School management posing along with cagers after winning third place in WAC Inter Air Force School Basketball Championship.
JAMMU, July 28: The Western Air Command (WAC) Inter Air Force School Basketball Championship 2014 for boys and girls conducted at Air Force School, Jammu here.
Seven Air Force Schools of Western Air Command namely AFS Hindan, AFS Sarsawa, AFS Halwara, AFS Chandigarh, AFS Ambala, AFS Pathankot and the host team AFS Jammu participated in the 4-days Championship.
The final match in the girls section was played between Ambala and Chandigarh in which Ambala recorded a convincing win to lift the title. The host team Jammu got the third place.
The final of the boys’ championship was played between Ambala and Jammu wherein AFS Ambala won in a nail-biting contest. The host team Jammu remained the runners up, while AFS Chandigarh got the third place.
Air Commodore P E Patange YSM VM Air Officer Commanding, Air Force Station, Jammu was the chief guest on the occasion, who appreciated the sportsmanship and enthusiasm of the students.
He reiterated that sports provide an excellent pathway for students to develop mental strength, camaraderie and competitive spirit.
Vikesh Sandhal, Principal, Air Force School Jammu presented a brief report of the activities on the occasion.
A small cultural bonanza was presented to mark the gala event. Trophies, certificates, medals and mementoes were presented to the teams.
Teaching and non teaching staff of JP World School posing during Orientation Programme.
JAMMU, July 28: JP World School Channi Rama, Jammu organized its 1st Orientation Programme in the School Auditorium, here.
The objective of the programme was to introduce the process of working and the existing teaching and non teaching staff of the pre-primary and primary wing.
The Programme among others was witnessed by the chairperson of the School, Dr Panna Manhas Choudhary and Principal, Kamlesh K Multani.
The parents were warmly welcomed by the Principal and the School Management.
Coordinator, Junior Wing, Vasundra Das was the resource person, while Supinder Kour demonstrated on the existing pattern of Phonetics.
The main stress was laid on the pronunciation and the speaking skills of the children.
Later, Master Vidic Takkar of class 1-B presented a demonstration in phonetics skills.
Excelsior Correspondent
UDHAMPUR, July 28: A protest demonstration was held outside the office of Deputy Commissioner by the local people here today.
The people led by a social activist Ajaz assembled outside the office of DC Udhampur and started protest. They were demanding posting of adequate Medical staff at District Hospital Udhampur and other Sub-District Hospitals and Primary Health Centers in the district. They also submitted a memorandum to the Deputy Commissioner demanding posting of adequate staff in various hospitals, provision of medicines and ambulances.
Prominent among those who accompanied included Sunil Sharma, Manoj Khajuria, Gagan Sharma, Jugal Kalotra, Ch Mohd Rafi and Imtiaz Ahmed.
Coimbatore, July 28: In a closely contested match, Indian Navy defeated KSEB, Kerala 78-73 in the 50th All India Basketball Tournament for PSG Trophy for men, here today.
S M Settu scored 18 points followed by Ashok Kumar and Mandeep Singh with 14 each for the winners, while Umesh Krishnan topped for KSEB with 13 points.
In another match, Cochin Customs beat ICF 86-65. The scores were even at 34 at half time.
Manoj scored 35 points and Fudrick Pereira 24 for the Customs team while Praveen Kumar played well potting 25 points for ICF. (PTI)
Glasgow, July 28: Indian boxer L Devendro Singh (49kg) advanced to the quarterfinals with a hard-fought win after reigning Asian champion Shiva Thapa (56kg) was shockingly sent packing as the pre-quarterfinal bouts of the 20th Commonwealth Games got underway here today.
Asian Championships silver-medallist Devendro made the quarterfinals after notching up a tough 2-1 victory over Sri Lanka’s Madushan Gamage.
The Indian started off confidently, getting a perfect 10 score from all three judges in the opening three minutes. The next round was not as lopsided but Devendro, who looks to drain the opponent with a flurry of punches, was taken by surprise in the next round when Gamage came back strongly to clinch it 29-28.
However, the Indian youngster muzzled the challenge in the deciding three minutes, snatching it 30-28 to be just one more win away from assuring himself of a medal in his debut Commonwealth Games.
The 22-year-old Manipuri will face Scotland’s Aqeel Ahmed in the last-eight stage on July 30.
On a disappointing note, Thapa (56kg) went down to Olympic bronze-medallist Michael Conlan of Northern Ireland. The Assam boxer found the going tough against the crowd favourite despite the fact that Conlan had endured a cut on his head during his opening bout.
Conlan dominated the opening round, winning it 30-28. The second and third round were a tad closer but the Irishman held his own to outwit Shiva.
To add to his woes, Shiva also ended up getting warned for clinching and bending too much.
Yesterday, Sumit Sangwan began his campaign with a comfortable 3-0 win over Mohammed Hakimu Fumu to reach the quarterfinals of the 81kg category.
21-year-old Sangwan was dominant in all three rounds and the judges declared him the clear winner.
He will now fight it out with New Zealand’s Davis Nyika for a place in the semifinals on Tuesday.
Manoj Kumar also booked a berth in quarterfinals of the the 64kg category with a 2-0 win over Canada’s Arthur Biyarslanov. Manoj next faces Briton Samuel Maxwell. (PTI)
Gagan Narang (L) aiming at target while Jitu Rai (C) and Gurpal Singh (R) celebrate after their event at the Barry Buddon Shooting Centre.
Glasgow, July 28: ‘Pistol King’ Jitu Rai kept his reputation intact by clinching the gold medal before Gagan Narang and Gurpal Singh claimed a silver each to continue the shooters’ heroics while Vijender Singh led the charge in boxing by advancing to the quarterfinals on the fifth day of competitions in the 20th Commonwealth Games here today.
