SUNDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2013 (PAGE 10) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Patient Kallis anchors SA innings 4th Police Martyrs Memorial North Zone T20 C'ship Pranav Gupta slams cracking ton as hosts reach 299/5 DURBAN, Dec 28: innings, it was De Villiers and skipper MS Dhoni perhaps Kallis, who added 127 runs for missing a second spinner on this as NCC crushes Young Star showed his the fourth to keep the dry pitch. Excelsior Sports Correspondent Winning the toss and , thus won the match by class for one last time with a momentum going. Kallis and Duminy added 58 first, JK Police team bundled 8 wickets. Neeraj Dahiya of gutsy unbeaten 78 in his De Villiers again played a free- runs for the fifth wicket as JAMMU, Dec 28: Promising out for a paltry total of 93 runs MPSCK was declared man of farewell match as flowing innings hitting nine bound- Dhoni delayed taking the second middle-order batsman Pranav in 18.2 overs. the match for his fabulous gained a slight upperhand in the aries in his 117 ball knock-- one new ball. The skipper persisted Gupta slammed power-packed In reply, MPSCK reached knock of 51 runs off equal num- series-deciding second cricket less than Kallis, who went about with Jadeja and even brought on 105 runs off 67 balls to guide the target in 19 overs by losing 2 ber of balls. Test against India here today. with a business like approach Rohit, and the break-through National Cricket Club (NCC), The 38-year-old Kallis which was bereft of any emotion finally came. Jammu to huge victory over seemed on course for his 45th which one normally associates with The morning session turned Young Star Jallandhar in the Samar drubs Lions Test with an exhibition occasions of such magnitude. out to be a mixed one as South ongoing 4th Police Martyrs of determined batsmanship as For India, left-arm spinner Africa scored 99 runs in that ses- Memorial North Zone T20 Cricket Championship at SCOREBOARD Ravindra Jadeja sion but also lost three wickets. to enter semis vindicated his The edge was taken by District Sports Stadium, Kathua India 1st innings: 334 Excelsior Sports Correspondent Hardeep claimed one wicket 's selec- Murali Vijay in the slips as today. South Africa 1st innings: Earlier, winning the toss and each. tion with figures South Africa were suddenly JAMMU, Dec 28: Team (Overnight 82 for no loss) batting first, NCC rode on a Lions Club, in reply bundled of four for 87 reduced to 113 for three after effort helped Samar Cricket Graeme Smith c Dhawan b Jadeja 47 magnificent century by Pranav, out for 109 runs in 18 overs to which included being 103 for no loss. De Club Jammu to defeat Lions Alviro Petersen c Vijay b Jadeja 62 the scalps of Villiers and Kallis then took scored a mammoth total of 204 lose the match by 50 runs. Romi runs in the stipulated 20 overs, Cricket Club Satwari by a mar- and Kaka contributed 19 runs b Shami 3 Peterson, Smith control of the situation as they gin of 50 runs to enter the semi- and De Villiers. slowly but surely built a partner- losing just one wicket in the each, while Sanju scored 16 Jacques Kallis 78 process. Pranav was at his mur- finals of the ongoing Mahant Coming in at ship. The fourth wicket partnet- runs. Sidharth bagged 4 wickets AB de Villiers c Kohli b Jadeja 74 derous best and hit the rival Bachhitter Singh Memorial T20 Sumit Pal Singh holding trophy alongwith other participants the fall of ship for 50 runs was completed for Samar Club, while Kaka JP Duminy lbw b Jadeja 28 bowlers with fluidity and grace. Cricket Tournament, being of Indian Junior Tennis team at Qatar. Amla's wicket, in 16 overs. (PTI) scalped 3 wickets. Chetan and not out 0 In reply, Young Star col- organized by Simbal Welfare Kallis was given Bablu shared one wicket each. lapsed at 51 runs in 12.3 overs, Jammu boy Sumit Pal guides Extras: (LB-6, W-1) 7 a 'Guard of Association at Government Sidharth was adjudged man of Total: (For 5 wkts; 104.5 overs) 