MONDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2014 (PAGE 12) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Jammu Tawi Premier T20 Cricket Tournament Jammu division sr Rangarajan 93 helps TN selection chess tourney Star XI, Evershine CC register victories gets underway reach 254 against J&K Excelsior Sports Correspondent Excelsior Sports Correspondent runs, Happy, Vinay and Kewal 20 overs, losing 7 wickets in the DINDGUL (TN), Dec 14: chipping in with 35. Dinesh claimed one wicket each. process. Chotu (32), Hardeep JAMMU, Dec 14: Jammu Karthik (9) again failed. JAMMU, Dec 14: Star XI In reply, Talab Tillo CC bun- Singh (31) and Lovely (19) were division senior selection chess Off-spinner Malolan In the last nine innings in and Evershine Cricket Club reg- dled out for 101 runs in 19 the main scorers. For VRCC, tournament started today at Ace Rangarajan scored a quickfire domestic cricket, which includes istered emphatic victories in the overs, thus lost the match by 19 Manga, Kalu and Deepu Chess Academy, Trikuta Nagar. 93 to help Tamil Nadu reach a both first-class and List A ongoing 2nd Jammu Tawi runs. Hemant, Kewal and Indraj claimed 2 wickets each. The tournament was inaugu- first innings total of 254 against matches, Karthik has been able Premier T20 Cricket contributed 20, 19 and 16 runs In reply, VRCC bundled out rated by Atul Kumar Gupta, pres- giant-killers Jammu and to score only one half-century. Tournament, being organized by respectively. For Star XI, for a meagre total of 99 runs to ident All J&K Chess Association Kashmir in a second round Tamil Nadu were staring at a JTCC at GGM Science College Anshul was the pick of the lose the match by 28 runs. None Successful climbers posing along with office bearers of the and joint secretary All India Chess Ranji Trophy cricket tournament total of less than 175 when Raza ground, here. bowlers who captured 4 impor- of the batsmen could perform Asscoation. Federation. here today. and other bowlers reduced the In the first match, Star XI tant wickets by conceding 7 runs well. For Ever Shine CC, Bansi “12 selected players from this On a track offering substan- hosts to 144 for seven before defeated Talab Tillo Cricket in his 4 overs, while Rahul took Lal was the wrecker-in-chief, event will be eligible for state cial turn, left-arm spinner Rangarajan came to the party. Club by 19 runs in a close con- 2 wickets. Shubam, Raghav and who bagged 4 wickets by giving J&K climbers excel in National championship to be held next Waseem Raza grabbed 5/68 as He added 49 for the eighth wick- test. Bunny claimed one wicket each. away 7 runs in 4 overs, while month. The tournament is played Rangarajan's 75-ball innings et with former skipper L Balaji Batting first, Star XI scored a Anshul was adjudged man of the Binny and Hardeep Singh as per Fide Laws of Chess” Atul studded with 14 boundaries and (9) and 54 for the ninth wicket modest total of 120 runs in 19.4 match. claimed one wicket each. Bansi Sport Climbing C’ship three sixes gave his team's total with Shah (6). informed. overs. Vinayak was the top scor- In another match, Evershine Lal was declared man of the Excelsior Sports Correspondent Charak and Shilpa had entered the some semblance of respectabili- Rangarajan was the domi- Anil Kotwal is the chief er with 40 runs off 42 balls, Club trounced VRCC by 28 runs match. final round in their respective cat- ty. nant partner during both stands arbiter of the event, Sumit Grover, while Abhishek contributed 22 in an easy contest. The matches were officiated JAMMU, Dec 14: J&K egories by giving creditable per- In reply, J&K were also in a as he finally edged one from Ajit Singh, Arvindu Sharma and off 19 balls. For Talab Tillo CC, Winning the toss and batting by Abhijyot Singh Bedi, climbers performed well in the formances. spot of bother finishing the day pacer Samiullah Beigh to Arushi Kotwal were leading after Surinder scalped 3 wickets in first, Evershine scored a modest Sandeep Manchanda and Sohail National Sport Climbing However, both the climbers at 28 for three as spin troika of glovesman Obaid Haroon 3 rounds in which young players his 4 overs by conceding 18 total of 127 runs in the allotted Yousuf. Championship held at Salt Lake could not repeat their exellence in Rahil Shah, R Aushik Srinivas behind the stumps. gave very tough fight to seniors . Stadium, Kolkata, recently. the final round and finished 5th and Rangarajan getting a wicket Brief Scores: Tamil Nadu 1st The final rounds will be Mrityunjay Sharma won a bronze and 6th respectively. apiece. Innings 254 in 80.2 overs India lose to Australia 1-2, miss bronze medal played on December 21, 2014. medal in the sub junior boys cate- The championship was organ- No other Tamil Nadu bats- (Malolan Rangarajan 93, Baba BHUBANESWAR, Dec 14: in the entire tournament, missed again India conceded a late goal gory, Shivani Charak in the junior ized by Indian Mountaineering Vijay Choudhary, Director of man could cross half-century Indrajith 37, Waseem Raza 5/68) chances continued to haunt to lose the match. Australia girls category, Shilpa Charak in Foundation East Zone Committee, Ace Chess Academy is the organ- with Baba Indrajith contributing Jammu and Kashmir 1st India wasted a golden oppor- Sardar Singh and Co. scored two field goals through speed climbing in the girls catego- Kolkata under the aegies of Indian izing secretary of this event. 