SATURDAY, DECEMBER 27, 2014 (PAGE 14) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU RCC Srinagar storms into final Pavit stars in Honours shared on opening day Sidhant Academy’s as Satish, Ahmer slam big fifties huge win despite Smith’s rearguard action Excelsior Sports Correspondent For MGCA, Aryan and Bhanu Excelsior Sports Correspondent MELBOURNE, Dec 26: off Yadav in the second over and help Australia dominate the claimed one wicket each. Captain Steven Smith put itself. last session in the company of JAMMU, Dec 26: Outplaying In reply, MGCA bundled out JAMMU, Dec 26: A superb himself on course for his third The visitors, however, failed Shaun Marsh (32 runs off 83 Mayank Goswami Cricket for 115 runs in 18.3 overs, thus knock of unbeaten 98 runs and successive century but India to capitalise on the initial gains balls). But the visitors had other Academy (MGCA) by a big mar- lost the match by 71 runs. splendid 4- bowled reasonably well to as Shikhar Dhawan, who took a plans, continuing their good gin of 71runs in the semifinals by Abhishek was the top scorer wicket haul by restrict Australia to 259 for five low catch at the slips to dismiss work and removing Marsh with- riding on magnificent half-cen- with 40 runs, while Sahil Pavit Singh on the opening day of the third Warner, put down an easy one in 12 balls of play resuming in turies from Satish Kumar and Mahotra contributed 312 runs Ishar helped cricket Test to leave the match when Watson was on 37 four the final session. Ahmer, Raianwari Cricket Club and Subrat chipped in with 11 Sidhant Cricket on an even keel here today. SCOREBOARD Mohammad (RCC) Srinagar stormed into the runs. For RCC, Satish was the Academy to finals of the ongoing 2nd Jammu pick of the bowlers, who bagged thrash Col R N Electing to bat, Smith Australia 1st innings: Shami (2/55) wasthe Young wrestlers holding certificates while posing for a group Tawi Premier T20 Cricket 3 important wickets by conced- Chopra Cricket again proved to be the main Chris Rogers c Dhoni b Shami 57 bowler, continuing photograph alongwith dignitaries at Domana in Jammu on Tournament, being organized by ing 6 runs in his 2 overs, while Academy-B by a bigmargin of tormentor for the visitors as David Warner c Dhawan b Yadav 0 his recovery from a Friday. JTCC at GGM Science College Manik Gupta, Kuldeep Kumar 79 runs in the ongoing Under- he anchored the innings to Shane Watson lbw b Ashwin 52 poor morning session, Hostel ground, here. and Raghbir claimed 2 wickets 16 Boys Cricket Tournament at remain undefeated on 72 at Steven Smith not out 72 as left-handed Marsh 12th Jammu District Indian Style Earlier, batting first, RCC each and Amit Sharma took one. IIIM-CSIR ground, here today. stumps on an absorbing first Shaun Marsh c Dhoni b Shami 32 edged behind to keep- Srinagar scored a decent total of For his extraordinary all-round Earlier, Col R N Chopra day of the Boxing Day Test Joe Burns c Dhoni b Yadav 13 er-captain Mahendra 186 runs in the stipulated 20 display, Satish Kumar was Cricket Academy -B team won Wrestling Championship concludes at the MCG. Brad Haddin not out 23 Singh Dhoni. overs, losing 2 wickets in the adjudged man of the match. the toss and elected to field first. Excelsior Sports Correspondent Prem Kumar, Kulbir Singh, The Australians lost Extras: (B-1, LB-6, W-1, NB-2) 10 Debutant Joe process. Ahmed was the top The match was officiated by Put into bat, Sidhant Cricket Darshan Lal, Mohd Fareed and David Warner (0) early but Total: (For 5 wkts, 90 overs) 259 Burns (13) then JAMMU, Dec 26: 12th scorer with 66 runs, studded Sadiq Hussain Malik and Academy scored a mammoth Raj Hussian. President of staged a recovery through Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-115, 3-115, 4-184, 