NEW DELHI, Apr 27:

Chris Morris' brilliant unbeat-en knock of 82 went in vain asGujarat Lions held their nerves topull off a thrilling one-run winover Delhi Daredevils in anIndian Premier League matchhere today.

Coming out to bat at a diffi-cult time when the Daredevilswere tottering at 57 for four in10.4 overs while chasing a chal-lenging 173, Morris played a sen-sational knock and struck sixes atwill to notch up his fifty in just 17balls, the fastest half century ofthe season.

Morris (82 not out off 32balls) shared 87 runs for the fifthwicket with country-mate JPDuminy (48 off 43 balls) to takeDaredevils on the brink of a winbefore experienced PraveenKumar and Dwayne Bravo pro-

duced brilliant final two overs torestrict Daredevils to 171 for five.

With Daredevils needing 18runs off the last two overs,Praveen gave away four runs inthe penultimate over beforeBravo held on to his nerves witha fine final over to seal the winfor Gujarat Lions and propel the

debutants to the top of the stand-ings with 10 points from sixgames.

Earlier, openers BrendonMcCullum and Dwayne Smithstruck explosive fifties beforeDaredevils bowlers pulled thingsback to some extent to restrictGujarat Lions to 172 for six.

McCullum (60 off 36 balls) andSmith (53 off 30) gave Gujarat ablazing start as the duo put on 112runs off just 64 balls for the openingstand after being invited to bat.

The way McCullum and Smithwere going at one stage, Gujaratwere well and truly on course to

post a 200 plus total but Delhibowlers, especially Imran Tahir(3/24) and Chris Morris (2/35),bowled brilliantly in the middleovers to keep the total under theirarms length.

Chasing a challenging 173 forwin, the Daredevils were off to ahorrible start, with right-arm

pacer Dhawal Kulkarni pickingup the first three wickets, two ofwhich came in one over, to reducethe hosts to 16 for three in fourovers.

While Sanju Samson got aleading edge and was caught by abackward running James Faulknerin the second over, Kulkarnireturned to dismiss Quinton deKock (5) and Karun Nair (9).Duminy and Risabh Pant (20) thentried to resurrect the Delhi inningswith a 40-run stand before the lat-ter was brilliantly caught byPraveen Kumar at deep offFaulkner's bowling.(PTI)

Excelsior Sports Correspondent

JAMMU, Apr 27: Projectsworth Rs 28 crores are underwayin sports sector for developingbetter infrastructure and logisticfacilities in the State, this wasinformed during a high levelmeeting held under theChairmanship of Minister forYouth Services & Sports, IT andTechnical Education, MoulviImran Raza Ansari here today .

Commissioner/Secretary,Youth Services & Sports, IT andTechnical Education, Hilal AhmadParray, Secretary Sports Council,Javaid Ahmad Shah, SpecialSecretary YSS, Sheikh FayazAhmad and Executive Engineersof Sports Council were present inthe meeting.

During the meeting theMinister was apprised about theprogress of ongoing works ofsports infrastructure in the Stateand it was given out that out of 50works 26 have been completedwhile as work is in full swing on24 such works which include con-

struction of new indoor stadium,pavilion at KK Hakku Hockey sta-dium, Kabaddi ground in Jammudivision and development of playfields at Nanil Bijbehara andHakbara, Qamarwari in Kashmirdivision.

The Minister was furtherinformed that 3 additional workscoming at a cost of Rs 8 crore areprogressing in Rajouri and Poonchdistricts under special packageprogram.

Mr Ansari while addressingthe meeting directed concernedexecutive agencies to expedite theongoing works and ensure that allprojects are completed within thestipulated time frame. He saidcoalition Government is payingfocused attention on developingsports infrastructure not only inthe cities and big towns but alsoin rural and far flung areas.

Later, the Minister reviewedthe calendar of proposed Zonal,national and international sportsactivities being carried out duringthe current fiscal in the State. Hewas informed that North Zone

Handball championship is pro-posed to be held at Jammu in thecurrent month while as SouthAsian Rugby Championship shallbe played at Srinagar in themonth of July 2016. Likewise,North zone AthleticChampionship and FederationCup Body BuildingChampionship is proposed to beheld at Jammu in the month ofAugust 2016 and February 2017respectively.

