SATURDAY, MAY 7, 2016 (PAGE 18) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Dhawan, bowlers help Sunrisers RCB aim to get campaign back Arushi wins twin Chess titles as Jammu on track against Pune Supergiants beat Lions by 5 wickets BENGALURU, May 6: for the two superstars of Indian division selection events conclude HYDERABAD, May 6: (2/28) led an impressive bowling But Warner, who hit a magnif- cricket as their franchises have It will be a battle of survival Excelsior Sports Correspondent first two positions. the matches were played under show while Barinder Sran and icent 92 off 50 balls in Sunrisers' dished one disappointing per- for the two national captains as Taranvir Singh Gujral, vice the supervision of Atul Kumar Shikhar Dhawan struck an Moises Henriques took a wicket 15-run win over RCB in their last formance after another. JAMMU, May 6: Jammu Virat Kohli's struggling Royal president All J&K Chess Gupta, president All J&K unbeaten 47 after a clinical dis- apiece as the Sunrisers bowlers match, did not last long today as division selection events con- play by his bowling team-mates bowled a disciplined line and he was out in the fourth over off TODAY’S FIXTURE cluded here today, wherein as Sunrisers Hyderabad beat length. Senior pacer Ashish the bowling of Dhawal Kulkarni. Arushi Kotwal won U-13 girls Warner mistimed his hit and RCB Vs Rising Pune Supergiants (Bengaluru) 4PM and also open titles in the U-13 Praveen Kumar took an easy Delhi Daredevils Vs Kings XI Punjab (Mohali) 8 PM events played today at Ace catch at mid-on. The Sunrisers Chess Academy, Trikuta Nagar, Challengers Bangalore square RCB with perhaps the most captain hit one four and two sixes intimidating batting line-ups has here. in his 17-ball knock. off against a fledgling Pune Shaurya Sambyal got second Supergiants led by Mahendra had to taste defeat because of a Kane Williamson (6) hit a position in open section, while Singh Dhoni in an IPL encounter pedestrian bowling attack that four off Kulkarni as soon as he Samriddhi was runners-up in for the bottom-rung teams, here has failed to defend 180 plus came in but fell to Praveen girls section. tomorrow. scores in most of the matches. Kumar in the fifth over. The home In the overall championship, With five defeats in seven Skipper Kohli, who is in side reached 38 for 2 after the Meenal Gupta won all the three powerplay overs and Moises games, RCB are currently form of his life, is leading the events in which she participated Henriques (14) fell in the 10th placed at a lowly seventh spot in run-getters list with 433 runs to without losing a single game, over with Bravo getting the wick- the table with four points while his credit with a century and while Arushi Kotwal participat- et with his second ball. Pune are just a notch above in four 50 plus scores at a whop- ed in maximum number of Yuvraj Singh came out to play sixth spot courtesy their third ping average of 72.16. AB de events and won maximum tro- his first match this season but dis- win against Delhi Daredevils, Villiers with 320 runs is also in appointed as he could score just yesterday. the Top-10 list but the problem phies. In Boys section, Akashdeep Winners of various chess events posing for a group photo- five runs off 14 balls. He fell to It has been a tough journey has been their bowling. (PTI) graph during valedictory function. Kulkarni with Sangwan taking Singh, Soham Kamotra, Vansh Mustafizur Rahman and Bhuvneshwar Kumar celebrating the catch. RR conducts Kho-Kho competition Mahajan, Jaiveer Singh, Yaksh Association and Dr A S Bhatia Chess Association and Joint wickets against Gujarat Lions in IPL match at Hyderabad on Meanwhile, Dhawan was get- Chopra, Shaurya Sambyal and Advisor distributed the prizes Secretary All India Chess fed- Excelsior Sports Correspondent will projects. The conduct of Friday. ting stronger after keeping quiet Imtiyaz Ahmad Shah played among the winners. eration. such sports event virtually is a initially. He began to open up and very thrilling games and they are The matches were played as The players from these took his side's score