On the concluding day, Dr S Rao, Education Officer and incharge sports and games activity of the region distributed shields, medals and certificates of merit to the winners and runners up. He expressed his happiness over the successful conduct of the meet and complimented the staff members and PETs, Mr SK Sharma in particular.

In Table Tennis, Udhampur has won the title, while Pathankot got second place. Badminton title won by Jammu, while Pathankot got second place.

In Kabaddi, Jammu and Udhampur got first and second place respectively, while, in Kho Kho Jammu got first place, while second place went to Pathankot.

Daushyant of Udhampur and Sunny Duggal of Jammu were declared as best players in Table Tennis and Badminton respectively. While in Kabaddi, Manmohan of Jammu and Surinder Singh of Pathankot adjudged as best in Kabaddi and Kho Kho events respectively.

Special prize went to Akhil of Yol Cantt.

Railways, overnight a promising 108 for two in reply to MP’s first innings tally of 266, failed to consolidate and were dismissed for 226, about half-an-hour before tea.

In MP’s second knock, opener Harvinder Sodhi (24 batting) and Prashant Dwivedi (13 batting) were crawling after the dismissals of opener J P Yadav (2) and skipper Chandrakant Pandit (1). MP were ahead by 91 runs with a day to go.

The over-defensive approach could perhaps be due to key batsman Amay Khurasias inability to bat high in order. The left-hander did not take the field in the morning due to fever and hence can come only at number five.

None of the Railway batsmen could cross the fifty-mark. Sanjay Bangar, overnight on 46, added two more runs before edging medium-pacer Harvinder Sodhi to Abbas Ali at the slips his 48 came in three-and-a-half hours (183b, 4x4, 1x6).

Only skipper Prahlad Rawat (47 - 149m, 114b, 5x4) contributed anything substantial among the others as the last eight wickets tumbled for the addition of only 113 runs.

For MP, Sodhi (2/26), left-arm spinner Sunil Lahore (2/42), off-spinner Rajesh Chauhan (2/64) and leg spinner Narendra Hirwani (2/71) shared the spoils.

Brief scores: MP YY and 51 for 2 vs Rlys 226 (S Bangar 48, P Rawat 47 H Sodhi 2/26, S Lahore 2/42, R Chauhan 2/64, N Hirwani 2/71). (PTI)

With this TaNil nadu gained five points and Hyderabad gained three points from this encounter.

Resuming at 193 for three wickets, Tamil Nadu batted through till the end of the ninth mandatory over to call off play and signal the end of the match.

Overnight batsman Sharath continued from where he had lefton the second day and batted till the start of the mandatory overs but was unlucky to be out just two runs short of his century.

Debutant wicket keeper batsman T R Arasu (54 not out) capitalised on the presence of his skipper’s company in adding 89 runs for the eighth wicket in 132 minutes in 34.4 overs. Arasu unbeaten innings included a six and seven fours off 131 balls in 169 minutes.

Brief scores: Hyderabad - 192 drew with Tamil Nadu 372 for 8 in 174 overs (V Santha Kumar 51, Sriram 101, S Sharath 98, T R Arasu 54 not out, Noel David 2 for 83, N P Singh 3 for 67, V P Raju 2 for 65). (PTI)

Navdeep who claimed four wickets yesterday added another two this morning to return with career best figures of six for 55. The Chandigarh player had a haul of eight wickets in this match.

This was Punjab’s second successive innings victory in as many Ranji matches while, for J and K this was their second loss. In their first match of the current season.

Punjab had defeated Himachal Pradesh at Una while J and K had lost to the Services in their first encounter.

Moving from overnight score of 133 for seven, the J and K second innings folded up within half an hour of play today for the addition of just 23 runs. While Navdeep claimed the wickets of Vijay Sharma and Rajkumar, off spinner Sandeep Sawal got rid of Vivek Singh.

