THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2013 (PAGE 14) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU 12th J&K Open State Fencing Championship concludes India look to extend domination Rural sports infra to be over Windies in ODIs KOCHI, Nov 20: pro Zaheer Khan, who has been After demolishing the West denied a central contract by the Indies in Sachin Tendulkar's BCCI this year. upgraded: Taj emotionally draining farewell Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohit Test series, the Indian cricket Sharma, an IPL find, and Excelsior Sports Correspondent team will look to extend its Jaydev Unadkat complete the supremacy in the ODIs as well pace quartet for India with R KATHUA, Nov 20: Minister Ashwin and Amit Mishra man- for Youth Services and Sports when the two sides face off in a three-match series starting here ning the spin department. and Medical Education, Taj Ravindra Jadeja will return Mohi-ud-Din, said that State tomorrow. The 2-0 whitewash against to the side after missing the Government intends to equip Tests to nurse a shoulder niggle. every Panchayat with sports the Caribbean outfit was the per- fect send off for the legendary For the West Indies, the infrastructure to nurture sport- challenge could not have been ing talent among rural youth. Tendulkar, who called it quits after serving Indian cricket for bigger after the Test mauling. Mr Taj was speaking on the Darren Sammy would make final day of the 12th J&K Open nearly a quarter of a century. The emotional curtain call way for all-rounder Dwayne State Fencing Championship in Bravo as captain of the side and Government Degree College at left everyone, including the man of the moment, in tears even tak- the visitors would hope to Billawar. restore some of the lost pride by Governor NN Vohra interacting with Scouts & Guides at Raj Bhawan in Jammu on Wednesday. Minister of State of ing the focus away from the cricket that was played. coming good in the shorter for- Fisheries, Cooperatives, mat. Minister for Sports, Taj Mohi-ud-Din felicitating fencers at The epic farewell is now Finance and Planning Dr The one man who would Governor emphasizes sustained promotion Government Degree College Billawar. behind them and the Indians Manohar Lal Sharma was also hold the key to their fortunes part in the 3- day Championship bronze medal was bagged by would try and ensure that it is present on the occasion. and provide much-needed spark in which a total of 68 medals Seema Bhagat and Simram just cricket that is talked about Mr. Taj said that the motive is without doubt the dashing behind organizing such champi- comprising 17 gold, 17 silver Sharma both from Reasi district. now. of Scouts & Guides movement The home side already Chris Gayle. Gayle had a night- onship of modern sports like and 34 bronze medals were In under-17 Epee boys indi- Excelsior Sports Correspondent support of Rs. 4 lakh for provid- tions of the society to contribute deserves credit for keeping itself marish outing in the Tests and fencing is to attract the youth given. The matches during the vidual category Rajan Prasar of ing uniforms to the Scouts and generously to the Annual Flag focussed on the game in the was hardly noticeable. The big- JAMMU, Nov 20: N N hailing from rural pockets and event were held in Sabre, Foil, Udhampur won gold, Teja Singh Day Fund, for facilitating Tests despite the frenzy sur- hitting batsman would hope to Vohra, Governor, today empha- Guides who are studying in the far flung areas to new games, Epee, Open and Open Epee cat- of Jammu clinched silver while enhanced Scouts and Guides rounding Tendulkar's retire- make his presence felt in the sized the need for the promotion Government educational institu- where youth otherwise remain egories of under-12, under -14, Ravi Sharma of Kathua district activities in the State. ment. ODIs. of Scouts and Guides movement tions and for meeting other pri- confined to the contemporary under-17 individual age groups. and Shubham Shari of Jammu Earlier, the Scouts and Mahendra Singh Dhoni's A lot would also be expected in the State to bring a signifi- ority needs. and traditional sports only. Three matches were played won bronze medal. Guides presented Scarfs to the men were clinical, to say the from the likes of Kieran Powell, cantly large number of youth Referring to the support pro- On the occasion, Dr on the final day of the champi- Later the Ministers also gave Governor, Lady