The Minister was also apprisedthat South Asian ChessChampionship, Senior NationalFencing Championship and SouthAsian handball Championship isproposed to be held at Srinagar inthe month of September andOctober 2016.

Among others senior officersof Sports Department and SportsCouncil were also present.

Excelsior Sports Correspondent

JAMMU, Apr 27: As manyas 309 special athletes alongwith 67 coaches, attendants andvolunteers took part in state-level sports event that came to aclose here on Tuesday.

The 3-day event that washeld under the aegis of Ministryof Youth Affairs and Sports(MYAS) was inaugurated onApril 22 by a visually impairedathlete, Rajjo Devi from remotearea of district Doda. She is alsobrand a ambassador of SpecialOlympics Bharat Doda.

The venue was filled withenthusiastic people who wereeager to take part in a host ofcompetitions in various gamessuch as bocce, 200 mist 100 mts,50 mts race, long jump, volleyball, foot ball, wheel chair race,zig zag dribbling, bad-minton,cultural programmes and softball.

On the occasion, DeputyDirector Central, Department ofYouth Services and Sports, HajiMirja Hussain was the chiefguest. Deputy Superintendent ofPolice, Ranu Kundal presidedover the function whereas dis-trict coordinator SSA- districtDoda, Kismat Singh was thespecial guest.

Appreciating the talent ofspecial athletes, Haji Mirja

Hussain said: “Such sportsevents holds a great significancehe lives of children with specialcare. These opportunities aresimilar to a full moon in theirotherwise dark lives.”

Deputy Superintendent ofPolice, Ranu Kundal, whopresided over the valedictoryfunction, in her presidentialaddress said, “Such platformsmake them feel important andhappy. The special smiles on thefaces of differently abled sportspersons while getting t-shirts,medals and certificates of meritare real indicators that they arereally amazed and happy fromthe core of their hearts.”

President Special OlympicsBharat J&K, Dr. Ashwani Jojrapresented welcome address.

Vote of thanks was presentedby State Sports Director, SpecialOlympics Bharat J&K, RajKumar Sharma who also con-ducted all sports events underhis technical guidance.

Prominent among otherswho spoke on the occasionincluded district presidentDistrict Special OlympicsAssociation Leh, TresingAngmo, district coordinatorSpecial Olympics Bharat Doda,Rakesh Kumar Chouhan andPadmalaya Tsoma from Kargil.

Prizes were given away tothe winners of the events.

J&K’s Prinkle enters semis

Excelsior Sports CorrespondentJAMMU, Apr 27: Defeating

Anita of Jaipur by (6-1, 6-2) inthe singles quarterfinals,Prinkle Singh of Jammu andKashmir sealed berth in thesemifinals of the ongoing AllIndia AITA RankingTournament at Sunrise TennisAcademy at Chandigarh.

In doubles, the duo ofPrinkle and Urmi Pandey lost inthe quarterfinals to the pair ofArushi Kakkar of Chandigarhand Nidha Kamal of Mumbaiby (6-4, 6-7, 7-10).

THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 2016 (PAGE 10) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU

Governor NN Vohra alongwith other dignitaries presenting Rajya Puraskar to Bharat Scouts andGuides at Raj Bhavan on Wednesday.

Rajya Puraskar Award Ceremony of BharatScouts and Guides held at Raj Bhavan

Excelsior Sports Correspondent

JAMMU, Apr 27: Governor NN Vohra, who is the Patron of theJ&K State Bharat Scouts andGuides (S&G), presented RajyaPuraskar to 277 Scouts and Guidesof the State at the AwardPresentation Ceremony held at RajBhavan here today. Usha Vohra,First Lady; Kavinder Gupta,Speaker Legislative Assembly; Dr.Nirmal Singh, Deputy ChiefMinister; Naeem Akhter, Ministerfor Education, Jahangir Mir, DGYouth Services and Sports andother dignitaries were presentedScout Scarves on the occasion.

