WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 2014 (PAGE 14) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU MGCA, Wave CC log resounding victories J&K better placed for first Unmukt ton puts Aditya, Rituparna move into Jr Natl Excelsior Sports Correspondent and 18 runs respectively. Gagan with 38 runs, while Summet Pal innings lead despite Wakaskar ton took 3 , while KD Singh contributed 19 runs to the total. in drivers seat Badminton final JAMMU, Dec 23: Mayank and Sunil Sehgal claimed 2 wick- For Wave Club, KD Singh took 4 VADODARA, Dec 23: stumps on the penultimate day. PATNA, Dec 23: Goswami Academy ets each. Gagan was declared wickets, while Aman claimed 2 Wakaskar took the hosts , Dec 23: Bisht (16) also managed an Saurabh Wakaskar hit a closer to the J&K total with 172 (MGCA) and Wave Cricket Club man of the match. wickets. unbeaten 75-run seventh- fighting century hundred for off 286 balls. But the home hit a domi- Holder Aditya Joshi of Air registered resounding wins over Earlier, yesterday, in the first The matches were officiated stand to help Delhi take Baroda but Jammu and team has a task at hand at get- nant 146 to put Delhi in the India in boys U-19 and Rituparna their rivals to advance in the match, Rommy Club defeated by Sandeep Manchanda, Sohail command. Kashmir were better placed to ting another 127 runs to match drivers seat against a strug- Das Of Telengana in girls U-19 ongoing 2nd Jammu Tawi Strikers XI by 7 wickets in an Yousuf, Narseh Kumar, Rajinder The -led take the crucial first innings J&K's total. gling Rajasthan on Day 3 of sailed into the finals of the 39th Premier T20 Cricket easy contest. Singh, Sant Baksh and Surinder. side's good show lead on day three of the Ranji Brief scores: Jammu and the Group B Junior National Badminton Tournament, being organized by Earlier, batting first, Strikers The Tournament is being Trophy Group A match here comes after a great start pro- Kashmir 470. Baroda 370/7 cricket match, here today. Championship at the Patliputra Jammu Tawi Cricket Club at XI scored a modest total of 98 organized under the supervision today. vided by Virender Sehwag (Saurabh Wakaskar 172; Umar Responding to Rajasthan's Sports Complex here today. GGM Science College Hostel runs for the loss of 9 wickets in of Shashi Paul, organizing secre- In response to J&K's 497, Nazir 2/92, Samiullah Beigh (64) on the second day when first-innings score of 141, the Siril Varma and Chirag Sen ground, here. the stipulated 20 overs. Amit tary of the Tournament. Baroda were 370 for seven by 2/66). (PTI) the dashing batsman managed Gautam Gambhir-led side and Vrushali G and Shriyanshi In the first match, MGCA Rathi top scored with 51 runs, a 128-run third-wicket part- declared their innings on 380 Pardeshi moved into the U-17 prevailed over YCC Bhaderwah while Sachin contributed 16 runs nership with Unmukt. Institutions, organizations celebrate for six in a bid to bundle out boys and girls finals respectively. by 11 runs in a close contest. to the total. For Rommy Club, Sharing the new ball with the opposition once again. Aditya Joshi (AI) defeated Batting first, MGCA scored 131 Akash was the pick of the Chahar, Aniket Choudhary After two fog-hit days, Koushik M (AI) 21-18, 21-13 runs, with Sahil Lotra, Sahil bowlers, who bagged 4 important picked up three wickets while Christmas with religious gaiety bright sunshine welcomed the and Harshil Dhani (AI) beat Mahotra and Surya scoring 29, wickets by conceding 8 runs in Gehlot bagged two. Delhi batsmen at the Feroz Chirag Sen 21-18, 21-16 in the 27 and 15 runs to the total his 4 overs, while Raman Dutta Excelsior Correspondent Sotra won first place, while Disha The children participated in Getting behind a 239-run Shah Kotla as Unmukt took U-19 boys semi-finals here respectively. Shahroz Malik and claimed 2 wickets and Bansi Lal Sotra claimed second and Jene games and sports and gifts were trail to avoid an innings