SATURDAY, JANUARY 25, 2014 (PAGE 14) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU -Punjab clash Sania-Tecau in finals to kick off Hockey of mixed doubles League , Jan 24: MELBOURNE, Jan 24: ond set. The Indo-Romanian pair held serve and converted The second edition of the Sania Mirza stands just one the only break point they Hero win away from clinching her earned. will get underway tomorrow third mixed doubles Grand Slam They were also helped by the with Jaypee title after the Indian and her nine unforced errors, which taking on in Romanian partner Horia Tecau their rivals committed, to stay the opening match at the entered the Australian Open afloat in the match. Sania and newly-built International Athletes sweating-it-out during Mini Marathon organised by final with a come-from-behind Tecau were immaculate in the Hockey Stadium here under Army. win here today. decider and did not commit a lights. Sania and Tecau defeated the single unforced error en route to With the winner taking Australian pair of Jarmila outwitting the local favourites. home a whooping Rs 2.5 crore, Army organises Mini Marathon Gajdosova and Matthew Ebden Sania and Tecau will be up and the runner up getting Rs Excelsior Sports Correspondent which included 1.5 Kilometres 2-6 6-3 10-2 in a contest lasting against the winners of the clash 1.25 crore, there is a lot at run for boys and girls between an hour and 13 minutes. between Sino-American pair of stake for teams to win the tour- JAMMU, Jan 24: Rashtriya the age of 8 to 14 years and 3 In a see-saw battle, Sania Jie Zheng and Scott Lipsky and nament and both Punjab and Rifles Battalion, based at Kilometres run for children and Tecau were outplayed in the the French-Canadian combina- Delhi would aim to begin the Jhangar, under Uniform Force between 15 to 17 years of age. opening set, during which they tion of Kristina Mladenovic and tournament on a winning note. failed to earn even a single Daniel Nestor. ‘Bangra’ being performed by the students during Annual Day celebration at APS BD Bari on organized a Mini Marathon for Prizes were distributed to In the previous edition of Friday. the Students of schools located each group followed by break point. Gajdosova and If Sania and Tecau win the the HIL, the two teams faced at Jhangar and adjacent area of refreshments. The teachers, Ebden were markedly better summit clash, it would be the each other in the semi-final, in India back as No 1 Nowshera Tehsil, today. Six parents of the students and with their first serve to pocket Indian's second Australian Open which Delhi defeated Punjab 3- APS BD Bari celebrates Annual schools participated in the locals witnessed the event. the opener in 28 minutes. mixed doubles title. Sania had 1. after Australia lose event The successful completion But Sania and Tecau roared earlier won the trophy with However, Delhi Waveriders 120 students including boys of the event resulted in foster- back into the match in the sec- Mahesh Bhupathi in 2009. (PTI) finished runners-up, losing the Day with pomp & show to England and girls gathered for participa- ing closer relationship between final to title winners Excelsior Correspondent The highlight of the day was DUBAI, Jan 24: tion in the 'Mini Marathon' the locals and the Army. Rhinos. the dance presented by the stu- In the bronze medal match, JAMMU, Jan 24: APS BD dents on the theme of ‘Patriotism’ India today regained back Lawrence Public School celebrates Punjab Warriors lost 4-3 in dra- Bari celebrated its Annual Day alongwith the school band. The their No 1 ranking in the ICC matic fashion to Uttar Pradesh with pomp and show, here today. mesmerizing cultural show ODI list after Australia lost Wizards, after leading 3-0. The programme was inaugu- grabbed the attention of the audi- their fourth one day interna- The Jaypee Group owned National Girl Child Day rated by the traditional ceremony ence. tional against England by 57 Punjab Warriors have a good of lighting of the ceremonial From tiny toddlers to teeny- Excelsior Sports Correspondent their contribution in the field of runs thereby dropping to the mix of young and experienced lamp. boppers, the event encouraged education, medicine, sports, second place in the 13-team players. Their overseas squad The function was presided and gave rewards and an opportu- JAMMU, Jan 24: The stu- administration, politics and table. comprises primarily Australian over by the chief guest, chairman nity to everybody to showcase dents, staff and management of other important fields. As per the latest ICC table, players, with captain Jamie APS BD Bari , while the chairper- their talent. Throughout the one Lawrence Public School Jammu The speakers gave examples India are back on top with 117 Dwyer being the leader. son FWO was the guest of hon- and a half hour show of excel- celebrated National Girl Child of the great women personalities points while Australia are sec- Day in its school premises, here. in India and from across the With Dutch goalkeeper our. lence the students enraptured the Jaap Stockmann and experi- The welcome song by the stu- audience with their message driv- ond with 116 points. A special assembly was con- World who work shoulder to India lost their No 1 spot in ducted on this occasion, wherein shoulder with their male coun- enced players like Ignace dents enthralled the audience, en cultural programme which was Tirkey and Mark Knowles in the ODI ranking on Wednesday the students and the teachers terparts in-spite of facing so while ‘Ganesh Vandana’ per- well prepared and presented. their ranks, Punjab boasts of a when they lost to New Zealand threw light on the importance of many challenges and hardships. formed by the senior wing of the In order to felicitate the teach- strong defensive line-up. in the second one dayer at this day and the importance of Later, the students pledged school created a pious and spiritu- ers and meritorious students Also, the strong presence of Hamilton by 15 runs courtesy empowering the girl child, to protect the rights of the girls al environment. ‘Prize Distribution’ was organised J&K Tenni-Koit team posing for a group photograph along- Dwyer in the midfield will The zest and joy of the stu- wherein chairman APS BD Bari Duckworth-Lewis method. with officials before leaving for Chennai on Friday. allow Punjab to revolve their dents for the event was visibly gave away the prizes to the rank India were on 119 points play around the experienced displayed by their performance on holders in various curricular and before the second ODI against State Tenni-Koit team captain. (PTI) the dance number ‘Itni si khushi’. co curricular arenas. Chairman New Zealand while Australia APS BD Bari addressed the audi- were on 118 points. The defeat ence on the occasion. against New Zealand saw India leaves for Chennai Finally, the programme ended losing a couple of points and with the vote of thanks given by slipped behind Australia at 117 Excelsior Sports Correspondent Association Tamil Nadu, under Senior CCA Coordinator. points. (PTI) the aegis of Tenni-Koit JAMMU, Jan 23: 12-mem- Federation of India. India in a do-or-die situation against NZ ber Jammu and Kashmir Tenni- The team: Ishrat-Un-Nissa, AUCKLAND, Jan 24: Koit team consisting of 6 boys Ishrat Javid, Lubna, Aaiman and equal number of girls left Fayaz, Madiha Nazir, Misbah- Their campaign in tatters after two consecutive defeats, India Students of Lawrence Public School celebrating National today to represent the State in Un-Nabi, Abid, Danish, Shariq need to regroup quickly and find the right combination as they go Girl Child Day in Jammu on Friday. the 32nd Junior National Tenni- Manzoor, Moin Manzoor, into a must-win match against a gutsy New Zealand in the third Koit Championship to be held Mohsin and Qazi Shawis. besides reaffirming a commit- in our society, especially the cricket one-dayer here tomorrow. from January 27 to January 31, The team is being accompa- Down 0-2 and having lost the world no. 1 tag, the Indian team ment to protect the rights of under- privileged ones. 2014 at Chennai in Tamil Nadu. nied by secretary JKTKA, would be desperate to make amends and stamp their authority in every girl child. Shakuntla Joshi, founder The Championship will be Mohd Ishaq alongwith other 3 what will be their last chance to make a come back into the five- Lavishing praise on the role Principal Lawrence Public organized by Tenni-Koit officials. of girls in the society, they said School while speaking on the match series. that the girls have to perform occasion said, “By educating a If Dhoni's men fail to win here tomorrow, it will be their second various duties as daughters, sis- girl child you educate a fami- Saina, Sindhu, Srikanth consecutive series loss after South Africa outside the subcontinent. ters and mothers, apart from ly”. Students of RM Public School during 1st Foundation-cum- The visitors lost the first ODI at Napier by 24 runs and then Sports Day. went down in the second one-dayer by 15 runs (D/L method) at book semifinal berths Hamilton, which dethroned India from the number one ranking in KC Gurukul organizes Inter-School , Jan 24: World championship bronze the ODIs. medallist, Sindhu too was on RMPS celebrates 1st Overall, Dhoni and Co. Have lost four of their last five One- Art & Craft Competition Top shuttlers Saina Nehwal course for her first final appear- dayers, all of which were played outside the sub-continent. This has and P V Sindhu and national ance of the season as she took undoubtedly opened up a number of points for the concerned team Excelsior Correspondent spot and the third place went to champion K Srikanth continued just 34 minutes to pack off to ponder upon. Aryan Sundriyal of KC Gurukul Foundation-cum-Sports Day their rampaging run with con- Indonesia's seventh seed Hera The fact that the Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni likes to JAMMU, Jan 24: KC Public School. trasting victories to reach the Desi 21-11, 21-13. Excelsior Sports Correspondent declared the event open. chase, opting to bowl first in both matches so far, the size of Eden Gurukul Public School Paloura In Group B, the first position semifinals of the USD 120,000 She will now take on fourth Frog race, three Leg race, Park here should be another worry for him. (PTI) organized Annual Inter-School was bagged by Raghav of MV Syed Modi International India seed Lindaweni Fanetri who had JAMMU, Jan 24: RM Public Tug of war and Skates hockey Art & Craft Competition in col- International School, while the Grand Prix Gold tournament little trouble in packing off School, a sister concern of were the sports disciplines held laboration with Sahodhya second place was claimed by here today. Arundhati Pantawane 21-10, 21- Shiksha Niketan celebrated its during the day. School Complex Jammu Saanch of the host school and London Olympics bronze 7 in another women's singles 1st Foundation-cum-Sports Day To motivate students, man- Chapter, here today. the third place went to medallist, Saina was on course quarterfinal match. in its School