annual Athletic Meet competitions in various track and field events were conducted under the age group of 14, 17 & 19 years at New University Sports Stadium Jammu.

Veena Bakshi Div. Youth Services & Sports Officer Jammu & MM Sharma, Director of Physical Education University of Jammu were the guests of honour they encouraged participants who are mostly from Rural, Border far flung areas of district.

The following are the results :

Age Group under 14 years:

600 mtrs: 1st Malika Sharma-MHAC Nagbani-2nd Jyoti, HS Pallanwala, 3rd Asha Devi-MS Majhua.

Javelin Throw: 1st Sunita Devi-M/s Sohagani, 2nd Indu Bala-M/s Rarrian, 3rd Anu Radha-M/s Maghwa.

Discuss throw: 1st Jyoti Devi-H/S Pallanwala, 2nd Nanika Mahajan-NHAC Nagbani, 3rd Anuradha-MS Majhua.

Age group under 17 years

800 Mtrs: 1st Pawandeep Kour-Jagriti Niketan, 2nd Vibhuti Zutshi-MHAC Nagbani, 3rd Asha Samotra-Girls H/S Akhnoor.

Under 17 years: 400 Mtrs: Vibhuti Zutshi 1st-1.20 MH S Nagbani, Neelam RS Pura 2nd-11.25 RS Pura, Neelam Angral 3rd-1.29.86, HS Kotli Shahdula.

Under 19 years: 400 Mtrs: 1st Aditi Khajuria-MHAC Nagbani , 2nd Shami Rai-GHSS M Mandi, 3rd Darshna Devi-HS Kotli Shah Dulla.

Under 14 years: 400 Mtrs: 1st Ruchi Sharma-MHAC Nagbani, 2nd Pooja Devi-MS Raika, 3rd Veena Devi-MS Khari.

Under 14 years: 100 Mtrs: 1st Ashma Gupta-MHAC Nagbani, 2nd Kiran Devi-M/S Kheri, 3rd Radha Devi-MS Raika.

Javelin Throw: 1st Rajani Devi-GHS Rangpur Mulana, 2nd Nitu Bhan-GHS Polan Walla, 3rd Reeta Sharma-GHSS Miran Sahib.

Discuss Throw: Under 19 years: 1st Rajani Devi-GHS Rangpur Mulana, 2nd Ridhi Vaid-MHSA Nagbani, 3rd Parsini Devi-HS Pallanwala.

Under 19 years: 200 Mtrs: 1st Aditi Khajuria-MHAC Nagbani, 2nd Amrit Kour-HSS M. Mandi, 3rd Shakuntala Rani-HS Kotli Shahdulla.

800 Mtrs: 1st Aditi Khajuria-MHAC Nagbani, 2nd Seema Devi-HS Palanwalla, 3rd-Reenu Hansa-HS Kotli Shahdulla.

Javelin Throw: 1st Seema Devi-HS Palanwalla, 2nd Pooja Rani-GHSS Miran Sahib, 3rd Bhaan Razdan-GHSS M. Mandi.

Discuss Throw: 1st Seema Devi-HS Palanwalla, 2nd Shafali Gupta-MHAC Miran Sahib, 3rd (a) Gurvinder Kour-HSS Miran Sahib, (b) Mamta Kumari-HSS Canal Road.

INDORE, Oct 31: Top seeded Sai Jayalakshmi of India thrashed second seeded compatriot Rushmi Chakravarty 6-0 6-2 in just 39 minutes to claim the title in the third leg of Bridgestone ITF womens circuit here today.

After grabbing first set by winning six games on trot, Jayalakshmi took a quick 5-1 lead in the second. Rushmi held her serve in the seventh game, but could not stop Jayalakshmi from holding her serve in the next game and winning the match.

Jayalakshmi was in superb form today. She hit winners when it mattered most and kept her rival buy a the baseline.

She pocketed 650 for her title win here as she did in the second leg at Pune last week. Jayalakshmi was beaten in the first leg final at Ahmedabad by Rushmi.

