SATURDAY, JANUARY 18, 2014 (PAGE 10) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Jora visits Rajiv Gandhi Sports Museum Jammu *Lauds Ashutosh's contribution in sports Excelsior Sports Correspondent Ashutosh who has dedicated it to former Prime Minister Late JAMMU, Jan 17: The Rajiv Gandhi who has been the Minister for Urban spirit behind the successful con- Development and Urban Local duct of IX ASIAN Games in Bodies, Nawang Rigzin Jora has 1982 at Delhi. asked the sports fraternity to Mr Jora said that the Govt imbibe spirit of hardwork, dedi- will explore all possibilities to cation and selfless service from arrange a piece of land for hous- the former leading players ing the collection of Olympic which they have rendered for and other sports memorabilia. the cause of sports promotion Earlier, Professor Ashutosh, Medal winners of District Kathua Judo Championship posing for a group photograph along- adding that their pioneering role while briefing the Minister with dignitaries on Friday. should be a guiding factor and about his 60 years long voyage source of inspiration for young- in the field of Sports at State at sters. National and International levels District Kathua Judo Championship concludes While visiting Rajiv Gandhi suggested providing a suitable Mini Sports Museum at Karan piece of land somewhere in Excelsior Sports Correspondent the chief guest on the valedictory Patyal, Anirudh, Sudhanshu, Nagar Jammu today, Mr Jora function, while the prizes were Abhishek Sharma, Paaru Dev Jammu city so that the sports KATHUA, Jan 17: The 2- lauded the role Prof Ashutosh collection of mementos, photo- distributed by Vikas Gupta, secre- Singh, Vishwajeet Singh, Sharma in promoting sports. day long District Kathua Judo tary J&K Judo Association and Gaurav Sharma, Yuvraj Singh, graphs and Olympic memorabil- JK Bank team posing alongwith ADGP Dilbag Singh and Commissioner, Jammu Municipal Championship, organized by The Sports Museum has ia could be preserved for the Corporation after lifting 2nd Christmas Soccer Championship title in Jammu on Friday. joint secretary Judo Federation of Sunil, Sahil Dogra, Pushap been setup by Professor Jammu and Kashmir Judo India. Thakur, Arjun, Raman Sharma posterity as a heritage. Association, held under the aus- The bouts were officiated by and Manisha Devi, while the sil- 4th Police Martyrs’ Memorial NZ T20 Tournament J&K Bank lifts 2nd Christmas Soccer Championship title pices of J&K State Sports Suraj Bhan Singh, Jugal ver medals went to Lakshay, Council and J&K Olympic Kishore, Shakti Gupta and Krishan Dev, Aditya, Association concluded at DAV Sandeep Sharma, while Ravi Harmanjeet Singh, Krishna, Sabi CC Hoshiarpur enters finals Dilbag for promoting peace, Senior Secondary School, here Gupta from Kathua District Shubam Gupta, Ashdeep Singh, today. Judo Association was the guest Aatish Andotra, Vivek Andotra, Excelsior Sports Correspondent the pick of the bowlers, who Over 100 judokas drawn from of honour. Shurya Jasrotia, Aditya Mishra, took 3 wickets in his 4 overs. all over the district participated in JAMMU, Jan 17: In reply, Haryana Police harmony through sports The gold medal winners in Vishest Thakur, Joginder Paul, Outplaying the formidable side the Championship, in which various categories included Raghunandan, Amit, Ankush bundled out for a paltry total of Excelsior Sports Correspondent on the occasion. Jammu Municipal Corporation, Santosh Mahajan, Director MHS of Haryana Police team, skip- 67 runs in 12.3 overs, thus lost Lavishing praise for the while speaking on the occasion Sparsh, Abhishek Kumar, Irfan Paral, Raksh Vardha and Dolly pered by International crick- DAV Sr Sec School Kathua was Khan, Sidharth Verma, Alankrit Devi. the match by a big margin of 95 JAMMU, Jan 17: Describing organizers in conducting this lauded the organizers in hold the eter Joginder Sharma by a big