premises, here agement felicitated the students for her first title of the season With all the top four seeds today. who excelled in different events. when she registered a 21-15 21- knocked out of the men's draw, Rameshwar Mengi, School Administrator, 15 victory over fifth seed Srikanth was the highest seed in Chairman RM Charitable and Meenakshi Sharma presented Bellaetrix Manuputty of action today and the rising shut- Educational Trust was the chief vote of thanks and lauded the Indonesia in the women's sin- tler survived a scare from 11th guest on the occasion, who efforts of the staff and the gles quarterfinals today. She seed B Sai Praneeth before pre- alongwith Trustee Rita Mengi coaches for the successful con- will next take on sixth seed vailing 21-18, 20-22, 21-12 in a and College Principal P K Dhar clusion of the event. Xuan Deng of China tomorrow. hour and 12 minutes match. (PTI) Science Awareness Mela Tanzeem Akhtar is winner of Winners of Cyber Olympiad Competition at May Fair School gets underway essay contest by British HC in Jammu. Excelsior Correspondent Mubarak Mandi and DBN Excelsior Correspondent O'Hara, Second Secretary, Amarvilla. Political Section from British JAMMU, Jan 24: Science School Principal and JAMMU, Jan 24: Tanzeem High Commission, May Fair School conducts Awareness Mela (Tech Coordinator of the event, Dr Akhtar, an undergraduate stu- announced Tanzeem Akhtar as Parvartan), a mega event of Baljeet Singh presented wel- dent from the Government winner of the essay competition Winners of Inter-School Art & Craft Competition posing for National Council for Science & come address, while State Degree College, Poonch, was and presented her a memento. Cyber Olympiad Competition a group photograph at KC Gurukul School in Jammu. Technology, organized by Coordinator, Shabir Ahmed declared winner of the essay JU Vice-Chancellor Prof M P S Excelsior Sports Correspondent with gold medal by (SOF) at 8 CBSE Schools participat- Priyanshu of APS Domana. Dewan Badrinath Vidya Mandir Shabir also spoke on the occa- competition, which was jointly Ishar was chief guest on this the School level. ed in the event which was The consolation prizes in Amarvilla and Jammu and sion. organized by Jammu University occasion. JAMMU, Jan 24: May Fair Rikshit Verma and Vansh chaired by Academic Director Group A went to Shagun of Kashmir Students Welfare Dr Sanjeev Goswami and Dr and British High Commission Pradeep Dutta from Times School, Janipur conducted 13th Mani of class 3rd got entry for of KC Gurukul School, Vijay Jodhamal Public School and Society Anantnag got underway Neeraj Gupta from Department New Delhi. Now, delivered expert views on SOF-National Cyber Olympiad the second round. Puri, an Academician of Ramandeep Kaur of Army at DBN Amarvilla, here today. of Physics were the adjudicators The winner will get a chance the topic. Asad Mirza, Media Competition, under the aegis of All other participants were National repute. Public School, while the conso- Science Exhibition, Painting of the event. to have first hand experience of Advisor, British High Science Olympiad Foundation awarded with participation cer- The participating schools lation prizes in Group B were Competition, Essay Writing Earlier, the Mela was society in the UK and to Commission, New Delhi, gave (SOF), here today. tificates by Principal of the included APS Domana, APS bagged by Komal Sharma of Competition and Dramas based declared open with the lighting acquaint with different aspects the vote of thanks while Vinit Verma and Shivam school distributed prizes Akhnoor, Banyan International, Jammu Sanskriti School and on Environment Sciences and of ceremonial lamp and the of multi- cultural Britain. Apoorva Jamwal, Secretary Raina of class 5th and Pranav among the winners and lauded Jodhamal, MV International, Dolly of APS Akhnoor. Social Evils were part of the Saraswati Vandana by the stu- During a function at Jammu Students Cultural Council, com- Verma of class 4th bagged first them for their outstanding dis- GD Goenka and Jammu Principal of the host School, Mela. Workshop on Water dents. University, here today, Richard peered the programme. position and were rewarded play. Sanskriti. Dr Dogra presented vote of Rocketry activities was also In Group A, Keshi Aggarwal thanks. conducted on the occasion to of GD Goenka bagged first President of Sahodhya develop Scientific temperament position, while Tanvi of APS School, KC Mehta was present among the students. Domana clinched the second on the occasion. The participating schools include GGHSS Canal Road, RRL School, SNS Vidya Mnadir, Shanti Swaroop Memorial School, DBN Raina injures elbow in nets ahead of 3rd ODI AUCKLAND, Jan 24:

Indian batsman Suresh Raina was today rendered a doubtful starter for the must- win third one-dayer against New Zealand here tomorrow after injuring his elbow during a practice session. "Raina was hit on the left elbow while batting in the nets Students of Heritage School namely Shivansh Ganjoo, today. He was taken for a pre- Sparsh Jandial and Divyanshu Sharma, who won first position cautionary X-ray and he is fine. in Inter-School Quiz Competition for classes VI to VIII, organ- He has a soft tissue damage and ized by Banyan International School Jammu on the topic ‘The we will asses his fitness tomor- World is our Oyster’. 10 CBSE Schools across Jammu city par- row before the game," Indian ticipated in the competition. Also seen in the picture is Principal team manager Dr R N Baba of the School. said. (PTI)