Governor; least, in the way they went about Narsingh Deonarine, Darren under its umbrella. vided by the Shri Mata Vaishno Manohar Lal Sharma appreciat- onship, in Open Saber Boys away cheques among 98 benefi- Navin K. Choudhary, Principal their business in the Test series, Bravo, Marlon Samuels and The Governor, who is the Devi Shrine Board for organiz- ed the efforts of the Sports individual category in which ciaries of Billawar town under Secretary to the Governor; and taking full advantage of the Denesh Ramdin. patron of the J&K State Bharat ing the Scouts and Guides Minister for organizing the Vishal Thapar of Jammu Integrated Housing and Slum pinned on them the Flag Day West Indians' shabby show to Given that batting was one Scouts and Guides, was inter- camps at Katra in the past year, fencing championship in the District bagged gold, Javed Development Programme. stickers, what are symbols of wrap up two Tests in a matter of area which significantly let the acting with a large group of the Governor suggested to the Billawar tehsil. He also raised Ahmed of Jammu clinched sil- ACR Kathua S.P Rakwal, the Scouts and Guides move- five days. team down during the Tests, the Scouts and Guides who, along functionaries of the J&K State the demand for a sports stadium ver, while Sushant Sharma of SDM Billawar, SDPO Basohli, ment. The Indians start firm West Indians would do well to Bharat Scouts and Guides to for Billawar Tehsil for which the Jammu & Kushal Sharma of President J&K Amateur Fencing with the functionaries of the In his welcome address, I. D. favourites in the shorter format sort it out to avoid another consider organizing such Camps Sports Minister Taj Mohi-ud- Kathua clinched bronze. Association, Secretary J&K J&K State Bharat Scouts and Soni, State Commissioner, J&K too with a batting line-up, which thrashing. during the lean period of the pil- Din assured that a team will In open Saber girl's individ- Amateur Fencing Association, Guides, called on him at Raj State Bharat Scouts and Guides, is in intimidatingly good form. Teams (from): grimage so that the required assess the requirements. ual category, Priya Khajuria of Principal Government Degree Bhavan here today, in connec- dwelt on the activities of the Combining Rohit Sharma India: Mahendra Singh facilities can be provided with- As many as 207 players Jammu clinched Gold, Mansi College Billawar were also tion with their Annual Flag Day. organization undertaken in the and Shikhar Dhawan in the Dhoni (captain), Shikhar out dislocating other arrange- from 9 districts of the State took Bral of Jammu won silver while present on the occasion. Usha Vohra, First Lady, was recent past and those planned opening slots has proved to be a Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Virat ments. present on the occasion. for the coming months. He masterstroke so far with both Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Describing celebration of The Governor observed that thanked the Governor for taking scoring heavily in India's last Raina, Ravindra Jadeja, R the Annual Flag Day as a very scouting and guiding helps in keen interest in the Scouts and ODI assignment -- the seven- Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, important event, the Governor character building and promot- Guides movement and for match series against Australia. Mohammed Shami, Ambati congratulated all the functionar- ing the spirit of camaraderie and extending strong support for this In fact, Rohit joined the all- Rayudu, Amit Mishra, Jaydev ies of the J&K State Bharat brotherhood which is of vital purpose. Indian club of ODI double-cen- Unadkat, Dhawal Kulkarni, Scouts and Guides, scouters, importance for sustaining the Roma Wani, Senior vice turions in the last match of that Mohit Sharma. guiders and the Scouts and unity and integrity of the coun- president, J&K State Bharat series, smashing a 158-ball 209, Squad: Dwayne Bravo Guides on this occasion. try. In this context, he stressed Scouts and Guides, presented a which included a record 16 (capt), Tino Best, Darren Bravo, The Governor and the First the high importance of bringing Vote of Thanks. sixes. Johnson Charles, Narsingh Lady made a contribution to the more and more youth under the Nasreen Khan, Guides Yuvraj would be keen to Deonarine, Chris Gayle, Jason Annual Flag Day Fund and ambit of Scouts and Guides Commissioner, J&K State make his mark after a rather Holder, Sunil Narine, wished the Scouts and