The 26-year-old Rai, world number 4 in the event, gave ample display of his class by taking the honour in the men’s 50 m pistol event as the Indian shooters continued to dominate the ranges.
Gurpal Singh also took the spotlight with his silver-winning effort in the same event while Narang, taking part for the first time in the 50 m rifle prone event, had to be content with a silver as the shooters did the bulk of the medal shopping during the day.
Star Indian boxer Vijender (75kg) continued his sublime form to enter the quarterfinals along with gritty youngster L Devendro Singh (49kg), but there was heartbreak for Shiva Thapa (56kg), who went down to Olympic bronze-medallist Michael Conlan of Northern Ireland.
Vijender, a former Olympic and World Championships bronze-medallist, outpunched Namibia’s Mujandjae Kasuto 3-0 in a lopsided contest to make the last-eight stage.
Such was the former world number one’s domination that he managed a perfect 10 score from every judge in each of the three rounds.
With the addition of three more medals, India’s overall haul swelled to 25 with seven gold, 11 silver and seven bronze and were placed fourth in the medal standings.
Australia were at the top with 27 gold, 21 silver and 27 bronze medals, followed by England (24 gold, 17 silver, 19 bronze) and hosts Scotland (12 gold, eight silver and 11 bronze).
Rai shot 194.1 to bag his first Commonwealth Games gold on debut while Gurpal had an aggregate of 187.2 to win the silver, his first international medal. Australia’s Daniel Repacholi was third.
With the three medals, India’s medal tally from the Barry Buddon Shooting Center has shot up to 12 (4, 7, 1), three more than England who have eight, including three gold medals.
Nepal-born Rai, who won a gold (in 10m air pistol) and a silver (in 50m pistol) in the World Cup last month, was third in the first series but then recovered quickly and led the field throughout after that.
There was, however, disappointment in women’s 50-metre
rifle prone event as Meena Kumari and Lajja Gauswami finished a disappointing sixth and 11th, respectively, in the finals.
India drew a blank in the badminton mixed team event after going down fighting to Singapore 2-3 in the bronze medal play-off.
Despite star attraction Saina Nehwal’s pull out from the Games in the last minute, there were high expectations from Indian shuttlers especially with P V Sindhu, Parupalli Kashyap and reigning Commonwealth women’s doubles champion pair of Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponappa up their ranks.
But the team failed to deliver when it mattered most to return empty handed from the mixed team event.
It was not the best of starts to the bronze medal encounter for 10th ranked India, who lost to 2010 Delhi Games bronze medallist England 0-3 in the semifinals yesterday.
Indian men’s table tennis team failed to secure a medal for the first time at the Games after being stunned 1-3 by Nigeria in the bronze medal play-off at the Scotstoun Sports Campus.
The unexpected loss meant Indian men will return empty handed from the team event for the first time since the sport’s introduction in the Games at Manchester in 2002.
India’s wait for its first squash medal at the Commonwealth Games was prolonged with Saurav Ghosal’s fighting loss to Englishman Peter Barker in the bronze medal playoff.
World No.16 Ghosal needed to come up with something special for his first win over his eighth-ranked opponent. The Indian tried his best before going down 5-11 11-6 5-11 6-11.
India’s leading female player Dipika Pallikal had suffered a quarterfinal loss against England’s Alison Waters and Joshana Chinappa bowed out of the competition in the round of 16.
C Narayan Singh qualified for the finals of the men’s hammer throw event Even as Kamalpreet Singh crashed out in the qualifying round.
23-year-old Narayan threw the hammer to a distance of 67.95 in his first attempt, which proved to be his best and enough to make it to the 12-man final.
Kamalpreet, competing in other group, finished sixth with his best throw of 65.25m, which came in his first attempt. He managed 62.90m and 63.67m in his next two attempts.
Narang, who has won four medals each in both the 2006 and 2010 Commonwealth Games but in other events, lost out the gold to Warren Potent of Australia by 0.7 points.
Narang collected 203.6 in the 20-shot final round, while gold-winner Potent scored 204.3. Kenneth Parr of England bagged the bronze.
This is Narang’s first Commonwealth Games medal in his first appearance in 50m rifle prone, which is not his pet event. Narang, who won a bronze in men’s 10m Air Rifle in 2012 London Olympics, will also take part in men’s 50m rifle 3 position event tomorrow.
This is also India’s second medal in this event in the Commonwealth Games, with Sanjiv Rajput having won a bronze in the 2006 Melbourne Games.
Today, Narang failed to become only the third shooter to win nine gold medals in the Commonwealth Games but he still has a chance to achieve the feat when he takes the field in 50m rifles 3 position. India’s Jaspal Rana and England’s Michael Gault have won nine gold in Commonwealth Games.
In boxing, the 28-year-old Vijender, who settled for a bronze in the previous edition of the Games, will face Trinidad and Tobago’s Aaron Prince in his next quarters.
Earlier, Devendro (49kg) advanced to the quarterfinals with a hard-fought win.
Asian Championships silver-medallist Devendro made the quarterfinals after notching up a tough 2-1 victory over Sri Lanka’s Madushan Gamage.
The Indian started off confidently, getting a perfect 10 score from all three judges in the opening three minutes. However, in the next round, Devendro, who looks to drain his opponents with a flurry of punches, was left surprised when Gamage came back strongly to clinch it 29-28.
However, the Indian youngster muzzled the challenge in the deciding three minutes, snatching it 30-28 to be just one more win away from assuring himself of a medal in his debut Commonwealth Games.
The 22-year-old Manipuri will face Scotland’s Aqeel Ahmed in the last-eight stage on July 30. (PTI)