runs. Kuldeep was the only the events held on the festivals mega event, the ADGP lauded event with an objective to pro- margin of 95 runs in the semi- batsman to cross double figures, like Christmas, Diwali, Eid etc as the efforts of J&K Bank in pro- mote communal harmony and Djokovic through as Williams smashes record finals, Sabi Cricket Club scoring 12 runs. For SCCH, the best way to celebrate them moting soccer in the State. peace in the State on and around Hoshiarpur (SCCH) entered Hanery scalped 4 wickets in his through the medium of sports, The chief guest and the other the occasion of Christmas. MELBOURNE, Jan 17: Slam champion Rafael Djokovic, playing in the Additional Director General of dignitaries distributed prizes Earlier, in the opening func- Defending champion Novak Nadal, whom he cannot meet evening, benefited in a sharp Police (ADGP) Jammu, Dilbag among the winners and runners- tion of the final match, Shakeel Djokovic charged into the until the final. drop in temperatures which have Singh said such sporting events up teams of the Championship. Beig DIG Jammu was the chief Australian Open fourth round Djokovic, 26, eased through topped 40 Celsius (104 apart from promoting sports and Earlier, the strong team of guest, who was introduced with today and Serena Williams the first two sets and, after being Fahrenheit) for four days games in the State, serve as a J&K Bank defeated young side the finalists on the occasion. smashed the 39-year-old record broken for the first time when straight, one of Melbourne's launching pad in promoting of J&K Bank Academy by five Speaking on the occasion, he for wins at the tournament as a serving for the match, he broke most severe heatwaves. peace and harmony and goals to nil (5-0) in an easy con- praised the performance of the sweltering heatwave finally straight back and wound it up 6- Earlier, Williams opened the impressed upon the organizers to test and lifted the title trophy of young brigade of JK Bank eased. 3, 6-3, 7-5. day's events on a baking hot Rod hold tournaments with the same the 2nd Christmas Soccer Academy team in reaching the Djokovic, gunning for a "Things got tense towards Laver Arena but she appeared objective. Championship, organized by finals of the mega event. fourth straight victory at the sea- the end of the match. I made untroubled as she beat Daniela Mr Dilbag said this during a Christian Sports Organization, The welcome address was son's first Grand Slam, simply some double-faults. This is what Hantuchova 6-3, 6-3 to reach the valedictory function of the 2nd J&K in collaboration with presented by Fr Kuriakose and had too much firepower against happens," he said. "I could have fourth round for the loss of 12 Christmas Soccer Jammu and Kashmir Police. Rajesh Gill, president Christian Uzbekistan's Denis Istomin as easily got into a tiebreak and games. Championship at GGM Science For JK Bank, Ezikol Sunday Sports Organisation J&K pre- he racked up his 24th consecu- then it's very even, very unpre- Shielded from the sun by a Memento being presented to International cricketer Joginder Sharma by SP Kathua, Mohan Lal during valedictory function. College Football ground, here pelted the first goal in 24th sented the vote of thanks, while tive win in Melbourne. dictable who is going to win the pink cap, the 32-year-old world today. minute, which was followed by the proceedings of the pro- The world number two is third. number one wielded a killer 3 overs by conceding 23 runs. ADGP Jammu was the chief back to back goals by Prem gramme were conducted by also unbeaten since last "I didn't want to drop the serve as she overpowered the the finals of the ongoing 4th The man of match trophy was guest on the occasion, while Kumar in 29th and 39th minutes Rajesh Dhar, member CSO. year's US Open, making him third set, obviously, so I was Slovak in 80 minutes, setting up Police Martyrs’ Memorial awarded to Hanery of SCCH for Kiran Wattal, Commissioner of the match. Then Adnan Prominent among others narrow favourite over hot very focused to get the job done a meeting with Serbia's Ana North Zone T20 Cricket superb bowling display. He was Jammu Municipality was the Ayoub and Waseem Feroz added present on the occasion were rival and 13-time Grand in straight sets." Ivanovic.