MONDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2016 (PAGE 12) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU 43rd State Badminton C'ship concludes Time not far away that Pandits enjoy sports in Valley: Laway Ganga for inculcating sports Sports events channelize energy of talent among youth youth in right direction: Prof Mattoo Excelsior Sports Correspondent Ground here today. development and to safeguard *Inaugurates AIKS Alcobrew Cricket League The Minister said sports are themselves from the menace of Excelsior Sports Correspondent Member Parliament Nazir MD Alcobrew, Vijay Kashkari, JAMMU, Nov 20: Minister the best medium to channelize drugs and other social evils. for Industries and Commerce, Ahmad Laway while speaking Convener AIKS, Ashinder Koul, the energy of youth in the right Later, the Minister distrib- JAMMU, Nov 20: Prof on the occasion said that the former Chairman Ranji Trophy Chander Parkash Ganga today direction. He said there is no uted prizes among the winners Amitabh Mattoo, Advisor to said budding sports talent needs League gave him the opportunity Selection Committee and and participating players. Chief Minister, J&K inaugurated to meet his old Kashmiri Pandit Coordinator of the League, In under-10 (Boys Singles), the first of its kind AIKS friends involved in sporting Rajesh Gill, former Ranji Trophy Shouray emerged winner and in Alcobrew Cricket League in an activities in Jammu, besides see- player and CPO J&K Police Under-10 (Girls Singles), impressive, well attended and ing budding cricketers from Department, Aryan Ramesh, Snowy came out as winner. colourful function at Parade Pandit committee in action. Secretary AIKS and Tej Ganjoo. Under-13 (Boys Singles), title ground, here today. "Watching young KP crick- The proceedings of the pro- went to Aesh Goswami while The League is being Under-13 Girls Singles went to organized by All India Sudiksha. Speaker Kavinder Gupta alongwith FCS&CA Minister, Kashmiri Samaj (AIKS) in Puranjay emerged winner in Chowdhary Zulfkar Ali posing with winners at Jammu on collaboration with Jammu Under-15 (Boys Singles) while Sunday. and Kashmir Police in U-15 (Girls Single) went Department toNaman. Girls Doubles for the Kavinder, Zulfkar flag-off marathon The chief guest was same age group went to Rashmi accompanied by Member Excelsior Sports Correspondent nation. He said such type of pro- and Bhavini and boys doubles Parliament, Nazir Ahmad grammes should be organized in went to Hakim and Puranjay. Laway; MLC Surinder JAMMU, Nov 20: Speaker future also. U-17 Singles went to Mohit Ambardar; Vice Legislative Assembly, Kavinder Zulfkar, while appreciating Choudhari and Niteshi in the Chancellor Skill Gupta and Minister for Food, the participants for attending the boys and girls categories resp- Development University Civil Supplies & Consumer run, said that normally people while in Under-17 (Boys Haryana, Raj Nehru; SSP Affairs (FCS&CA) Chowdhary run for fun, however, if with fun, Minister for Industries and Commerce, Chander Prakash Doubles) went to Savinay and PCR Ashok Sharma; Zulfkar Ali flagged off a there is a noble theme that unites Ganga presenting trophy to winner during concluding ceremony Mohit. Naman and Peehushiw Working Committee marathon "Run for peace, Run our country, and countrymen, of 43rd State Badminton Championship. won the girls doubles U-17. Member JKCA, Ankush for unity," here at Satwari that makes it all more interest- Divum Gupta took the Abrol; Joint Secretary Chowk on Sunday. ing. to be identified and provided Under-19 (Boys Singles) title JKCA, Desh Rattan dearth of sports talent in the The marathon that culminat- Speaking about sportsman- focused training so that they can while Niteshi took the Under-19 Dubey and President State and need of the hour is to ed at Moulana Azad Memorial ship culture, the Minister compete with their counterparts (Girls Singles) title. Parade Sports Association, explore and nurture this talent Stadium saw participation of recalled Rio Olympics, where an at the national and international