SATURDAY, MARCH 28, 2015 (PAGE 16) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU IMF Metro Programme 17th State Open Judo C'ship concludes concludes BSF School wins boys, Excelsior Sports Correspondent was presided over by S girls title trophies Bhattacharjee, Chairman of IMF UDHAMPUR, Mar 27: A North Zone committee, New Excelsior Sports Correspondent Detailed results: colourful cultural programme by . Under-15 boys, 50 Kg: 1. the students of National JAMMU, Mar 27: BSF Mridul Kerni, 2. Sanchit Rajan, 3. On the concluding day the Primary School and BSF Ankur Academy High School, marked programme commenced with the Aareen Kotwal, 3. Manoj Singh; Play School won the boys and the conclusion of IMF Metro conduct of a quiz competition on 55 Kg: 1. Alankrit Patyal, 2. Jodhamal students displaying skill during a Nukkad Natak at Programme at Udhampur. Mountaineering/Himalaya at girls title trophies respectively in Ketan Arora; + 55Kg : 1. Udhav The 2-day programme was National Academy High School, Wave Mall in Jammu. the 17th J&K State Open Judo Gupta, 2. Paranveer Singh, 3. Championship, which concluded Paras Kumar. 3. Ayush Padnita Jodhamal students spread awareness for at Indoor Complex, M.A. Under-15 girls, 40 Kg: 1. Stadium, here today. Minister for PHE, Sukhnandan Choudhary interacting with Earth Hour, Women Empowerment players while inaugurating Lawyers Sports Meet in Jammu on Excelsior Correspondent beyond the hour by spreading Friday. the message through a 'Nukkad JAMMU, Mar 27: Under the Natak' the theme taken up - a Sukhnandan inaugurates aegis of JK chapter of WWF brilliant one - Women with one day to go with the Empowerment, which had fea- biggest ever Earth Hour, tured to improve female literacy, Lawyers Annual Sports Meet Jodhamal Public School stu- create skills, compatibility Excelsior Sports Correspondent appreciated the efforts of associ- dents spread the awareness cam- among woman for enabling ation for organizing such tourna- paign for two major problems them to stand on their own feet JAMMU, Mar 27: The ment. faced by Human Race, one of Minister for PHE and I & FC, and care for themselves & fami- Earlier, the Minister interact- Energy and Power Resources ly and have the right to women's Sukhnandan Choudhary today and the other of Women ed with the players of both the marriage. Winners posing for a group photograph alongwith dignitaries inaugurated the "Lawyers Empowerment. teams and wished them good Climbers posing along with office bearers of the Association There was a musical dark during concluding function of 17th State Open Judo Annual Sports Meet 2015" Students performed a luck. during concluding ceremony of IMF Metro Programme on hour was shown by the students Championship at MA Stadium in Jammu. Tournament organized Nukkad Natak as to why to bear The inaugural match of the Friday. in a form of a PowerPoint docu- by J&K High Court Bar this discrimination and present- tournament was played between mentary, followed by the theme Bindiya Mahajan, 2. Anisha Association Jammu at Jammu Udhampur. ed the power point on Earth Around 300 judokas drawn the Strikers XI and Fire XI. "Save Electricity" which would Sapolia; 48 Kg: 1. Vanshsika University ground, here. organized by IMF North Zone During the competition, the Hour and what all Jodhamal has from the districts of Kathua, President of Bar Association, Committee, New Delhi in collab- give awareness about climate Manhas, 2. Akansha Bhat; 52 Kg: The Minister was also chief organizers were pleasantly sur- done during last three years Jammu, Srinagar, Samba and Leh Abhinav Sharma put forth his oration with Tawi Trekkers J&K change. 1. Anshika Manhas, 2. Vishali guest on the occasion. prised to see the knowledge of towards the Environmental participated in the Championship. demands before the Minister and active cooperation by The teachers who helped the Choudhary, 3. Vidushi Dogra; The 10-day Cricket which included allotment of the participating students from issues and Social issues. Provincial President NC and National Academy High School, kids were Reema Open Wt: 1. Prachi Bhagat, 2. Tournament started here today funds to the Bar Association various local schools on the The 'Earth Hour' organized MLA Devender Singh Rana was in which 12 teams of Lawyers Udhampur. topic. Mahajan,Sonia Mahajan, the chief guest on the occasion, Priyanshi Kapoor; Jammu and up-gradation of On the first day a seminar on by WWF has evolved into the Under-12 boys, 30 Kg : 1. are participating in 4 pools, with After a tough competition Deepak Kumar, Subhash Dey, while Ajay Sadhotra, former infrastructure for lawyers. 