JAMMU, Dec 23: Various centerstage to register his fifth today. Aaqib Malik took 2 wickets each one. Gill got third place, while the con- distributed among them. defeat, Rajasthan were 78 for institutions and organizations cel- first-class century, stitching a Ruthvika Shavani pipped for YCC. In reply, Rommy Club solation prize was given to Fizza Importance of secularism was two at stumps with Siddharth ebrated Christmas with religious 93-run fourth-wicket partner- team-mate G Vrushali 21-16, In reply, YCC managed to reached the target easily in 12.4 Mooman. stressed upon along with the Saraf (42 ) and Menaria fervour and gaiety here today. ship with Mithun Manhas 21-13 while Rituparna Das beat score 120 runs to lose the match overs by losing 3 wickets, thus DPS Udhampur celebrated teachings of Lord Jesus. (12 not out) battling on. To celebrate Christmas, Jesus (53). Sri Krishna Priya 21-9, 21-10. by 11 runs. Eahul top scored with won the match by 7 wickets. Christmas in a very colourful and The little angels along with Pace spearhead Sumit Motivated Group organized Unmukt's 235-ball stay In the Boys (U-17) semi- 43 runs, while Shahroz Malik Jaswinder and Puneet Kumar impressive way. The students pre- staff from Astrokids Playway Narwal's new-ball partner Declamation and Speech was laced with 19 fours and a final, Siril Varma of Telengana and Mudassir Sheikh contributed contributed 29 runs each, while sented Christmas Carole, one act and Primary School Sainik Navdeep Saini got opener Competition for the school stu- six while Manhas also main- defeated M Kanishq of Air India 23 and 13 runs respectively. Ajay Gurjinder chipped in with 15 play depicting the message of Colony Jammu today celebrated (1) caught dents of Christian Community at tained a good strike-rate after 21-10, 21-14 while in second took 4 wickets, while Surya runs. For Strikers XI, Sanjay, "Lord Jesus". Christmas by visiting Garrison St. Peter's Catholic Church Parish hitting nine boundaries. behind early but Saraf, who semi-final Chirag Sen of Air claimed 3 wickets for MGCA. Amit and Rohit claimed one The programme was also Church Gandhi Nagar. Hall, Prem Nagar, here. Unmukt's departure did not batted with a positive intent by India was lucky to move into Ajay was named man of the wicket each. Akash Choudhary coordinated with Union Church Decoration of X-Mas stockings, The competition was con- make things easy for the hitting 6 fours and a six so far, final when Lakshya Sen of match for his superb bowling was adjudged man of the match. who preached about celebration making tree with ice cream ducted in two categories of junior Ashok Menaria-led Rajasthan and (17) stuck Uttarakhand retired hurt in the performance. In another match, Wave Club of Christmas. On behalf of Bishop sticks, Santa masks and snowman and senior, wherein 63 students as Manhas stuck around with around for a while. first set at 11-7. In another match, Wave Club got better of Union Cricket Club Dr. Santosh Thomas, Mr. Rajan decoration and allied activities of different schools participated. (24) to not only Narwal then broke a 43-run G Vrushali of Telengana and scripted a thrilling 2-run win by 52 runs. blessed everyone on the beautiful marked celebrations at the cam- MSGR Ivan Pereira, the put runs on board but also second-wicket partnership by Shriyanshi Pardeshi of Air India over Kings XI in an exciting con- Batting first, Wave Club occasion. pus. Bishop of J&K Diocese was the maintain a decent run-rate. getting Bist caught behind and defeated Shikha Gautam of test. Wave Club scored 123 runs. scored a modest total of 130 runs. chief guest on the occasion, who Chairman (LMC) of the New Jyoti Higher Deepak Chahar cleaned up dim Rajasthan's hopes of sav- Karnataka and Kanika Kanwal Aman scored 25 runs, while Gagan, Rimple and Kamalpreet later on distributed the prizes School Dr J C Gupta also spoke Secondary School organized Manhas and Shailender Gehlot ing the