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Excelsior Sports Correspondent

JAMMU, Nov 1: RashtriyaRifles Battalion Doda underDelta Force has handed oversports items to Doda WarriorSports Club today. Based onthe aspirations with long out-standing demand of the admin-istration staff of the DodaWarrior Sports Club and localpopulation of Doda, sports

items have been providedunder Perception Managementactivities to the Doda WarriorSports Club.

Addressing the staff of theDoda Warrior Sports Club, theresponsibility of RashtriyaRifles Battalion, Doda empha-sised the importance of sportseducation and supporting envi-ronment required for all rounddevelopment of the children.He also stressed upon the stu-dents to become responsiblelocals of the nation and followthe right path with the founda-tion of good virtues and socialvalues. The administrator Staffof Doda Warrior Sports Cluband locals thanked the DeltaForce, for all the assistanceprovided by them.

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Nov 1: The secondday of the 61st Annual Day ofPresentation Convent SeniorSecondary School , Jammu wascelebrated with pomp and showin the School Campus, heretoday.

RD Sharma, Vice ChancellorJammu University was the chiefguest on the occasion, while Rt.Rev Bishop Ivan Pereira wasalso present.

The programme began withthe lighting of the ceremoniallamp by the chief guest,Manager of the School Sr Stella,

Principal of the School, SrHema, Primary SchoolCoordinator, Shweta Bakshi andHead Girl, Bhavya Jain.

The musical dance dramatitled 'Beckoning Light' depictedthe agony of an expatriate whohad been away from her domainbut longs to be part of her realm,her Motherland.

The programme resonatedthe values of presentation legacyand revolved around the factthat all are part of one Universe.

The audience wereenthralled by the performancesof the students.

The chief guest in hisaddress lauded the immaculateperformance of the students andappreciated the efforts of theSchool in imbibing true value ofpatriotism and deep sense ofbelongingness among the stu-dents.

The programme concludedwith the felicitation of the meri-torious students by the digni-taries on the occasion.


JAMMU, Nov 1: Continuingtheir oldest tradition of organiz-ing Dangal since 1952, Panj PirDangal Committee organizedDangal at Bhagwati Nagar areanear fourth Bridge Chowk, here.

State Vice President BJP andMLA Jammu West, Sat Sharmawas the chief guest on the occa-sion, while DC JammuSimradeep Singh was the guestof honour.

Around 100 bouts were heldin the event and winners wereawarded with cash prizes, withRs 21,000 for the winner and Rs11,000 for the runners-upwrestler.

Addressing the gathering,Sat Sharma said that to give aproper shape to the infrastruc-ture pertaining to this sport andother sports, a proposal of MiniStadium is already in processand DPR’s (Detailed ProjectReports) are being prepared for

the same with the help of DCJammu so that soon a new sportscomplex could be prepared andfacilities should be provided toplayers of various streams ofsports.

Simrandeep Singh assuredthe MLA and the public that the

work for the Stadium will startsoon and a separate court willalso be provided to Dangal play-ers inside the Stadium.

The chief guest and the guestof honour were also honouredby the Dangal Committee on theoccasion.

Jankar Singh, Pt. GianChand Sharma, Parmod Kapahi,Praduman Singh, Karan SatSharma, Manzoor Ahmed,Pardeep Singh, Ashok Singh,Farman Ali, Harbans Singh, JeetAngral, Sanjay Sawhney, RaviKiran, Sanjeev Sharma, JatinSethi, Munish Gupta, AtulBakshi, Rohit Bawa and AnkushSharma were present on theoccasion.


SRINAGAR, Nov 1: J&KBank finally emerged thechampions of the State’s J&KBank and Khyber Big PremierFootball League 2015, here

today. Formidable J&K Bank team

defeated the strong J&K ForestXI in the title clash of theSuper Division League by (2-0)goals at Synthetic Turf FootballStadium, here.

Adnan scored the first goalfor the winners in the 4thminute of the match, whileZubair pelted the second goal in10th minute of the second half.

The win at the SyntheticTurf Stadium kept J&K BankXI in the lead at the top of theLeague Table with 9 points,Lone Star KFC earned 2ndplace with 4 points.

