SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2017 (PAGE 10) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU

YSS to host two Nationalsthis year: Ansari

Excelsior Sports Correspondent

SRINAGAR, Oct 27: TheDepartment of Youth Servicesand Sports is hosting twoNational Level SportsChampionships in the month ofDecember this year and everyeffort will be made to make it asuccess.

This was stated by Ministerfor IT/TE/Youth Services andSports, Molvi Imran RazaAnsari while chairing the meet-ing of Senior Officers andOfficials of Youth Services andSports Department at CivilSecretariat here.

The meeting was attended byCommissioner Secretary forYouth Services & SportsDepartment Hilal Ahmad Parrayand Director Youth Services &Sports, Sheikh Fayaz Ahmad.

The National Level eventsare being organized by theDepartment of Youth Services &

Sports under the aegis of SchoolGames Federation of India atJammu. Football tourney isbeing organized for under-17years' boys from December 11to December 17, 2017 while asthe National Level event inWushu for U-17 and U-19 boyswill commence from December19 to December 23, 2017.

Ansari while expressingutmost joy over the participationof the state Youth in the 62ndNational School Games said thatit really gives me immensepleasure to learn that 1090(boys) and 788 (Girls) have par-ticipated in various disciplinesof 62nd National School Games(NSG) and the achievements ofour young players in theseevents is something we allshould be proud of.

"In different National eventsJ&K state bagged 16 Gold, 30Silver and 72 bronze medalsduring 2016-17," Ansari said.

Medal winning Judokas posing alongwith dignitaries andofficials on Friday.

Jubilant Volleyball team of GDC Udhampur holding trophywhile posing for a grouph photograph at JU on Friday.

Ansh drubs Saksham towin Sub Jr Billiards title

Excelsior Sports Correspondent

JAMMU, Oct 27:Outplaying Saksham Gupta inan easy contest in the summitclash, Ansh Chopra lifted thetitle trophy of the State SubJunior Billiards Championship,being organized by Jammu andKashmir Billiards and SnookerAssociation at Billiards Hall,MA Stadium, here.

Ansh got the better of his rival3-0 by (51-22, 51-36, 53-40).

Meanwhile in the JuniorSnooker matches which alsostarted today, Ananya Mahajandefeated Ishan Gupta, Saaid

Bashir beat Satyam Sharma,Sanraj Singh got better ofDanish Gupta, Akash Mahajantrounced Jatin Basotra, AmanSharma outplayed JagteshwarSingh, Hargun Sethi drubbedAshutosh Baloria, Stanzin out-classed Rishab Arora, BablooThakur beat his rival, ParishSharma got the better of AmanChoudhary and Vasu Dev Guptatrounced Adhar Gupta.

Rakesh and Ashok weremarkers in the matches.

Meanwhile, the organizingsecretary informed that last dateof entry for participating in sen-ior snooker is October 29, 2017.

Excelsior Sports Correspondent

JAMMU, Oct 27: VKMagoo, Working PresidentJ&K Table Tennis Associationinaugurated the 33rd JammuDistrict Table TennisChampionship in an impressivefunction at Indoor Complex,MA Stadium, here today. MrMagoo encouraged the youngplayers of the Jammu andadvised them to play in theright spirit of the game.

Around 180 participantswill be taking part in differentage groups to be held in thenext 4 days.

In Under-12 Boys (Cadetboys, first round),

Lakshay beat Amitansh 11-2,11-3, Harman defeatedShalin 11-8,11-3, Agrim pre-vailed over Sach 11-8, 11-3,Anirudh got the better ofAshman 11-6,11-6, Aryatrounced Gursharan 11-5, 11-9,

Vishav trounced Triujal 11-1,11-3, Shubham outplayedAnurag 11-3, 11-8, Samarthoutclassed Nitin 11-1, 11-3 andDivyansh drubbed Vivek 11-4,11-5.

In Under-12 Girls (Cadetgirls, first round), Misthidrubbed Snigdha 11-8,11-4,Sonia beat Karen 11-3,11-1,Divyanshi trounced Shubhima11-8, 11-5 and Hargun pre-vailed over Gouri 11-9, 11-9.

Prominent among thosepresent on the opening ceremo-ny were Satbir Singh, RajanSharma, IP Singh, SatishGupta, Ajay Sharma, AnilDutta, Narinder Singh, VasuDewan, Sandeep Khadotra,Shorya Sharma, SheetalGandotra, Sanjeev Gupta andAnuj Verma.

The matches were officiat-ed by Sandeep Khadotra,Meenu Rajesh, Asad andAditya.