nearer to the UDHAMPUR, May 6: In an crowd puller and would strength- good hopes for state.while in per FIDE Laws of chess and lat- events alongwith selected play- Gujarat Lions by five wickets in Nehra (0/23) and Bhuvneshwar target. Deepak Hooda was out in endeavor of promoting village en the adventurous streak in the men section Ritwan Sauntra and est International rules. ers from Kashmir division will their IPL match here today. bowled a maiden over each as the the 18th over but Dhawan level sports and games, the local youth of the region. Sumit Grover once again dis- All the matches were offici- represent J&K State in the forth- Chasing 127 for a win, opener Lions took 14 balls to score their remained till the end to take his Rashtriya Rifles Battalion at To de-stress the youth and played their class by winning ated by Sumit Grover, while coming Nationals in 2016-17. Dhawan dropped anchor as he first run, the most in IPL history. side home. Talwara under the aegis of promote the adage " Healthy carried his bat through the innings Sunrisers though made a Earlier, the Sunrisers pro- Counter Insurgency Uniform mind in Healthy Body" such as the Sunrisers chased down the heavy weather of a small chase as duced a clinical bowling show as Force Headquarters, Reasi con- sports activities in remote areas Zonal Level Inter-School Tournaments organized target with six balls to spare at the they lost wickets in regular inter- they restricted Gujarat Lions to a ducted Kho- Kho competition for facilitate in remaining physically Rajiv Gandhi International vals but Dhawan ensured that the meagre 126 for 6. girl students at village Shikari fit and also develop strong bonds Excelsior Sports Correspondent and GHS Penthi and MIER Heritage School beat MHAC Stadium. home side notched up their fifth Put into bat, all the Lions bats- and Barakh. Sumb emerged winner by 4 Nagbani by (7-2) of solidarity and act as a great JAMMU, May 6: Players of Dhawan played second fiddle win in eight matches and jumped men, except for Aaron Finch (51 52 girl students from six motivating force inculcating true points. The matches were officiated to his batting partners initially to the fourth spot in the league not out) struggled as the visitors schools in the region participated under-14 and under-17 age In Volleyball U-14 Boys, the by Vishal Bharti, Rajesh sportsman spirit and competitive groups sweated-it-out in the before opening up later on to take table with 10 points. posted a small total at the stadium in the competition. The enthusi- streak amongst the youth. final match was played between Bandral Mousmi Verma, Vaneet which was full of insects flying ongoing Zonal Level Inter- his side home. He hit six fours in The Lions suffered their third asm and talent of the students The events were conducted as N V Dhalote and GHS Sarna and Satika Sharma. all around after a morning rain. School Tournaments, being his solid 40-ball unbeaten loss on the trot -- and fourth so far was witnessed by a large group part of promoting sports and and the GHS Sarna was An Inter school tournament Finch was the only Lions innings, including the winning overall -- and they remained on of spectators including games among students from rural organized by the Department of declared winner by (2-1) sets. for Bani zone commenced here shot which was also a boundary the second spot with 12 points batsman who gave a fight against Sarpanches, village elders and Youth Services and Sports at a disciplined Gujarat bowlers and areas. Various prizes were award- The officials present on at Government High School as the Sunrisers reached 129 for 5 from 10 matches. The Sunrisers officials from the Army and civil various zones across Jammu the Australian, who was dropped ed to the teams on conclusion of occasion were Anirudh Singh, Bani. in 19 overs. had beaten the Lions in the first division, today. on 30 by home side captain David administration. the completion of the tourna- Sandeep Singh, Kulbir Singh, The tournament was This was after Sunrisers' The Zonal Level Inter- leg also. Warner, remained not out on 51 The event conducted