(AGENCIES) Tournament at District Sports awarded with a cash prize of Rs guest of honour. Fr Kuriakose, 2 more goals in 45th and 48th RK Bhat, SP PTS Kathua, Stadium Kathua today. 5100 and man of match trophy incharge priest of the Church minutes respectively to make it Shokat Ahmad Khanyari, Earlier, SCCH won the toss by KC Sharma of CTM Kathua. presided over the function, (5-0) in favour of the senior Nicodemus, Markes Gill, Asif India stun Olympic champs Germany in HWL classification match and decided to bat first. Batting On the occasion, a memento while Hafiza Muzaffar, Bank team. Gill,Victor Sotra, Lal Gill, first, SCCH scored a decent total NEW DELHI, Jan 17: set up the fantastic win against who enjoyed the early share of was presented to International Executive Director The match was officiated by David Mattoo, SM Gill, William of 162 runs in 20 overs for the cricketer Joginder Sharma of Rehabilitation Council and Nazir Ahmed, Koushal Sharma, Mattoo, Naveen Athwal, Sunny the Germans, against whom exchanges by taking a two loss of 9 wickets. Chetan was The Indian hockey team India last won way back in 2004 goal lead through skipper Haryana Police by SP Kathua. Arvind Gupta, vice president Hilal Ahmed Punjabi and Gill, Elijah Sotra, Moon the top scorer with 47 runs off The final match of the and Zonal Head Jammu centre Harmanjeet Singh. Stephen, Rinku Gill, Amit Sotra pulled off a sensational come- in the Champions Trophy in Oliver Korn (4th) and Thilo 36 balls, which included 2 fours from-behind 5-4 win over Lahore, Pakistan. Stralkowski (6th) before Tournament will be held on JK Bank were the special guests Kiran Wattal, Commissioner and Nitu Khokher. and 4 sixes, while Ravi con- January 19, 2014, wherein Sabi Olympic champions Germany In the end, it was a fair result Benjamin Wess (27th) made tributed 46 runs in 33 balls, with after Mandeep Singh slammed a for India who drew 3-3 against the scoreline 3-1 in favour of Cricket Club Hoshiarpur will 4 fours and 2 sixes. For Haryana take on Vickey XI Pathankot. brilliant hat-trick in their fierce- the Germans in the pool stages. the world champions at half Police, Joginder Sharma was ly-contested 5-8th place classifi- India will now face Belgium time. cation match of the Hero World in the fifth-sixth place play-off After the change of ends, Giant-killer Srikanth crashes League Finals here today. match tomorrow, while Germany found the back of World ranked 10th, India Germany will take on Argentina the India net just once when out of Malaysia Open rode on Mandeep's (18th, 41st, to avoid the wooden-spoon in Martin Haner converted a KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 17: 53rd) three field goals and the eight-nation tournament. penalty corner in the 55th Rupinderpal Singh's two perfect In today's match, it was the minute.(PTI) National champion K Srikanth's dream run came to an end after strikes from penalty corners to world number one Germans he suffered a straight-game defeat against fourth seed Tommy Probables list for Sugiarto of Indonesia in the quarterfinals of the Malaysia Super Series Premier here today. Women's World The world number 38 Indian, who had notched up victories against higher-ranked Yun Hu of Hong Kong and Korea's Wan Ho T20 announced Sun in the last two rounds, went down 10-21 15-21 against Sugiarto, NEW DELHI, Jan 17: a silver medallist at the World Junior Championships in Incheon. The 20-year-old Indian, who was crowned the National The BCCI today announced a Championship in New Delhi, could not pose much of a challenge to Medalists of Jodhamal Public School posing for a group photograph during felicitation function. 