VK Magoo, Working President J&K Table Tennis Associationinaugurating TT Championship in Jammu on Friday.

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Khalsa Club enters semis,Singh Akhnoor registers winExcelsior Sports Correspondent

JAMMU, Oct. 27: KhalsaCricket Club entered into thesemifinals, while SinghAkhnoor Club registered con-vincing win over their rivals inthe ongoing 6th Eid-DiwaliMilan T20 Cricket Cup, beingplayed at KC School ground,HERE.

The tournament in which 12teams are participating is beingorganized jointly by SimulaClub, KC Sports Club and J&KSports Promoters Club.

Earlier, in first match,Khalsa Cricket Club defeatedNagrota Youngsters by 87 runs.

Batting first, Khalsa scored174 runs in the stipulated 20overs for loss of 3 wickets, withDhruv Mahajan (52), Bansi Lal(50) and Amandeep Singh (38)being the main scorers. Frombowling Side, Deep Singh andRahul Singh took 1 wicketeach.

Nagrota Youngsters, in replymade 87 runs in 20 overs, thuslost the match by 87 runs. NijuSingh (38), Rahul (20) andRahul Handoo (10) were themain scorers.

From Khalsa Club, SameerKhajuria, Sunny and Mohit took2 wickets each, while DhruvMahajan, Amandeep andAmarpreet claimed 1 wicketeach. Dhruv Mahajan wasdeclared as the man of thematch.

In another match, SinghAkhnoor defeated YWC by 3wickets.

Batting first, YWC scored139 runs for 8 wickets in 20overs with Sarthak (53), Munna(44) and Rohit (14) being themain scorers. From Singh Club,Sunil took 3 wickets, whileSham Singh Langeh and Vishaltook 2 wickets each.

In reply, Singh ClubAkhnoor chased the target in18.4 overs by losing 7 wickets towin the match by 3 wickets.Chandan scored 45 runs, whileManik and Jimmy contributed20 and 17 runs resepctively.From bowling side, Manoj took4 wickets, while Munna took 2wickets and Rahul claimed one.Chandan was adjudged as theman of the match.

The match was officiated byVikas, Dayal Singh andSandeep.

Excelsior Sports Correspondent

JAMMU, Oct 27: GDCUdhampur clinched Volleyballtitle by defeating GDCHiranagar in the ongoing Inter-Collegiate Volleyball (Men)Tournament 2017-18, organizedby the Directorate of Sports &Physical Education, Universityof Jammu at University SportsStadium, here.

In the final match, GDCUdhampur outplayed GDCHiranagar by (3-2) sets (26-24,25-21, 22-25, 20-25, 16-14).

Ruben Teji, Joy Pawar andDaleep Singh were the star per-formers of the match, whileSourav Sharma, Rishav Jasrotiaand Harith Sharma also playedwell for the GDC Hiranagar.

Prof Avtar Singh Jasrotia,Director, Directorate of Sports& Physical Education,University of Jammu was thechief guest, who awarded win-ning trophy to the GDC

Udhampur team.Earlier, in the first semifinal

played in the morning session,GDC Hiranagar outplayed GDCSamba by 3-0 sets (25-19, 25-11, 26-24).

In the second semi-final,GDC Udhampur drubbed PGDepartment Jammu Universityteam by (3-1) sets with the setscore of (26-24), (28-26),(18-25) and (25-20).

Prominent among otherspresent on the occasion wereAnil Kumar, Balbir Singh Chib,Vijay Kumari, Gagan Kumar,Ravish Vaid, Jai Bharat, VikasKarlopia, Amit Jamwal, RameshMagotra, Dr. Brij Baloria, VinayManhas, Pardeep Sharma and S.Harinderpal Sngh.

The final as well as thesemifinal matches were offici-ated by the technical panel ofofficials including AmitSharma, Mulkh Raj Sharma,Amarjeet Singh, Naresh Kumarand Manik Nargotra.

Magoo inaugurates 33rd JammuDistrict Table Tennis Championship

BCET organised Workshop on RoboticsExcelsior Correspondent

SAMBA, Oct 27: BhargavaCollege of Engineering andTechnology, Samba organisedtwo days workshop on roboticsprogramming in associationwith IIT- Bombay, here today.

This is the first of its kind ininstitution of Higher Learningin the State of Jammu andKashmir.

Introduction about roboticsthrough e-Yantra lab set up ini-tiative. Aim of workshop was tocreate eco-system at Colleges/Universities to teach embeddedsystem and robotics in effectiveway to catch up 10T based proj-ects.

Director MS Baloria in hiswelcome address mentionedabout the need of learningrobotics and embedded pro-gramming in higher education.