under ment. Gopal Sharma, Raj Kumari, declared open by the Principal School Tournament of Zone bowlers produced a clinical dis- Captain and opener David off 42 balls with the help of three project Sadbhavana aimed at The Sarpanch of village Zorawar Singh Sambyal, Shashi HSS Bani, Mohammad Hafiz play to restrict the Lions to a mea- Warner (24) gave the Sunrisers a fours and a six. identifying talent and promote Shikari thanked the Army author- Tikri got underway at Govt Hr Sambyal, Sudesh Kumari, Asha Sheikh in the presence of gre 126 for 6 after being put into rollicking start as he took 16 runs Captain Suresh Raina con- sportsmanship amongst the ities for giving an impetus to Secondary School, Tikri in an Rani, and others. District Youth Services and bat. from the second over bowled by tributed 20 off 10 balls while youth. The Army has assured women empowerment in the impressive opening ceremony The District Level Inter Sports Officer, Sunil Kumar. Pacers Mustafizur Rahman Pradeep Sangwan, hitting the Dwayne Bravo and Ravindra continued support on such good- region. today. School Competitions in the dis- The tournament will culminate (2/17) and Bhuvneshwar Kumar bowler for two sixes. scored 18 each. In all, 200 girls drawn from ciplines of Mastogi-Do and tomorrow. For Hyderabad, Bhuvneshwar 13 institutions of the Zone are Basketball Girls U-14 and U- On the 1st day of the tourna- Kumar and Mustafizur Rahman competing in Kho-Kho, 17 concluded today here at MA ment as many as 328 players Daredevils hope for course grabbed two wickets apiece while Kabaddi and Volleyball. Barinder Sran and Moises Stadium Jammu. from 20 government and 4 pri- In Kho-Kho U-14 Girls, The competitions were vate institutions participated in Henriques took a wicket each. GMS Manthal emerged winner, correction against listless KXIP The Lions began with one of organized by the Department of Kabaddi, Kho-KHo & Volley while GMS Barolla remained Youth Services and Sports,under ball competitions. MOHALI, May 6: performer as such but contribu- the slowest starts ever in the IPL runners-up and in Kabaddi U-14 and then slumped to 25 for 3 the Chairmanship of Madan Lal, Physical Education Teacher tions from most of the players in Girls, GMS Mora Gujjaran was After a below-par effort their five victories has made it inside powerplay overs. Openers Jt. Director Youth Services & (PET) Des Raj, PEM Romesh against Pune Supergiants, the Dwayne Smith (1) and Brendon declared winner, while Dugra Sports Jammu and under the Singh, PEM Rajesh Kumar, clear that Dravid's men are cer- Model Academy Tikri claimed Delhi Darevils will be looking to tainly not dependant on any one McCullum (7) struggled to get off Newly elected members of Students' Council of Model overall supervision of Sukhdev PET Rakesh Kumar and PEL the blocks as the first Lions' run runners-up title. hit the straps rightaway with individual to carry the team for- Academy posing for a group photograph alongwith School Raj Sharma, DYSSO Jammu. Jai Paul Singh officiated the came after 13 dot balls with In Kabaddi U-17 Girls, GHS their prime players set to come- ward. Management in Jammu on Friday. In Mastogi-Do under-17 tournaments. back in the playing XI as they Bhuvneshwar and Nehra bowling Chiryai emerged winner and Girls, Jodhamal Public School Two days Inter-School The team has set a new tem- a maiden over each. (PTI) GHSS Tikri remained runners- take on wooden spooners Kings plate taking the 'Horses for beat Jammu Sanskrit School by Competition cum trilas for boys Model Academy organizes up, while in Volleyball U-17 XI Punjab in an IPL encounter, Courses' theory to an altogether 7 points (27-20), while in Under-14 and Under 17 in South Africa selects Girls, Sainik Co-Operative Tikri here tomorrow. new level with only three Indian Mastogi-Do Girls U-14 final, Cricket began at Mini Stadium, After three horrendous sea- players -- leg-spinner Amit uncapped Shamsi, Investiture Ceremony bagged the title and GHS Jammu Sanskrit School beat Udhampur today, under the son, the Daredevils have had a Mishra, wicketkeeper-batsman Chiryai claimed second