Guides movement in the State. Bharat Scouts and Guides, also extended ordinary run with the Veerasammy Permaul, Kieran all success in their mission. The The Governor announced a spoke on the occasion. bat. Powell, Denesh Ramdin, Ravi Governor called upon all sec- In the bowling department, Rampaul, Darren Sammy, Mohammed Shami would be the Marlon Samuels, Lendl one to watch out for as he seeks Simmons. to be India's newest pace hope Match starts 1:30pm (IST). after the steady decline of senior (PTI) Senior Division Football League Tournament Students holding prizes during a function organised by JKDF Students Union inJammu. Young Star drubs Mussa JKDF Students Union organises HSS Nariwala Club by (4-2) clinches kabaddi, prize distribution fuction Excelsior Sports Correspondent Star Club who scored a superb tug-of-war titles JAMMU, Nov 20: Young goal in 34th minute of the Excelsior Correspondent Sushil Singh of Ranbir Higher Star Football Club prevailed match, which was followed by Excelsior Sports Correspondent another goal scored by Sourav JAMMU, Nov 20 : JKDF Secondary School, Whereas over Mussa Club by four goals of the same club in the 42nd Students Union today organised Second and third Prize went to JAMMU, Nov 20: to two (4-2) to advance in the minute to help his team equalize the prize distribution ceremony Avinash Thakur and Prityush Government Higher Secondary Senior Division Football The winners of debate competition posing alongwith dignitaries at Tiny Tots School, Sainik the score. A self goal scored by for winners of “First General Sharma of Oriental Academy, School Nariwala won kabaddi League Tournament, being Colony in Jammu. Dushyant of Mussa Club in 51st Zorawar Singh Memorial Kachi Chowni. and tug-of-war titles by defeat- organized by the Jammu and minute helped Young Star to Knowledge Test, 2013”. In Category B (11th and ing HSS Sohal in both the Kashmir Football Association, increase the lead by one goal The test was organized to 12th), first prize was won by events of the Competitions District Jammu at GGM Tiny Tots School organizes and a splendid goal by Tanvir promote the budding talent and Sajan Sharma, Second prize won organized by the Department of Science College Football Singh in 68th minute guided also to create the habit of learn- by Anirudh Anand and 3rd Prize Youth Services and Sports as Ground, here. Young Star to finally win the ing among the youngsters. Large was won by Aman Sharma, all part of Jhiri Mela Celebrations The first two goals in the contest by (4-2). number of students, from almost the students of Ranbir Higher 2013. match were scored by Rakesh debate contest The match was officiated by all the schools of the city partic- Secondary School. In kabaddi final, HSS Kumar of Mussa Club in 18th Excelsior Correspondent of the Tiny Tots Group of Schools Colony emerged winners of the Speaking on the occasion, Moon Stephen, Vijay Kumar, ipated in the Test. The test was Nariwala defeated HSS Sohal and 24th minute to give the JAMMU, Nov 20: An Inter- welcomed the guests and gave a event, while Sandesh Thakur of Anil Gupta said, "The purpose of by 22 points (45-23) in an easy Kaushal Sahrma and conducted simultaneously at Club an early lead. However, School debate competition was brief history of Social Networking Model Academy and Priyanka of conducting this test was to bring contest, while in tug-of-war title Harmanjeet Singh. three centres, viz, Oriental Young Star players came back organized at Tiny Tots Hr before the start of the competition. NSM Hr Sec School won the first forward the talented youth and clash, HSS Nariwala got better Engineers XI will take on Academy, Kachi Chowni, strongly to dominate the second Secondary School Sainik Colony, Jugal Kishore, MLC and for- runner-up trophy. Kamla Thapa of provide a platform to the young of HSS Sohal in a well contest- Young Rovers in the next match Centre Basic Hr. Sec. School, half of the match completely. It here today. mer Minister praised the students Tiny Tots Hr Sec School, Sainik generation to prove themselves ed match. at 3:30 pm tomorrow at the Purani Mandi and Luthra Public was Sanjay Kumar of Young The topic of the debate was for putting up such good show and Colony and Diksha Koul of ASN Earlier, Abhishek Slathia Ashok Gupta, Sarpanch of same venue. Hr. Sec. School, Talab Tillo, "Social Networking is Unsafe for lauded the management for organ- Hr Sec School were declared as (State President JKDFSU) pre- Jhiri