37 and opener Abhinav Mukund Innings: 28/3. (PTI) tunity to break their 32-year-old The only time India had won skipper Eddie Ockenden (18th ry and Hardev Singh in Lead Mountaineering Foundation, New medal jinx in the Hero a medal in the Champions minute) and Matt Gohdes climbing in the boys category. Delhi. Champions Trophy hockey tour- Trophy was when they bagged a (52nd) to win a consolation Earlier in the semi finals, Shawetica Khajuria, general KC Gurukul, KC Playway celebrate Annual Day nament after going down to bronze in the 1982 edition in bronze after having retained the Mrityunjay Sharma had topped secretary of Tawi Trekkers J&K Excelsior Correspondent Commissioner Municipal Mistress read the Annual report of Australia 1-2 in a hard-fought Amsteelveen, the Netherlands. title the last five times. the 50ft high climbing wall along and a National Judge in Sport Corporation Jammu. KC Playway BC Road to elucidate bronze medal play-off match of A bronze would have at least India's lone goal was scored with 5 climbers from other zones Climbing and Anil Kumar were JAMMU, Dec 14: KC The chief guest inaugurated the the achievements and update the the eight-nation meet here today. given some solace to the by young striker Lalit Upadhyay to qualify for the final round the manager and coach respective- Gurukul Public School celebrated function by lighting the traditional parents and gathering about the Playing before a vociferous Indians after their heart-break- in the 42nd minute. wherein he finished 3rd in one of ly of the state team. its Annual Day and Prize lamp. academic excellence attained by packed home crowd at the ing 3-4 defeat at the hands of The loss meant India could- the toughest competitions of the The team was sponsored by Distribution function with pomp The function began with the the students as well as in sports and Kalinga Stadium, it was the best arch-rivals Pakistan in a high- n't even better their previous championship. the J&K State Sports Council. and show at General Zorawar invocation of Lord Ganesha. co curricular front. chance for the Indians to end voltage second semifinal last performance in the tournament He received a cash prize of Rs. On its arrival from Kolkata the Singh Auditorium University of Academic Director of the The cultural Bonanza titled as their medal drought in the tour- night. though they had a bright chance. 5000 along with a medal and a gift team was accorded a warm wel- Jammu, here. school, Vijay Puri presented wel- “Sanskrit!” kept the audience spell nament but as has been the case But it was not to be as once (PTI) hamper. Similarly, Shivani come by office bearers and mem- Dilbag Singh, MD, J&K come address, wherein she said bound. Tiny tots presentation bers of Mountaineering Police Housing Corporation, that KC Gurukul Schools are com- through the patriotic feats like “yeh Association of J&K and a large desh hai veer jawano ka”, “Bande Hindi Play “Vote Sab Ka Haq” staged number of sport climbers. hain hum uske” and” Jeena Yahan Prominent among others pres- marna yahan” was not only mes- Excelsior Correspondent were the special guests on the merizing but also full of zeal and occasion. ent on the occasion included secre- tary of the Association Ram enthusiasm which infused the feel- RAJOURI, Dec 14: Abhinaya The play was based on elec- ing, temper and spirits of the com- Kala Manch Reasi and Sangam tion promotions. Characters of Khajuria, vice president Yogeshwar Kumar, treasurer plete audience with a proud feeling Theatre Group Reasi in collabo- the play narrated “Vote Sab Ka of being the part of Gurukul. ration with District Haq” and stressed more and Shawetica Khajuria, Rakesh Goswami and Navneet Gupta. The School Head Boy’s mes- Administration Rajouri staged more participation of people in sage to the parents was not only Hindi Play “ Vote Sab Ka Haq “at the election to cast the vote prop- FIH suspends 2 naive but also an eye-opener for PWD Dak Bunglow Rajouri, erly in fair and ethical manner the parents to know the school fur- Winners being felicitated by the chief guest and other digni- today.