5-216. walked out to a thun- Jammu District Indian Style with 11 boundaries, while Satish Rajinder Singh as umpires, total of 185 runs for 4 wickets Jammu District Indian Style Chris Rogers (57) and Bowling: Ishant Sharma 21-6-54-0, Umesh derous response but Wrestling Championship, organ- contributed brilliant unbeaten 61 while Sandeep Manchanda and in the stipulated 20 overs. Wrestling Association Inderjeet Shane Watson (52) with a Yadav 20-2-69-2, Mohammed Shami 17-4-55-2, did not last long at the ized by Jammu District Indian runs with the help of 7 bound- Sohail Yousuf were the scorers. Skipper Pavit Singh Ishar Khajuria and treasurer J&K 115-run partnership for the R Ashwin 27-7-60-1, Murali Vijay 5-0-14-0. crease. He was dis- Style Wrestling Association in aries and one six. Shashi Kumar Now, RCC Srinagar will scored unbeaten 98 runs off 59 Indian Style Wrestling second wicket. The hosts missed by Umesh collaboration with J&K Indian also scored valuable 44 runs lock horns with Wave Cricket balls, studded with 13 delec- Association P.R. Sharma also then lost three quick wickets to overs before lunch. Australia Yadav (2/69) in the 71st over, Style Wrestling Association, including 4 crispy boundaries. Club in the finals. table boundaries and 4 sixes, spoke on the occasion. allow the Indians to claw back went into the lunch on a com- again caught behind. under the aegis of J&K State while Munish and Rohit con- Earlier, in 55 kg, Rustam- into the game. fortable 92 for one. The Indian attack zipped Sports Council concluded at tributed 31 and 23 runs to the Chaudhary of Kairi won gold, From a shaky 184 for four, India recovered from a poor through their overs, thanks in Peer Bawa Meer Shah Akhara total respectively. For Col. R N Yogesh-Saini of Sarore bagged the home team reached 259 for first session to pull things back part to the tremendous effort put Domana, here today. Chopra Cricket Academy -B silver and Arshad Ali of five, mainly through the watch- and produced their best bowling in by Ashwin (1/60) on a day The Championship in six team, Parth took 2 wickets and Kanger claimed bronze, while in ful effort of their captain and display of the series, restricting one pitch. The bowlers, in tan- Weight Categories 55Kg, 61Kg, Ayush claimed 1 wicket. 61kg, Mustaq Ahmed of Kairi, Brad Haddin, who remained not the hosts in the other two ses- dem, kept the run-scoring in 67Kg, 75Kgm, 84Kg, and 97 Col. R N Chopra Cricket Parveen Singh of Sarore and out on 23. sions of play. check and stuck at regular inter- Kg, was held under the overall Academy in reply bundled out Bachan Singh of Domana Pacers Umesh Yadav and Smith, who came out to bat vals, never letting the Australian supervision of president J&K for a paltry total of 106 runs in clinched gold, silver and bronze Mohammed Shami stuck to a at number four at the fall of batsmen dominate in the last Indian Style Wrestling 15.4 overs. Arya scored 17 runs medals respectively. tight line and length to grab two Rogers' wicket just after the start two sessions. Association, Shiv Kumar and Lionar chipped in with 15 In 67kg, Balwinder Singh of wickets apiece while an equally of post-lunch session, held one Burns had stayed long Sharma as the chief guest on the runs. For Sidhant Cricket Halqa, Surjan Singh of Patta and impressive Ravichandran end together to ensure that enough to bring up the 200- occasion. He presented medals, Academy, Pavit Singh Ishar Ajay Singh of Patta Ashwin took one wicket. Australia ended on a fighting mark for the hosts in the 66th certificates and track suits to the was the wrecker-in-chief, who Won gold, silver and bronze Strike bowler Ishant Sharma score. over, while Smith had reached wrestlers, while chairman J&K took 4 wickets in 3.4 overs giv- medals