'Promotion of Adventure' was world's largest environmental Shivam Baloria, 2. Sanket each pool containing 3 teams. team B of National Academy Poonam Mahajan and Minister; Thakur Rashpal Singh, The Minister assured them to held at Saigal Hall, Abhinav grass roots movement connect- Sharma, 3. Sankey Khajuria. 3. Top two teams will go to the High School comprising of Roopinder Kaur. ex MLA and president J&K Judo redress their demands on priori- Theatre, Jammu. ing hundreds of millions of peo- Dabeer Ahmed; 35 Kg: 1. Manish next round of quarterfinals. Karmanya Gupta,Javed Iqbal and Vice Principal Monika Sethi Association and Dr Ashutosh ty. Ajay Khajuria, Registrar, Shri Shruti emerged victorious after ple across all seven continents. Sharma, 2 Shivam Sharma, 3. On the occasion, Minister Meanwhile, to facilitate the Mata Vaishno Devi University Jodhamal School family appreciated the efforts of all the Sharma, secretary J&K Olympic Adeeb Ahmed. 3. Himanshu; 40 the 4th round. Team-A of Aryan staff & students and the chief Association were present on the problem of clean drinking water and ex. Director, Tourism Jammu Oriental Convent Higher proudly announces their extra- Kg: 1. Sahil Kumar, 2. Aditya Saina, Srikanth win; guest, Dr C M Seth, Chairperson occasion. of Lawyers, the Minister and Dr. Poonam Sharma of Secondary School comprising ordinary involvement in 'Earth Andotra, 3. Mudit Raina; 45 Kg: Prannoy, Guru lose announced two RO fitted water Jammu Central University were Renu Sharma, Sadia Mustaffa Hour Celebration' since last 3 WWF Jammu Chapter also The Championship was 1. Zaheer Mohd., 2. Ayush coolers for District Court the main speakers who gave very Bhat and Rohit Sharma and years with activities happening appreciated the efforts and laud- organized by Vikas Gupta, gener- Pandita, 3. Pranay Kapoor,.3 in India Open Complex, Jammu. thought provoking and valuable Team- D of National Academy beyond the hour. Today, the stu- ed the Principal Trilok Singh al secretary J&K Judo .Areen Shastri suggestions on the topic. Dr Bist for all his initiatives for the Association, under the aegis of NEW DELHI, Mar 27: Prominent among others High School comprising Adil dents of JPS took the initiative Under-12 girls, 25Kg: Sehu- present on the occasion were Ashutosh Sharma, General Hussain, Lokinder Singh and to celebrate Earth Hour at the Earth Hour Celebration since J&K State Sports Council and un-Nab; 30 Kg: 1. Angli Sharma, Saina Nehwal and K Srikanth Senior Advocates, D C Raina, U Secretary, J&K Olympic Smilee Sharma which secured Wave Mall and committed to go last three years. J&K Olympic Association. 2. Tajinder Kour, 3. Vidushi Association also expressed his reached their maiden semifinals at K Jalali, K K Malhotra and the same points were declared The refreshment was spon- Verma; views on the subject. The event the India Open Super Series bad- Sunil Sethi. joint runners up. sored by Avtar Singh Chahal,, 35 Kg , 1. Simran, 2 Sehr-un- minton tournament but giant- In the Painting and Sport Samar drubs GNCC by 7 wkts, faces Managing Director, White Gold Nisha and 44 Kg: 1. Isha, 2. killer H S Prannoy and RMV Climbing Competitions that fol- Soya Paneer. Vishali Sharma. Gurusaidutt failed to capitalise on lowed the students of National New Challengers in Holi Cup summit clash early advantages and went down Academy, which has a small arti- Excelsior Sports Correspondent Club, Amritpal was the pick of fighting in the quarterfinals here ficial climbing Wall also, swept the bowlers, who scalped 4 today. all the positions. JAMMU, Mar 27: Riding on important by conceding Five-time world champion In the end, S Bhattacharjee, a splendid all-round performance 15 runs in his 4 overs, while Lin Dan also made a stunning exit Chairman, IMF North Zone by Amritpal Singh, Samar Cricket Kamal Kishore and Aman from the tournament as world Committee distributed trophies, Club (SCC) defeated Guru Nanak number 10 Tommy Sugiarto beat mementoes and cash prizes bagged 2 wickets each and Monu Cricket Club (GNCC) by 7 wick- Sharma claimed one. him 21-17 15-21 21-17 in the among the winners of various ets in the semifinals today, to lock men's singles at the Siri Fort competitions. In reply, Samar Club chased horns with the New Challengers the target in just 13 overs by los- Sports Complex here. While addressing the students Cricket Club in the summit clash, Olympic bronze medallist, ing 3 wickets to win the match by and teachers he expressed his the date for which is yet to be Saina sailed past Indonesia's Hana 7 wickets. Amritpal Singh top gratitude