Pak snatch thrilling
win over Sri Lanka

JAIPUR, Oct 17: Pakistan showed no signs of being ruffled by the sensational dope scandal as they kept their composure in the dying stages to snatch a thrilling four-wicket victory over Sri Lanka in a Group-B encounter ......more

Warning notices being
issued shortly
Damocles sword
hangs over ‘erring’
Sports Associations

By Mohinder Verma

JAMMU, Oct 17: Damocles sword is hanging over several influential persons heading Sports Associations of Jammu and Kashmir and will be penalised ........more

Regularisation of
Instructors in Sports
Council kept in abeyance

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Oct 17: Minister for Sports Babu Singh today kept in abeyance the regularisation orders of seven Instructors and grilled ...more

State Roller Skating Hockey
team leaves for nationals

Excelsior Sports Correspondent

JAMMU, Oct 17: A 17 member State Roller Skating Hockey team today left for Mussoorie for participation in the All ......more

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 Rural Sports Festival
of Majalta Block concludes

Excelsior Sports Correspondent

JAMMU, Oct 17: Two days Rural Sports Festival of Majalta Block concluded today at Government Higher Secondary School Majalta..........more

Rural, Women Sports
Competition of Mendhar
Block concludes

Excelsior Sports Correspondent

POONCH, Oct 17: District Coaching Centre, Poonch organised two days Block Level Rural and Women Sports Competition of Mendhar Block at Higher Secondary School Boys Mendhar which concluded today........more

Selection process of JKCA
Court restrains former
committee members
from interference

Excelsior Correspondent

Jammu, Oct 17: City Judge Jammu Pawan Dev Kotwal today in a suit filed by Joint Secretary ......more

Jammu Distt Open Billiards, Snooker
Vikrant, Aditya, Anshul enter 2nd round of Jr Snooker

Excelsior Sports Correspondent

JAMMU, Oct 17: With easy wins over their opponents, Vikrant Sehgal, Aditya Beri and Anshul .......more
     
 

Pak snatch thrilling win over Sri Lanka

JAIPUR, Oct 17: Pakistan showed no signs of being ruffled by the sensational dope scandal as they kept their composure in the dying stages to snatch a thrilling four-wicket victory over Sri Lanka in a Group-B encounter of the Champions Trophy here tonight.

After restricting the islanders to 253, the Pakistanis relied on Shoaib Malik (46 not out) and Abdul Razzak (38 not out) to see the team through the tense final overs for a creditable victory with 11 balls to spare at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium.

The Pakistanis, playing their opening match just a day after their two pace spearheads Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif were withdrawn from the tournament after testing positive for a banned drug, did not allow the unsavoury episode to unsettle them as they collected two full points.

Apart from Malik and Razzak, opener Imran Farhat (53) and Mohammad Yousuf (49) were the other notable contributors in the floodlit contest which went the whole distance unlike most of the other games in the high-profile tournament so far.

Razzak lifted Dilhara Fernando for a six straight over his head to bring the victory in style, sending the Pakistani dressing room into a frenzy.

Electing to bat, the Sri Lankans had themselves to blame for not putting up a bigger total on the board as their top five batsmen got the starts but could not make them count.

Sanath Jayasuriya (48), Upul Tharanga (38), Mahela Jayawardene (31) Kumar Sangakkara (39) and Marvan Atapattu (36) managed to get decent scores but it was not enough. The failure of the lower order batsmen compounded their misery.(PTI)

Warning notices being issued shortly
Damocles sword hangs over ‘erring’ Sports Associations

By Mohinder Verma

JAMMU, Oct 17: Damocles sword is hanging over several influential persons heading Sports Associations of Jammu and Kashmir and will be penalised with deaffliation for having made Associations their ‘personal property’.

Sources told the EXCELSIOR that Sports Ministry has sought details of all those Sports Associations which are getting grants from J&K State Sports Council for conducting sports activities across the State but confined their activities in twin capital cities of Jammu and Srinagar thereby leaving available potential unexplored.

Even some players from Kathua district recently approached the Sports Ministry and said that due to ‘favoritism’ in selections for the national level events by different associations, deserving sports persons are not getting opportunities to showcase their potential, the sources disclosed.

As Government has also come to know that elections to most of the associations have not been conducted for the past several years, details in this regard have also been sought from the Sports Council to ensure that such associations don’t remain ‘personal property’ of some persons.

Moreover, a number of associations have confined their activities in capital cities despite the fact that it is mandatory for them to conduct games at district level to explore the hidden potential and provide them opportunity to play at State level and then national events.