respectively, while the was impressive in his spells but The 25-year-old skipper was his 10th Test fifty in the 71st Indian Style Wrestling ing away just 7 runs, while gold, silver and bronze medals in ended the day without any wick- in tremendous form having over. He faced 96 balls, and hit Association Prem Choudhary Psychologist and social activist Seema Agarwal lighting cere- Prince took 3 wickets and 75 kg went to Mohd. Ashraf of et. scored 375 runs from the first four fours as well as a six, cross- presided over the function. monial lamp while inaugurating Youth Festival at Gandhi Nagar Anshuman claimed 2 wickets. Kairi, Narinder Singh of RS Pura Australia were put on the two Tests with two hundreds and ing 1000 runs in the calendar Retired SP P R Sharma, retired backfoot as soon as the match one half century. year on the way. (PTI) in Jammu. and Sunil Rakwal of Thather Deepak selected D.F.O Inderjeet Khajuria and respectively. began as their danger-man Post-tea, Smith looked to retired Tehsildar Bansi Lal Warner got dismissed for a duck continue his fine run of form KC Sports Club In 84 kg, Sakeel Khan of Seema Agarwal inaugurates to NSF Jury Tidyal were the guests of hon- Domana won gold, while silver organizing 1st Winter Excelsior Correspondent our. medal went to Darshan Lal of Director Competition, NIS Patniyal and in 97 kg Marf Camp from Jan 1 Youth Festival JAMMU, Dec 26: With his wrestling coach Mulk Raj selection as head of jury for Hussian of Kairi and Ishant Excelsior Sports Correspondent Excelsior Sports Correspondent Director General Youth Sharma conducted the proceed- National Shivalik Shama of Domana won gold and Services and Sports, Navin ings, while the vote of thanks silver medals respectively. JAMMU, Dec 26: KC JAMMU, Dec 26: Eminent Festival -15 - a Agarwal, under whose patronage presented by general secretary of The overall Sports Club in collaboration psychologist, guide, councillor cultural exchange the event was organized, distrib- J&K Indian Style Wrestling Championshipwent to Baba with Yuvraj Singh Cricket and social activist, Seema programme, uted certificates and prizes among Association Bansi Lal Tidyal. Meer Shah Akhara Domana. Academy is organizing 1st Agarwal inaugurated the State the winners in in various cate- Deepak Dutta a The bouts were officiated by Winter Camp for the budding Level Inter-District Youth Festival gories on the occasion. He said renowned classi- cricketers of the State at KC in an impressive, well attended the selected youth ill be deputed cal dancer of the Sports Club from January 1 and colourful function at Green to represent the State in the State has added one more feath- 3rd Christmas T20 Cup to January 15, 2015, under Field, Gandhi Nagar, here today. National Youth Festival to be held er to his cap. the supervision of expert Around 200 boys and girls at Guwahati . The festival is going to be Winners of 6th Police Martyrs Memorial T-20 Cricket coaches to be sent by Yuvraj drawn from 12 districts of the Director Nehru Yuva Kendra, organized by Shivalik Club commencing today Tournament posing for a photograph on Friday. Singh. State took part in the Festival and SS Kashyap; Cultural Officer, Talwara in association with Excelsior Sports Correspondent Yogesh Sharma and Rajesh Gill, Vishal Bhatia, Head Coach presented variety of cultural J&K Cultural Academy, Anil Youth Development Centre former Ranji Trophy player and JAMMU, Dec 26: 3rd of the Yuvraj Singh Cricket events. Tickoo and District Youth Punjab from January 3 to 5. Chief Prosecuting Officer, Christmas Twenty-20 Cricket Police Martyrs Memorial T-20 Academy will lead the camp Rich cultural heritage was dis- Services and Sports Officer, Total 26 teams from all over organizing secretary of the