was the chief guest on the Jammu. Kids". Students expressed their izing such events. The Principal of the second runner-up. sented welcome address. occasion, who distributed tro- Dogra College of Education organizes The prize distribution func- views for and against the topic. the School, Dr Vikram Handa The consolation prizes were Vote of thanks was presented phies and mementoes among tion was held at Luthra Public Students from 8 different while declaring the results said won by Kanwar Patel, Samreen by Nikhil Sharma, State general the winners and runners-up School, Talab Tillo, Jammu. schools participated in the compe- that every participant in the com- Tariq and Hari Priya Sharma. secretary, JKDFSU. teams. Essay Writing Competition JKDF State president Anil tition and the participating schools petition was a winner as the partic- The chairperson of the group, Others present on the occa- The Competitions were held Excelsior Sports Correspondent Integration. Gupta was the chief guest on the included Model Academy, Tiny ipants spoke their hearts out for Veena Handa presented vote of sion were Munish Khajuria State under the supervision of Tirath She further said that the occasion and Sanjeev Luthra, JAMMU, Nov 20: An Tots High School Residency this topic which touched their thanks. Prominent among others President Youth Wing JKDF, Ram, District Youth Services youth can play a predominant present on the occasion were Managing Director, Luthra Essay Writing Competition Road, ASN Hr Secondary School lives so closely. Veenu Khanna State president and Sports Officer, Jammu. role in raising the spirit of Deepak Handa, Director of the Group of Institutions was the was organized by the N S S Channi Himmat, NSM Hr Laksh of S M Jain Hr Sec Ladies Wing, JKDF, Rohit Prominent among others Nationalism in the Society. Tiny Tots Group of Schools and guest of honour on the occasion. Unit of Dogra College of Secondary School, Global School and Sadia Khateeb of Tiny In Category A (9th & 10th) , Kerni, Lovekesh Gondi, present on the occasion were Education on the occasion of The panel of judges includ- Administrator of ASN Hr Sec ZPEO Chanchal Kour, Mulkh Convent School, S M Jain Hr Sec Tots Hr Sec School, Sainik the first prize was bagged by Gulshan Rattan, Dheeraj "National Integration Day" in ed Poonam Gupta, Indu Puri School, Ritesh Kapoor. Raj, former ZPEO and Rattan School,Tiny Tots Hr Sec Schools, Balgotra and Varinder Jamwal. the premises of the College, and Sumer Singh, senior Lal, physical education teacher. Lower Roop Nagar and Sainik under the guidance of Rajni Lecturers of the College. Colony. Motorcycle Rally organised for Dhoni refuses to Manhas Programmer Officer Monika Bakshi was The adjudicators of the event N S S. adjudged 1st, while Aprajita were Dr Monika Sethi, Associate electoral participation The topic of the Essay was Sambyal and Asha Rani were under-estimate West Professor, Department of English, Excelsior Sports Correspondent tremendous response from "Role of Youth in Promoting declared 2nd and 3rd respec- University of Jammu and Dr Indies in ODIs tively and Geeta Devi bagged REASI, Nov 20: A urban as well as in rural areas. National Integration". Shubhra Jamwal, Asstt Professor, Volunteers of NGO carried out KOCHI, Nov 20: 40 volunteers participated the consolation prize. Prizes Department of English, Motorcycle Rally was organ- and certificates were also dis- ized, wherein over 50 bikers and placards, banner showing slo- It would be a mistake to in the competition. Directorate of Distance Education gans regarding voter participa- believe that India will enjoy an Earlier, Shefali Sharma tributed among the winners. University of Jammu. car borne youth spread the mes- Prof B D Damral, Principal sage of voter awareness and par- tion in Lok Sabha and Assembly upper hand against the West Vice Principal Dogra College Gurpreet Handa, the Director Elections. Cartoons and carica- of the College was also pres- ticipation. Indies in the One-day series of Education motivated the tures were a attraction. ent on the occasion who said The Rally took off from just because the Caribbean students by stressing upon the Sachin's humility Volunteers and students side has lost the Test series, fact that an attachment for that such type of healthy com- Mini Secretariat Reasi and went up to Ransoo, base camp of Shri expressed their views and also skipper Mahendra Singh one's own Nation, the senti- petitions should be