WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2016 (PAGE 18) DAILY EXCELSIOR

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Feb 16: ShikshaNiketan Sr. Secondary School,Jeevan Nagar organized aFarewell Party for outgoingstudents in its premises, here.

lt was an enthusiastic func-tion not only to bid valedictionbut also to boost the outgoingstudents to be the meritorious

as usual. The chief guest of the func-

tion was the Principal of theschool, Rameshwar Mengi andother dignitaries present on theoccasion were from R.M.College, R.M. School and SNSGandhi Nagar.

The students of 10th classwho were invited as guestswere colorfully dressed.

The programme com-menced with the lighting of thelamp by the chief guest alongwith other guests.

Then there was a bouquetpresentation to the chief guestand sapling presentation toother guests.

The programme was pro-ceeded by the VandanaPresentation by the students of9th class. lt was very mar-velously performed filling theatmosphere with the religionsthoughts.

PK Dhar, Principal RMCollege and Kiran of SNSGandhi Nagar addressed thestudents on the occasion.

A skit staged by the stu-dents of 9th class based on thetheme of "Avoiding discrimi-nation of the girls".

Then a Western dance itemwas performed by the boys andGirls of 9th class in a thrillingway, which was followed byBhangra, wherein both theboys and the girls danced in avery energetic way. Theyrocked on the stage.

Finally, Rameshwar Mengiblessed the students. Heencouraged them by giving theexamples of the previous meri-torious students.

Excelsior Correspondent

RAJOURI, Feb 16: SocioService Art Socio Group, Delhiconducted a 15 days InnovativeArt Workshop/programme withthe border children and youthattending Army Good WillPublic School in Rajouri . In theprogramme about 100 childrenand youth hailing from differentparts of state participated. Theprogramme concluded heretoday.

During the programme men-tal exercises, group analyticaldrama, visual art, Music,Creative writing, Mask Making,Clay moulding and CulturalHistory activities were incorpo-rated which improved the imag-inative skills and proved helpfulin building confidence amongthe participants.

On the concluding functionthe participants performed 2short plays, musical itemspaintings, masks and clay mod-

els were also exhibited on theconcluding function.

Shabir Ahmad Bhat, D.CRajouri, was chief guest on thisoccasion. He lauded the per-formances done by the partici-pants and also lauded the effortsof Socio Service Art Group forholding these programmes inborder areas and other areas inJ&K continuously for the last 16years. He also distributedawards and certificates amongthe participants at the end of theprogramme. Col. Ranjan Prabhuwas also present on this func-tion. He appreciated the per-formances done by participantson concluding day.

The programme was con-ducted by experts namely, AnilK Razdan, Gulshan Walia,Jasleen Singh, Swatantra,Pervaiz Malik, Ashfaq Mir,Vishal Pahari , Atul Gupta andMustafa.

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Yuki bows out ofDelhi Open

NEW DELHI, Feb 16:

Top seed Yuki Bhambrilooked a pale shadow of hisusual self as he exited from thesingles event of the Delhi Openwith a first round defeat butadvanced to the doubles quar-terfinals with seasoned proMahesh Bhupathi here today.

It was the fourth successivefirst round defeat this season forthe Delhi lad, who lost 4-6 6-7(4) to Belgium's Joris deLoore, ranked 302 as to Yuki's99.

Yuki, who played with a lotof authority towards the end of2015 season and broke into thetop-100, was nowhere near hisbest, making many unforcederrors in the match that lastedone hour and 40 minutes. (PTI)

Shiksha Niketan accordsfarewell to outgoing students

Girls Athletic meet, mega cultural eventunder PAHAL gets massive response

*Medals, Certificates distributed among best girl performersExcelsior Sports Correspondent

KATHUA, Feb 16: The finalcompetition of dedicated 'GirlsAthletic meet' under 'PAHAL: EkKadam Nari Samman Ki Aur' ini-tiative of the DistrictAdministration to implement'Beti Bachao Beti Padhao' flag-ship programme was held todayat Sports Stadium here whereMLA Kathua, Rajeev Jasrotiawas the chief guest.

