TUESDAY, JULY 15, 2014 (PAGE 14) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU J&K’s ace gymnastics trio leaves for Scotland on July 17 Mitali, Palak and Krupali’s journey to CWG an incredible achievement * ‘Lack of encouragement, area of concern’ Rajesh Dhar MA Stadium in Jammu, the trio Palak Kour, on the other has to utilize the facilities avail- hand has the honour of repre- JAMMU, July 14: The selec- able at BSF School, Paloura senting India in 4th Children tion of State’s ace gymnastics before leaving for this gymnas- of Asia International Games at trio of gritty Mitali, gutsy Palak tics extravaganza. Yakutsik, Russia in 2008, 6th and skilled Krupali to represent These sportspersons have set Asian RG Championship at Jubilant winners posing for a group photograph alongwith India in 20th Commonwealth an example of sparkling at the Tashkent, Uzbekistan in 2013, DIG Jammu, Shakeel Beig in Jammu on Monday. Games sched- 32nd World RG Championship uled to be held at Kiev, Ukrain in 2013 and DIG Jammu distributes prizes at Scotland in FIG RG World Cup at Germany’s players posing for a photograph while celebrating World Cup victory against UK from July Tashkent, Uzbekistan in 2014, Argentina. 23 to August 3, besides winning 27 medals in Pentecostal XI wins 2nd Inter- 2014, is an various National incredible Championships, with 8 gold, Church Cricket Tournament 12 silver and 7 bronze. Germany script history, beat achievement Excelsior Sports Correspondent paltry total of 78 runs to lose the 1971 born gymnastics for the State of match by 56 runs. Ambroose coach, Krupalli, has represent- Jammu and JAMMU, July 14: The and Rakul scored 28 and 12 highest level, despite lack of ed India in 13 International Kashmir, which otherwise is closing ceremony of 2nd Inter- runs respectively. For Argentina 1-0 to win World Cup facilities. events, besides winning 113 striving hard to craft a space on Church Cricket Tournament Pentecostal Church XI, Sunny Mitali has the distinction of medals in her playing career. RIO DE JANEIRO, July 14: after the game went into extra time too, their title win had come the Country’s Sports Map. was held at Alexander Gill took 4 wickets, while Rohit representing India in 29th World She has the honour of being time. against Argentina in 1990 in These world-class sportsper- Memorial High School, here bagged 3 wickets and Nitesh Rhythmic Gymnastics the youngest Indian to receive Germany wrote a new chap- The winning goal came when Italy. sons will be leaving the State for today. and Rohan shared 1 wicket Championships at Mie, Japan in it at the age of 18 years in ter in the history of international Schurrle made inroads down the After a rather subdued outing this exalted tour on July 17, Shakeel Beig, DIG Jammu each. Sunny was adjudged man 2009, World Cup in Rhythmic 1989. football as they became the first left hand side and played a cross in the first half, Germany gradu- 2014. was the chief guest on the occa- of the match, while Ambroose Gymnastics at Minsk, Belarus in Meanwhile, sharing their European team to lift the World towards the near post for Gotze, ally applied pressure on the While imaginative Krupali sion, while Fr Kuriakose, was declared best batsman, Nitu 2010, FIG World Cup in experience with EXCELSIOR, Cup in South America, clinching who took it on his chest before opponents in the second half, will escort the Indian squad as Incharge Priest Church Jammu best bowler and Nitish as man Rhythmic Gymnastics at Pesaro, 17-year old Palak, who is a hard-fought 1-0 win over placing it into the back of the net before upping the ante in the coach, golden girls Palak and was the guest of honour and of the series. Italy and member of Indian presently youngest in the Indian Argentina in the final, their tri- with his left foot. extra time. Mitali will be the playing mem- Vijay Prabha was the special In his address, Shakeel Beig, Gymnastics team for squad and acrobatic Mitali said umph coming on the back of The result meant Lionel The ploy worked for the bers of the Indian contingent in guest. DIG Jammu lavished praise for Commonwealth Games at that the selection has brought steely resolve and blood on the Messi's dream to join the pan- Europeans as Argentina these prestigious Games. The tournament was con- the organizing team for con- Delhi, India in 2010, besides ecstatic rather blissful feeling to pitch here. theon of greats such as Diego appeared to have lost the plot However, despite their land- ducted under the supervision of ducting the event smoothly and winning 38 medals in various them, adding that they are hope- Substitute Mario Goetze Maradona and Pele ended in following a promising start, with mark achievements, the lack of Rajesh Gill, former Ranji play- successfully and said that sports National