The Governor congratulated therecipients of the Awards and wishedthem bright careers ahead. He laud-ed the valuable work being done bythe functionaries of the J&K StateBharat Scouts and Guides.

Speaking on the occasion, theGovernor stressed the need for

enlarging the resource base for giv-ing a significant boost to the activitiesof Scouts and Guides movement inthe State to bring a much larger num-ber of youth under its ambit.

The Governor thanked theEducation Minister for allotting thebuilding of Government MiddleSchool Satwari to enable theScouts and Guides to locate theirHeadquarters there. He hoped thatthis will help in giving a fillip to theScouts and Guides activities in theState.

Suggesting measures to boostS&G activities in the State, theGovernor stressed creation of anadequate corpus fund and organiz-ing Jamborees in the far-off dis-tricts of the State for reaching thestudents in these distant areas.

Naeem Akhter, Minister forEducation and president, J&KState Bharat Scouts and Guides,shared his experiences of beingassociated with Scouts and Guides

movement during his school daysand highlighted the importance ofsuch activities in shaping a soundmind in a sound body. He assuredthe movement of all required helpto forge ahead.

Earlier, the Governor unfoldedthe Scouts and Guides Flag and theScouts and Guides presented thePrayer and the Flag Song. The stu-dents displayed yoga asanas anddemonstrated first aid drill on thisoccasion.

Roma Wani, senior vice-presi-dent, J&K State Bharat Scouts andGuides, presented the WelcomeAddress and Nasreen Khan,Advisor, J&K State Bharat Scoutsand Guides presented a Vote ofThanks.

I D Soni, State Commissioner,J&K State Bharat Scouts andGuides; senior functionaries of theorganization; and a large number ofScouts and Guides and their leaderswere present at the function.

Sports infrastructure worth Rs 28 crorecoming up in J&K: Ansari

*Directs for timely completion of all ongoing works

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Selection trials of U-14, U-17 cricketers of Jammu zone heldExcelsior Sports Correspondent

JAMMU, Apr 27: A hugerush of budding cricketers waswitnessed at Government GirlsHigher Secondary School,Bakshi Nagar as the Departmentof Youth Services and Sports,Jammu Zone organized theselection trials of Under-14 and

Under-17 cricketers at thisvenue, here today.

The trials were inauguratedby Principal of the School,Shashi Thappa in presence ofconveners of the selection com-

mittee, Roopali Slathia andMohd Farooq, besides membersSatpal Singh Manhas, SatikaSharma and Madan Mohan.

The selection panel will pickthe Jammu zone team in twodays trials, which will partici-pate in the forthcoming Inter-Zonal Cricket Tournaments.

Speaking on the occasion,

Mrs Thappa threw light on thesignificance of games andsports and urged upon the play-ers to participate in more andmore sports activities for betterhealth.

Raffle draw prizes of Police PublicMela distributed among winners

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Apr 27: Fabulous 38prizes of 27th Police Public Mela,which was held at GulshanGround on February 21, 2016were distributed among the win-ners by the Director General ofPolice, K Rajendra Kumar at animpressive function held atOfficers Mess here today.

The prizes were handed overto the winners on production oforiginal raffle draw tickets andafter completing required formali-ties.

Mr. Rajendra congratulated the

winners and extended good wishesto them for their happy and pros-perous life. He informed that theremaining prizes would be handedover to the winners at Srinagar andthe winners have been asked tocontact AIG (Welfare) PHQ andcomplete the formalities beforeMay 20th 2016, otherwise theirclaim would not be entertained as

per the laid down rules.Prizes distributed among the

winners include Amaze cars toMohammad Ishaq of Poonch,Tariq Ahmad of Ganderbal, Nisar-ul-Din of Ramban, Rita Devi ofJodhpur Doda and MohammadSideeq of Budgam.