299 SOS Hermann thus won the match by a huge High School ground, Simbal Honour' by the margin of 153 runs. Pranav was the match. India to title win over Hong Kong Fall of wickets 1-103, 2-113, 3-113, Indian cricketers today. Gmeiner School adjudged man of the match for The match was officiated by Excelsior Sports Correspondent drubbed Sou of Hong Kong by 4-240, 5-298. with rival skip- Earlier, batting first, Samar his extraordinary batting dis- Kulbir Singh Kali and Bablu as (6-7, 6-2, 6-2) to help India Bowling: 16-2-46-0, Mohammed per Mahendra scored a fighting total of 159 organizes Alumni Meet play. umpires, while Swaran Singh JAMMU, Dec 28: Trainee of clinch the prestigious Shami 19-2-62-1, Ishant Sharma 23-7-76-0, Singh Dhoni runs in the stipulated 20 overs. was the scorer. CLTA Chandigarh, budding ten- Excelsior Sports Correspondent Meanwhile, in the second Ashu, Siddharth Mangotra and Championship. Ravindra Jadeja 37-9-87-4, Rohit Sharma 9.5- shaking hands Young Star Simbal will take nis star from Jammu and match played today, Maharana Monu contributed 34, 37 and 28 Sumit Pal won 9 out of the with the leg- JAMMU, Dec 28: SOS Pratap Sports Club, Kurukshetra on UCC Jammu in the first Kashmir, Sumit Pal Singh 1-22-0. runs to the total respectively. 10 matches he played in the endary all- Hermann Gmeiner School, (MPSCK) defeated JK Police semifinal tomorrow, while in played a vital role in leading rounder. Vicky was the wrecker-in-chief Championship. Jammu organized First Almuni team by 8 wickets in an easy another semifinal Samar Cricket India to victory in the Asian Director Coaching and the hosts reached 299 for five However Kallis was a pic- contest. for Lions Club Satwari, who Club will face Dashmesh Club Junior Cup Qatar 2013. before heavens opened up at the ture of concentration during his Meet in the School premises, Development, CLTA, Gejendra bagged 5 wickets, while Bansi Gadigarh on Tuesday at the After a series of victories in Kingsmead. knock. It took him 25 deliveries here. DIG inaugurates Singh lauded the efforts of bagged 3 wickets. Vishal and same venue. Giving Kallis company was to hit the first of his 10 bound- Large number of Alumni the league matches against Sumit Pal and others for this nightwatchman Dale Steyn (0 aries of a Jadeja . It was attended the Meet which includ- Football tourney Qatar, Behrain, Hong Kong, Sri landmark achievement and batting) with the home team a lofted hit over mid-off and he ed Doctors, Engineers, Excelsior Sports Correspondent Lanka and , Sumit Pal informed that the victorious ten- needing another 36 runs to over- repeated the shot of the very Architects and others. Trikuta Club faces Jammu defeated Ching Lam of Hong nis champions will get a one The Programme started with SRINAGAR, Dec 28: Kong by (7-6, 7-2) in the sum- haul India's first innings total of next ball. Deputy Inspector General of week stay at Qatar to watch top 334. A sweep of Rohit Sharma, a the reception of alumni by the mit clash, helping India to gain Police, central Kashmir range S tennis players like Rafael Nadal While the seasoned Kallis couple of back to back cover Head boy and the Head girl of Blue in Korfball final an early (1-0) lead. Then, A Mujtaba today inaugurated a and Andy Murray etc in action anchored the innings facing 224 drives off Zaheer Khan showed the School. Excelsior Correspondent winners, who scored 4 and 3 Prikshit Somani of India District Level Football there. balls, AB de Villiers (74), Alviro that Kallis is in a mood to leave The Programme was pre- goals respectively. Tournament organized by Peterson (62) and Graeme Smith his white flannels on a high. ceded by the inaugural session JAMMU, Dec 28: Defeating In the second semifinal, Police at Harnambal Stadium in (47) were the other notable con- Apart from Jadeja, pacer by the Principal. their rivals by narrow margins in Trikuta Club drubbed Young Natipora here. tributors for the Proteas. Hashim Mohammad Shami (1-62) was