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TUESDAY, JUNE 6, 2017 (PAGE 12) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Successful trial run of rafting conducted at river Chenab Excelsior Sports Correspondent The team was supported by AKHNOOR, June 5: In its district Police team. endeavour to bring Akhnoor Town Speaking on the occasion on the National Tourism Map, SDM Akhnoor informed that this SDM Akhnoor, Sunaina Sharma was an effort in promoting the his- under the aegis of District torical town of Akhnoor, and Administration, Jammu, in coordi- adding to the beauty of this pictur- nation with Tourism Department, esque town which is loved for its Police Department, Flood Control historical background by the peo- and Irrigation Department and ple of the entire nation. During the Trekkers posing for a group photograph before leaving for Manali. other wings of Administration visit the team also made on spot conducted a trial run for river raft- assessment of activities to be start- Medal winners of the District Speedball Championship posing for a group photograph along 43 girls leave for Manali Himalayan Trekking Prog ing from Ambaran to Jia Pota ed in the historical Akhnoor fort, with Kavinder Gupta, Speaker J&K Legislative Assembly. Excelsior Sports Correspondent Niketan Secondary School, The trekkers will also have the Gandhi Nagar in the presence of wonderful experience of their stay SDTPS wins 9th District Speedball Championship JAMMU, June 5: A group of Secretary, Indian Mountaineering in luxury tents with sleeping bags. Excelsior Sports Correspondent Charak, Director Dogra Trust, Hanish, Shuhul, Danish, Aryan 43 students including 26 girls of Foundation North Zone In the second phase of this trek Randeep Kumar (SSP IRP 10 Bn) Gupta, Pranay Gupta,Chahat Shiksha Niketan Secondary Committee, Ram Khajuria and the participants shall have a night JAMMU, June 5: Two day were the special guests. Gupta, Rudraksh Sharma, Bharjeet School, Gandhi Nagar and Secretary Tawi Trekkers J&K stay at Chamunda where from Shiksha Niketan Senior Secondary Shawetica Khajuria. A large num- they will visit Macleodganj, the long 9th District Speedball On the concluding day, the Singh, Vandana, Avleen, Palak School, Jeevan Nagar, Jammu ber of members of the club and Seat of His Holiness Dalai Lama, Championship concluded at Dogra gold medalists included Prakul, Gunishka, Archita, Afaaf, Shreya, including 6 students from other parents of the participants gave besides the beautiful Dharamshala Higher Secondary School, here Aryaman Sharma, Harsh, Prakash Manat, Rehana, Koshika, Arya, local schools left today for Manali them a warm send off in the school stadium. today. Singh, Uditi Verma, Adhaya, Hesha, Manish Dogra, Ankita, to participate in the Manali premises. Students taking part in this The Championship was organ- Anushika, Harpreet Kour, Varda Mitali, Urvashi, Rajini, Shaina, Himalayan Trekking Programme, During the 5 days and 5 nights Trekking Programme besides ized by J&K Sports Speedball Devi, Prashima, Davika, Bhumika, Tania, Kashmi, Kriti, Ritika, being organized by Tawi Trekkers venture, the participants shall have being explained the benefits of Association. Vidhita, Apoorva, Pinki, Suhani Baprni, Sumegha Thakur, J&K. The group is being led by 3 days and 3 nights stay at Manali such venture in the personality Over 350 students participated Pratha,Tasleema Jaan and Ashish. Vanshika, Manmeet, Riya Bhavani Shashi Kant Sharma, a trained during which they will visit the development of a child are also and in this Championship and SD The silver medalists included and Ruhani. climber and senior member of the enchanting Rishi waterfall, the taught to respect nature and envi- Tara Puri School (SDTPS) won Adeesh, Rinku Thappa, Harsh, In this Championship club. Four teachers of the school Manali View point besides a visit ronment and not create a clutter of Team of Tourism Department alongwith SDM Akhnoor and SSP overall Championship and Dogra Sidharth Mahajan, Khushi, Paramjeeet Singh (Lawrence Sudarshan Singh, Satvinder Kour, to hot water springs at Vashisht left over in the jungles en-route. Rural during trial run of rafting in River Chenab on Monday. Higher Secondary School Vanshika, Riya, Ankita, Manmit Public School) emerged overall Nisha Mehra and Dinesh Kumar and the famous Hadimba temple. The next group of trekkers of remained runners-up. Kour, Pihu, Priyanka, Sarika, best player and the runners-up was also accompanied the group. However, the highlight of this pro- Oriental Academy Senior Ghatt in Akhnoor. which is amongst the rarest sites On the closing ceremony of the Tanisha, Pallavi, Pushpa, Blossom, Aryan Kangotra (Dogra Higher The group was flagged off by gramme will be a thrilling experi- Secondary School will leave for Trial run was successfully con- in the world to have remains of event, Kavinder Gupta, Speaker Sonkia, and Diya. Secondary School). Kiran Gupta In-charge of Shiksha ence of rafting in the Beas