The first to go was Vivek Singh (14) with the scoreboard reading 152. He played forward to a turning delivery of Sandeep Sawal and was caught in front of the wicket.

Besides Navdeep the other successful bowlers for the hosts were Sandeep Sawal who captured two wickets and Harvinder Singh and Kailash Sawal who shared one a piece. Sandeep Sawal who made his Ranji debut here had a haul of five wickets in the match.

Scorecard: Punjab (1st innings) 475 J and K (1st innings) 136 J and K (2nd innings) Rajesh Gill c Sandeep Sawalb Harvinder 00 Ajay Bhatti b Sandeep Sawal 08 Kawaljit Singh c Sodhi b Navdeep 30 Ashwani Gupta c Sodhi b Navdeep 54 Vivek Sharma c Sodhi b Navdeep 04 Sanjay Sharma c Harminder b Navdeep 05 Vivek Singh c Mongia b Sandeep Sawal 14 Pardeep Bali c Harvinder b Kailash Sawal 08 Vijay Sharma b Navdeep 28 Raj Kumar c Harvinder b Navdeep 00 Surinder Singh not out 00 Extras (N.B.-2, L.B.-1, byes-2) 05 Total (all out) 156 Fall of wickets 1-0, 2-23, 3-53, 4-71, 5-100, 6-105, 7-114, 8-152, 9-156, 10-156. Bowling: Harvinder Singh 9-3-21-1 Sandeep Sharma 4-2-7-0 Sandeep Sawal 18-8-38-2 Navdeep Singh 29.1-12-55-6 Kailash Sawal 15-6-22-1 Dinesh Mongia 1-0-4-0 N.S.Sidhu 1-0-6-0. (UNI)

In the first semifinal, army boys sports company upset favourite Birsamunda Vidyapitha, Rourkela (Orissa) 5-1.

The final is scheduled to be played tomorrow.

Lyallpur Khalsa school, who had chalked out three successive big wins in the quarterfinal league, were surprised by Sonepat school.

CRZ which struggled to make it to the last four grade scored the all important goal in the 21st minute through Harish Kumar and then defended the lead till the end.

Harish captalised on the defensive lapse of the rivals and shot home the goal which turned out to be the winner.

The way Lyallpur boys played it looked as they had already peaked in the quarterfinal league. They muffed chances galore and could not produce the same form which they had displayed in the earlier matches.

CRZ boys after taking the lead beefed up their defence and the Jalandhar boys found it tough to penetrate the congested rival defence.

Though Jalandhar side had more share of attacks they failed to get the goal and had to bow out of contention.

Earlier army boys sports company, put behind 2-5 rout they had suffered at the hands of Lyallpur school yesterday and played fast game.

In a match in which both the teams played same style of hockey, adopted identical tactics and strategies, the score at half time was 1-1.

Gabriel Herenj put danapur ahead in the 12th minute when he scored off a penalty corner. Birsamunda equalised in the very next minute with a furious counter and Mangra Minz sent the ball home (1-1).

In the second half Biraj Tete scored two goals (in 43rd and 61st minutes) while Arvind Kumar and Alexius Tirkey chipped in a goal each in the 53rd and 58th minute to complete the tally for Danapur. (UNI)

On the par four last at Formosa first golf club, triumphed after his sand wedfge approach from 90 yards on the second play-off hole hit the flagstick and dropped down to six feet. From there he holed out for a birdie to claim the first place cheque 32,,300 dollars.

Espinosa also had a chance to birdie the hole but his attempt from 20 feet narrowly missed while casas had ruled himself out of contention after snap hooking his tee shot 150 yards left into water.

It was a complete reversal of fortune for casas who moments earlier, on the first play-off hole, watch agonishingly as his chip from just of the green for a birdie liped out of the hole.

The drama wasn’t confined to just the play off in what is the 14th leg of this year’s Omega Tour. Lu had led after each of the first three days but appeared to have lost his chance of victory after finding water on the par three 15th and taking a double bogey.