30-member probables list for the Sugiarto in the opening game as after 3-3, the Indonesian broke off and ICC Women's World Twenty20 to kept extending his lead to eventually pocket the game comfortably. be played in Bangladesh in Top shuttler Saina Nehwal, P V Sindhu and P Kashyap lost in Jodhamal students excel March-April this year. the second round yesterday. (PTI) Excelsior Sports Correspondent The gold Medal winners includ- Kanwarpal Singh, Aditi Sharma, The list did not offer any ed Nikunj Langer, Mehak Gupta, Tarishi Gupta, Atharav Anand, surprises with expected names JAMMU, Jan 17: Students of Aditi Sharma, Ansh Gupta (2 gold), Priyanshi Khuda (2 bronze), such as veteran batswoman Jodhamal Public School repre- Akshit Sharma (2 gold), Vasu Akshit Sharma, Amrit Harshraj, Mithali Raj, pacers Jhulan sented Jammu and Kashmir in the Sharma (2 gold), Anirudh Thakur (2 Ayushman Pandita, Ahmed Ziya CEO SMVDSB, MK Bhandari and other dignitaries distribut- Goswami and M D recently held 9th National gold) and Avichal Rampal. and Avichal Rampal. ing sports gear among educational institutions on Friday. Thirushkamini making the cut. Matsogi-Do Championship at Silver medal winners included The students brought laurels The tournament will be held Rajiv Gandhi Indoor Stadium, Snower Malik, Tarishi Gupta, under the mentorship of Vishal from March 23 to April 6, 2014. Bhawana in Delhi. Ahmed Ziya, while bronze medals Samrat and Veenu Samrat. SMVDSB provides sports gear India are placed in Group B Around 500 players drawn went to Shivansh Sharma, Shruti The School Principal, Trilok alongside hosts Bangladesh, from 20 States and Union Suri, Nitya Bhagat (2 bronze), Singh Bist felicitated all the medal England, Sri Lanka and West Territories of the Country partici- Simran Khajuria, Sadhvi Sharma, winners and applauded them for to budding players Indies. pated in the event. Janvi Mahajan (2 bronze), their achievement. Jodhamal students won 34 Excelsior Correspondent the remote areas. India begin their campaign against Sri Lanka on March 24. medals with 12 gold, 3 silver and He said that the distribution 19 bronze. KATRA, Jan 17: With a view of sports material was in terms Probables: Mithali Raj, Dignitaries inaugurating Additional Block at KV Bantalab in Some of these winners are to encourage larger participation of the decision taken by Harmanpreet Kaur, Karuna Jain, of youth from the rural and Smriti Mandhana, Amita Jammu. likely to participate in an SMVDSB Sports Council which International Meet which is going remote areas in various sports Sharma, Poonam Raut, Jhulan is chaired by Dr Ashok Bhan, to be held in Bangkok, Thailand in activities, Dr Mandeep K Member Shrine Board. Goswami, Niranjana Nagarajan, Additional Block inaugurated June, 2014. Bhandari, Chief Executive He urged heads of the educa- Shubhalakshmi Sharma, Officer, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi tional institutions to identify tal- Rajeshwari Gaikwad, Veda Brham Dutt, S/o Romesh Shrine Board (SMVDSB) dis- ented players in local sports like Krishnamurthy, Ekta Bist, Sonia at KV Bantalab Chander, R/o tributed sports material among Volleyball, Kabaddi, Wrestling, Dabir, Vanitha VR, Anagha Badali, different Government schools of Handball and to provide them a Deshpande, Gouhar Sultana, Excelsior Correspondent present there. V Santhosh Samba, who Panjar, Sirla Bagha, Damnote, platform to excel in the sporting Archana Das, Sneh Rana, Snehal Kumar, Principal KV BTB pas- has been Tote and Moungri as part of arena. Pradhan, Shwetha Jadhav, JAMMU, Jan 17: KV sionately presented the welcome declared social responsibility of the Ashok Kumar, Director Sushma Verma, Shika Pandey, Bantalab celebrated its grand address