frequently makes him special Shiv Khori Shrine, holding vowed to ensure greater partici- Boys and girls basketball teams of KC Public School, which Dhoni said. ment of belonging to a partic- organized so that the youth of NEW DELHI, Nov 20: pation in the elections. They youth meetings on return and lifted twin titles posing for a group photograph. India had won the series 2- ular Nation, an attitude of love today can come forward and He has had many special took an oath to motivate all eli- covering a distance of over 120 0 but Dhoni said it was not an towards a particular Nation contribute for the development memories of Sachin Tendulkar gible voters. kms with day long cultural pro- easy task to get that scoreline are the indices of National of the Nation. and understandably for Gautam These programmes are a part KC Public lifts twin grammes and awareness ses- and the ODI format may actu- Gambhir the batting legend will of Systematic Voters' Education sions. ally suit the West Indies crick- always remain a "true role and Electoral Participation SMVDSB organizing Mini Slogans showcasing voter basketball titles eters. model" whose humility makes (SVEEP) plan being implement- Excelsior Sports Correspondent General Youth Services Sports him a special person. participation in elections and ed by the district administration "The West Indies are a ensuring cent percent voter cov- JAMMU, Nov 20: Thrashing was the chief guest on the vale- good team. You may say that Marathon on Nov 22 Gambhir, who shared the as per guidelines of Election dictory function, while Principal erage were main attractions of their rivals in both boys and the Test matches got over on hallowed Indian dressing room Commission of India. KC Public School, Amarendra Excelsior Sports Correspondent Bhandari, Chief Executive the march. girls categories in the summit the third day itself and it was with Tendulkar for a very long Naib Tehsildar (Reasi) Mishra presented welcome Officer SMVDSB, Katra. time, is in awe of the iconic Deputy Commissioner clash, KC Public School lifted easy but it was not. There were KATRA, Nov 20: The Rajesh Baru organised the rally address. The 8 kms race will culmi- batsman's contribution to the Reasi, Dr Shahid Iqbal the title trophy in the Inter- situations where we were Sports Wing of Shri Mata and Chief Education Officer The chief guest presented nate at Main Chowk of gentleman's game. Choudhary flagged off the Ashok Sanyal coordinated Girls' School Basketball Tournament, under pressure and then we Vaishno Devi Shrine Board trophies, awards and certificates Spiritual Growth Centre, "Sachin is not only my true motorcycle and car rally. March. Assistant Commissioner organized by the Management had to build a partnership. It (SMVDSB), Katra is organiz- to the winners, runners-up and Katra, where the champions role model but he is a role Electoral registration related Revenue (ACR) Reasi Tilak Raj of KC Public School, here. was not an easy series as the ing Mini Marathon for junior other participating teams. will be honoured by the chief model for the entire world. His material was also distributed for Shastri, Assistant Commissioner The teams drawn from vari- scorecard suggest. ODI is a boys and girls on November ous CBSE affiliated Schools of Speaking on the occasion, 22, 2013, here. guest. humility speaks volumes about coverage of left out voters. Development (ACD) Reasi Mr Aggarwal lavished praise for different squad and this may According to the organiz- his character. His humility A Non-Governmental Joginder Singh, Tehsildars Jammu participated in the event be suiting them as far as 50-50 The flag off ceremony of which had begun on November the organizers in holding the ers, the event is being held with makes him the kind of person Organisation (NGO) "We Care" Ravinder Anand, Rajiv overs match," Dhoni said at the event on the theme 'Fitness 11, 2013 on league-cum knock- event, which simply serves as a an objective to strengthen the he is," Gambhir told reporters at motivated the youth to came for- Mangotra and other officers the pre-match press confer- First and Forever' will be per- out basis. launching pad for budding play- sports and fitness activities and a promotional event here ward for effective participation attended the flagging off cere- ence.(PTI) formed by Dr Mandeep Kumar Navin Aggarwal, Director ers to explore their skill. search talent among the youth. today.(PTI) in the Rally, which generated mony.