match. of Delhi 21-15, 21-18 and 21-9, Simran and Deepu contributed contributed 28, 25 and 24 runs to among winners and runners-up on the occasion. poem recitation competition on bowled Bhatia only to see Brief Scores: 21-14 respectively in the girls 19 and 18 runs respectively. the total respectively. For Union teams/players. Principal of the School the eve of Christmas Day, today. another partnership prosper Rajasthan 141 and 78/2 in (U-17) semi-final matches Rawat too 3 and Yogesh 2 wick- CC, Rohit and Ripudaman Fr Virkey, Incharge Priest of Sanjeev Pradhan and Vice School Principal and other digni- and frustrate the Rajasthan 31 overs (Siddharth Saraf 42 today. ets for Kings XI. bagged 26 wickets each, while the Church was the guest of hon- Principal Sucheta Gupta were taries distributed prizes among bowlers. not out; 1-11) Saurabh Sharma (Har) and D Kings XI scored 121 runs, Chandan, Ankul and Sumeet Pal our, while Anil Gill was the spe- present on the occasion. the winners of the competition. Sumit Narwal (59) and Delhi 380/6 declared Pooja (AP) will clash with thus fell short of just 2 runs from claimed one wicket each. cial guest. Raj Verma, Principal Apple Kids International Speakers threw light on the teach- Pre- School, Bantalab celebrated wicketkeeper-batsman Puneet (Unmukt Chand 146, Virender Chirag Shetty (Maha) and K P the victory target. Yogesh top Union Club, in reply, bundled DPS Katra, Rajesh Bakshi CPO ings and life of Jesus Christ. Christmas with a festive spirit in Sehwag 64; Aniket Choudhary Sruthi (Ker) in U-19 mixed dou- scored with 41 runs, while out for 78 runs to lose the match Crimes Jammu, Johnson Gill, Sr the School premises, today. 3-81). (PTI) bles final.(PTI) Aditya and Prince contributed 26 by 52 runs. Anukul top scored Alphonsa, Sr Babita, Principal St.Peters' School and FrJohnpaul Clad in colourful and special- Alisha bags gold in U-16 were the adjudicators of the ly designed Christmas dresses, the Shubham Pundir slams 3rd event. young students danced on the girls long jump Welcome address was pre- tunes of popular songs. The sented by Rajesh Gill, president School was decorated with cotton, Excelsior Sports Correspondent ver and bronze medal respec- consecutive ton of the Group, while proceedings buntings and stars thus giving it a tively. Excelsior Sports Correspondent while Jatin Wadhawan and of the function were conducted festive appearance. JAMMU, Dec 23: Alisha In 200 Mtrs Under-14 Boys, Umar Bandey scored gritty by Fr Maria Dass and the vote of Students sung Christmas car- bagged gold in Under-16 girls Aman Tiwari bagged gold, JAMMU, Dec 23: Promising fifties, scoring 60 runs each. thanks was presented by the ols and gave an eye-catching per- long jump, while Sakshi and Imran Farooq clinched silver youngster Shubham Pundir Goa were 110 for the loss of Group Member, Victor bhatti. formance while dancing on the Monika clinched silver and and Amarjit claimed bronze, slammed third century of the 2 wickets at the draw of stumps In junior category, Rabeeca tunes of "Jingle Bells". bronze respectively in the ongo- while 200 Mtrs Under-18 Boys, season against Goa in the today. For J&K, speedsters, Rupunzal was declared first, Later, Principal of the School, ing State Athletic Vishal Singh, Akash Sudan and BCCI’s CK Nayudu Under-23 and Vishwajeet while Siyon Samuel and Mavish Puja Sharma educated the stu- Championship, being organized Cricket Tournament at Goa Gill bagged seond and third spot Mohd Azan won gold, silver and Singh claimed one wicket each. dents on the teachings of Jesus by J&K Athletic Association, today. respectively, while the consola- bronze medal respectively. It is pertinent to mention Christ in the practical life. under the aegis of J&K State Jammu and Kashmir scored tion prizes were given to Jatin Prominent among others here that Shubham scored the The staff and management of Sports Council and J&K a decent total of 418 runs in their