In the final competition longjump, shot put 200m race, kabad-di and kho-kho events wereorganized at sports stadiumKathua where in girl of blockBarnoti, Marheen, Hiranagar,Basholi and Billawar participat-ed under the supervision ofDistrict Youth Services andSports Officer (DYSSO) SunilKumar.

In ShotPut Jamila Begum ofMarheen block bagged 1st prizewhile Priya Hansa of BlockMarheen stood 2nd and SaleemaBano of block Billawar clinched3rd position.

In Long jump Parveen Bibi ofblock Kathua bagged 1st positionwhile Munisha Devi of blockMarheen stood 2nd and Bandu ofblock Barnoti stood 3rd.

In 200 mt race Parveen Bibiof block Kathua bagged 1st whileSantosh Devi of block Barnotistood 2nd and Jyoti Devi ofblock Billawar stood 3rd.

Similarly, prizes were distrib-uted among winning teams ofKho-Kho and Kabaddi events.

Later, a district level culturalprogramme under PAHAL initia-tive of the DistrictAdministration was organized byNehru Yuva Kendra Kathua atGovernment College for WomenKathua where DeputyCommissioner Kathua RameshKumar was the chief guest.

The mega cultural events fea-turing folk dance, nukkad natak,skits, group songs, mimes,

poems and solo songs perform-ances on the theme of 'BetiBachao Beti Padhao'( BBBP)was held which enthralled thejam packed auditorium ofwomen college.

Deputy CommissionerRamesh Kumar in his addresssaid that administration hasrolled out calendar of activities toeducate people of every walk oflife to improve the decliningtrend of child sex ratio underPAHAL initiative. He informedthat to make PAHAL initiative asuccessful campaign, provisionfor celebrating 'Laadli Diwas' on19th of every month has beendevised out. He further high-lighted that sex ratio in identifieddistricts are very alarming andKathua district is among 100 dis-tricts of country with adverse sexratio. He appreciated NYK forspreading Beti Bachao, BetiPadhao messages throughCulture activities through YouthAmbassador.

Principal, Govt. College for

Women Satinder Singh presidedover the function.

District Youth CoordinatorNYK Kathua, Som Datt Zardhighlighted the aims and objec-tives of District Culture Festival.

In Folk Group Song, LalBhadur Sashtri College stood1st, Girls Hr. Sec. School 2ndand Surya College of Education3rd. In Folk dance, SuryaCollege of Education bagged 1stand Rajiv Gandhi College ofEducation clinched 2nd Position.In Poem competition, ZehanviSharma stood 1st and ShafalliVerma 2nd and Shruti Verma3rd. In Skit Nav Adarsh, Hr.Secondary School stood 1st;Little Angels 2nd and LalBhadur Shastri College bagged3rd position. In Solo Songs,Neha secured 1st position,Sharmila 2nd and DavinderSarmal clinched 3rd position.

Later, DC Kathua also gaveaway mementos to the winnersand participating organizationsand institutions.

Amir's battle with fateinspires his peers

Excelsior Sports Correspondent

BIJBEHARA, Feb 16: Thecaptain of Jammu and Kashmir'sdisabled cricket team who lostboth his arms to a tragic acci-dent in his childhood and holdshis bat innovatively betweenneck and shoulder, is aiming tomake his entry into nationalteam.

Amir Hussain, 36, of aremote Waghama village, inSouth Kashmir, was studying in2nd Standard, when he lost hisboth arms to the blade of amachine at his father's bat man-ufacturing factory in 1997. Mostof his flesh was taken apart fromhis shoulders and arms by themachine.

With Sachin Tendulkar as hisrole model, Amir's unique wayof holding his bat is catchingattention of everybody who seeshim playing. Besides, he bowlsleg breaks by holding the cricketball in his toe and finger.

Not letting his disability tohinder his dream of becoming acricketer, Amir Hussain, didhold his nerves and worked withenthusiasm to train himself as acricketer. With the aim to playcricket, he started writing, eatingfood, bathing and other dailyactivities too with his foot.

Amir's story is full of strug-gle for existence and fightagainst society that looks downupon the disabled and instead ofencouraging discourages them.He is courage personified asdespite all odds, he never gaveup and is today a role model formany disabled in Kashmir.