Dr Haseeb A Draboo,Minister for Finance, Labour &Employment and Culture wasthe chief guest on the valedicto-ry function, while JavaidAhmad Shah, Secretary J&KState Sports Council, Zameer AThukur, president JKFA andother members of JKFA werealso present on the occasion.

The chief guest distributedprizes among the winners andrunners-up teams on the occa-sion.

The tournament was organ-ized by J&K FootballAssociation (DFA Srinagar)

and Amblin Events, while theevent was supported by KhyberCements, J&K Bank, 92.7BigFM, Aryns Group Of Colleges,LIC of India, HK Cements, CPAdvertiser, Posh Enterprises,Share Khan, Green End Corp.

Earlier, defeating YoungIqbal Football Club via tie-breaker in the summit clash,Young Lal Chowk FootballClub lifted the title trophy ofthe ‘A’ Division FootballLeague 2015.

Young Lal Chowk defeatedYoung Iqbal FC via tie-breakerby (3-0) as both the teamsscored one goal each in the stip-ulated time.

The contest between J&KBank XI and J&K Forest XIwas always considered to be thetight one, and it was felt that theteam which held its nerves bet-ter will be the winner. Finally,J&K Bank team held its nervesin the crunch situation toemerge as winners.

SINGAPORE, Nov 1:

Indian tennis ace SaniaMirza and her Swiss partnerMartina Hingis lifted their ninthtitle together this year beating

the Spanish pair of GarbineMuguruza and Carla SuarezNavarro to clinch the WTAFinals women's doubles trophyhere today.

Sania and Martina, the topseeds, prevailed 6-0 6-3 overtheir eight-seeded rivals in alopsided summit clash, whichlasted little over an hour.

Before this, Sania andMartina had won eight titles(Indian Wells, Miami,Charleston, Wimbledon, USOpen, Guangzhou, Wuhan andBeijing) and finished runner-up

just once (Rome - falling toWTA Rising Stars Timea Babosand Kristina Mladenovic).

The Indo-Swiss pairingdropped serve only oncethrough the match and broketheir opponents five times towrap up a comprehensive victo-ry.

Sania and Martina are now

unbeaten in 22 matches, stretch-ing back six tournaments. Infact, since their last defeat -- toChan Hao-Ching and ChanYung-Jan in Cincinnati -- theyhave dropped just two sets.

Muguruza and SuarezNavarro -- late replacements inthe draw after Casey Dellacquaand Yaroslava Shvedova's with-drawal -- were completely out-played in the match.

In the second game, Saniaunleashed a ferocious forehandto break Muguruza.

The second set was morecompetitive, but Sania andMartina did not let go of theirsupremacy and wrapped up afterlittle over an hour on court.

"I feel like it was a perfectday," Hingis said. "Sania justplayed out of her mind - she waseverywhere today, gettingeverything back and playingincredible tennis."

This triumph is especiallyhuge for Martina as the trophywas her 50th WTA doubles title,a milestone only 15 playershave reached (MartinaNavratilova, Rosie Casals, PamShriver, Billie Jean King,Natasha Zvereva, LisaRaymond, Jana Novotna,Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario, GigiFernandez, Helena Sukova,Larisa Neiland, Cara Black,Rennae Stubbs, Wendy Turnbulland Liezel Huber). (PTI)


JAMMU, Nov 1: ModelAcademy, the School of MIERorganized Annual Sports Day forHumming Buds and its PrimaryWing at BC Road Campus, heretoday.

The event witnessed an enthu-siastic participation by 300 stu-dents from classes O level to VI.

Ranjit Kalra, Member, BCCIand J&K State Sports Councilwas the chief guest on the occa-sion, while Dr Adit Gupta JointDirector MIER was the guest ofhonour.

Other dignitaries present onthe occasion included RupaGupta, Management Represen-tative, Ruchika Gupta, ProjectDirector Humming Buds, UshaGadoo, Vice Principal and RitaKhanna, In-charge of the resi-dency road branch of the School.