"After collecting all sorts of details, Sports Ministry will issue a warnings to erring associations to strictly follow the rules or be ready for deaffiliation from the State Sports Council", the sources disclosed.

The Government is also critical about the functioning of the Sports Council and feels that it has not been working upto the satisfaction of the sports persons. "The proper recruitment rules of the Council are also being drafted to keep check on the backdoor appointments", the sources said.

"A Sports Authority pattern prevalent in Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu is also being studied by the Government and a team headed by Sports Minister Babu Singh will also visit these states to see how Sports Authorities function", they disclosed and said that this is being done to explore the possibility of converting J&K State Sports Council into Sports Authority of J&K.

Regularisation of Instructors in Sports
Council kept in abeyance

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Oct 17: Minister for Sports Babu Singh today kept in abeyance the regularisation orders of seven Instructors and grilled Secretary of Jammu and Kashmir State Sports Council for issuing orders without the mandatory approval of Standing Committee.

Secretary of the Council Ravinder Gupta issued Order No.573/2006 dated September 18, 2006 regularising services of seven Instructors, who were appointed on contractual basis, despite being aware of the fact that for such actions approval of the Standing Committee of the Council was mandatory.

When the issue came to the notice of Minister, he sought details in this regard from the Secretary and after proper scrutiny of the files, it was established that there was no approval of Standing Committee of the Council to the regularisation of services of seven Instructors.

The Minister immediately kept in abeyance the said order and even grilled Secretary for violation of the norms.

When contacted, the Minister confirmed that services of seven Instructors were regularised without seeking mandatory approval of Standing Committee.

State Roller Skating Hockey team leaves for nationals

Excelsior Sports Correspondent

JAMMU, Oct 17: A 17 member State Roller Skating Hockey team today left for Mussoorie for participation in the All India Roller Hockey Championship to be held on October 19, 2006.

The Championship is being organised by Uttaranchal Roller Skating Association under the aegis of Mussoorie Autumn Festival 2006. The Championship will be conducted for Junior and Sub-Junior group only.

The team comprises of Shubam Bhagat, Rahil, Chakshu Gupta, Sumair Singh, Anurag Alok, Aditya Gupta, Veenal Sharma, Raghuv Luthra, Parth Chib, Rahat, Atit Gupta, Aditya Mahajan, Mayank Khajuria, Dananjay Charak and Abhishek.

Veenal Sharma and Anurag Alok will be the Captains of Junior and Sub-Junior teams respectively.

Narinder Chib and Madu Sharma are accompanying the team as Manager and Technical Officer.

Rural Sports Festival of Majalta Block concludes

Excelsior Sports Correspondent

JAMMU, Oct 17: Two days Rural Sports Festival of Majalta Block concluded today at Government Higher Secondary School Majalta.

Indu Bala Dhar, Principal of Higher Secondary School Majalta was the chief guest and she gave away prizes to the winners and runners-up teams.

In Boys Kabaddi, HSS Majalta (winner) and HSS Khoon (runner-up) while in Volleyball, HSS Majalta lifted the title while HSS Khoon emerged as runner-up.

In Girls Kabaddi, HSS Majalta bagged winner’s trophy while MS Kathil Dhangu clinched runner-up trophy. In Girls Kho-Kho, HSS Majalta emerged as winner while MS Majalta as runner-up.

In Girls Athletics, Koushalya Devi of HSS Majalta, Shallu Devi as MS Satrari and Sunita of MS Kathil bagged first three positions in Girls Shot-Put while in Boys Shot Put, Sushil Kumar of HS Thalora, Ashok Kumar of HS Thial and Sewa Singh of HSS Khoon clinched first, second and third positions respectively.

In 100 metres girls, Shawni Devi of MS Majalta, Radha Devi of MS Kathil Dangu and Makhna Devi of MS Satrari bagged first three positions while in 100 metres boys, Manmohan Singh of HSS Majalta bagged first, Nardeep Singh of MS Plater second and Ashok Kumar of HS Thial third position.

In Boys Long Jump, Sushil Kumar of HS Thial bagged first position, Pardeep Singh of HSS Majalta second and Madan Lal of HSS Khoon third while in Girls Long Jump, Shawni Devi of MS Majalta, Pooja Rani of MS Majalta and Mamta Devi of HSS Majalta bagged first three positions respectively.

Rural, Women Sports Competition
of Mendhar Block concludes

Excelsior Sports Correspondent

POONCH, Oct 17: District Coaching Centre, Poonch organised two days Block Level Rural and Women Sports Competition of Mendhar Block at Higher Secondary School Boys Mendhar which concluded today.

A total of 12 teams in Rural Sports and 6 teams in Women Sports participated in the competition organised in collaboration with Department of Youth Services and Sports, Poonch.