Rameez Raja, Amir's brother,wrapped him in a tarpaulin andtook him on his shoulder andcried for help. "I knocked everydoor on way but everyone wasscared to see the blood. No onehelped me. A woman went to anearby army camp and got anambulance and we took him toSrinagar for treatment", he said.Amir was operated upon in Boneand Joints hospital, Srinagarwhere his arms were cut. Hespent next three years in varioushospitals before returning home."When I was brought home,neighbours suggested my par-ents to eliminate me", said Amir.

However, Amir's parentsmade it a point that their sonmakes a mark in his life. "I hadto sell major portion of my agri-culture land and sawmill to makesure that my son is treated well. Ieven took loan from bank", saidBashir Ahmad Lone, Amir'sfather.

"We wanted to divert hismind from the tragedy and sent

him to school," said Raja, hisbrother. "At school, the kidswould taunt him and the ironywas teachers were reluctant toteach him. They would oftenadvice him not to waste time andsit at home. But Amir's stoicnature and dedication helpedhim to stay there and learn", hesaid.

"When teachers suggestedme to leave the school, I did, butmy grandmother encouraged meand sent me school again", saidAmir.

As his quest for knowledgeincreased, Amir looked for aninnovative ways to pursue it. Hetrained himself to write with hisfoot. "Initially I found it veryhard to write with the foot but Ihad no other option. I wanted toprove myself," Amir said.

Amir became his own mas-ter. He would struggle a lot indoing routine work like going totoilet, combing his hair, puttingup his clothes. But he refusedany help from friends or familymembers. "It took me two yearsto learn all things myself. Now Ido thing easily without anyone'shelp," Amir says proudly.

Despite difficulties, Amirpassed his class 10th and 12thexamination. He took every dif-ficulty he faced in life as chal-lenge. He learnt swimming fromducks. He took inspiration fromSachin Tendulkar to becomecricketer and from M F Hussainto become a painter.

Amir's talent caught the eyesof experts when he joined theDegree College Bijbehara andthere he stunned everyone withhis precision. "Everyone wasstunned to see me playing crick-et in college. Within few minuteseveryone was applauding meand I became an icon in DegreeCollege Bijbehara," Amir said.

But his life as cricketerchanged once his talent wasspotted by one of the facultymembers in the College wholater helped him to join J&KNational Para team. Looking athis extraordinary performance,he wasn't only selected in theNational Para-cricket team ofJ&K, but also appointed itsCaptain.

In Delhi, Amir impressedevery one. "We won a lost matchagainst Delhi when batting at 10,he stood like a rock", saidZahoor Ahmad, one of his team-mates.

Rasool, Rahul move toRCB from Sunrisers

NEW DELHI, Feb 16:

Batsman Lokesh Rahul andall-rounder Parvez Rasool havejoined Royal ChallengersBangalore from SunrisersHyderabad for the 2016 IndianPremier League.

IPL Chairman RajeevShukla, said: "The RoyalChallengers Bangalore havemade strong moves ahead of theseason. KL Rahul is one of thetalented young batsmen in theIndian circuit while ParvezRasool is an asset to any teamwith his all-round abilities."

"The duo will join a dreamline-up at RCB with India's TestCaptain Virat Kohli leadingthem," he added.

Royal ChallengersBangalore owner Vijay Mallya,said: "Given his multiple skills,

KL Rahul has a lot to offer RCBin terms of batting and wicketkeeping. It's a good feeling toget a prominent local Karnatakaboy back home and in the RCBfold again.

"Parvez offers us a spinning

all rounder option that we weretargeting to compliment Chahaland Iqbal. I hope to see him con-tinue his good form in this forth-coming IPL season," he added.

The IPL will be played fromApril 9 to May 29. (PTI)

Students of Government Degree College Samba, who broughtlaurels to the institution in the Inter-Collegiate Annual AthleticMeet, organized by the Directorate of Sports and PhysicalEducation, University of Jammu. Pardeep got gold medal in highjump, while Ripu Devi clinched silver in triple jump and NehaChoudhary won silver in high jump. Also seen in the picture arePrincipal of the College, Dr Romesh Chander, Convenor SportsCommittee, Prof Jagdish Kumar and Neelam Chalotra.