spot. Army Pubic School Kaluchak supervision of Santosh Kumari, decent outing so far under Rahul Sanju Samson and top-order Dale Steyn left out Excelsior Correspondent The Students' Council com- The tournament is being by 9 points (26-17) and in final Zonal Physical Education Dravid's mentorship and Zaheer prised of presidents and vice organised by the Department of player Karun Nair getting a start JOHANNESBURG, May 6: JAMMU, May 6: Model match of Basketball U- 17, Officer, Udhampur. Khan's captaincy, having won presidents of all four houses Youth Services and Sports Zone in all the eight matches. All the Academy, the prestigious school five of their eight games and are other players have been either South Africa called up namely Newton House, Einstein Tikri, under the supervision of of MIER held its Investiture placed third in the eight-team rested or replaced during the uncapped left-arm wrist spinner House, Edison House and Ashok Kumar ZPEO Tikri and Ceremony for the year 2016- table. course of the tournament so far. Tabraiz Shamsi for next month's Darwin House. The new council under the overall supervision of 2017 for the students of the sen- There has been no standout (PTI ) triangular limited-overs series members were honoured with Sudesh Kumar, DYSSO ior wing today. in the Caribbean and rested fast badges and sashes by the Joint Udhampur. The deserving students were bowler Dale Steyn amid con- Prominent among others bestowed with the responsibility Director and Principal who cerns over his workload. present on the occasion were of leading the school from the pledged to work earnestly and Shamsi was the only new SM Tharmatt and Sudeshwer front. The ceremony began with uphold the school motto of player in the one-day interna- "shrestha" in high esteem. Sharma, while the matches were tional squad announced on a silent prayer followed by school song. The function was Dr. Adit Gupta congratulated officiated by Kuldeep Sharma , Friday, although pace-bowling the council members and Neelam Devi, Shukla Devi, allrounder Wayne Parnell was presided over by Dr Adit Gupta, Senior Joint Director MIER and impressed upon them to work Som Dev, Raj Kumar, recalled for the first time in with zeal and dedication. Kulbushan Sharma, Kafeel more than a year. Rupa Gupta, Management rep- Pramod Srivastava, Principal in Ahmed, Ajay Kumar, Jagdish Head selector Linda Zondi resentative. They were accom- his speech advised them to take Kumar, Pushpinder Singh, said Steyn was rested for the tri- panied by Pramod Srivastava, up their duties sincerely with Raman Gupta, Dharminder Chief guest lighting traditional lamp during Annual Day angular series against West Principal Model Academy, Usha full commitment and honour the Singh, Meenu, Shashi celebration at Jammu Cantt on Friday. Indies and Australia to keep him Gadoo, Vice Principal, Manjari responsibility and trust Kumar,Gita Devi and Anita fresh for the test season. South Sehgal, Academic Manager, JK Kumari. Africa, which lost its No. 1 Dhiman, Controller of bestowed upon them. KV-2 Jammu Cantt Students posing for a group photograph while celebrating The Department of Youth ranking in tests with a home Examination, Usha Chuni, Karishma Sharma welcomed Mother's Day in Jammu on Friday. Services and Sports District loss to England in January, has Convener Sports and Manju the guests and Kanika Mahajan Samba organized Inter School series against New Zealand, Vali, Convener Co-curricular presented a formal vote of celebrates Annual Day Mother's Day celebrated Australia and Sri Lanka this Committee. thanks. Zonal Level Tournament U-14 Excelsior Correspondent KV No-2 Jammu Cantt and Mrs year. Boys under the supervision of Swati were the special guests. JAMMU, May 6: KV No-2 Batsman Faf du Plessis was in District Youth Services and Senior Army Officers, Jammu Cantt celebrated Annual the ODI squad for the Caribbean Sports Officer Samba, Subash Principals of KVs and Principals with zeal, zest Day with great zest and zeal at despite sustaining a broken finger Chander Bhardwaj and overall of other Schools, besides parents Excelsior Correspondent