Sotra, Sovin Sandhu and Marita present on the occasion were first two centuries against Tamil RH Kidz, 28 New Plots, Jammu Olympic Association at first essay. Shubham Pundir top Winners of ‘Show and Tell Competition’ posing along with Mattoo. Prof Ashutosh Sharma, S Nadu and Railways in the organized a Christmas party for Hargobind Bhatnagar Stadium Ravinder Singh, S S Gill, Sharat scored with 133 runs, studded Principal and staff members at DPS Jammu on Tuesday. In senior category, Desire the students of the School today. BSF Paloura, here. matches played so far in the cur- Singh, Shamsher Singh, with 22 delectable boundaries, rent season. In 1500 Mtrs Open Girls, Samarjit Singh, Sheikh Tulel, DPS Jammu organizes District Indian Style Anisha, Chanchal Kumari and Chamel Singh, S Sarabjit Singh, Puja Yadav won gold, silver and Nirmal Singh, S Gurbachan ‘Show & Tell Competition’ bronze medal respectively, Singh, S Baljinder Singh, Wrestling C’ship tomorrow while 10,000 Mtrs Open Men, Shamus-ud-Din and Tabir Excelsior Correspondent shared by Karanvir Kour and Riaz Ahmed, Lal Singh and Skyla, while the third place was Excelsior Sports Correspondent 55 kg, 61 kg, 67 kg, 75 kg, 85 kg Ahmed. JAMMU, Dec 23: 'Show and and above, up to 120 kg. Lavjeet Singh claimed gold, sil- bagged by Vaidvee Gupta and JAMMU, Dec 23: Jammu Tell Competition' was organized Sparsh Sharma. The competition According to a handout by the Delhi Public School District Open Indian Style issued here the weight-in of the North Zone Inter-University Basketball Championship was judged by Ritu Vir. Wrestling Championship (Men), (DPS) Jammu for the students of Headmistresses, Ruchi wrestlers will start at 10:30 am. Nursery class, here today. being sponsored by J&K State For further information, the Chabra and Meenu Gupta laud- Sports Council will be held on JU drubs Kumoun University The students displayed ed the efforts of teachers and wrestlers can contact Mulkh Raj speaking skills while expressing December 25, 2014 at Baba Mir Sharma, NIS wrestling coach on parents in making the children Shah Akhara Domana, here. their views on the topics like smart, confident and self mobile no: 9419101267 or to sail into quarters Mars, Swachh Bharat, Save The Championship will be Bansi Lal Tidyal, general secre- dependent. held in the weight categories of Excelsior Sports Correspondent Nanital in the third round by a Trees, Poly bag and Healthy and Preeti Abrol, Co-ordinator tary on mobile no: 9419196103. big margin of 43 points, with the J&K’s medal winners in Kick Boxing Championship posing JAMMU, Dec 23: Jammu Unhealthy food etc. Pre-Primary Wing and staff final score reading (87-44) in for a group photograph. University cagers displayed 30 students from different members were also present on favour of Jammu University. extraordinary caging and drib- sections participated in the com- the occasion. Both the teams fought hard bling skills to register its third J&K wins 24 medals in petition with full zeal and confi- Dr D Joseph, Additional in the first quarter and the score dence. consecutive win and enter quar- Director/Principal, DPS Jammu leveled at 12 all. However, the The first position was shared terfinals in the North Zone Inter- also lauded the efforts of the stu- players of Jammu University kick boxing Nationals by Pawani Gupta and Shaunish University Basketball dents. showed guts and grit and came Vaid, second position was Championship at Banur in Excelsior Sports Correspondent Rajinder Singh as managers and back strongly to help their team Charan Singh Slathia as coach, Punjab, today. JAMMU, Dec 23: Jammu end the first half with (38-20) in while Danish Padha accompa- Now, in the quarterfinals, and Kashmir State kick boxing their favour. nied the team as technical head Card making competition held Jammu University will take on team won 24 medals with 2 Amanjot Singh was the star and national referee. Excelsior Correspondent involved in the