Principal GD Goenka Public School, Dr RP Singh interact-ing with the players while inaugurating Under-15 FootballTournament.

Students of Vishwa Bharati Public Higher Secondary School,Akalpur Morh, Jammu, who brought laurels in InternationalOlympiad of Maths by winning 4 gold, 4 silver and 3 bronzemedals. The competition was organized by the Silver ZoneFoundation in the month of November, 2015. VishwaBharatiyans performed well in the test and have won medals.Drishti Raina, Vabhavi Parihar, Bhavishya Saraf and SuryaDogra won gold medals, while Ayush Koul, Khushi Bhat, ShilpaSaini and Khushvinder Singh won silver medals and VikrantSaini, Pratibha Manhas and Khushi Sharma won bronzemedals. School Principal, Prof Annapurna Koul lauded theefforts of the students for this achievement.

Students of JKMS namely Nitika, Kanika, Nishika, Pallvi,Khushali, Disha and Simran posing for a group photographalong with the Management, Vice Principal and DanceInstructor after winning 3rd prize in group dance competitionorganized by National Health Mission.

Students of Delhi Public School, Jammu, who excelled inDebate Competition held at Dogra Law College, Bari Brahamnaand brought laurels to the School by winning 1st position.Sarash Irshad of class XI-E of the school won 1st prize in 5thMatushri Inters-School Debate Contest, during their GoldenJubilee celebration, while Niharika Sharma of class XI-Fbagged a 'Certificate of Merit'. The topic of the Debate was'Qualified Legislatures shall be Conducive for Democracy andGood Governance'. Prizes were given away by the FormerMinister and Chairman, Dogra Law College, Thakur GulchainSingh Charak.

Physically challenged Amir in action with bat and ball.-Excelsior/Sajad Dar

U-15 Football Tournamentcommences at GD Goenka

Excelsior Sports Correspondent

JAMMU, Feb 16: GDGoenka Public School, Jammugoverned by Om Prakash BansalCharitable Trust is organizingUnder-15 Football Tournament,which got underway in theSchool premises, here yesterday.The event is being organized incollaboration with SAI for thepromotion of sports.

Ten teams from differentschools are participating in thesaid event, which will be con-cluding on February 19, 2016.

The first match was playedJodhamal Public School andDewan Badrinath School,wherein Jodhamal PublicSchool emerged winner by a bigmargin of 11 goals (11-0). Thesecond match was playedbetween G.D Goenka PublicSchool, Jammu and DBNSchool. The Goenkans won thematch by (9-0).

The Principal of the school,Dr RP Singh while interactingwith the players, advised themto play with sportsmanship spir-it.

Winner being felicitated during Innovative Art Workshoporganised by SSAG at Rajouri.

SSAG organizesInnovative Art Workshop

New Challenger outplaysShastri CC to enter finals

Excelsior Sports Correspondent

JAMMU, Feb 16: NewChallenger Cricket Clubdefeated Shastri Cricket Clubby 6 wickets in the ongoing KCSports Club T20 Cricket Cup2016 to enter finals at KCSchool ground, here today.

Earlier, winning the tossand electing to bat first, ShastriClub made 132 for the loss of 5wickets in 20 overs. From bat-ting side, Chander made 35runs and Amit and Rompy con-tributed 27 and 22 runs respec-tively. For New ChallengerClub, Aakash, Vijay, Manjeetand Sumit shared 1 wicketeach.

New Challenger CC, inreply, chased the target in just19.1 overs by losing 4 wickets,thus won the match by 6 wick-ets. Vijay Dogra made 34 runswhile Pranav and Bansi Lalcontributed 31 and 27 runsrespectively. For Shastri Club,Arvind, Vishal, Vicky and Amitshared 1 wicket each. VijayDogra of New Challenger CCwas adjudged as man of thematch.

The match was officiatedby Sadiq Hussain Malik,Madan Lal and Vinod.

Now, New Challenger CCwill take on Simula CricketClub in the finals.

National Netball players posing alongwith Principal KCPS,Amarendra Kumar Mishra on Tuesday.