Keerat Preet Kour won the Vijay Sabarwal as the with dedication so that budding students from various schools, American runner stopped to help levels. Women Singles Title whereas guests of honour. talent of the State gets the and colleges. fallen athlete at the Rio Advisor to Chief Minister Prof. Amitabh Mattoo and MLC Surinder Ganga was speaking at the Men Singles title was won by Speaking on the occa- opportunity to excel in the Speaking on the occasion, Olympics to demonstrate real Ambardar alongwith others dignitaries posing with players after inaugu- concluding ceremony of the Divum Gupta. sion, the chief guest, Prof national and international sports the Speaker said that aim of par- spirit of the sports. He said it is rating AIKS Alcobrew Cricket league in Jammu. 43rd State Badminton For finale in Men Doubles, Mattoo lavished praise on arena. ticipating in the marathon not always about winning or los- Championship organized by He urged upon the youth to title went to Sunil and Raghav the organizers for holding this should not be winning or losing, ing, but about making friends for Jammu and Kashmir Badminton take part in sports along with whereas Preeti Gupta and mega cricketing event, which eters sweating-it-out and vying gramme were conducted by but to develop sportsmanship. life. Association at Police academics to maintain their Niteshi Saini secured the will help KP cricketers to hone for the top honours always Rajesh Dhar, Chairman Media Considering the fact that the par- Zulfkar Ali said that people Badminton Hall, Gulshan physical health and all round Women Doubles title. their skill and be ready for brings you an ecstatic feeling. Committee JKCA. ticipants in the marathon are in developed countries normally matching their class with the Time is not far away that The inaugural match was mostly students, the Speaker tend to organize theme oriented players at higher levels. Kashmiri Pandits enjoy same played between Whites Cricket said, it is they who will in future marathons. He said besides, hav- He said that sports activities cricketing atmosphere in Valley," Club (WCC) Srinagar and work for the betterment of the ing some time for fun, the aim of help channelize the energy of Laway added. Sharika Cricket Club (SCC) these marathons is to get like- youth in right direction and Earlier, Vijay Aima, presi- Jammu, wherein WCC emerged Sports Powerlifting minded people together. He said imbibe team spirit, adding that dent AIKS welcomed the chief as winner beating SCC by a big nations do not become great till organizing sports events help in guest and the other dignitaries. margin of 117 runs. Asso to organise peoples' mindset is not changed, eradication of drug menace in While giving brief report of the Earlier, batting first, WCC and by holding such kind of pro- State C'ship the society and help youth not to League, Mr Aima said that 10 scored a big total of 164 runs in grammes, it gives people an derail from the mainstream. teams are participating in the the stipulated 20 overs. Susheel Excelsior Sports Correspondent opportunity to come together Prof Mattoo further said that League, with six from Jammu, 2 top scored with 55 runs. and help in inculcating such JAMMU, Nov 20: Jammu such sporting extravaganzas from valley namely RCC In reply, SCC bundled out sports spirit among themselves. and Kashmir Sports serve a twin purpose of helping Srinagar and WCC Srinagar and for 47 runs, thus lost the match MLAAijaz Ahmed and MLC Powerlifting Association is cricketers to fine-tune their skill 2 teams from Delhi. by a big margin of 117 runs. For Surinder Choudhary also attend- organising State Powerlifting and talent, besides are a step for- KK Khosa, president WCC, Harish was the pick of the ed the function. Championships on December 1, ward in bringing peace and har- Kashmiri Pandit Sabha and MK bowlers, scalping 3 wickets by Later, the Minister distrib- 2016 at Stay Fit Helath Club, mony to the State of Jammu and Jalali also spoke on the occasion. conceding 12 runs in his 4 overs. uted the prizes among the