Championships, with ful of a good show despite less- scored the all-important goal in heartbreak. The 27-year-old some of them even resorting to encouragement to these er. keep youth mentally and physi- 17 gold, 10 silver and 11 bronze, er facilities in the State. the 113th minute, combining Argentina captain had the physical game. sportspersons from the con- 8 Church teams participated cally fit. she also holds the record of win- They attributed their selec- with another sub Andre Schürrle, chance to win the cup for his Joachim Loew's side made cerned authorities still remains in a league-cum-knockout tour- He assured all possible help ning all 5 gold medals in 18 tion in the Indian squad to the who provided him the assist, country at the start of second its intentions clear at the start of an area of concern for these out- nament. In the final, to Christian Sports Organization Senior and Junior National R G sheer-dint of hard work by their leaving thousands of Argentine half, but this was not to be his extra time, with Schurrle and standing gymnasts. Pentecostal Church XI won the from Police Department. Championships at Jodhpur in coaches S P Singh and Krupali fans at the iconic Maracana day. Mesut Ozil both getting a sniff In absence of standard infra- toss and elected to bat first to Fr Kuriakose in his speech 2007. Singh. Stadium heartbroken and the It was not the free-flowing of the goal. structural facilities available at score 135 runs for the loss of 7 specially thanked the Police Germans, including Chancellor football Germans dished out in The only consolation for wickets in the stipulated 12 Department for all support to Angela Merkel, ecstatic. the beginning of the tournament Messi was winning the Golden overs. Nitish top scored with the Christian Sports The golden generation of but, on the biggest stage of all, Ball for being the best player of unbeaten 52 runs, while Organization in organizing German footballers' eagerness they appeared determined to not the tournament. The Golden Patrick (36) and Sunny (23) sports events and drug addiction to win the silverware was best let go of this golden chance to Boot went to Colombian striker were the other notable contribu- programmes for the youths of defined by Bastian script history. James Rodriguez for scoring six tors. Nitu Khokher was the the State. Schweinsteiger, who was This was Germany's fourth goals while Germany goalkeeper pick of the bowlers, who took 4 He further said that CSO is bleeding from a cut on his face World Cup triumph, and their Manuel Neuer bagged the wickets, while Avinash took 3 regularly conducting sports and following a rough challenge, first since reunification. Last Golden Glove. (PTI) wickets. allied events for the youth to In reply, St Peters’ Catholic help them not to derail from the Bony XI drubs New Life Club to lift trophy Church XI bundled out for a mainstream. Rana felicitates winners of 1st Monu-Rinku KC International School Memorial Cricket Tournament holds workshops Excelsior Sports Correspondent Club Samba, wherein Bony XI ment and thanked the organizers lifted winner’s trophy by defeat- for holding the event which Excelsior Correspondent the 21st century skills SAMBA, July 14: 1st Monu- ing New Life Club by 85 runs. would promote cricket amongst required in teaching and Rinku Memorial Cricket Earlier, batting first, Bony XI youngsters and inspire them to JAMMU, July 14: To equip effectiveness of theme based Tournament concluded at Kehli scored 110 runs for the loss of 5 make their presence felt at State and to enable the staff to cope learning approach and team Mandi, here today. wickets and then bundled out as well as National level. with the challenges in the work. The Tournament was organ- New Life Club for meagre total Meanwhile fulfilling the field of education, a series of They developed new ized in the memory of Monu and of 25 runs. Kalu was adjudged as demand of the people, he Amrit Malhotra, Chairman Legislative Council posing for a group photograph alongwith workshops and orientation teaching learning strategies to Rinku, which invoked immense man of the match for his brilliant announced Rs 2.50 lakhs for the winners. programmes were organized make teaching effective. interest amongst the sports 50 runs in just 23 balls and 4 cru- Children’s Park in Kehli Mandi. for three days at KC An orientation session Ace Chess Academy International School, here. focused upon ‘Teaching Dewana Mandir wins Teacher training pro- Methodologies and English organizing tourney grammes were divided into Communication. Excelsior Sports Correspondent three categories. The resource persons were Swabhiman Friendship Series The first session included Dr Jagdeep Arora, Sunita Excelsior Sports Correspondent series award. JAMMU, July 14: Ace