competition. All Selected State Cycling team posing along with dignitaries in Jamia Milia Islamia University, gold, 9 silver and 13 bronze in the students came up with their Jammu. New Delhi, last season’s quali- performer for Jammu The State team returned JAMMU, Dec 23: Card mak- the Cadet and Senior National today and was warmly wel- artistic skills. fiers for the All India University, who scored 21 Kick Boxing Championship Championship. points, while Shubham Sharma comed by the office bearers of State Cycling team leaves held at Faridabad in Haryana the Association including gener- Earlier, Jammu University and Rohan Kundal scored 15 recently. defeated Kumoun University points each. al secretary Abhikesh Jain and A contingent of 79 players vice president Varun Magotra, for Nationals participated in the who lauded the efforts of the Excelsior Sports Correspondent J&K Cycling Association; YCET organizes guest lecture Championship, which was players for this achievement. accompanied by Lalit Singh and Mushtaq Ahmed, joint secretary Excelsior Sports Correspondent Computer Engineering JAMMU, Dec 23: J&K State (Kashmir Province), and NIS Sports Council conducted the Department presented the Cycling coach Rahul Kumar. JAMMU, Dec 23: screening of J&K Cycling team memento to the guest. The team: Elite: Prince Yogananda College of to represented the State in the Sparsh Dutta expert in the Choudhary and Sachin Sharma Engineering and Technology 19th National Road Cycling field of Network Security Men U-23: Mohd Akbar (YCET) organised a guest lec- briefed the students about liter- Championship to be organized Khan, Arun Sharma, Ishfaq by Cycling Federation of India ture on "Ethical Hacking" for al meaning of ethical and ille- Ahmad Rather, Mehraj Qayoom computer engineering and gal hacking, types of hackers, at Jamakhandi, in Karnataka and Hilal Ahmad Sofi. from December 26 to December electrical engineering students, website hacking, face book Men Junior: Waheed Ahmad, here today. hacking, vulnerability of web- 29, 2014, under supervision of Karan Digpal and Amir Asad. Sh. Rajan Sharma, Divisional The lecture was delivered sites, etc. Men Sub-Junior: Aakarshit by Sparsh Sharma, Research Since hacking is an appeal- The students during card making competition on Tuesday. Sports Officer (Jammu) at M.A Pathak, Manan Hassan, Yougesh Stadium, here. The team was Scholar at Shri Mata Vaishno ing subject to the engineering The best cards were also Sharma and Syed Hafiz Lateif Devi University, Katra, a youth, they took keen interest ing competition was held in the selected in presence of Om Men Youth: Suhail Ahmad chosen from each 6th and 7th Certified Ethical Hacker in the session where they asked Students of The Eco Club of Model Academy School B.C. premises of Shiksha Niketan Parkash, general secretary of Dar, Sheikh Saqeeb-Ul-Raheem. class. From 6th class Kajal got (CEH) and an EC Council plethora of queries related to Road, who won 1st prize at the State Level and 2nd prize at the Higher Secondary School, 1st, Pooja got 2nd and Ananya Certified Security Analyst security of their online District Level for attending the Nature Camp at Dudoo in Jeevan Nagar, and the theme of got 3rd position. From 7th class India women win South Asian (ECS). accounts, authenticity of web- Udhampur, which was organized in collaboration with WWF- the competition was Christmas Khushi got 1st, Taranjeet got The Session began with sites etc. Centre for Environment University of Jammu. Management and New Year, today. 