The pair of Jayalakshmi and Rusmi, seeded top in the doubles event, was shocked by fourth seeded Sheetal Gautam and Shruti Dhawan in the final 4-6 4-6 here yesterday.

The ITF masters tournament would be held in Delhi from November 2. (PTI)

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BANGALORE, Oct 31 : Second seed Federico Rovai (Sweden) outclassed Thailand’s Danai Udomchoke in straight sets today to clinch his second successive title in the ITF Men’s Satellite Circuit Tennis Tournament.

Rovai, who won the second leg at Hyderabad, exhibited some stunning cross court tennis to down his opponent 6-2 6-4 in 65 minutes and take home the winner’s cheque of 812.5 US dollars in the third leg here.

The 25-year-old Sweden, who proved too good for Udomchoke, started dominating the match from the word go, breaking the Thai’s serve in the first game of the first set and in the seventh.

The second set saw tough resistance from Udomchoke, but it was not enough to prevent rovai from taking the match and the title.

‘It is very nice to make a come back after an injury. I am looking forward to masters next week and there is no target as such. It was pretty good to play against Udomchoke, as any one may upset the proceedings in the game,’ Rovai said.

In the first set, Udomchoke lost the first game after leading 40-0, when Rovai came up with some blistering shots to capture three points in a row.

The Thai recovered soon and managed to hold serve till the seventh, when he was broken by Rovai, who held the last game with ease and took the set 6-2.

In the second set, though Udomchoke lost the first game again, he fought back with some intelligent shots. But the sheer pace of his opponent tired him and he was pushed to the baseline most of the time.

Udomochoke was able to return powerful serves from his opponent, but the lack of stamina and briskness prevented him from breaking Rovai.

The Thai almost broke in the sixth game going up 30-40, but, Rovai recovered to hold serve and lead 4-2.

Rovai lost serve in the eighth game. The Swedish player double faulted to gift the gae to Uomchoke to even scores at 4-4.

But the consistent rovai fought back in the ninth game and broke back the thai. He ended the match in style by winning the last game without conceding a single point.

Udomchoke, who earned 15 ATP points and a cheque for U.S. Dollars 562.50 (about Rs 24,050) said: ‘I had lost to Rovai at Hyderabad in quarters 6-2, 6-3. I was tired after hectic three weeks of continuous tennis.’ (PTI)

NEW DELHI, Oct 31: A chanceless 213 by seasoned Ajay Sharma and a maiden century by skipper Vijay Dahiya helped Delhi to a commanding position on the third day of the North Zone Ranji Trophy match against Services here today.

Sharma’s sixth-double century, which came off 311 balls and included 19 boundaries and two sixes, and hi 299-run partnership with Dahiya (137 - 246b, 15 x 4) propelled Delhi, replying to Services’ first innings of 288, to 466 all out - a lead of 178 runs.

Delhi bowlers then snapped up quick wickets to leave Services tottering at 68 for three at close. Services still need 110 runs to avoid an innings defeat.

Starting their second innings more than an hour after lunch, Services lost opener Sanjay Verma (15) with the score just 21. Fellow opener Narender Singh (23) and Sarabjit Singh (5) also did not last long.

At stumps Pankaj Maitrey was batting on 18 along with J P Pandey (0).

Earlier, Ajay Sharma overnight 94 completed his century off 193 balls which included nine fours and a six. He was bowled by left-arm spinner Arun Sharma.

Dahiya resuming on 83, reached his hundred off 192 balls. He struck 13 boundaries in his 137.

Medium pacer J P Pandey and Arun Sharma claimed three wickets each while M V Rao took two.

Brief scores: Services - 288 and 68 for three (P Maitrey batting 18, N Singh 23)

Delhi - 466 all out (Ajay Sharma 213, V Dahiya 137 Pandey 3-105, Arun Sharma 3-81, Rao 2-115). (PTI)

NEW DELHI, Oct 31: Railways made a confident start reaching 108 for two wickets in their first innings after the tail-enders helped Madhya Pradesh to 266, on the second day of their Central Zone Ranji Trophy league tie today.

Opener Sanjay Bangar with a well-made 46 (183 m, 4 x 4, 1 x 6) and Yere Goud (5 batting) were together at close, 158 runs behind the MP tally with eight wickets intact at the Karnail Singh stadium.