win- GP Plaza, Circular Road, Doda. Kashmir through the medium of Prominent among others The match was officiated by ning participants Parvinder The Championship will be sports. present on the occasion were the BCCI Panel umpires Sudhir Singh, Shamshad and Dalbir held to pick the players for He asked the organizers to MK Dhar, PRO to Chief Singh and Saleem-Ur-Rehman, Singh, who stood first, second upcoming Junior and Master conduct more and more such Minister, AK Raina, Vice while Sandeep Manchanda and third respectively. National Powerlifting events. President AIKS, Ramesh Pandit, maintained the scorebook. Winners of State Senior Snooker and Billiards Championships posing for a group photograph Championship to be held at alongwith MoS Sports, Sunil Sharma in Jammu on Sunday. -Excelsior/ Rakesh Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu 1st Gurdeep Singh Memorial Hockey Tournament concludes Jammu Vishal Stars drubs Jammu Younis Kuchay wins State Sr Snooker title from January 12 to January 15, 2017. MBS Hockey Club outplays The meeting in this regard Rising Stars in exciting contest Sunil Sharma bats for providing was held today under the chair- Excelsior Sports Correspondent the total. For Vishal Stars, manship of General Secretary MRSHC to win title Ashim Nanda, Jugjap Singh and of the Association, Rajan Jain. Excelsior Sports Correspondent and 38th minutes through JAMMU, Nov 20: Jammu Aditya Pal Singh took 2,1 and 1 Mr Jain has invited all the Karamjeet Singh, Satwant Singh Vishal Stars got better of Jammu wicket respectively. facilities to cueists players interested to take part in JAMMU, Nov 20: Beating and Jarnail Singh and won the Rising Stars in an exciting In reply, Jammu Vishal Stars Maharaja Ranjit Singh Hockey friendly match, organized by All Excelsior Sports Correspondent guest. Snooker, Ansh Chopra won the the Championship. match by (4-2). chased the total in an exciting Club (MRSHC) RS Pura by four Charanjeet Singh Khalsa, India Kashmiri Samaj (AIKS) to finish in the last over. Arya Earlier, in the Senior title and Vasu Gupta was the Indian eves lose goals to two (4-2) in the summit provide opportunity to the bud- JAMMU, Nov 20: Minister Snooker final, Younis Kuchay runners-up. Member Legislative Council Sachivansh Thakur was the top clash, MBS Hockey Club, ding cricketers of Jammu to pol- scorer with 20 runs, while Surya of State for Sports, Sunil Sharma defeated Mudasir (4-0) by 58- The Championship was was the chief guest, while trans- assured the cueists that he will 2nd T20I against Makhanpur Simbal won the title porter Gajan Singh was the ish their cricketing skill and get contributed 16 runs to the total. 55, 71-47, 57-17, 67-63 to win organized under the supervision trophy of the 1st Gurdeep Singh ready for the big events, at For Jammu Rising Stars, Praful provide all possible help to them the title. of the office bearers of J&K WI women guest of honour. Memorial 5-a-side Night The winners were presented Parade ground, here today. Dhar and Abhay Tandon took 2 for raising infrastructural facili- In Senior Billiards final, Billiards and Snooker Hockey Tournament, organized a cash prize of Rs 5100 and a Batting first, Jammu Rising wickets each. ties in this sport at MA Stadium. Sohail Khalid had emerged win- Association including Chairman MULAPADU, by Hockey J&K at High School trophy, while the runners-up Stars scored a modest total of 82 The match was officiated by He said this during the prize ner earlier in the tournament, Sidharth Sharma, President Nov 20: Simbal Camp, here. received a cash prize of Rs 3100. runs in the stipulated 18 overs. Sadiq Hussain Malik and Sanjay distribution ceremony of State beating Nikhil Kapahi in the Sanjeev Gupta, Sr Vice Indian women suffered a The first goal was scored by Harsimran Singh was declared Praful Dhar was the top scorer Raina as umpires, while Senior Billiards and Snooker final. President Jaideep Manocha, batting collapse to lose the sec- Ramandeep Singh of MBS in as man of the tournament, who with 24 runs, while Abhay Sandeep Manchanda