Casas and Espinsoa led on seven under by one from lu with three to play before casas and Lu birdied 16 to leave the Filipino out in front by one.

The action then started on the 377 yard 18th when Lu and Espinosa both holed Birdie putts from about 20 feet to force the tournament into overtime.

The three runaway leaders, playing the the same flight, finished tied on eight-under-par 280 after Lu and Casas carded two-under -par 70s and Espinosa a three-under-par 69. (UNI)

Inter-Univeristy Badminton
Calicut, Pune teams emerge victorious

BANGALORE, Nov 1: Calicut men and Pune women emerged victorious to don the crown in the All India Inter University Badminton championship here today.

Calicut men drubbed Punjab 3-0, while Pune knocked out Punjabi 2-0 for the title. In the matches for the third and fourth places, Sardar Patel men pipped Pune 3-0, while last year winners Nagarjuna edged out Calicut 2-0.

For Calicut, Diju whipped Rajat Johal 15-3, 15-6 to give the lead. Later Sanave Thomas scored a facile 15-4, 15-2 win to leave the team just match away from the title. The two combined later and outgunned Amandeep and Sunil 15-5, 15-2.

Ketaki Takkar of Pune put the team in the lead beating Navdeep Kaur 11-3, 11-3. Later Ketaki teamed with Kranti Sane and toyed with Meeta Bhandari and Navdeep Kaur 15-2, 15-2 for the title.

Following are the results: Men: finals Calicut bt Punjab 3-0 V Diju bt Rajat Johal 15-3, 15-6, Sanave Thomas bt Amit Sachdev 15-4, 15-2, Sanave Thomas and V Diju bt Amandeep and Sunil 15-5, 15-2. Losing semi-finalists: Sardar Patel bt Pune 3-0. Major Singh bt Sachin Sarath 15-7, 15-6, Amar Singh bt Hiran Chimpi 15-4, 15-2, Hemanth Yadav and Major Singh bt Ajit Umrani and Vikrant Sarfare 9-15, 15-10, 15-7. Women: finals: Pune bt Punjabi 2-0. Ketaki Takkar bt Navdeep Kaur 11-3, 11-3, Ketaki Takkar and Kranti Sane bt Meeta Bhandari and Navdeep Kaur 15-2, 15-2, Losing semi-fianlists: Nagarajuna bt Calicut 2-0. D Swetha bt Anumol Joy 11-2, 11-2, D Swetha and Radhika bt Anumol Joy and Dhanya 15-6, 15-5. (UNI)

South Zone Ranji Trophy
Arun’s timely century help Kanra to draw their match

BANGALORE, Nov 1: A timely knock of 141 from opener Arun Kumar helped Karnataka draw their South Zone Ranji Trophy cricket league match against Andhra today and gain five points by virtue of their first innings lead.

Put on the defensive by the stiff target of 405 for an outright win, Karnataka managed to finish their second innings at 300 for five at the M Chinnasamy Stadium here.

The Ranji champions were in trouble after losing opener Sujit Somasundar (11) and Fazal Khaleel (0) with the score on 41 when Vijay R Bharadwaj came in.

Arun Kumar, playing his 29th match, scored his sixth century and added a valuable 203 runs for the third wicket with Vijay (75).

Arun Kumar stayed at the create for 331 minutes and hit 17 fours and a six during his knock, before he was run out.

The scenario changed as Vijay made his exit at the start of the mandatory overs, bowled by Madhukar, and H T Girish Rao, who came in next, was soon out for five.

Sensing his chances, Andhra skipper Amit Pathak applied pressure tactics and brought close-in fielders. But, a Vijay scored an beaten 38, including nine boundaries, prevented any further damage.

Brief scores:- Andhra first innings 211 and 2nd innings 424 Karnataka first innings 231 and second innings 300 %94 8=3 28:(35'. (Arun Kumar 141, Vijay R Bhardwaj 75 Ramkishan 2/117). (PTI)