FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2013 (PAGE 14) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Police Public Col RN Chopra Challenge Cup School students Sarthak, Paras guide Mehta to clash with Advani bring laurels Excelsior Sports Correspondent Academy Blue to huge win in quarters of Indian Open JAMMU, Oct 17: The stu- Excelsior Sports Correspondent scorer with 39 runs, while Harsh NEW DELHI, Oct 17: time the two Indian cueists will be had to be back on the table in less dents of J&K Police Public Dev Singh contributed 18 runs up against each other on the pro- than 12 hours against one of the School brought laurels to the JAMMU, Oct 17: Splendid to the total. For Academy Blue, Indian cueist Aditya Mehta fessional tour and whoever wins toughest competitors in the fray. school in the field of sports and knocks by Sarthak Peshin and Abhishek, Marutwan and Aryan today set up a mouth-watering this evening will progress to the Advani started well with a music. Paras Khajuria guided Academy Gandral claimed 2 wickets each, quarter-final clash against compa- semi-finals of the ranking event, break of 53 to capture the first Mohd Asif of Class 8th Blue to a huge win by a margin while Sarthak bagged one. For triot Pankaj Advani after ending bagged gold in Under-14 boys of 156 runs over Academy Reds his brilliant knock of 67 runs, the challenge of double World Spikers posing for a group photograph during valedictory 400 Mtrs Race in the Inter-District in Under-14 boys Col RN Sarthak was adjudged man of champion Mark Williams in the function of volleyball tournament. Athletic Meet, organized by the Chopra Challenge Cup Cricket the match. Indian Open snooker tournament Department of Youth Services and Tournament, being held at In another match of Under-12 here. Sports at Jammu University Academy Grounds, here. boys category, RN Chopra History-making Mehta Army organizes volleyball Grounds, while Rashmeet Kour Earlier, winning the toss and Academy Green defeated Sidhant became only the second Indian clinched first prize in the Ghazal batting first, Academy Blue rode Cricket Academy by 43 runs in a cueist after Advani to reach the Talent Hunt Competition, organ- quarterfinal of the world ranking ized by Nirvana Academy at a superb knock of 67 runs by T20 game. Academy Green, bat- tourney at Gool snooker event when he put it Abhinav Theatre, here. Sarthak Peshin and a valuable ting first, scored 131 runs in the across World No.18 Williams 4-2 Excelsior Sports Correspondent the participants. Other students of the School innings of 48 runs by Paras stipulated 20 overs, losing 4 wick- in a dramatic pre-quarterfinal fin- This 6-day long tournament including Tanish and Jasika Kour Khajuria scored a mammoth ets in the progress. Danish Sharma ish. GOOL, Oct 17: The was played on league-cum- claimed second prize, while the total of 250 runs in the stipulat- (28), Ritvik (24) and Tanvir Singh Advani had brought India on Volleyball Tournament conduct- knockout basis. consolation prizes went to Riya, ed 30 overs. Sarthak scored the (22) were the main contributors. to the global map of snooker by ed by the Rashtriya Rifles, based The final was played Shruti Manhas, Jatin and runs in 53 balls and hit 10 mag- For Sidhant Academy, Pratyush storming into the quarterfinals of at Gool, under the aegis of between the teams of Thatharka Mandeep Singh of the same nificent boundaries. Aditya took 2 wickets. the Welsh Open earlier this year. another first for India. frame convincingly. Bingham, the Counter Insurgency Force and Gool. Thatharka lifted the school. Uppal and Aryan Gandral con- Sidhant Academy, in reply, The match between Advani In the morning session, dangerous customer that he is, (Uniform) concluded at Higher trophy by defeating Gool by (3- School Principal, Kiran Raina tributed 28 and 26 runs to the managed to score 88 runs for the and Mehta holds a lot of signifi- Advani had notched up a hard- responded with a fluent 110 break lauded the students for their fabu- Secondary School, here. 1) sets in a well contested total respectively. For Academy loss of 7 wickets in the allotted cance as it would be for the first fought 4-3 win over World No.12 levelling the match 1-1. lous show. A total of 18 teams partici- match. Red, Vidhant Handa was the 20 overs, thus lost the match by Stuart Bingham. The Indian pulled back the pated in the event and the team The participants were all pick of the bowlers, who scalped 43 runs. Cherian was the top 1st day's play in Duleep Being made to play a 10am next two frames with 67 and 53 of village Thatharka emerged as praise for the Army for organ- State Deadlift 5 important wickets by conced- scorer with 26 runs. match