Volleyball, Kabaddi and Athletics events were organised for Rural Sports while Kho-Kho, Volleyball and Athletics organised for Women Sports. P K Pole, SDM Mendhar was the chief guest on the occasion while Principal Girls Higher Secondary School Mendhar and Principal Boys Higher Secondary School Mendhar were the guests of honour.

In Volleyball of Rural Sports, Higher Secondary School Mendhar emerged as winner while Flying Club Sagra as runner-up while in Kabaddi, HSS Mendhar lifted the winner’s trophy.

In Athletics 100 metres, Mohd Saleem, Saleem Khan and Tabasum bagged first three positions while in 200 metres, Shakeel Bhutt, Gulkar Ahmed and Shabir Khan bagged first three positions. In Shot-Put, Mohd Tazeem, Javed Iqbal and Riaz Ahmed clinched first three positions.

In Women Sports, HS Ari lifted Volleyball title while HSS Mendhar lifted runner-up trophy. In Kho-Kho, GHS Mendhar lifted winner’s trophy while HS Ari lifted runner-up trophy.

In Athletics 100 metres, Nasreen Akhter, Tahira Parveen and Heena Iqbal clinched first three positions while in 100 metres, Rubia Koser, Parveen and Tazeem Akhter bagged first three positions.

Selection process of JKCA
Court restrains former committee
members from interference

Excelsior Correspondent

Jammu, Oct 17: City Judge Jammu Pawan Dev Kotwal today in a suit filed by Joint Secretary J&K Cricket Association restrained former selection committee members from causing interference in selection process initiated by the association.

Court further held that this order is however, subject to objections from other-side and shall remain in operation till the next date. In the meanwhile, court allowed applicant to complete formalities in compliance with the provisions of order 39, R-3 CPC.

In the suit, an application also came seeking interim injunction restraining the defendants (former Committee members) from claiming themselves as selectors of the J&K Cricket Association and from interfering in selection process of the team by the selection sub-committee constituted by the working committee of association in its meeting July 18, 2006.

Mr. Pawan Dev Kotwal after hearing Advocate Vishal Sharma appearing for the association observed that it reveals that the applicant has sought decree for permanent prohibitory injunction, restraining the non-applicants from causing any interference in the selection process of team by the association, on the ground that the non-applicants ceased to be members of the selection committee on formation of new Committees.

Court further observed that association constituted various committees including the selection committee by virtue of resolution July 18, 2006 and the applicant as prima-facie case and non-applicants appears to be members of earlier selection committee constituted on July 10, 2003 and with formation of new selection committee, they prima-facie appears to have ceased to be the members of the selection committee, as such the applicants has a prima-facie case, for the time being, and issuance of prior notice may defeat the purpose of the suit and put the applicant to bear irreparable loss or injury.

With these observations Court restrained non-applicants for causing interference in the selection process.

Jammu Distt Open Billiards, Snooker
Vikrant, Aditya, Anshul enter 2nd round of Jr Snooker

Excelsior Sports Correspondent

JAMMU, Oct 17: With easy wins over their opponents, Vikrant Sehgal, Aditya Beri and Anshul entered the second round of the Junior Snooker in the 16th Jammu District Open Billiards and Snooker Championship at Billiards Hall of MA Stadium today.

Vikrant Sehgal entered second round by defeating Akhil Gupta by 3-2 very comfortably. Akhil could not pose any challenge to Vikrant in any stage of the match. The score was 84-34, 51-26, 59-19.

Like Vikrant, Aditya Beri also sailed into second round without any difficult. Aditya won the first frame with a margin of 19 points (49-30) but in the second frame he increased margin of his win to 45 points (75-30). He won the third frame by 68-45.

Anshul defeated Sourav Gupta in yet another smooth sailing into the second round witnessed today. The score was 52-13, 59-20 and 55-40.

In other matches of first round, Rajesh Slathia defeated Mukesh Kapahi in a very tough competition. Rajesh won the first frame by 63-47 but he could not repeat his performance in next two frames which were easily clinched by Mukesh.

In the fourth frame, Rajesh staged a come back and equalised 2-2 frames leaving the decision of match on the performance of both the cueists in the 5th frame. But Mukesh could not pose any competition to Rajesh in the final frame which the latter won by 68-18.

Aditya Mahajan and Lucky also defeated their respective opponents—Ajay Kumar and Sahil Aggarwal in close contest. The score of both the matches was 3-2.

These matches witnessed losers dominating the games at several stages but succumbing before the winners at last moment.

According to the organisors of the Championship, second round matches will start from tomorrow.


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