Six Wagon-R cars were hand-ed over to Kulbushan Sharma ofSamba, Rachna Kumari ofRajouri, Ashok Singh of Rajouri,Ab. Hamid of Armed Police 7thBattalion, Babli Devi of PatraraRajouri and Ghulam Hyder ofJKP,

Accordingly five Alto-800

cars were handed over toMuzaffer Hussain of Poonch,SPO Mohammad Kabir ofRajouri, Gh. Mohammad and VedPrakash of Samba. Five Motorcycles were distributed amongMohinder Kumar of JanipurJammu, Reyaz Ahmad ofPulwama, Mushtaq Ahmad,Mohammad Ayub of Shalteng

Srinagar and Aijaz Hussain ofCID Headquarters.

Three Scooties were handedover to Immad-ud-din Parray ofZirpara Bijbehara, Abdul Qayoomof Bandipora and Charrandas ofHiranagar. Three ACs were givento Mohammad Ashraf, ReyazAhmad and Imtiyaz Ahmad ofKupwara.

Similarly, three LEDs werehanded over to Bashir Ahmad Shah,Basharat Banday of Poonch andNageena Akhter. One Smart Phone,cash prize of Rs. 11,000, one Taband two Washing Machines weredistributed among Asif Afzal of

Hanwara, SidhantSharma, Nihal Singhof R S Pura,Mohammad Maqboolof Kulgam andRajinder Bhandhari ofTalab Tiloo Jammu.

The prizes weredistributed in presenceof senior police offi-cers which include DGHome-guards, GopalReddy, ADGPs,Navin Agarwal, VKSingh, SM Sahai, L

Mohanti and AK Choudhary, IGPs,HK Lohia, Muneer Ahmed Khan,Danesh Rana, Yoginder Koul, SLSharma, Jagjit Kumar and MAGanai, Director SSG, SA Mujtaba,DPT, Hilal Ahmed, AIGPs, Dr.Mohammad Haseeb Mughal,Sheikh Junaid Mehmood, TahirSajad and Kulbir Singh and otherpolice officers.

Players posing for a group photograph during Inter-SchoolTournament at Girls HSS Canal Road in Jammu on Wednesday.

Inter-School Tournaments heldat Jammu, Satwari zones

Excelsior Sports Correspondent

JAMMU, Apr 27: Inter schoolmatches of Jammu Zone started atGovt Girls Hr Sec School,CanalRoad, here today.

The matches were held in thedisciplines of Kabaddi, Kho-Kho,Volleyball, Wrestling and CricketUnder-14 and Under-17 Boys cate-gories at Govt Girls Hr SecondarySchool Bakshi Nagar, here.

District Youth Services andSports Officer Jammu, SukhdevRaj Sharma was the guest of hon-our on the occasion, who encour-aged the players for their participa-tion.

Later, Incharge Principal,GHSS Canal Road and HarpreetKour, Lecturer Commerce alsomotivated the students for fairplay.

The matches were held underthe supervision of ZPEO Jammu,Saroman Dogra.

Inter School Tournament in thesports disciplines of Volleyball,

Kabaddi, Kho-Kho and Wrestlingfor Boys Under-14 and Under-17years got underway at Govt. BoysHigh School Jammu cantonment.

In all, 310 boys from differentschools of Satwari zone are com-peting for top honours.

The tournament was declaredopen by Headmaster Govt. HighSchool Jammu Cantt, Raj RaniSharma.

The tournaments are beingorganized by the Department ofYouth Services and Sports as anannual calendar of sports activitiesfor the years of 2016-17.

The tournament was conduct-ed under the chairmanship ofSukhdev Raj Sharma, DYSSOJammu and under the overallsupervision of Kiran Jyoti, ZPEOSatwari.

The matches are being officiat-ed by panel of experts of theDepartment of Youth Services andSports which included Asa Singh,Hardev Singh, Gurbachan Singh,Neeru and Ravinder Singh.

DGP K Rajendra distributing Rafle Draw Prizes among winners in Jammu.

Prinkle smashing duringher quarterfinal match atChandigarh.