KCPS students represent J&Kat National Netball C'ship

Excelsior Sports Correspondent

JAMMU, Feb 16: Three stu-dents of KC Public School rep-resented the State of J&K at the21st Sub-Junior (U-16) NationalNetball Championship (Boys &Girls), organized by HaryanaNetball Association at KanyaMahavidyalaya, Kharkhoda,Sonipat from February 4 toFebruary 7, 2016.

Akshit Arora, Eriman Singhand Arjun Gandotra of KCPSwere among 11 players of the

State taking part in this nationallevel competition.

The J&K team performedwell and reached the quarterfi-nals stage in this prestigioussporting event.

In a special morning assem-bly, Amarendra Mishra,Principal of the school, congrat-ulated the students on theirselection for a national levelchampionship and gave awayparticipation certificatesreceived from the organizers.

Triangular Football Seriesat KC Sports Club

Excelsior Sports Correspondent

JAMMU, Feb 16: In theTriangular Football Series forthe members of KC Sports Clubthird match was played todaybetween the Morning Risers andthe Evening Dudes. The teamswere led by Manohar LalBabber and Randhir Mehta asCaptains respectively.

It was a well contested

match in which the players ofboth teams displayed extraordi-nary soccer skills and the moveswere a mixture of defence andoffence. Sourav Sabharwal andManoher Lal Babber scored agoal each for the MorningRisers whereas the solitary goalfor Evening Dudes was nettedby Narinder Gupta. MorningRisers won the match by twogoals to one (2-1).

India sign off with tripleton of medals at SAG

SHILLONG, Feb 16:

India's regional supremacywent unchallenged as the hostswere crowned overall champi-ons for the 12th consecutivetime after notching up a record-breaking haul of 308 medals,dominating the final day ofcompetitions as well in theSouth Asian Games here today.

With women boxers scoop-ing all the three gold medals onoffer and the judokas also bag-ging two gold and two silver onthe last day of the Games,India's final tally came to 188gold, 99 silver and 30 bronzemedals.

It was a massive jump inmedal count for the Indians,who had won 175, including 90gold, in the previous edition ofthe Games in 2010.

At the distant second spotwere Sri Lanka with a haul of186 medals (25 silver, 63 silverand 98 bronze). Pakistan held onto the third spot with a finalcount of 106 medals (12 gold,37 silver and 57 bronze).

On the final day of competi-tions, action was restricted to

this hill town where womenboxers and judokas fought theirsummit bouts.

First off the blocks werepugilists, who ensured that Indiascored a 'Perfect 10' in boxing.After the men had scooped allthe seven gold medals on offeryesterday, the women made aclean sweep today.

London Olympics bronze-medallist M C Mary Kom(51kg), former world championL Sarita Devi (60kg) and AsianGames bronze winner PoojaRani (75kg) picked up the tophonours in their respective cate-gories. On a comeback trail afterrecovering from a shoulderinjury, Mary Kom packed apowerful punch against her sea-soned Sri Lankan rival AnushaKodituwakku Dilrukshi to beadjudged winner via TechnicalKnockout (TKO) in a bout last-ing less than 90 seconds.

With Mary landing somepowerful blows, Anusha lost herbalance and injured her rightknee. This forced her to take amedical break before attempt-ing a comeback. (PTI)

‘Feeling great to be part of RCB’Excelsior Sports Correspondent

JAMMU, Feb 16: On becoming part of the new team, Jammuand Kashmir's iconic cricketer, Parvez Rasool said that to be partof Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) gives him ecstatic feelingas the formidable RCB team, having Indian Test Captain, ViratKohli as its skipper, was targeting him from last three seasons,adding that the time was ripe to be part of this team which hasbeen performing well since the inception of IPL.

The ace all-rounder thanked Sunrisers Hyderabad for theirsupport and said that he did not get much opportunity in thescheme of things in Hyderabad team for last two IPL seasons,adding that it was the right time to be part of RCB.

"After consulting my childhood coaches Rajesh Dhar andAbdul Qayoom, besides my well wishers including my parentsand my brother, I have joined Royal Challengers Bangalore fromSunrisers Hyderabad for 2016 IPL season," informed Rasool.

"With the blessings of Almighty and good wishes of the peo-ple of Jammu and Kashmir, I hope to perform well for my newteam," Rasool added.