was the Championship at Billiards Hall, In Junior Billiards, Basit Vice President Jammu Nikhil ond T20 International by 31 the 6th minute, while Shivam was presented a cash prize of Rs Tandon contributed 20 runs to scorer. here today. Wani emerged winner, while Kapahi, Vice President Srinagar runs and help West Indies Sharma from MRSHC scored an 1100 and memento. Mr Sharma lavished praise Ansh Chopra remained runners- Umar Humanyun and General women take an unassailable 2-0 equalizer in the 9th minute. The matches were officiated on the organizers for holding up, while in Junior Snooker, Secretary Vishal Abrol. Autumn Golf Tournament held this event and said that sports lead in the three-match series, Ramnik Singh scored another by Manjeet Singh, Charanjeet Arjun Singh was the winner and Prominent among those Excelsior Sports Correspondent lovers from all over the world serves for delight, for ornament here today. goal in 13th minute to make it 2- Singh, Gurmeet Singh, Vipin Malhi the runners-up. present on the occasion were would throng in large numbers. and for agility. Sent into bat, West Indies 1 in favour of MRSHC in the Parshotam Verma, Harsheet In Sub Junior Billiards, Ansh Rajan Sharma, Satish Gupta, SRINAGAR, Nov 20: In a bid He said that State Tourism Suresh Chug, Principal Chief women made 137 for five and first half. Singh and Tanveer Singh. Chopra and Sanand Sharma Sunny Wahi, Arun Gulati, Ajay to promote MICE and Golf in the Department is promoting MICE Conservator of Forests/Chief then bowled out the hosts for In the 2nd half, the players of The Tournamnet was held were the winners and runners-up Sharma, Mukesh Sharma and State, the Department of Tourism and Golf as one of the niche seg- Wildlife Warden was the special 106 in 18.1 overs. MBS Club showed extraordi- under the overall supervision of respectively, while in Sub Junior Sunil. today organized daylong Autumn ments in the corporate sector in West Indies score was built nary hockey skills and scored Jaspreet Singh Jimmy, organiz- Golf Tournament at Royal Springs ing secretary. and outside the country. around four batters -- captain back to back goals in 25th, 32nd Golf Course (RSGC), Srinagar. Stafanie Taylor (47), Deandra Shah said that Autumn Golf India get crucial break-throughs Secretary Tourism & Tournament was aimed at to estab- Dottin (35), Hayley Matthews 2nd Diwali Cup Floriculture, Farooq Ahmad Shah, lish Jammu and Kashmir as one of (27) and Merissa Aguilleira Director Tourism, Mehmood the promising destinations for (21). Ahmad Shah, Secretary RSGC & after Cook-Hamid defiance YCC enters semifinals MICE and Golf segments. He said For India, medium pacer Managing Director Golf VISAKHAPATNAM, and showed temperament of copybook forward defensive Shikha Pandey picked up two Excelsior Sports Correspondent away 18 runs in 4 overs, while the department is planning to pro- Nov 20: highest order batting for more shot. Development Authority Galib wickets giving away 29 runs. Aman, Shanu and Parveen mote conference and Golf tourism than three hours. India bowled in good areas JAMMU, Nov 20: Mohi-u-Deen, retired Justice Chasing the target, India Kumar took one wicket each. as convention and post convention Indian spinners were thwart- Hameed faced 24 overs en but surprisingly the fourth day Defeating Shiva XI convinc- Muzaffar Ahmad Jan CEO never recovered from an early YCC, in reply chased the industry. ed by a splendid display of ultra- route to his 25 before Ashwin wicket which was perceived to ingly in the first quarterfinals, Kokernag Development Authority defensive batting by England batting colapse and their innings target in just 11 overs for the and officials from SKICC, RSGC, Dr. Zafar Khanday and Nitin gave the breakthrough at the fag be a rank-turner held firm as the Youngstar Cricket Club before the hosts edged ahead dis- eventually folded with the loss loss of 4 wickets, thus won the Kashmir Golf Club, JKTDC and Wazir were declared joint winners end of the day as the ball kept English openers played each ball entered the semifinal