In his speech, he highlighted the semifinal clashes, Trikuta Star by a margin of 5 goals (14- Amla (3) and JP Duminy (28) the only other wickettaker in the the important stages of the A police spokesman said Club and Jammu Blue have twelve Football clubs from 9) to qualify for the finals. At were other wickets to fall on a South African innings so far. growth of the institution while entered the finals of the ongoing half-time, Trikuta Club was day which was largely dominat- Zaheer Khan (0-46) and pointing out the important District Srinagar are participat- 17th Jammu District Korfball ing in the tournament. leading by (8-5). For Trikuta ed by the home team. Ishant Sharma (0-76) toiled achievements. Championship, organized by Club, Aditya and Gagandeep If Smith-Peterson duo's hard, but failed to provide any Welcome song and various Mujtaba said that the pur- J&K Korfball Association, pose of organizing such tourna- scored 4 goals each, while opening stand of 103 laid the breakthroughs. Rohit Sharma other cultural items were pre- under the aegis of J&K State ment is to offer a platform for Tamana scored 3 goals. foundation of the South African (0-22) was deployed as well, sented by the students to enter- Sports Council at Green Field our talented youth for showing Earlier, Jammu Lions defeat- tain the guests. No-1 Gandhi Nagar, here. their mettle. He said that the ed Jammu Rural Korfball Club The first alumni Cake was In the first semifinal, Jammu winner of this District level by (11-8), while Evergreen Club cut by the members and elec- Blue trounced Jammu Lions by football tournament will qualify outplayed Young Star by (14-9) tions for the future Alumni meet a narrow margin of 2 goals (8- for the next tier of Range level goals. was also conducted to make 6). The half-time score was (4- football tournament. The final match will be held such meets a regular feature of 3) in favour of Jammu Blue. Among others who attended at 11 am at the same venue the school. Irfan Choudhary and Megha tomorrow. The students of Jodhamal Public School posing for photo- the inaugurate ceremony were were the star performers for the graph Election was conducted SSP Srinagar Amit Kumar, SP later, wherein the Alumni Headquarters, SDPO Sadder shared their experience. and respectable of the area. Jodhamal students win in JK Montessorie Senior Secondary Sangeet Mahotsava Excelsior Correspondent Naman, Prisha Chandok, School celebrates Annual Day Vanshika, Saquib, Sudhanshu JAMMU, Dec 28: The Excelsior Sports Correspondent Ramandeep Kour of class and Gursimar. upcoming instrumentalists of The second prize winners 11th presented the annual report, Jodhamal Public School once JAMMU, Dec 28: JK show casing and broadcasting were Dhairya Choudhary, Montessorie Senior Secondary again brought back laurels by Kaustav Sharma, Gauri Sharma, the accolades and laurels fetching various prizes at Pandit School celebrated its Annual Ananya Mahajan, Arya Abrol, notched by the students of the Uma Dutt Sangeet Mahotsava Day "Sammiliay" at Women Vanshika, Manya, Anahita school in their pursuit for excel- held recently. Anand, Apoorv, Sarthak college Auditorium Gandhi lence in all fields i.e sports, aca- It was organized by Nirvana Nagar here today. Malhotra, Navtej, Prisha demic, cultural co-scholastic Academy in which Pandit Shiv Chandok, Akshit Gupta, Kshitij, On the occasion, Raman etc. Kumar Sharma was the chief Bhalla Minister for Horticulture, Sankalp and Mehul. The meritorious students of guest and gave away the prizes The third prize winners Housing and Culture was the class 12th , class 10th & 8th to the winners. The students par- included Aditya Gautam, chief guest, while Tushar Kanti were given prizes for their com- ticipated in various categories Vinamlin, Soham, Abhijot, Zitin Sharma, Director School petencies, awarded by the chief like Casio, Guitar, Singing Koul, Naman Chandok, Nandini Education was the guest of hon- guest . (Light Singing and Group