after a long and intense breaks, being only one frame the winner of the tournament. izing such tournaments, which Powerlifting ing 33 runs in his 6 overs. The tournament is being final called off game the previous night, Advani away from rewriting snooker The event saw an over- give them opportunity to show- In reply, Academy Red, bun- organized under the supervision lived up to his reputation of over- history. But that wasn't meant whelming response from the case their talent and foster C’ship on Oct 22 dled out for a paltry total of 94 of Rakesh Basin, organizing KOCHI, Oct 17: coming adversity, closing out a to happen in a hurry. Bingham local populace and plenty of friendship with other col- runs in 17 overs to lose the secretary, Zabeer Ahmad, The first day' proceedings of worthy opponent Bingham in the rose to the occasion of impend- Excelsior Sports Correspondent zeal, enthusiasm and vigor from leagues. match by a big margin of 156 Sukomal Ganguly, coach and the Duleep Trophy final decider of the best-of-seven ing defeat to enforce the frames. decider with big breaks of 72 JAMMU, Oct 17: The runs. Akshun Singh was the top Deepak Dogra, assistant coach. between North Zone and South Zone was called off without a Battling and getting the better and 119. Jammu and Kashmir Sports of World No.11 Mark Allen's chal- In the decider, with momen- ball being bowled due to heavy Powerlifting Association is lenge till 11pm yesterday, Advani, tum in Bingham's favour, Advani organizing State Deadlift outfield which was not con- an eight-time world champion, was not the favourite. (PTI) Powerlifting Championship on ducive for competitive cricket. October 22, 2013 at Udhay Umpires Suresh Shastri and Health Club in Bantalab, here. Sanjay Hazare decided to call The decision in this regard off day's play after their post- was taken in a meeting held lunch inspection in which they here yesterday, which among found that lot of wet areas are others was attended by general there in the outfield. With the secretary of the Association, sun not shining brightly, there Rajan Jain, Narinder Singh and was no chance of the outfield Prem Choudhary. drying up which led to them According to a handout calling off proceedings on the issued here, the weighing of the Swimmers of KC Public School posing for a group photo- day. Students during Painting Competition organized by Career players will be held on October graph alongwith Principal and coaches. The weather has been Abacus in Jammu. 21, 2013 at the Office of the inclement in Kochi over past Association at 3-A/C Gandhi one week which lead to North Artists performing Dandaras during a workshop, organized Nagar from 11 am to 3 pm. KC swimmers blossom winning their semi-final against by Natraj Natya Kunj, Cultural Society in Jammu. Career Abacus organizes Excelsior Sports Correspondent Karan Dhar, Abhinav Gupta, East by virtue of spin of coin Lahiri eyeing top finish Yuvraj Gupta, Gandhar, Sushant with only two full days of play JAMMU, Oct 17: KC Public Singh, Vikas Koul, Aksh, possible. Theatre Workshop on Painting Competition at CIMB Classic School swimmers won 43 Yatiksha Tandon, Shreya Since the match is being tel- KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 17: medals, with 26 gold, 16 silver Sharma, Parmiti Digra, Vaishali, evised live, it is not possible for Excelsior Correspondent be declared later-on. and 1 bronze in the Inter-School Anika, Vanshita Rajput, Tanisha, BCCI to shift the venue due to ‘Dandaras’ concludes Arvind Sharma, Director of the India's rising star Anirban Swimming Competition, organ- Arya and team captain Kinshuk logistical difficulties pertaining JAMMU, Oct 17: Career Institute informed that these compe- Lahiri is eyeing a top finish at the Excelsior Correspondent During the workshop guid- ized by KC International School Safaya. to live coverage. ance regarding “Dandaras” was Abacus, a leading Abacus titions are being held in all the star-studded USD 7 million here recently. The Principal of the School, Even South Zone, who Teaching Institute organized schools of J&K as per the conven- JAMMU, Oct 17: A month- given to budding artist by CIMB Classic next week to haul The medal winners included Amrender Mishra lauded the played both their matches at the Painting Competition at Shiksha ience of the schools to bring out the long Dogri Folk Dance Kumar A ‘Bharti’. himself into the chase for the Aadhar Koul, Rasagya Tandon, efforts of the swimmers and Chepauk won rain-interrupted Niketan High School, Gandhi hidden talent of the children, adding Asian Tour Order of Merit crown. Workshop on ‘Dandars’ con- Dr Sudhir Mahajan shared Aditya Tandon, Aditya Gupta, their coaches Babita Rani and games.