The programme commencedwith the Guard of Honour pre-sented by the NCC Cadets andScouts and Guides wing of theSchool. The Head boy and Headgirl of the school welcomed thechief guest with a bouquet offlowers. This was followed bycustomary lighting of the torchand declaration of sports meetopen by the chief guest. Thenational and State level sportswinners upheld the torch with apromise to continue the remark-able achievement of the schoolin sports and games everonwards.

Dr. Gupta presented wel-come address and underlined therole of sports in improving fit-ness and developing life skills ofstudents. He appealed to theaudience to work towards goodhealth to promote longevity andhealthy life.

The beautiful display ofdance steps and Aerobics Drillby the preschoolers mesmerizedthe spectators with their per-formance. The Yoga display bythe students of the primary wingspread the message of innercalm, conquering bigger chal-lenges. A plethora of fun filledathletic events were organizedwherein the young athletes mar-veled one and all with theirbreath taking speed, focus andconcentration. They took part inshopping race, obstacle race,balancing race, beach themerace, go green, rainbow dressrace, treasure hunt, dress your-self, string the beads, relay raceetc. and kept the audience ontenter hooks as the nail bitingfinished ensured a grand conclu-sion. The meet marked the par-ticipation by students of specialschool who took part with greatzeal and gusto. They arousedspecial applause from the audi-ence.

The heartening words of thechief guest, Mr Kalra infusedconfidence in the students to gohigher and perform better. Hesaid that determination, dedica-tion and fair play are the hall-mark of a true sportsman. Hewas presented a memento by theJoint Director as a token ofappreciation.

The winners of variousevents were honoured withGold, Silver and Bronze medals.The programme was co-ordinat-ed by Usha Chunni, SportsOfficer of the School wing,Manju Vali and Amarjot, CCAIn-Charges alongwith Mr Dineshand Miss Pallavi, PTI and NCCOfficer.

The vote of thanks was pre-sented by Ruchika Gupta.


JAMMU, Nov 1: OutplayingSainik Colony by two goals toone (2-10 in the summit clash,Young Rovers Football Club lift-ed the title trophy of the Senior

Division Football Tournament atGGM Science College Footballground, here today.

For Young Rovers, RahulSharma scored the first goal in17th minute of the match, whileArun the netted the second goalin 22nd minute. For SainikColony, Dharam Pal Singh wasthe goal scorer in 45th minute ofthe match through penalty.

Yellow card was shown tothe Mukesh and Rahul of YoungRovers in 43rd and 45th minutesrespectively, while from SainikColony, yellow card was shownto the Dharam Pal Singh in 45th

minute.Avinash Kumar of Young

Rovers was declared best scorerof the League, while TusharHeer of Jammu United Club andGulshan Kumar of Lone StarFootball Club were adjudged

best goal keeper and upcomingplayer of the League.

The match was officiated bySuresh Kumar Gupta, VijayKumar, Moon Stephen andRooney Yallop.

Ashkoor Ahmed Wani, DIGJammu was the chief guest onthe valedictory function, whileSukhdev Singh Chouhan (SPCity), Karan Chalotra (SHO)and Vijay Kumar (SI) were pres-ent on the occasion.

R K Kohli was the chairmanof the League, while NarinderGupta was the organizing secre-tary.

HYDERABAD, Nov 1:

Hyderabad were 122 for twoin their second innings on daythree, trailing Jammu andKashmir by 58 runs after fol-lowing on in the Ranji TrophyGroup C match here.

Hyderabad, resuming theirfirst innings at 113 for two, werebowled out for 280 courtesy aspirited bowling effort by J&K'sRohit Sharma and Zahoor Sofi,who picked up four wicketseach.

The hosts were grinding itout in the second innings withHanuma Vihari (46*) and

Dereck Prince (56*) at thecrease.

J&K had posted 460 whilebatting first, largely due to theefforts of Mithun Manhas (150),Parvez Rasool (75) and Ian DevSingh (83).

Brief Scores:Jammu and Kashmir 1st

Innings: 460 all out in 131.2overs (Mithun Manhas 150, IanDev Singh 83, Parvez Rasool75, Anwar Ahmed 5/92).