Chess ‘Behavioural Patterns in stu- Grover and Kesar Patel. Amrit Malhotra, chairman Academy will organize Rs10, dents: Identification and Vote of thanks was pre- JAMMU, July 14: Cricket Legislative Council Jammu 000 cash prize money open Remediation’. sented by the Principal, Dr Friendship Cup Series 2014, and Kashmir was the chief chess tournament Nagar on June This enabled the teachers Ravi Bhushan. organized by ‘The Swabhiman’, guest, while BP Bhalla was the 20, 2014 at Ace Chess Academy to diagnose the problems He emphasized that such a Non-Government Organization guest of honour and Vikram sector 1-A, Trikuta, here. related to learning and devel- training sessions are the back- (NGO), which had begun on Malhotra, general secretary, The Association has invited op ways to help the child to bone of any successful organ- May 25 concluded, here yester- Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh the players interested to take perform better. ization as these programmes day. Congress Committee (JKPCC) part in the tournament to report ‘Pedagogy of would benefit the staff to 35 teams from different areas was the special guest. at the venue at 9 am sharp or can Collaborative Learning’ impart a great deal of knowl- of Jammu participated in the Prominent among others check site www.alljkchess.com. helped the teachers to refresh edge to their pupil. Series. Team Mandi and team present on the occasion were Dewana reached the finals, Rinku Jamwal, Organizer, wherein team Dewana Mandir Balbir Singh, president Ward Cutting, Sayers push India ‘A’ on backfoot emerged winner defeating No 1, Jyoti Vaid, president, EP BRISBANE, July 14: fifty. Cutting combined the right dose team Mandi by 4 wickets. Tenants Welfare Society, Karnataka batsman Lokesh of caution and aggression to trou- Sheru was adjudged man of the Jammu, Tinu Khokhar, After a brave show on Day 1, looked solid in his 102-ball stay ble the Indian bowlers and hit match for his 4-wicket haul, Thomas Khokhar, Ram India 'A' were pushed on the as his innings was laced by seven five fours and four sixes in his while Dakar of Dewana Swaroop, Raj Singh, Govind Winners posing alongwith NC provincial president Devender Singh Rana in Samba on Monday. backfoot courtesy a fine fifty by boundaries and a six. He did put 117-ball innings. Mandir team got man of the Singh and Joginder Singh. Australia 'A' bastman Ben on a 67-run second-wicket part- Off-spinner Aparajith broke lovers of Kehli Mandi and cial wickets. Chander Udhay Senior NC leaders Rattan Lal Cutting and a three-wicket haul nership with Jiwanjot Singh. the partnership after scalping adjoining areas with a large Singh bagged man of the series Gupta, Kashmira Singh, Ayub President Kabaddi Association by pacer Chadd Sayers on the Sayers struck again for the Boyce with Uthappa pulling off a number of people specially award and Vikram Singh Malik, Satwant Kaur Dogra and second day of the final unofficial final time of the day to get Singh neat catch. youth thronging to witness the Sambyal claimed fair play Dr Kamal Arora accompanied Test at Allan Border Field, here caught behind for 29 and put the Umesh Yadav (5/83), who two weeks long Tournament in award. the Provincial president. announces selection committees today. visitors in trouble again. had picked up three wickets on which 16 teams participated. Provincial president of Earlier, president Rajput Excelsior Sports Correspondent Beach Style: Kuldeep Kumar Responding to 423 by Aparajith and Tiwary then Sunday, bagged a five wicket The tournament was organ- National Conference and MLC, Sabha Samba, Inder Singh pre- Gupta, chairman, Anil Gupta, Australia 'A' in the four-day stuck together to manage an haul while Amit Mishra had to ized by Anil Singh Sambyal, Devender Singh Rana was the sented welcome address, while JAMMU, July 14: President convener, Barshrat Khan, co- game, the visitors ended on 165 unbeaten 69-run partnership and remain content with 4/142. Sunil Singh, Ravinder Singh and chief guest on the occasion, who NC leader Satwant Kaur Dogra of Jammu and Kashmir Amateur convener, Rakesh Sharma, for three today with Manoj give the team hope for the next On the opening day, Australi Surinder Singh Sambyal of felicitated the winners, runners- highlighted the demands pertain- Kabaddi Association, Anil Gupta Jameel Mir, Anil Modi, Vinod Tiwary (50 not out) and Baba day's play. 