River. the trek on June 7, 2017. ducted by a Team of Tourism more than 5000 year of civiliza- J&K Legislative Assembly and The bronze medals went to The function was hosted by Department headed by its Joint tion. Strategy of developing the MLA Gandhi Nagar was the chief Ajay Sharma, Arbaz, Sahil, Sunny Nanda, General Secretary, NCC, Shastri Club script wins in Director Tourisim, Vishesh Pal Buddhist site Ambaran was also guest on the occasion, while Manthan Pandoh, Manish, J&K Sports Speedball Association, Mahajan which comprised of discussed. Vikaram Randhawa, MLC Gandhi Priyanshu, Jayesh Bhosker, while the vote of thanks was pre- Rajesh Raina, Amar Paul, Rakesh SSP Rural, Arun Gupta who Nagar, Gambhir Dev Singh Aditiya, Sajjad Ali, Arpit Singh, sented by Aishna Gupta. Simula T20 Super League Koul, Prikshit Kumar and local was present on the occasion Excelsior Sports Correspondent claimed 1 wicket. Club via super over. entrepreneur Sanjay Singh informed that he has given neces- NCC, in reply achieved the tar- Batting first, KC Sports Club Sambyal, President Jammu sary instructions to all the con- England set for a tougher test JAMMU, June 5: National get in 16.3 overs for the loss of 4 scored 150 runs for the loss of 6 Adventure Sports Association, who cerned to take safety measures for Cricket Club (NCC) and Shastri wickets, thus won the match by 6 wickets in 20 overs, Abhishant will operate the rafting operations. rafting at Akhnoor. Cricket Club registered emphatic wickets. Sahil and Amrit made 36 (63) , Ateev (57) and Arjun (12) wins over their rivals in the ongo- runs each. being the main scorers. From against New Zealand ing Simula T20 Super League, From bowling side Sachin Bowling Side, Vishal took 3 wick- CARDIFF, Jun 5: crossed 20 in his last six ODI Tim Southee, Adam Milne and being played at Science College took 2 wickets, while Harman ets, while Sawan claimed 1 wicket. innings. Trent Boult, looked in good shape Shastri Club, in reply equalized After a comfortable outing in The hosts will also have to deal and would be raring to go here the total in last ball of the game, the tournament-opener, title with the absence of fast bowling tomorrow. with Sawan 72 runs and Aryan 29 favourites England are set to face a all-rounder Chris Woakes, who "In some respects, this is almost runs being the main scorers. From much stiffer test against New was ruled out of the tournament like a quarterfinal, the Birmingham bowling side, Arjun took 3 wick- Zealand in a crucial Champions with an injury after bowling just no-result throwing a spanner in the ets, Vishal bagged 2 wickets while Trophy Group A fixture here tomor- two overs against Bangladesh. works a little bit. Abhishant and Rahul shared 1 row. Steven Finn has been named his "Especially in the last two years, wicket each . There is a lot at stake for both replacement. despite England's vastly different Later on, in the super over Wrestler Abdul Gani being felicitated by the dignitaries at the teams. England will put their Morgan might also bring back approach to white-ball cricket, Shastri Club defeated KC Sports Ballian in Udhampur. Club. one foot in the semifinals with a sec- leggie Adil Rashid to add more vari- games between the two teams have ond successive win while New Sawan was adjudged as man TODAY’S FIXTURE Punjab Wrestler Abdul Gani lifts Zealand will aim for two full points of the match and awarded with Rs England Vs New Zealand (Cardiff) 3 PM 1000. after rain denied them a crack at The matches was officiated by 9th Battal Ballian Dangal title Australia and the two teams settled ety to the bowling department. been very tight, and I expect anoth- for a point each in a game that pro- Nonetheless, an exciting contest er close, well-contested encounter," Batsman of RCC Srinagar playing cautiously during a match Sadiq Hussain, Saleem-Ur- Excelsior Sports Correspondent sion who distributed cash prizes Rehman, Madan Mohan, Sandeep duced no-result. is in the offing with New Zealand wrote former New Zealand fast against NCC in Jammu on Monday. among the wrestlers. Joint and Vinod Kandayara. England could not have hoped showing a lot of promise against bowler Shane Bond in a column for UDHAMPUR, June 5: Punjab Secretary J&K State Sports Hostel Ground, here. Singh and Praful Dhar shared 1 In tomorrow’s fixture, Simula for a better start to the tournament as Australia. the ICC. Wrestler Abdul Gani of Council, Shiv Kumar Sharma The Super Cricket league in wicket each. Sahil Bhalwal was Sports Club will meet Singh Club they thrashed a lacklustre Captain Kane Williamson led Teams: New Zealand: Kane Mallerkotla clinched the 9th presided over the function, while which ten premier teams namely adjudged as the man of the match Akhnoor at 8.30 am, RCC Srinagar Bangladesh in the first match of the from the front against the trans- Williamson (captain), Corey Annual Battal Ballian Kesari title retired Colonel Balwant Singh JCC, NCC, Simula, Shastri, RCC and awarded with Rs.1000.