Hyderabad 1st Innings: 280all out in 92 and 122/2 in 39overs (Hanuma Vihari 46 bat-ting, Dereck Prince 56 batting).(PTI)


AKHNOOR, Nov 1: CanttCricket Club defeated KhalsaCricket Club by a narrow mar-gin of 5 runs in the 7th PawanMemorial T20 CricketTournament, being organized bySingh Cricket Club Akhnoor,

which got underway atGovernment Higher SecondarySchool ground, here.

The Tournament was inau-gurated by SHO Akhnoor,Pushpinder Singh in an impres-sive function, which among oth-ers was attended by Sham SinghLangeh, chairman SinghCricket Club, Akhnoor, who isalso the organizing secretary ofthe Tournament.

Winning the toss and battingfirst, Cantt Club scored 153runs in the stipulated 20 overs,losing 8 wickets in the process.Rahul scored magnificent 73runs, while Ameet contributed18 runs. For Khalsa Club,Amarjeet took 4 wickets, whileKK bagged 3 and Vishal

claimed one wicket. In reply, Khalsa Club man-

aged to score 147 runs and lostthe match by 5 runs. Vishal,Rahul and Button contributed41, 31 and 24 runs to the totalrespectively. Parshotam was thewrecker-in-chief for Cantt Club,who took 4 important wickets tobag the man of the matchaward.

The match was officiated byVikas Bali and Chander Kiranas umpires, while Lucky wasthe scorer.


JAMMU, Nov 1: AbrarCricket Club and UnitedCricket Club registered con-vincing victories over theirrivals to advance into the nextround of the ongoing 4th RaviSingh Charak Memorial T20Cricket Tournament, being heldat Satwari Cantonment ground,here.

In the first match of the day,Abrar Club outplayed NagrotaCricket Club by 6 wickets in aneasy contest.

Earlier, winning the tossand batting first, NagrotaCricket Club scored a fightingtotal of 148 runs in the stipulat-ed 20 overs, losing 6 wickets inthe process. Rahul Singh wasthe top scorer with 59 runs,while Ishant, Mintu andRajinder contributed with 27,24 and 17 runs to the totalrespectively.

For Abrar Club, DeepakDogra (Baba) was the pick ofthe bowlers, who took 2 wick-ets, while Sourav and Ashishclaimed one wicket each.

In reply, Abrar Cricket Clubchased the target easily by los-ing 4 wickets to win the matchby 6 wickets. Deepak andIshtiyaq were the main scorerswith 56 and 49 runs respective-ly. For Nagrota Club, Kamaltook 4 wickets.

In another match, UnitedCricket Club got better ofGandhi Nagar Cricket Club bya big margin of 61 runs to

advance into the next round.Batting first, United Cricket

Club scored a decent total of180 runs in the allotted 20overs. Makhan Singh and Vickywere the main scorers with 55and 49 runs respectively. Sahiland Gopi also contributed with27 and 14 runs respectively. ForGNCC, Vicky and Neeta took 2wickets each, while Akashclaimed one wicket.

In reply, GNCC managed toscore 119 runs in the allottedovers, thus lost the match by 61runs. Vicky, Jasvinder andBunty contributed 25, 21 and16 runs to the total respective-ly. Harry Sharma was the pickof the bowlers, scalping 3wickets, while Gulshan Bali,Makhan and Danny took 2wickets each. Makhan wasadjudged as man of the match.

The matches were officiat-ed by Vijay Choudhary andSam as umpires, while DineshSharma was the scorer.

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2015 (PAGE 10) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU

Dignitaries and students during celebration of 61st Annual Day at Presentation Convent SeniorSecondary School in Jammu on Sunday.

Cueists Ananya and Arjun aiming at target during a match of Junior Snooker DistrictChampionship at MA Stadium in Jammu. — Excelsior/Rakesh

Winners of Senior Division Football League posing for agroup photograph alongwith DIG Jammu on Sunday.

JK Bank team players posing for a group photograph alongwith Minister for Finance after clinching football title inSrinagar on Sunday.

MLA Sat Sharma and DDC Jammu, Simrandeep Singh felic-itating winners of Dangal in Jammu.