MP, 203 for eight overnight, added another 63 runs to their tally thanks to the enterprise of the ninth wicket pair of Rajesh Chauhan and Sunil Lahore, who compiled a valuable 88 runs together to keep the innings alive well beyond the lunch interval when MP were 249.

Former India off-spinner Chauhan compiled a patient 36 (3 x 4) after a stay of just over four hours while Sunil Lahore was unbeaten with 45 (240 m, 171 b, 4 x 4). Off-spinner Kulamani Parida claimed both wickets today to return four for 65 and share the honours with left-arm spinner Murali Kartik (4/54).

Railways found it hard to score as MP spinners kept a tight leash on them. Former India le-spinner Narendra Hirwani bowled opener Satyendra Yadav (28) and left-arm spinner Lahore had Zakaria Zufri (21) caught by silly mid-off J P Yadav. Wicketkeeper Chandrakant Pandit was struck by a viciously rearing Lahore delivery on the right eyebrow at the verge of stumps.

Brief scores: MP 266 all out (J P Yadav 46, A Khurasia 48, P Dwivedi 46, R Chauhan 36, S Lahore n.o 45, K Parida 4/65, M Kartik 4/54) Vs Railways 108 for 2 (S Yadav 28, S Bangar 46 batting). (PTI)

AMRITSAR, Oct 31: Forced to follow on, Jammu and Kashmir were struggling at 133 for seven in their second innings against Punjab on the third day today of their North Zone Ranji Trophy match here today.

The visitors replying to Punjab’s mammoth total of 475 for eight declared were all out for 136.

J and K who resumed on their overnight total of 49 for four were all out five minutes before lunch. Pradeep Bali was the highest scorer with 39 made with the help of six fours and a six and his 54-run stand with captain Sanjay Sharma lent some respectability to the score.

Most of the damage was caused by medium pacer Sandeep Sharma and leg-spinner Sandeep Sanwal, who took three wickets apiece. Spinner Navdeep Singh chipped in with two.

Navdeep Singh returned to add another four wickets to his kitty as J and K began their second knock.

Kanwaljit Singh (30) and Ashwani Gupta (54, 5x4) resisted well for some time but Punjab saw their backs before the close

play was extended for half-an-hour despite appeals by Vivek Singh (9) and Vijay Sharma (10), who however, saw through the day for J and K.

Brief scores: Punjab 475 for eight decl.

J and K 136 and 133 for 7 (K Singh 30, A

Gupta 54, V Sharma batting 10, V Singh

batting 9. Navdeep Singh 4/43). (PTI)

Andhra amass 424 in second innings

BANGALORE, Oct 31: Maiden centuries by left handed batsman K S T Sai (124) and I Srinivas (100) helped Andhra put up a mammoth 424 in their second innings against hosts Karnataka on the third day of the four-day South Zone Ranji trophy cricket match at Chinnaswamy stadium here today.

Karnataka, having secured a 20 run lead in the first innings, now need to score 405 runs for an outright win.

Resuming at their overnight score of 78 for 2, Andhra’s skipper Amit Pathak and R V C H Prasad put on 88 runs for the third wicket before both Pathak (67) and Prasad (56) were dismissed off Mansoor’s bowlig. Sai and Venugopal then added 69 run for the fifth wicket before the latter was bowled by Ganesh for 24 with the score reading 204.

Then came the 170 run sixth wicket partnership between Sai and Srinivas, scored off 252 balls.

Sai’s 124 (344m, 203b, 11x4) marathon innings came to an end when he was caught at long off by Girish Rao off Mansoor. While Srinivas (100) scored his career best score, surpassing his 55 made in the first innings.

For Karnataka, D Ganesh took four for 122.

Brief scores: Andhra ist inngs 211 and second innings 424 (K S T Sai 124, I Srinivas 100, A Pathak 67, R V C Prasad 56 D Ganesh 4/122, Mansoor Ali Khan 3/109 and A Yalvigi 3/77) Karnataka ist innings 21.(PTI)