Folk Kapoor bagged first prize both Song and also Solo Singing) etc. our and I D Soni State Prominent among others in Light Singing and Folk The first prize winners in Footballers trying everything to get hold of the ball during a Commissioner of Scouts & present on the occasion were Singing competition. match of Christmas Soccer Championship in Jammu on Guide graced the occasion with their respective categories Arya Abrol, Shaan, Charu, managing director of the insti- incuded Saturday. his presence. tute Sanjeev Gupta, Director Students of Jammu Sanskriti School performing cultural pro- Abhijot, Angad also bagged 1st The "Sammiliay" began with Pragati Sharma, Bhumika, Academics Mrs Rajni Gupta, gramme during Annual Function on Saturday. prize in Group Folk Song com- Christmas Soccer Championship the ceremonial lighting of the Amishi Sarotia, Amvit Harshraj, petition. Vice-Principal, Mrs Geeta Dixit Prateek Singh Bedi, Mian auspicious lamp by all the digni- ,Co-ordinator, Mrs Vandana These achievers were taries amidst reciting of Mohammad Raza, Kartik, acknowledged by the Principal Parveen guides JK Bank Gupta, Henry Don, Vijay Jammu Sanskriti School celebrates Aditya, Adhya Sambyal, Ishaan, "shlokas" Trilok Singh Bist along with Handoo, Pardhuman and princi- Saksham, Bhavya Grover, their mentors Subash Dey and The cultural bonanza pals of different school. Ayush, Vanshika, Aadit, Kusha, Academy to semis "Sammiliay" was unravelled by Deepak Kumar. Excelsior Sports Correspondent Bank Academy win in a crucial The conclusion was the first Annual Function the school Head Girl Shivantika match. grand finale which was the dis- Excelsior Sports Correspondent Earlier, Mrs Rohini Aima, JAMMU, Dec 28: Parveen In another match, Jammu Gupta by her welcome address. semination of different customs vice chairperson and princi- displayed superb soccer skills Sports scripted a solitary goal The function proceeded with and traditions of India. The pro- JAMMU, Dec 28: Jammu pal of the school, formally and scored 2 splendid goals to win over Jammu United in a invocation of Goddess gramme concluded with the Sanskriti School celebrated welcomed the chief guest help JK Bank Academy defeat close contest. Bunty was the Saraswati---an obeisance to National Anthem. its first Annual Function- Air Force Club by two goals to Sanjeev Verma (IAS), Guest goal scorer in 13th minute of the Goddess of Knowledge. (Sanskar-2013) with great of honour, Randhir Singh nil (2-0) to enter semifinals of match. fervour. the ongoing Christmas Soccer (KPS) SP-PHQ, Sheikh Faizel The matches were officiated The programme started Qayoom (IMS) DySp PHQ, Championship, being organized by Nazir Ahmed, Vijay Kumar, with the traditional lighting by Christian Sports for sparing their valuable Hilal Ahmed, Moon Stephen, of lamp followed by Sarswati time to grace the occasion. Organisation J&K at GGM Harneel Singh, Harmanjeet, Vandana. Science College Football She also highlighted the Elijah Sotra and Rinku Gill. On the occasion, chief Ground, here. Mussa Club will take on achievements of the school in Parveen scored goals in 13th guest Sanjeev Verma (IAS) short span of time. Prizes and Jammu Sports in the last quar- Secretary to Government BPE and 38th minute to help JK terfinal match tomorrow. medals were awarded to the and Floriculture in his mes- students who excelled in vari- sage congratulated the school Reasi Club organizing cricket ous scholastic and co- Sham Lal Sharma, Minister for PHE, along with Principal management for exercising scholastic activities. all the efforts, energy and and staff members of school during Annual Day function on Harpreet Singh, chairman of Saturday. tournament from Jan 1 experience in building up this the school conveyed the vote Excelsior Sports Correspondent Vikas Baru and Rajesh Dogra on knowledge centre par excel- of thanks to the chief guest the 9906352151 or 9419156102. lence. He appreciated the Kids Planet Public School JAMMU, Dec 28: To give for his encouraging and moti- high standards for imparting vating words. Special thanks fillip to sports in Reasi and Handball trials from Jan 3 value education through new adjoining areas, Reasi Cricket Students alongwith organizers during hockey skates match at were conveyed to the media celebrates Annual Day Excelsior Sports Correspondent techniques and technologies Club is organizing a mega RM School, Chowadhi in Jammu. staff and the all the parents of brought into the system. the students. cricket tournament from JAMMU, Dec 28: To select Excelsior Sports Correspondent activities and read out the ambi- January 1, 2014 at Sports the players for representing RM School organizes tious future plans of the school. State in the forthcoming 36th Stadium, Reasi. JAMMU, Dec 28: Kids Earlier, the chief guest put According to a handout Junior Girls National Handball Planet Public School celebrated Championship to be held at emphasis on promoting moral issued here by chairman Reasi hockey skates match its Annual Day function with education in all Government and Cricket Club, the teams from Indoor in Padhya Pradesh from zeal and gaiety. Excelsior Correspondent The event was held under the private education institutions to other districts of the State and February 1 to February 6, 2014, The function was inaugurat- supervision of sports in-charge, protect age old moral ethics and outside the State will be partici- the Jammu and Kashmir ed by the chief guest Sham lal JAMMU, Dec 28: RM Padma Thinels and the event rich cultural heritage of the pating in the tournament, in Handball Association will be Sharma, Minister for PHE, Public School, Chowadhi, the manager was Ajay Kumar. country. which the winner will receive a holding 3-day selection trials Irrigation and Flood Control. from January 3 to January 6, sister concern of Shiksha Yashpal was the Lineman. The programme started with cash prize of Rs 1,00,000 and Vice principal Mrs Rita Manhas 2014 at MA Stadium, here. Niketan, organized hockey Rita Mengi, Trustee RM Ganesh Vandana to mark the the runners-up team will get Rs presented the welcome address, According to a handout skates match in its premises, Public School was the chief cultural programme and the con- 50,000, besides attractive prizes followed by the ceremonial issued here, the Association has here today. guest, while Principal, Ravinder clusion of the celebration of the for man of the series, best bats- lighting of lamp. advised the players interested to The match was held between Kour and Vice Principal, Shashi day with fusion dance which left man, best bowler and best field- The students of KC International School, who won 2nd J&K The Principal of the school take part in the trials to report at the Sunflower Yellow & Brave Jamwal were present on the all in awe. er awards. State Rope Skipping Championship at KC Gurukul School, Mrs Mona Gupta presented the the venue on the said dates Brown teams. The match went occasion. Mrs Arti Nagpal presented The teams interested to take Paloura organized by J&K Rope Skipping Association. The annual report, showing the alongwith the date of birth cer- for 30 minutes. The Sun Flower Administrator Meenakshi the vote of thanks. The part in the tournament can con- team claimed 23 gold, 5 silver and 4 bronze medals in the broadcasting the accolades and tificates. Yellow registered victory by 4 Sharma and Meenakshi Pathania Director, Mohan Lal Gupta and tact organizers Nadeem Bat, The players born on or after championship. Vice Principal, Nirmal Mahna and the coach laurels notched by the students goals over Brave Brown. Both were also present on the occa- chairperson Rohit Gupta of the Surinder Sharma, Narinder 2- 1-1994 are eligible for the tri- Tarsem Sharma alongwith the students posing for a group pho- of the school for excellence in the teams played well through- sion. school were also present. Sharma, Mohd Sewer Mir, als. out the match. tograph. curricular and co-curricular