309 special athletes participatein State level sports event

Khalsa outplays Wazir by 8 wkts in 2nd Holi Cup

Excelsior CorrespondentJAMMU, Apr 27: Khalsa Cricket Club defeated Wazir Cricket

Club by 8 wickets in the ongoing 2nd Holi Cup T20 CricketTournament at Mandal Cricket Ground, here.

Earlier, winning the toss and batting first, Wazir Cricket Clubscored 134 runs in the allotted 20 overs. Sahil (32) and Raj Singh (24)were the main scorers. For Khalsa Club, Prithvi took 3 wickets, whileNitin and Ricky claimed one wicket each.

In reply, Khalsa Club chased the target in 13.4 overs by losing 2wickets, thus won the match by 8 wickets. Harinder Pal Singh (72) wasthe top scorer, whiler Nitin and Kawalpreet Singh contributed 24 and17 runs to the total respectively. For Wazir Cricket Club, RaghubirSingh and Sahil claimed one wicket each.

The match was officiated by Varinder Sigh and Babloo as umpires,while the Tournament is being organized by Sachin Singh, MukeshSharma and Sunil Kumar.

Zonal level Cross Countrycompetition held

Excelsior Sports Correspondent

PATTAN, Apr 27: ZonalLevel Cross CountryCompetition was held atNihalpora Pattan in which sev-eral students from various insti-tutions participated.

The race was organized byZonal Physical Education wingof Zone Nihalpora Pattan in col-laboration with CompanyCommander 29 RR Maj Arpit.

In Under-14 group,Manzoor Ahmad Mir of HanfiaModel School Nihalporabagged first position and KaiserAhmad Mailk won 2nd positionand in Under-17 category,Zubeer Ahmad Dar of GovtHigh School Chukar baggedfirst position and Wakar AhmadMalik of Govt High SchoolPalpura bagged 2nd position.

The race was flagged-off bythe Physical Education Teacherand Company Commander 29RR. The position holders wereawarded prizes and commend-able certificates by the Principalof the Institution.

Presentation Convent organizesInter-School Debate

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Apr 27: PresentationConvent Senior Secondary SchoolJammu organized the AnnualNano Nagle Memorial Inter-School Debate in the SchoolAuditorium, here today.

Eminent Educationist,Gitanjali Andotra Rana,Associate Prof Department ofEnglish, GCW Parade, MsNirlape Kaur, HoD Departmentof Political Science MAMCollege and Anshuja Tak werethe adjudicators of the event.

The house debated on the hotly

contested topic ‘Caste BasedReservations are a Sure Step toIndia’s Socio-Economic Progress.’

In all, 12 schools participat-ed from across Jammu.

Ananya Sharma of JodhamalPublic School bagged the firstposition, Khushboo Turkiclinched the second place, whilethe third place was shared byMehula Khajuria of PresentationConvent and Mahavir Singh ofDPS Jammu. Manasvini Oswal ofJodhamal School received theconsolation prize and the RollingTrophy was lifted by PresentationConvent School, Jammu.

Winners of Inter-School Debate Competition posing alongwith dignitaries at PresentationConvent in Jammu.

BCCI appoints Pawanas Fitness TrainerExcelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Apr27: Board ofControl for Cricketin India (BCCI) hasappointed PawanSharma, son ofSham Lal Sharma,

resident of Poonch and employeeof the Department of YouthServices and Sports as FitnessTrainer of Zonal Cricket Camp ofNorth Zone Under-15 boys.

Pawan has the distinction ofhaving attended Under-23 NationalCricket Camp as Fitness Trainer in2014, besides accompanying asFitness Trainer of JKCA RanjiTrophy and Under-23 boys teams.

Principal Girls Higher Secondary School, Bakshi Nagar,Shashi Thappa interacting with players while inauguratingcricket trials on Wednesday.

Chinar 9 JawanCricket Premier

League commencesExcelsior Sports Correspondent

SRINAGAR, Apr 27: As apart of ongoing efforts of Armyunder Chinar 9 Jawan Clubstowards nurturing youth talent,Army in Bandipora district ofNorth Kashmir commenced aCricket Premier League to pro-mote budding cricketers fromfar flung areas.