of the missing rival skipper Alastair of six wickets for just 33 runs. match by 6 wickets. Jagandeep Tourism Department were present of this tournament while as Arshad low trapping the right-hander to its merit in their fight for sur- ongoing 2nd Diwali Cup T20 Cook on an engrossing fourth Only three India batters Singh top scored with 55 runs on the occasion. Qadiri and Farooq Pampori were plumb in-front. vival. Cricket Tournament, being day of the second cricket Test. managed double digit scores and Talvinder Singh con- Deputy Commissioner adjudged as runners up. In In desperation for something On a hat-trick, Ashwin was organized by Youth Welfare In pursuit of an uphill victory with captain Harmanpreet Kaur tributed 40 runs to the total. Srinagar, Dr Farooq Ahmad Lone Longest Drive category, Manzoor special, Ashwin finally delivered brought in the fifth over but Association Simbal Camp at target of 405, England finished (43) being the top-scorer 43. For Shiva XI, Kishore took 3 teed off the event in presence of Abbas while as Sheikh Parvez in a shooter right in middle and leg Cook played him without any Government Boys High the day at 87 for 2, thanks to a Other Indians to score double wickets, which included hat- veteran golf lovers. Straight Drive and Altaf Beigh in in his 13th over of the day, and fuss, while Hameed held firm as School, here today. dogged defiance from skipper digit scores are Deepti Sharma trick. He conceded 10 runs in 2 Besides, golfers from J&K as Closest Pin categories were the there was no way that Hameed England managed to keep them- Electing to bat first after Cook and young Haseeb (24) and Meghna Singh (17). overs. Jagandeep Singh was many as 92 golfers from various winners. could keep it away as he was selves unscathed in the second winning the toss, Shiva XI Hameed, who brought back For West Indies, Anisa adjudged as man of the mtch. parts of the country participated in Retired Justice Muzaffar trapped right in front for an ago- session. made 111 for all out in 19 memories of Hashim Amla and Mohammed (3/23) and Deandra The match was officiated the tournament. Ahmad Jan and Director Tourism nising end. Hameed who was run out in overs. Jimmy scored 49 runs, AB de Villiers' 'batathon' at the Dottin (3/24) took three wickets by Kulbir Singh (Physical Speaking on the occasion, Mehmood Ahmad Shah jointly The opening partnership also the first innings, was very solid while Goldy contributed 23 Feroz Shah Kotla, last year. each, Indian women had earlier Education Master) and Secretary said that late Chief felicitated the winners with tro- provided a study in contrast to in defence as India looked for runs to the total. It was fascinating final two lost the first T20 International Gurvinderpal Singh as Minister Mufti Mohammad phies and mementos. their struggling Indian counter- something special to dismiss the For YCC, Kishore Sharma sessions where Cook (54, 188 by six wickets on last Friday. umpires, while Gurmeet Singh Sayeed had a dream to make the balls) and 19-year-old Hameed parts as the strategy was just to 19-year-old. scalped 3 wickets by giving block and delay the inevitable. Earlier at the stroke of noon, PTI maintained the scorebook. State a golfing paradise where golf NZ thrash Pak (25, 144 balls) added 75 for the CHRISTCHURCH, opening stand but more impor- India's frustration was India's second essay folded for tantly consumed 50 out of the summed up when Kohli used up 204 in an extended lunch session Sindhu wins maiden Super Series Premier title Nov 20: 150 overs that England require to both his DRS review in space of with the last pair of Jayant Yadav FUZHOU, Nov 20: come into the match with a 2- sealed the opening encounter Sindhu's stretched low return A Kane Williamson half bat in their second innings. six balls against captain Cook (27 not out) and Mohammad 3 head-to-head record but after dominating a parallel at the forecourt could not century saw New Zealand snap Cook showed enormous but to no avail. Shami (19) putting on 42 runs Olympic silver medallist P then