and highlighted the qualified for Board at a function held at Sports, SMVDSB, presented a Madhuri Mehta, MD Inaugural Ceremony of its achievements of the Vidyalaya. the award of Katra. Thirushkamini, Saika Ishaque, Additional Block, here today. the degree of Jubilant players of Hind National CC posing for a group pho- vote of thanks. The chief guest in his Speaking on the occasion, Neetu Jaiswal, Meghna Singh, Avinash Dikshit, Commissioner Master of Philosophy (M Phil) tograph alongwith the dignitaries in Jammu on Friday. Among those present on the address complimented the Dr Bhandari dwelt on the initia- Anita Lodhi, Ritu Dhrub, Asha S KVS, New Delhi was the chief in Dogri by the University of occasion were representatives of Principal, staff and students for tives being taken by the Shrine Joy. (PTI) guest on the occasion, while Jammu. He worked on the BJYM's 'Khelega Yuva Jeetega Bharat' Cricket Tournament various Government educational their efforts and said that KVS Board for encouraging budding institutions and officers of the Arun kumar, DIG-GC- CRPF- topic, “Rattan ‘Doshi’ Hunda Apeksha Raina, D/o Princy always deems its prime duty to sportspersons, particularly from Shrine Board. BTB, Chairman VMC, was the Natak Sahitya: Ik Hind National CC seals and Satish guest of honour. provide its students with all the Mulyankan,” under the super- Raina, stu- A V L J Rao, DC-KVS-JR, support with regard to infra- vision of Dr Sushma Sharma. dent of AS Gill, AC-KVS-JR, VMC structure. berth in semis Model members, Parents and other offi- Excelsior Sports Correspondent In reply, Hind National Academy cials were also present on the Cricket Club scored the required Jammu, who occasion. JAMMU, Jan 17: Defeating runs in 12.4 overs. Siddharth bagged gold The chief guest was wel- Marh Block Cricket Club easily in scored impressive 30 runs in just medal and comed with much fanfare the quarterfinals, Hind National 15 balls. Amit took 1 wicket for certificate of excellence in amidst the beats of drums and Cricket Club sealed berth in the Marh Block Club. Siddharth Senior Category of the State Vedic Mantras along with tradi- semifinals of the ongoing BJYM's was declared man of the match. Level Essay Writing tional welcome rituals. 'Khelega Yuva Jeetega Bharat' Senior BJP leader and Competition on the topic The event opened with the Cricket Tournament at Parade Incharge BJYM Yudhvir Sethi, Science & Technology for lighting of the ceremonial lamp ground, here today. State president BJYM; Ravinder India’, organized by Tata by the chief guest and other dig- Earlier, Marh Block Cricket Raina, State general secretary Building India. She was also nitaries in Maa Saraswati temple Club won the toss and chose to and Programme Incharge Ajay declared winner at District present in Vidyalaya premises bat first. In their innings of Pargal, State Vice President and The students of Dewan Devi Higher Secondary School, Level and honoured with a glit- and unveiling the plaque fol- twenty overs, the team scored Programme Co-Incharge Karan Jammu namely Nikhil, Parvinder, Muskan, Anushka, Mohit tering trophy and certificate of lowed by the Saraswati Vandana. Hitesh Langar and Pravar Narang, who bagged bronze 115 runs for the loss of 9 wick- Sharma, Ashish Sareen, District Sumit, Arush and Pranav, who participated in Silambam excellence at MS Randhawa A crisp cultural programme medals in National Jeet-Kune-Do event at Delhi recently, posing ets. Mitu was top scorer with 38 president Jammu West BJYM Nationals at Ranchi in Jharkhand recently, wherein Muskan Auditorium, Chandigarh was also presented on the occa- for a photograph alongwith Vice Principal, Nirmal Mahna and runs. For Hind National CC, Ajay Vaid were present on the and Mohit bagged silver and bronze medals respectively. recently. sion, which enthralled everyone coach Tarsem Sharma. Kuldeep scalped 3 wickets. occasion.