tour- Cup for College students and accompanied by other expert played by the youth in colourful Kishtwar, Dewan Chand Thakur India are going to showcase nament. other cricketers will commence coaches of the Academy. costumes in a festive atmosphere were the adjudicators of the event. their cultural extravaganza in According to a handout Cricket Tourney concludes at Parade Ground, here from According to the organizers, during the day. The vote of thanks was pre- this cultural meet. issued today, 24 teams are partic- Excelsior Sports Correspondent declared as Man of the Series. tomorrow. Yuvraj Singh is likely to visit Appreciating the participants sented by Kanchan Bala, while In this cultural meet Deepak ipating in this tournament which Deputy Commissioner Kishtwar for their superb display of skill According to the organizers KISHTWAR, Dec 26: 6th and interact with the budding the proceedings of the programme is going to judge events like includes MAM College Jammu, Mohd Javed Khan, KAS was the despite chilly weather conditions, the objective of the tournament Police Martyrs Memorial (T-20) cricketers in the month of were conducted by b k Tickoo and conceptual choreography, duet PG Law & Sciences, Commerce chief guest on the occasion who the chief guest Mrs Agarwal said is to help youths to shun drugs Cricket Tournament concluded February, 2015. Rajinder Kotwal. dance, solo dance (classical), College Jammu, Krishna Cricket distributed prizes on the occa- that the best selected cultural and not to derail from the main- at Chowgan Ground Kishtwar, The Camp activity includes Rupinder Jeet Kour, Assistant Regional & Traditional Folk Club, Sarveshwar Cricket Club, sion. items depicting cultural ethos of stream, apart from promoting today. Fitness Session, Net Session, Director DYSS and Sukhdev Raj, Dances, Show & tell Mime Strikers Cricket Club, ICC The function was presided Jammu and Kashmir, will be pre- sports in general and cricket in The tournament was held by Fielding session, Video DYSSO Jammu were also present dance & Performer of the year. Jammu, Eleven Star, JKP XI , over by SP Kishtwar Yougal sented the National Youth Festival particular in the State. District Police Kishtwar under Analysis of the Player and on the occasion. In this event, Deepak will Samar Cricket Club, Trikuta Manhas and was among others to be held at Guwahati in Assam. The Slogan of the tourna- Civic Action Programme (CAP) allied activities in the first of its also be conferred with Club, Patel Club, Youth Club attended by CO 08 RR Shri ment is “Be Healthy-Don’t Do 2014-15. The final match was kind Indoor Cricket Hall with “Shivalik Sammaan - 15" for his Bhaderwah, Oriental Cricket Rakesh Kumar Mishra, CO 52 Drugs”. played between Youth Sarkoot day and night playing facility. outstanding contribution in the Club, Jammu University XI, Bn CRPF Mukesh Tiyagi, ACR The tournament is being and Kishtwar Warriors. Elected field of Performing Arts Christian Sports XI, Science Kishtwar Sudarshan Kumar and organized jointly by Christian to bat, Youth Sarkoot could Jaipreet wins gold (Dance). College XI , Country Cricket other officers of civil adminis- Sports Organization, J&K Police score 78 runs in 17 overs. Sohail Academy , United Blues, Simula tration and District Police in State Roller Grover falters and Parade Sports Association, Sheikh scored 27 runs for XI, RCC Srinagar , KC Sports Kishtwar. under the supervision of Shakeel Sarkoot Eleven and Burhan XI, Tanishta XI and Romi Deputy Commissioner and Skating C’ship against Areshchenko Beig, DIG Jammu and Fr Qazi took three wickets for Cricket Club. SP Kishtwar spoke on the occa- Excelsior Sports Correspondent AL AIN (UAE), Dec 26: Kuriakose, Chairman Christian Kishtwar Warriors whereas “The opening