to the management of decided. Ramadhini 21-15 21-12 in the National Academy High School, scored with 38 runs, while Earlier, batting first, Guru women's singles competition to Udhampur for the help and coop- Jagteshwar Singh contributed J&K State hockey team posing along with chief guest, Nanak Cricket Club scored a stay just one win away from eration extended in smooth con- with 37 runs and Monu Sharma Sukhnandan Choudhary and other dignitaries during flag-off modest total of 128 runs in the becoming the first Indian woman duct of the programme. chipped in with brisk 20 runs. ceremony. to achieve the world number one He said, Tawi Trekkers J&K stipulated 20 overs. Rahul Balbir took 3 important wickets ranking. in coordination with IMF North Gorkha top scored with 42 runs, for GNCC. Amritpal Singh of Reigning world and All Players in action during an inaugural match of the 12th State Zone Committee will organize while Sunny and Rimple con- Samar Club was adjudged as U-19 State Hockey team England champion, Carolina Korfball Championship at Green Field ground Gandhi Nagar in another such programme next tributed 23 and 19 runs to the man of the match for his superb Marin of Spain also eked out a 21- Jammu month. total respectively. For Samar all-round show. flagged off for National C’ship 15, 17-21, 21-15 win over sixth seed Japanese Nozomi Okuhara Excelsior Sports Correspondent from the State are talented to set up a clash with former Jammu outplays Poonch in opening enough to compete with the best JAMMU, Mar 27: Minister teams from other parts of the world champion Ratchanok for Public Health Engineering Intanon of Thailand, seeded third. Nation. tie of State Korfball C’ship and Irrigation, Sukhnandan In men's singles, world num- He also provided Hockey ber four Srikanth outwitted Excelsior Sports Correspondent Rohit and Shamsher scored two Choudhary, today flagged off sticks to the players and wished Japan's Takuma Ueda 21-15 23- goals each. Under-19 Men's State Hockey them best of luck for the JAMMU, Mar 27: District Earlier, the event was inau- team for participation in 5th 25 21-18 in a hard-fought battle Jammu defeated District Poonch Championship. that lasted an hour an 19 minutes. gurated by Tarlok Singh, retired Hockey India Junior Men's by a convincing margin in the Among others, the flag-off Prannoy, who had sent the top Divisional Youth Services and National Hockey Championship ceremony was attended by IGP seed and world number two Jan inaugural match of the 12th Sports Officer and president being held in Mysore, from State Korfball Championship, Mukesh Singh, vice president Jorgensen of Denmark packing, J&K Korfball Association in an April 1 to April 12, 2015. Hockey J&K. Romal Singh, being organized by J&K (L) Chief guest and other dignitaries lighting ceremonial lamp (R) Students presenting colour- also conjured up hopes of another impressive and well attended The 20- member Hockey general secretary, Rajinder, Korfball Association, which got ful cultural item while celebrating Annual Day. upset before falling short against function and K S Rishi, presi- team comprises of players from treasurer Hockey J&K, G S world number six Viktor Axelsen underway at Green field No-1, dent J&K Korfball Association. different parts of the State was Gandhi Nagar, here today. Bakshi, secretary, Kuldeep 21-16 9-21 18-21. General secretary of the Shanti Swaroop PHSS celebrates The 'God' knew it, flagged off from K K Hakhu Handoo, Sports Officer J&K Commonwealth Games Jammu defeated Poonch by a Association, Manjeet Singh, R Astroturf Hockey Stadium, here. Police, Imran Iqbal, Sports bronze medallist, Guru had started convincing margin of 10 goals Tendulkar prediction on K.Sharma, secretary and joint Speaking on the occasion, Coordinator and other office the proceedings for India and (14-4). The half time score was 25th Annual Day secretaries V P.Sharma and semis spot on the Minister said that the players bearers of Hockey J&K. despite playing a compact game (8-1) in favour of Jammu dis- Desh Bandhu were also present Excelsior Sports Correspondent tion at General Zorawar Singh initially, he too ran out of ideas in trict. For Jammu District, Irfan Auditorium with zeal and enthusi- SYDNEY, Mar 27: on the occasion. JAMMU, Mar 27: Shanti the end to go down 21-15 18-21 was the top scorer with 6 goals, asm, here today. I would like current playing Twelve districts of the State Swaroop Public Higher Secondary He isn't called the 'God of 13-21 to China's Xue Song in a while Ashwini scored 4 and Yuvraj Vikramaditya was the are participating in the School, Jammu celebrated its 25th cricket' for nothing and Sachin match that lasted over an Sonia 2 goals. From Poonch, chief guest on the occasion, while conditions to change: Dhoni hour.