event was 'Like Mother, Like General Zorawar Singh Audit- in the IPL. Du Plessis had surgery supervision of ZEPO Samba, were present on the occasion. Baby" where the mothers and orium, University of Jammu, JAMMU, May 6: Various on the broken left ring finger this Rakesh Verma. The programme began with their children had worn identical here today. educational institutions celebrat- week and should be ready for In Kho-Kho U-14 Boys, the the lighting of the traditional attires. A Best Theme award was final was played between N V AVLJ Rao, Deputy Commis- ed Mother's Day with great given to the mothers who wore South Africa's second game of lamp by the chief guest and the enthusiasm and fervour, here Dhalote and CMP Nud, wherein sioner, Kendriya Vidyalaya the same attire as their kids. It the triangular series against other dignitaries. today. CMP Nud was declared winner Sangathan, Jammu Region was was a different and unique con- Australia on June 7, team manag- Earlier, Principal KV No-2 RM Public School celebrat- by 6 points, while in Kabaddi the chief guest on the occasion, cept where the emphasis was on er Mohammed Moosajee said. Jammu Cantt, Rita Bhaskar pre- ed Mother's Day with zest and U-14 Boys, the final match was while Lt Col K Bhanu Prakash having fun and connecting emo- (Agencies) sented welcome address and zeal. played between MIER Sumb 26 Inf Div, Nominee Chairman tionally with the children. also presented annual report Chairman of the school, Sania, Martina inch Sunna Syal, the coordinator highlighting the achievements of Rameshwar Mengi was the of the event thanked all for their Investiture Ceremony the School. guest on the occasion. A special closer to fifth title support, their co-operation and Students presented a variety assembly was organized on this Winners of debate competition posing for agroup photograph help in conducting the activity. of 2016 season of dance items including occasion, wherein the students at Navyug HSS in Jammu. The pre primary wing of the held at JP World School Rajasthani dance, Punjabi presented number of wonder MADRID, May 6: Excelsior Correspondent Head Girl while from junior Gidda, besides Saraswati dances. Card-Making competi- Kartar Public School celebrated Top seeds Sania Mirza and Navyug HSS holds debate competition school Shaquib and Deepika of Vandana on the occasion. tion was also organized after the Mother's Day with zeal and Martina Hingis reached the JAMMU, May 6: JP World class- 4th were elected Head The meritorious students assembly. enthusiasm. Excelsior Correspondent Madam were the judges on the Madrid Open doubles final with School Channi, Jammu held Boy and Head Girl resepctively. were honoured with certificates The winners of the Card- Er Nirmaljit Singh , ocassion. a crushing 6-2 6-0 win over JAMMU, May 6: Navyug Investiture Ceremony at school Nishant, Sehban and Sadia were and prizes. Making competition were Chairman Kartar Educational In Senior group of class 8th , Vania King and Alla Hr. Secondary School today auditorium in which office bear- bestowed with captainship of In his speech, the chief guest awarded by chairman, Mr Trust was the chief guest, while 9th and 10th , Predikta of Kudryavtseva in the lop-sided organized an Inter house debate ers took an oath to carry out discipline, sports and cultural lauded the efforts of the Mengi. Harpreet Kour, Secretary and Liberty house got 1st prize, semifinal, here today. competition in the school multi- their duties sincerely to add to activities from senior school Principal, staff and the students Trustee Rita Mengi and Ravinder Kumar, Vice Principal Shranya of Peace house got 2nd the glory of the school. It will be second consecu- purpose hall. while from junior school Krish, for organising a beautiful pro- Principal Ravinder Kour along with staff members were prize and 3rd prize went to Colonel Vimal Nayar graced tive final for the Indo-Swiss About 55 students from Tanu Yadav, Abhiroop Singh gramme. applauded the efforts of teachers also present on the occasion. team after ending runners-up in Shagun of Liberty house. Nikita the occasion as the chief