A defence spokesman saidthe Chinar 9 Jawan ClubPremier League aims to providea platform to the young crick-eters to showcase their talent ina competitive environment.

“This 18 day league com-menced on April 26 at SportsGround in Safapora HigherSecondary School with an over-whelming participation of 28teams from all over the Valley.The league is being played onT-20 league-cum-knock outbasis,” he said.

The first match was playedbetween Wonder Boys CricketClub, Safapora and AshamEleven Cricket Club, which theformer won. The match wasthoroughly enjoyed by theyouth who turned out in largenumbers to cheer the teams.

Special atheletes sweating-it-out during State Level Sports eventon Wednesday.

Inter-School Tournaments in fullswing at various zones

Excelsior Sports Correspondent

JAMMU, Apr 27: DistrictLevel and Zonal Level Inter-School Competitions were in fullswing at different venues today.

At Gandhi Nagar zone, thematches in the disciplines of Kho-Kho, Volleyball, Kabaddi andWrestling were held under theoverall supervision of ZPEO SherSingh.

Four days Inter-SchoolTournament for boys and girls

Under-14 and Under-17 years ofBhalwal Zone began at HSSBhalwal today.

The Tournament was inaugu-rated by Principal HSS Bhalwal,in presence of ZPEO Bhalwal,Veena Tickoo.

The matches were officiat-ed by Ram Paul, Gulbir Singh,Rajesh Choudhary, Sham

Singh, Ajmer Singh, AjeetSingh, Prithvi Pal Sharma,Sunil Abrol and Sukhdev SinghBhau.

Inter-School Tournament inthe disciplines of Kho-Kho,Volleyball, Kabaddi, andWrestling were held at RS PuraZone under the supervision ofZPEO Chander Kanta.

The Inter-School Tournamentof Akhnoor Zone was held underthe supervision of ZPEO, AnjuGupta. Principal Govt HSS Boys

Akhnoor Puran Singh inauguratedthe Tournament.

Inter-School Tournament ofKhour Zone was organized underthe supervision of ZPEO RomeshChoudhary, while Inter SchoolTournaments of Arnia Zonewere also held today under thesupervision of ZPEO Arnia,Harishikesh Kaul.

Principal HSS Bhalwal, Sirsa Ram inaugurating Inter-School Tournament on Wednesday.

Maharaja Ranjeet Singh HC wins Hockey title

Excelsior Sports Correspondent

JAMMU, Apr 27: Final Match of Hockey Tournament-2016 atBoys High School Simbal Camp Miran Sahib Jammu was heldtoday which was organised by the J&K Police under Civic ActionProgramme (CAP).

The final match was won by Maharaja Ranjeet Singh HockeyClub via tie-breaker by 5-4 goals.

Gurkrit Singh of Situ Hockey Club was declared as the playerof the match and the player of the tournament was given toRamandeep Singh of Situ Hockey Club.

DIG Ashkoor Ahmed Wani was the chief guest where as SSPJammu Dr. Sunil Gupta, SP Hqrs Romesh Kotwal and SHO RSPura Harish Dayama were the guests of honours. Others presenton the occasion were SDPO R.S Pura Harjeet Singh, SHO Miransahib Hilal Azhar and Dr. Karan Bhagat, Principal Police PublicSchool Sh. Sanjeev Pardhan, Rtd. Captain Manjeet Singh,Sarpanch Ravinder Singh, Sarpanch Rajinder Singh, SarpanchRaja Singh, Sarpanch Pawan Raina, R.K Sharma Social Activist,Satpaul Singh, Manjeet Singh, Hardev Singh, Rehmat Ali,Amarjeet Singh, Parmeet Singh, Santokh Singh Cheema andGurmeet Singh JE.

Match referees were Amarjeet Singh, Manjeet Singh, GurmeetSingh, Daljeet Singh and Gurjeet Singh while Charanjeet Singhwas the technical officer.

Lions survive Morris' scare to sneakto 1 run win over Delhi