2nd and Harshita got 3rd posi- welcome address by Er The session ended with the Representative Rupa Gupta, Vice Principal, Usha Gadoo and Principal Rameshwar Mengi Volleyball Championships tion. The prizes were distributed Rajnish Magotra, HoD, Civil vote of thanks by Er. Dinesh Poonam Gupta, Incharge of the Eco Club Lauded the efforts of was the chief guest of the com- among the winners. All the stu- KATHMANDU, Dec 23: nations -- Nepal, India, the Engg Department. Er. B.R Gupta HoD, Applied Sciences, the students for this achievement. petition. All the students partici- dents were seen much enthusias- Maldives, Bangladesh and Sri Verma, Dean Academic Affairs while Iqbal Singh Ahluwalia, pated with great enthusiasm and India clinched the title of the Lanka. tic. and Er. Rhea Mahajan, HoD, TPO, coordinated the session. zeal. The students were well inaugural South Asian Women's India will host the next edition Invitational Volleyball of the championships. (PTI) Championships after thrashing Bangladesh 3-0 in their last match BCCI maintains Poster card making here today. opposition to DRS The Indians defeated Bangladesh 25-13, 25-6, 25-8 in MUMBAI, Dec 23: competition organized their last league match to win the Two days after senior off- title at the National Sports Council spinner and a Excelsior Correspondent Veronica Bhardwaj got 2nd place (NSC) hall at Tripureshwar here. few former India players came and Vinayak Sharma got 3rd Unbeaten India topped the JAMMU, Dec 23: Poster card prize, while in Grade Aakash out in support of the much-debat- making competition was organ- table with four consecutive victo- ed Decision Review System, the Mahajan won Ist prize, Sandhya ries and 12 points, while Nepal, ized by JK Montessorie Senior Saini got 2nd and Diksha Atri got J&K Judokas, who won two medals, with one gold and one Cricket Board maintained today Secondary School on the topic with three wins and nine points, that the referral process in its cur- 3rd place. bronze, besides three places in the recently concluded Senior "Santa Claus", here today took the second place ahead of Sri rent form is unacceptable. Kamaljeet Kour and Vandana National Judo Championship which was held at Haridwar Lanka, who lost two of their four "We have always maintained Over 250 students participat- Nargotra were the judges of the recently. Judokas of Regional Coaching Centre (RCC) M A matches. that DRS in its current form is not ed in this competition. The stu- competition. Stadium Jammu, Shweta Thakur won gold, Nippu Jamwal The students of Lord Mahavira Playway School who excelled The Indians pocketed a cash acceptable to us. Our opposition is dents from Grade Ist to Grade 3rd Geeta Dixit Vice Principal of bagged bronze, while Danish Sharma, Ranjodh Singh and Sadaf in the recently held 7th State Speedball Championship at M A prize of USD 2,000 while the run- to the ball tracking technology participated in the competition JKMS and Director Academics Iqbal stood forth and sixth in the event. 36 teams from different Stadium in Jammu. The gold medal winners include Harshit ners-up Nepali team received and the process by which players with great enthusiasm and zeal. Rajni Gupta declared the winners States and Belt Forces participated in the Championship. The Sharma, Mannat Sharma, Siddharth, Karmanjeet Kour, while USD 1,000 and Sri Lanka USD have to take the call. Why can't Aditi Saini of Grade Ist won of the competition. team was accompanied by coaches Vikas Dogra, Ritika Slathia 500. silver medal winners were Suksham , Kanika Raina and the third umpire sitting in front of Ist prize, Mahi Chandra got 2nd Managing Director of the and Suraj Bhan Singh as a technical referee. Suraj Bhan Singh The tournament, which is Tanishka Dogra and the bronze medals went to Amrit Verma, TV screen decide on the refer- prize and Ayush Suri got 3rd prize School, Sanjeev Gupta lauded the was also honoured A Grade Referee by the President of Judo Charu Rajput, Prithvi Singh, Suryvansh Manhas, Vaishnavi being held in a round-robin for- rals," BCCI secretary Sanjay Patel in the competition. Surya Pratap Federation of India. Also seen in the picture were Rajan Sharma, mat, has the participation of five efforts of students for displaying Chibber and Yuvraj Singh. told reporters here today.(PTI) Singh of Grade 2nd won Ist prize, good show. Vikas Gupta and and RC Thakur.