(PTI) Championship. Annual Day (Silver Jubilee) func- Suman Malhotra, Districtr president Tendulkar lived up to the title by , Lions Club Delhi and Usha Bhatia, accurately predicting the cricket MELBOURNE, Mar 27: not seen double hundreds in World Cup semifinalists. ODIs and now in three years' renowned educationist from A staunch critic of the ICC's Much before the tournament time you see three double hun- Haryana were the guests of honour. four-fielder theory which has led began, Tendulkar picked India, dreds (actual number is six) A variety of cultural items were to regular run-riots in one-day- presented on the occasion and the Australia, New Zealand and South being scored," the Indian captain ers, India cricket captain items included folk dances depicted Africa as the last four for the said. Mahendra Singh feels the cur- rich culture and heritage of different showpiece and the line-up turned From India only, there are States, which was highly applauded out exactly that a month later. rent rule should be changed as it four double hundreds in ODIs heavily favours batsmen. by the audience. Australia beat India to enter with Rohit Sharma being the With lack of a seamer-all- The presentation of programme the final, while New Zealand owner of two, Sachin Tendulkar rounder, Dhoni's struggle was was superb, forcing the audience to edged past South Africa to make it and Virender Sehwag having evident yesterday when his fifth keep encouraging the students by a final of the co-hosts. one each. Among others, Chris their blissful clap. One of the items bowler -- left-arm spinner Tendulkar had made his pre- Gayle and Martin Guptill have giving message to save the girl child diction during the launch of his Ravindra Jadeja -- failed to thrilled everyone. check the flow of runs in the lost scored a double ton each. autobiography 'Playing It My "A lot of people might say Prominent among the galaxy of Way' in London last month. World Cup semifinal against dignitaries present on the occasion that a lot of dot balls that are He was asked to pick his Australia. was thepresident School Managing being bowled because of that world champion but the Indian Dhoni has time and again Committee, RK Bali, who spoke on made it clear that India's bowl- extra fielder inside. If that's the the occasion and extended his bless- limited himself to naming the case (logic), rather than having semifinal line-up. ing has been affected by this rule ings. of not having more than four the option of keeping fielders The meritorious students were "I can't pinpoint any one team outside, you might as well bring but there are a few competitive fielders outside the 30-yard cir- awarded and honoured by the chief all 11 inside the circle to have teams. I would like to name cle. guest and other dignitaries present more dot balls," Dhoni said tak- Australia, South Africa, New "It's my personal opinion, I on the occasion. ing a dig at the ICC rule with Zealand (as a dark horse), and would like them to change it. In The chief guest lauded the straight face. (PTI) efforts of the students and the staff India," said Tendulkar. the history of cricket, we have for organizing a beautiful pro- That's not all, the 41-year-old gramme. retired batsman had also some- Delhi mess up run chase, lose School Principal, Kusum what predicted England's flop- Bhatia presented vote of thanks. show.(PTI) to Haryana by one run NEW DELHI, Mar 27: over, followed in the 18th and Delhi were left needing Delhi messed up their run chase five runs to win off as many balls. with their lower order coming a Then, Manan Sharma and cropper at the fag end as they lost to Rahul Yadav fell to seamer Ashish Haryana by one run in a low-scor- Hooda in consecutive deliveries as ing thriller in the North Zone leg of Delhi could score only three from the Syed Mushtaq Ali the remaining three deliveries to fin- Trophy at the Feroz Shah Kotla here ish at 114 for 7 and lose the match. today. Earlier, Haryana recovered Chasing 116 for a win, Delhi from 19 for 4 with Jayant Yadav hit- seemed to be well on course with ting a 25-ball 31 coming in at num- openers (38) and ber seven and Sandeep Godara (20) (22) providing a and Amit Mishra (18 not out) mak- steady base only to stumble at the ing useful contributions to go past end. 100. , Pawan Delhi reached 76 for 3 in the Suyal and Manan claimed two 13th over, but Chand fell in the 16th wickets each for Delhi.(PTI)