Martina Hingis of Switzerland and Sania Mirza of India cel-ebrate with their trophy after defeating Garbine Muguruza ofSpain and compatriot Carla Suarez Navarro in their women'sdoubles finals tennis match of the WTA Finals at SingaporeIndoor Stadium. (UNI)

SHO Akhnoor Pushpinder Singh inaugurating 7th PawanMemorial T20 Cricket Tournament on Sunday.

Winners posing alongwith chief guest, Ranjeet Kalra,Member BCCI and J&K State Sports Council and other digni-taries during Annual Sports Day.

Sania-Martina pair lifts WTAFinals doubles trophy

Puneet Bhardwaj, S/oPuran Chandand Raj Kumari,R/o Ramnagar,Udhampur, whohas qualifiedNational Eligi-

bility Test (NET) in LifeSciences, the result of whichwas declared by CSIR-UGCrecently.

Samina Kouser, D/oMunshi Khan,R/o Azmatabad,Thanna Mandi,Rajouri, whowon bronzemedal in Natio-

nal Interactive Science Oly-mpiad, recently.

Raghav Gupta of MHAC,who got bronzemedal in Under-14 category ofNorth ZoneS k a t i n gChampionship,

organized by CBSE at Rohiniin Delhi, recently. He won themedal in 1000 meters inlinetime trial event. Principal ofthe School, Alok Betab, laudedthe efforts of the student forthis achievement.

Presentation Convent celebratesAnnual Day with pomp & show

Players display composure in second round of Jr Snooker


JAMMU, Nov 1: Players dis-played composure and showedpromise and grit to enter the pre-quarterfinals of Junior SnookerDistrict Championship in theongoing 23rd Jammu DistrictJunior and Senior Billiards andSnooker Championship, beingorganized by J&K Billiards andSnooker Association at MA

Stadium, here.Earlier, Mandeep Singh top-

pled Aman Sharma (2-1)by(63-36,26-61, 63-34), while KunalJamwal got better of SidharthJamwal (2-0), Ragun Choudharyoutplayed Divya Pratap (2-0),Rajat Gandral prevailed overAkshay Sharma (2-0),AdityaSharma prevailed over Sahil (2-1), Rohit Sharma beat AmarjeetSingh (2-1), Arjun Singhtrounced Ananya Mahajan (2-0),

Danish Gupta beat Ishan Singh(2-1), Aman Choudhary trouncedSamarth Amla (2-0), Vasu devSingh beat Mohit Khajuria (2-0)and Rohit Chib outplayedAkshay Kumar (2-0).

Marker Rakesh Sharma con-ducted the matches, while thematches are being held under thesupervision of organizing com-mittee headed by Jaideep,Gurjeev Singh and SohailKhalid.

Avinash, Tushar, Gulshan bag special awards Young Rovers wins Senior Division

Football League Tournament

Young Lal Chowk FC winsfootball final via tie-breaker

Mega Dangal event organized

Delta Force provides sports itemsto Doda Warrior Sports Club

J&K in driver’s seat afterenforcing follow-on

7th Pawan Memorial T20 Cricket Tournament Cantt CC outplays Khalsa

Club in inaugural tie

4th Ravi Singh Charak Memorial T20 Cricket TournamentAbrar Club, United CC script

convincing victories

Model Academy organizesAnnual Sports Day

Shahidi CupCricket tourneygets underway


KARGIL, Nov 1: TheShahidi Cricket Cup T-20 tour-nament at Khri Sultan ChoStadium, Biamathang is organ-ised in the memory of bravehearts of Indian Army andKargil Awam who laid downtheir lives during the Indo- Pakwars of 1947-48, 1965, 1971and the Kargil Conflict of 1999.

The tournament which isunderway has 16 teams of var-ious sports clubs and schools ofKargil district and will culmi-nate on Nov 7, 2015. The aim ofthis cricket tournament is toinculcate sportsmanship, cama-raderie and team spirit amongstthe youth of this region besidesfurther developing faith andmutual respect between Armyand the local populace.

The inauguration ceremonywas attended by various Armyand Civil dignitaries and also bya large number of locals ofKargil district.

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