guest classes 6th to 10th actively par- Hundal, Ayesha, Madhvan and The programme was and the students. While speaking on the occa- Stuttgart. of fraternity house and Anshita while Major Avishesh was the ticipated in this competition. Somya were vested with the anchored by senior teachers G.D Goenka Public School sion, Er.Nirmat Singh congratu- After their incredible run, Hardev Singh Jamwal, of Liberty house got consolation guest of honour. The ceremony same responsibilities. Rachna Sharma and Amardeep Jammu governed by Om lated all the students and audi- that included nine title victories Managing Director of the school prize. began with lighting of the tradi- Colonel Vimal Nayar in his Kour. Prakash Bansal Charitable Trust ence on and said that the most on the trot, Sania and Martina was the chief guest on the occa- In Junior group of class 6th , tional lamp by the chief guest address congratulated the newly Senior teacher, Radha celebrated Mother's Day, where- respectable relation of this uni- have lost to only four teams and sion. 7th and 8th , Siya of Peace house colonel Nayar and the Managing elected members of Students' Randhir presented vote of in Kindergarten section invited verse after God is the mother. Vania and Alla are one of them. The topic of the debate was bagged 1st prize, Manvi of Trustee of the school, Ashok Council and advised them to be thanks. all the Mother's of the students. Earlier while welcoming the Sania and Martina had lost "Women Empowerment" Liberty house got 2nd prize Singh Manhas followed by responsible and worthy of the The Programme included a students, mothers and local to the American-Russian com- The purpose of the competi- whereas 3rd prize was fetch by school song "We are JPians". Vansh Mahajan, S/o Nidhi trust responded in them. Major Kaleidoscope of events like audience, Harpreet Kour said bine in the second round of tion was to develop confidence Ananya of progress House. The members of Students' and Naveen Avishesh Singh presented a singing and dance performances that KPS has decided to cele- Indian Wells but did not give among students and make them Koushiki and Ichha of Progress Council were selected on the Gupta, who won by the students, various games brate all important festivals, them any chance today, tram- aware of the fact the society can- house and Deepshikha and basis of attitude, communication presentation regarding career gold medal in the like Musical Chairs, catching days and historical events for pling them over in just 50 min- not progress without the active Veedika of Liberty house got skills, confidence, sincerity and opportunities in Indian Army U-11 boys of the the ball, blowing balloons, how overall development of the stu- utes. participation of women in every consolation prize. participation in different school and advised them to serve the Jammu division well mother's know their child dents. The top seeds did not allow sphere of life. . The prizes were distributed programmes. The chief guest motherland. selection chess etc. All the mothers participated The proceedings of the pro- their opponents to hold their serve The participating students by Hardev Singh Jamwal, pinned up the badges and At the end of the pro- events, which enthusiastically and enjoyed to gramme were conducted by even once in the opening set. If presented their views which Managing Director of the adorned them with sashes. gramme, the Principal, Jitinder concluded today. The events the hilt. There were prizes given Kiran Salathia and the vote of the unseeded pair got to the board, enthralled the audience. School school, while Principal, Preetika From senior school, Shahbaz Singh Hundal presented the vote were organized by J&K to the winning mothers. thanks was delivered by Vice it was because the top seeds captains Akshit Basur, Miss Jamwal congratulated the prize and Manpreet of class- 12th of thanks. The ceremony con- Amateur Chess Association in The main attraction of the Principal, Ravinder Kumar. dropped serve twice. (PTI) Diksha Mandyal and Kapila winners. were selected as Head Boy and cluded with national anthem. Jammu.