matches will sion and deliberated upon utility Grandmaster Sahaj Grover Sports Organization, J&K. Kishtwar Wariors chased the tar- JAMMU, Dec 26: Jaipreet be played between MAM of conduct of these programmes faltered and went down to The Organizing Committee get by Lossing eight wickets, won gold medal in 8 to 10 years College and PG Law & by J&K Police under Civic Alexander Areshchenko of of the tournament includes thereby Kishtwar Warriors won boys in the ongoing State Roller Sciences, University of Jammu Action Programme. Large num- Ukraine in the eighth and penul- Shakeel Beig DIG Jammu; Fr. the match. Skating Championship-cum- at 9.30 am and Sarveshwar ber of people witnessed the final timate round of Al Ain Classic Kuriakose Chairman CSO; SR Burhan Qazi of Kishtwar selection trials for the 52nd Cricket Club and Krishna event and appreciated the efforts International Chess tournament Mishra AIG CIV; Hilal Rather Warriors was declared man of National Roller Skating Cricket Club at 12.30 pm,” of District Police Kishtwar in to fall out of contention here. MD Simula; Sanjeev Khajuria the match whereas Henan Malik Championship at Shiva Roller After getting a position that informed Mr Gill. this regard. SSP Principal PTS Kathua; of Kishtwar Warriors was Skating Institute, Peerkho, here was close to being dynamically Winners of Kick Boxing Championship posing for group Pawan Parihar SSP Kathua; today. balanced out of a Jaenisch open- Hughes’ bat to be photograph at G D Goenka Public School in Jammu. Ashok Sharma SO to IG Jammu; Ridham bagged silver in this ing as black, Grover went for an Rajnish Pran SO to DIG Jammu; taken to top of event, while Tanush and Sewa erroneous plan that saw him Parshotam Sharma DDP RPHQ; Dhani claimed bronze medals. Goenkans win galaxy of first lose a pawn and then his Nicodemus Advisor CSO; Victor Mount Everest In Under 8 to 10 girls, bid to continue the attack did Sotra vice president CSO; Asif MELBOURNE, Dec 26: Jahanvi bagged gold, Saangh not materialise, as Areshchenko Gill joint secretary CSO; Vijay won silver and Anshika and medals in Kick Boxing picked up another pawn to force In a unique tribute to Phillip Saberwal president Parade Garima shared bronze Excelsior Sports Correspondent and guided by their Kick Boxing matters in the crucial encounter. Hughes, the Cricket Association Sports Organization; Anil medals. Coach, Danish Padha who also Grandmasters Tigran of Nepal (CAN) is planning to JAMMU, Dec 26: Cadet and Mahajan general secretary In 10 to 12 boys, Jaideep bagged a Gold Medal in the pro- Petrosian of Armenia and place a bat belonging to the late Senior National Kick Boxing Parade Sports Association; and Raghav bagged gold and fessional Kick Boxing Vladimir Onischuk of Ukraine Australian cricketer on top of Championship were organized David Mattoo Incharge Conduct silver and the bronze medal Championship. He was also emerged as the two leaders on the Mount Everest. by the Haryana Kick Boxing Committee; William Mattoo went to Aryan and Anirudh, appointed as the Technical offi- 6.5 points each with just one CAN has written a letter to Association at Faridabad recent- Sports Secretary CSO and the while in 10 to 12 girls, Deesha cial at the event. round remaining in the 50000 Cricket Australia (CA) and they ly, wherein 13 proud Goenkans officiating committee includes clinched gold. The Principal of the school USD prize money tournament are working on the initiative. participated in the championship Dr R P Singh congratulated all Rajesh Dhar, Sunil Sambyal, RP Students of Narulas The First Step School who excelled in the In 12 to 14 boys, Arush won being under FIDE's Swiss rules. In the letter addressed to CA and have emerged victorious at the winners and the participants. Singh, Sudhir