'A' won the toss and elected to bat Kehli Mandi Samba. up teams and the players with ing to sports infrastructure in announced the selection commit- Kumar, NIS coach and Deeraj Aparajith (20 not out) fighting on. Earlier starting on the with skipper James Faulkner The final match of the trophies. Samba. tees for sub-junior, junior, senior, Sharma, NIS coach. India 'A' still trail the hosts by 258 overnight score of 288 for seven, scoring a brave 94 alongwith Tournament was played today He complimented all the par- Advocate Subash Singh pre- beach style and circle style Senior: Kuldeep Kumar runs. the Aussies picked up the strings Peter Forrest, who also con- between Bony XI and New Life ticipating teams in the tourna- sented the vote of thanks. kabaddi teams for boys and girls Gupta, chairman, M S Baba, con- Australia 'A' medium-pacer from last evening as Cutting (96) tributed a strokeful 77. for the year 2014. vener, Dinesh Gupta, co-conven- Sayers (3/22) sent opener Robin and Cameron Boyce (57) contin- For India 'A', Yadav and The selection committees er, Rakesh Sharma, Sangram Uthappa for 10 and then cleaned ued the counter-attack to stitch a Mishra bowled well yesterday will pick the talented players dur- Singh,Vijay Dhar, B S Tirthi, up Lokesh Rahul for 52, who 133-run eight-wicket partnership. only to give away the advantage ing the coaching camp before NIS coach and Ajay Gupta, NIS notched up his eighth first-class Playing on his home turf, on the next morning. (PTI) participation in the Nationals. coach. The performance of the selec- Junior: Kuldeep Kumar Mix of tears, tion committee members will be Gupta, chairman, Surinder India stun continental giants reviewed by the president and Mohan Gupta, convener, Ghulam cheers and violence after accessing the performance, Mohd Ganai, co-convener, the members will be rotated for Rakesh Sharma, Fazal Hussain, China in Asian basketball in Argentina the next year. Sanjit Sharma, Dharamjeet MUMBAI, July 14: sion, but this was the first time BUENOS AIRES, July 14: The committees: Singh, NIS coach and Ankush the two teams met in the FIBA Circle Style: Kuldeep Kumar Gupta, NIS coach. India, ranked 11th in the Asia Cup. Argentines reacted with Gupta, chairman, Gulzar Ahmed, Sub-Junior: Kuldeep Kumar continent and 61st in the world, It was India's first win in two tears, cheers and violence convener, A R Padder, co-con- Gupta, chairman, Ashok Sharma, stunned favourites China 65-58 games in the five-team group after the dream of a third vener, Rakesh Sharma, convener, Hakumat Singh, co- in a Group A game of the 5th also comprising Asia no. 2 Iran, World Cup title slipped International player, Sushil convener, Rakesh Sharma, FIBA Asia Cup basketball no. 7 Japan and no. 14 through their fingers Sunday, Kumar, Sheikh Mohd Shafi, Inderjeet Sharma, Ankush Chib, championship for a historic Indonesia. as clashes between hooligans Jasdev Singh and Ravinder Anil Sharma, NIS coach and first-ever triumph over the Coach Scott Fleming said it and police ended a massive Singh Bali, NIS coach. Manik Sharma, NIS coach. world's 12th-ranked nation at was a surprise to him why this, a street party. Wuhan. victory over China, had not hap- Tens of thousands of peo- Pujara lone Indian in top-10, Pratham Singh and Amjyot pened earlier. ple flocked to the Obelisk in Singh yesterday accounted for "In fact, I'm more surprised Buenos Aires, the iconic mon- Vijay earns 12 places 13 points apiece, while pivotal that this was the first win for ument where the country tra- DUBAI, July 14: player Vishesh Bhriguvanshi India against China. Because we ditionally celebrates and ral- notched up 10 points as India led have a lot of potential and this lies, waving the flag, setting Cheteshwar Pujara continued to be the lone Indian batsman in the continental giants by 15 should have happened much off fireworks and singing the the top-10 despite losing a place to be at eighth spot while opener points after the second quarter, earlier," Flemming told FIBA praises of national hero Lionel Murali Vijay, who hit 146 and 52 in drawn first Test against according to FIBA Asia website. Asia website. Messi and team. England, jumped up 12 places to 30th in the latest ICC Test rank- In head-to-head record, 15- "For me personally, this win Despite the 1-0 loss to ings issued today. time winners of the Asian was another game in this compe- Germany in the down-to-the- Vijay is now India's fourth highest-ranked batsman after Basketball Championship, tition. We have lot more games to wire, extra-time match, young Pujara, Virat Kohli (13th) and captain Mahenda Singh Dhoni China had won all their seven go. But for these guys (the play- Argentines climbed onto traf- (27th) in the chart headed by South Africa's AB de Villiers. previous meetings in the FIBA ers) it's a great result for all the fic lights and bus stops, danc- Kohli, who flopped in the two innings of the first Test against ABC between the two rivals, by hard work they have put all these ing and singing to the beat of England, lost three places in the latest list. at least 30 points on each occa- years," the American said. 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