statistics counted little game and finishing it with a cross the net. a four-Test losing streak when patience en route his 53rd Test England reached 50 in 37.1 from 58 balls after Virat Kohli V Sindhu clinched her maiden when she took the court at the return that hit Sun's face. Back to her winning side they beat Pakistan by eight half-century which came off 172 overs, a tad faster than their struck a glittering 81. Super Series Premier title Haixia Olympic Sports In the second game, of the court, Sindhu once wickets in the first Test at balls -- his slowest in longest for- slowest of 38.5 overs in the sec- Kohli batted with his class after edging out Sun Yu of Center. Sindhu had a slender 6-3 lead again started with new exu- Hagley Oval today. mat. ond innings against Sri Lanka at and majesty stroking out shots China in the finals of the USD The Oval in 1998. all around the park in his knock Sindhu dished out a domi- which she extended to 11-7 berance as the duo locked A low-scoring match was The captain's resistance final- 700,000 China Open bad- nating game as she zoomed to and 14-10. But Sun soon themselves in a battle of ly ended when Ravindra Jadeja Ashwin had ealier bowled from 109 balls, studded with minton tournament here wrapped up inside eight ses- 8-3-12-0 in his first spell during four boundaries but before he a healthy 11-5 lead early on. broke the rhythm by mixing supremacy. As a result service sions after the first day's trapped the skipper leg before today. The Indian looked sharp and her strokes and coming up changed hands too quickly as with the final delivery of the day. the second session and with little could notch yet another century Sindhu, who became the washout, with Williamson's sec- assistance from the pitch he was Ben Stokes' one-handed catch at athletic as she engaged in a with steep and powerful body they moved together till 6-6. ond innings 61 -- his 24th Test England require 318 runs more toast of the country after fast-paced game to bamboozle smashes to catch up with the But Sindhu moved ahead brought in only in the 43rd over. the slip ended his stay. 50 -- the top score of the match. on the final but they would be becoming the first Indian her opponent. Indian at 14-14. with a couple of powerpacked They did well to keep the Looking effortless all around very happy if they could even women to win a silver at Rio Eventually it was a cross A sharp smash and a returns which Sun failed to Set 105 to win after Pakistan manage a draw. five-man Indian attack at bay in the park, Kohli went for an Games, continued her ram- court return which earned superb return on Sindhu's negotiate. The Chinese also were all out for 171 in their sec- India have three full sessions front of a 20,000-plus crowd, the expansive powerful drive throw- paging run as she lifted the Sindhu a massive 12 game backhand helped Sun grab a faltered with a lift and also hit ond innings on the morning of tomorrow to grab the remaining best turn-out of the match so far. ing his bat wide of his body as prestigious title after beating points at 20-8. A couple of 18-16 lead which became 19- wide as Sindhu reached 10-6. the fourth day, Williamson lost eight wickets and take a 1-0 lead Hameed was extremely the ball looped high in the air Sun 21-11 17-21 21-11 in the smashes on Sindhu's forehand 16 after the Indian lost a A few errors helped Sun make his wicket with the scores level, in the five-match series. sound with his technique, did and looked as if it went past the summit clash that lasted an and backhand and a drop video referral. At 20-16, Sun it 8-10 before Sindhu entered leaving debutant Jeet Raval to If Cook's experience came to well to duck the short ball and giant frame of Stokes at the hour and nine minutes. going to the net helped Sun hit the nets but she roared the interval with a 11-8 advan- seal victory with a boundary off World No. 11 Sindhu had the fore, Hameed defied his age got into his position playing the slip.(PTI) save three points. But Sindhu back into contest when tage.(PTI) Yasir Shah.(Agencies)