Prof. Ashok Sharma coordi-nator of workshop briefed theparticipants about need ofembedded system in the era ofsmart cities.

Krishna Lala, Senior Project

Manager e-Yantra from IIT-Bombay presented detailedoverview of entire project andbenefits related to same. Sheaddressed the Heads/Participants to set up labs forbetter teaching learning processin regards to 10T based aspect.

This workshop was veryuseful and about 20 Heads/Principal and 120 faculty mem-bers from reputed organizationattended the workshop.

The Chairman of BhargavaCollege of Engineering andTechnology Sh. PrakashSharma expressed his full sup-port for such initiatives and hedeclared that BCET Samba willset up first Robotics Lab inState and BCET will offeraccess to this lab for all acade-micians and when they needwithout any financial burden.

Managing Director of theCollege, Sanjeev Sharma alsothanked the participants forcoming to college for attendingthe Workshop.

Akriti Mahajan presentedvote of thanks.

State Football League-2017Maharaja Sports holds

JKP XI to 1-1 drawExcelsior Sports Correspondent

SRINAGAR, Oct 27: In theongoing State FootballLeague-2017, one PremierDivision match was played atSynthetic Turf TRC betweenJ&K Police XI and MaharajaSports which ended in a 1-1draw.

In the closely contestedmatch, both the teams missedseveral scoring opportunities.Zaid opened account for theMaharaja Sports in 22ndminute of the match. Afterconceding a lead, Police XIplayers attacked the oppositegoalpost several times, butthey failed to send the ball intothe goal post. However, in 35thminute of the play, Tanveerscored an equaliser for thePolice team and the first halfended with score line reading1-1.

After that both the teamstried their best to take the lead,but failed to do so. In the lastminutes of the game, players

from both the sides stepped upthe attacks, but failed at thelast hurdle. When the refereeblew the final whistle the scoreline read 1-1. Zahid fromMaharaja Sports was decalaredas player of the match.

Meanwhile, the StateFootball League, a mega eventfirst of its kind in the history ofJ&K football, is going on atdifferent venues of the statewith full swing drawing hugecrowds to the football venues.More than 500 football teamsand clubs with over 12000players and over 1500 teamofficials are participating inthe mega event, the aim ofwhich is to unearth the hiddentalent across the State.

The event is being heldacross the 22 districts of thestate these days and is beingorganized by the Jammu andKashmir Football Association(JKFA) under the auspices ofJ&K State Sports Council onthe directions of All IndiaFootball Federation (AIFF).

Sports Council ignoresJammu region: NSUI

Excelsior Sports Correspondent

JAMMU, Oct 27: In a press conference held by State Secretaryof National Students Union of India (NSUI), Ranjoot Singh flayedJ&K State Sports Council for its biased attitude in the allocationof funds in twin divisions of the State.

Mr Singh, who is also a national player of Judo said that as perthe RTI filed by a Congress leader it is found that 90% of theState's fund of sports has been allotted to Kashmir region, thusignoring Jammu.

He also flayed the Minister of Sports and the Secretary StateSports Council for spending time in Kashmir only and for theirindifferent treatment to Jammu.

Mr Singh was accompanied by Vikas Badoria and NishantGupta during Press Conference.

2-day Jammu District JudoChampionship gets underwayExcelsior Sports Correspondent

JAMMU, Oct 27: Two daysMini Sub Junior Jammu DistrictJudo Championship began atShemrock School Akhnoor,today.

The championship is beingorganized by J&K JudoAssociation under the aegis ofJ&K State Sports Council &J&K Olympic Association.

About 100 Judokas from dif-ferent schools are taking part inthe Championship.

Shilpa Mahajan,Chairperson of the ShemrockSchool Akhnoor was the chiefguest on the opening ceremony,S. Suraj Bhan Singh and RitikaSlathia were the guests of hon-our.

The bouts were officiated byManish Chatwal and Komal

Gupta. In today's results, the gold

medal winners included AgrimSharma, kartik Khajuria,Akhilash Sharma, SamarSharma, Bhavansh Pawar,Vihaan, Bhanvi Sharma andLavanya Kour

The silver medals went toAdvik Bhat, Aarav Pandita,Samar Partap Singh, ShrwanMalhotra, Svanik Sharma,Viraj, Prisha Katiyal andSuhani Gupta and the bronzemedals were claimed byBridwik Singh, VinayakSawroop, Aashman Singh,Saksham Singh, Ayush Koul,Aditya Partap Singh, AbhayPartap Singh, Krishna, ShouryaVeer Sharma, Kashyap Sharma,Arun Dati, Chahat Jamwal,Prabhnoor Kour and HarshitaSharma.