Singh, Sadiq GitoKukai and Kufukan J&K Karate Championship, organized gold, Parth bagged silver and the event. (PTI) chairman Wally Edwards, CAN Hussain, Suhail Yusuf, Sandeep outlined how it wanted to hon- by Kufokan Shito-Ryu Karate School, J&K in Jammu recently. bronze was shared by Vansh and Six students won various Manchanda, Nitu Khokher, our the fallen Test opener with a The gold medal winners included Arshia Talwar, Arush Singh Raghav, while in 12 to 14 girls, medals at the event. Rudraksh Vinod Kandyara, Abhijot Singh, 63-over tribute match. (PTI) and Tegmeet Kour, while the silver medals went to Bramleen Rajmanya clinched gold, Sharma (class V) has done us all Kour, Samiya Singh, Aadiya Sharma, Sanchit Singh and Arnav Radhika won silver and the proud by bagged the prestigious Gohil and the bronze medals were bagged by Tanish Arora, bronze was shared by Ria and Gold Medal followed by JAMMU & KASHMIR ENTREPRENEURSHIP Archit Gupta, Arsh Dogra, Yashita Singh, Gavish Sethi, Arush Divya. Jivitesh Syal (Class VII) won a DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE Jain and Tajas Gupta. The School Principal, Tanvi Narula laud- The other gold medal win- silver medal. ed the efforts of the students and their coach for this achieve- ners included Shaguneet, Shivam Chauhan (Class Sempora, Pampore, Kashmir/Ground Floor, JLN ment. Kavneer, Kartikeya, Ananya, VII), Danish Kumar (Class X) , Udhyog Bhawan, Railhead Complex, Jammu Abhirab, Diya, Dhruv, Nikita, Teekshan Sharma (Class VI), Amritpal, Srishti, Dhananjay, Amay Pujari (Class VI) bagged (An Organization of Government of Jammu & Kashmir) Harpreet, Arush, Rajmanya, Bronze Medal. Hiteshwara and Kavneet. The students were coached ADVERTISEMENT NOTICE Weak long NSS camp inaugurated M/S Maruti Suzuki Pvt Ltd (MSIL) in collaboration with Excelsior Correspondent Artists of Dogri play ‘Dogri Shaan Kanne Bolo’ posing for National Minorities Development & Finance Corporation MENDHAR, Dec 26: NSS unit of Government Degree College a group photograph. Mendhar started seven day long winter special Camp in the (NMDFC) is organizing 'Free of Charge Training pro- College premises today. gramme on Driving'. The Camp was inaugurated by Prof Shabir Hussain Shah Nat Manch stages ‘Dogri Eligible youth who want to take up driving as a profes- Principal of the College, which started with the prayer. sion, may apply to the State Channelizing Agency of NSS Programme officer Prof A A Chowdhary gave the details National Minorities Development & Finance Corporation about the Camp and threw light on the activities being carried out Shaan Kanne Bolo’ during the camp. Almost 60 Volunteers of NSS were present on Excelsior Correspondent Those actors who performed (NMDFC) viz: Jammu & Kashmir Entrepreneurship this occasion. JAMMU, Dec 26: Nat in the play were Tarun Sharma, Development Institute (JKEDI), Ground Floor, Jawahar Principal while interacting with the Volunteers, stress upon Manch staged Dogri play Nikhil Sharma, Amit Sharma, Lal Nehru Udhyog Bhawan, Rail Head Complex, them to do each and every activity with zeal and zest. He further ‘Dogri Shaan Kanne Bolo’ guest Rahul Verma, Sourav Mehra, Jammu. Contact: 0191-2474512 & 2470712 upto 30 said that such type of camps shall help in the overall development performance in Jammu's Got Rishav Salgotra, Mohit Sharma, December, 2014. of the personality of the individual. Talent season-5 at Police Nikhil Verma, Ranjeet Singh, Sd/- Among others Prof Sarshad Hussain, Dr Mahroof Khan, Prof Priya Kashyap, Riya Sharma, Auditorium, here today. DIPK-NB-1837 CO, CMAE Javed Manzoor, Prof Shabnam and Prof Mohd Akram were pres- The play is written and Kashish Sharma and Pari ent on the occasion. directed by Tarun Sharma. Verma. Dt : 26-12-14