District Rajouri Athletic Meet heldExcelsior Sports Correspondent

RAJOURI, Oct 27: DistrictRajouri Athletic Association incollaboration with Departmentof Physical Education, Govt PGCollege Rajouri, organisedDistrict Athletic Meet at PGCollege, here.

Around 100 athletes tookpart in the Meet.

Dr Jaaid Ahmed Qazi,Principal Govt PG CollegeRajouri was the chief guest onthe occasion, while Prof ZAMirza, Prof Mohd Iqbal Rainaand Rakesh Puri, DirectorPhysical Education were theguests of honour.

The event was held under thesupervision of of Prof ARChoudhary, President District

Rajouri Athletic Association andIrfan Jalal Bhat, organising sec-retary.

Tanwir Ahmed, AssistantPhysical Director was the tech-nical officer of the event.

In 1000 mtrs race, MohdWaqar stood first, Anees Kasana2nd and Qamar Zman 3rd, whilein 800 mtrs race, Sahil Kumar,Mohd Waaqar and ShakeelAhmed bagged 1st, 2nd and 3rdspots respectively.

In 400 mtrs, Mohd Sajadsttod 1st, Aftab Hussain 2nd andMohd Shabaz 3rd.

In 100 mtrs sprint, Fahim-Ul-Haq bagged first position,while Lal Hussain claimed 2ndspot.

Aryansh Puri won the goldmedal in shot put.

GDC Udhampur lifts Inter-CollegeVolleyball (Men) title

Badminton Championship concludesExcelsior Sports Correspondent

SUNDERBANI, Oct 27:Two days Talent versus TalentOpen BadmintonChampionship 2017 concludedtoday at Harsh Niketan Highersecondary School, here today.

The Championship wasorganized by the BadmintonAssociation and UniversalSports Club Rajouri and was

sponsored by Harsh NiketanHigher secondary SchoolSunderbani.

About 30 young playersparticipated to exhibit their tal-ent in various categories.

S. Mallikarjun won theGold, Ragunandan Guptabagged Silver, while VidurRaina and Aniket Kumarshared bronze.

In Under-12 boys, the win-ners included Ashutosh Langer,Harish Sharma, Vansh Gupta& Samar Partap Singh, while inUnder-14 boys, those whoexcelled included SambhavSadhyal, Shubham Sharma,Satvik Sharma, Harshit Sharmaand Raghav and in Under-14years girls, Anika Rajputemerged winner and in Under-18 category, S. Mallikarjun ,Neeraj Sharma, Vidur Rainaand Sourab Singh were thewinners, while in above 18 sen-ior category, RagunandanGupta, Akash Raina, IshanSharma and Kartik Sharmawere awarded Gold, Silver andBronze medals respectively.

Tehsildar Sunderbani VijaySharma was the chief guest onthe valedictory function, whoawarded the medals to the win-ners.

Jammu Police organizesHockey Tournament under CAPExcelsior Sports Correspondent

JAMMU, Oct 27: In aneffort to bridge the gap betweenPolice & Public, a HockeyTournament is being organizedat High School, Simbal, Ward

No. 1, Miran Sahib under thejurisdiction of P/S Miran Sahibby District Police Jammu underthe aegis of of Civic ActionProgramme (CAP).

In order to provide a plat-form to the youth of the area toshow their talents, in differentcapacities as well as sensitizethem against the evil effects ofthe drugs and other criminalactivities.

Today 4 matches wereplayed in which MBS,Makhanpur Gujjran HockeyClub, Diamond Hockey Club,Young Star Hockey Club andMaharaja Ranjeet Singh HockeyClub played their respectivematches.

The programme was organ-ized under Civic ActionProgramme by District PoliceJammu under the supervision ofRC Kotwal, SP Hqrs Jammu andamong others, Surinder KumarChoudhary, SDPO RS Pura andInspector Ravinder Rakwal,SHO P/S Miran Sahib were alsopresent on the occasion.

Boxer Pradeep entersQFs in Sr Nationals

Excelsior Sports CorrespondentJAMMU, Oct 27: Jammu

and Kashmir ace boxer PradeepSharma hasqualified for theQuarterfinals ofthe ongoingSenior NationalB o x i n gChampionship,

being organized by BFI atVisakhapatnam in AndhraPradesh.

Pradeep defeated Gujaratboxer Faizan Ansari in the pre-quarterfinals.

The boxer is being accom-panied by Anil Wadhera, Coachof J&K State Sports Council ascoach and Karmat Malik asmanager.

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