THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2015 (PAGE 14) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Sahu declares open Reasi District Fencing C’ship Lawyers Annual Sports Excelsior Sports Correspondent includes Sabre, Foil and Epee guest of honour, said that the events. fencers of Reasi district are KATRA, Oct 21: Reasi Sahu, who was chief guest doing well in the game which is Meet re-starts District Fencing Championship on the occasion, said that it is one of the recognized disci- organized by the Department of Excelsior Sports Correspondent A.P. Singh scored 28 runs while heartening to note that the game plines of the Olympics. Lokesh and Azar took 1 wicket Earlier, Dr. Swaran Singh JAMMU, Oct 21: Lawyers each. In reply Counsel XI were Chib, District Youth Services Annual Sports Meet re-started, bundled out for 69 runs only. and Sports Officer, Reasi, in his which was inaugurated by Parvesh took 4 wickets, Sami welcome address presented a Justice Tashi Rabstan, Senior and Irfan took 2 each and Pranav brief account of sports activities advocates UK Jalali, D C Raina kohli took 1 wicket. being organized by the depart- and Leela Karan Sharma and The third match was played ment in Reasi and Katra areas. Advocate D S Chauhan amongst between Fire XI and Striking Prominent among those others. XI, in which Fire XI after win- present on the inaugural func- The first match was played ning the toss batted first and tion were Rajinder Singh, OSD, between Great Warriors and scored 41 runs in the allotted SMVDSB, Ashwani Katoch, Dogra XI, in which Great Overs. Ravinder was the highest Ajay Wazir and other heads of Warriors after winning the toss scorer with 16 runs, whereas the various educational institu- chose to bat first and scored 84 Kazmi scored 7 runs while Sahil tions of Reasi and Katra. runs in the quota of 10 overs. and Umesh took 2 wickets each. The matches were conducted Jeetu was the highest scorer Chasing the target Striking XI Winners of Jammu District Judo Championship posing for a group photograph alongwith by Ajay Kumar, a qualified with 34 runs, while Mansoor scored 43 runs. Raj Kumar chief guest MLA Sat Sharma in Jammu on Wednesday. -Excelsior/Rakesh umpire. and Ashwani scored 14 runs Thakur was the highest scorer In Under-14 Foil Boys, respectively. Vikram, Bawa and with 21 runs whereas Kanav BSF School Paloura shines in Bharat Sangral of Convent, Pawan took 1 wicket each for scored 12 runs. Ravinder took 1 Reasi won gold, Gourav of Dogra XI. wicket. Evergreen School, Arnas In reply Dogra XI was bun- Fencers in action during Reasi District Fencing The fourth match was played Jammu District Judo C’ship bagged silver, while Aryan dled out for 70 runs. Rahul Excelsior Sports Correspondent Sat Sharma, MLA Jammu Lakshay Jamwal, 2nd Chetan Championship on Wednesday. between Sachin XI & Kings Chandail of Gurukul Public, Sharma was the top scorer with Royal XI, wherein batting first, West was the chief guest on the Verma, 3rd Dhruv Bhagat and is achieving new heights and Reasi and Ragav Khajuria, 39 runs and Nitin took 2 wick- JAMMU, Oct 21: BSF closing ceremony, who distrib- Himanshu Sharma; 20 kg, 1st Youth Services and Sports in Sachin XI scored 57 runs, which dimensions in the district as Gurukul Public, Reasi claimed ets, Mansoor and Jeetu took 1 Primary School Paloura blos- uted prizes among the winners Hitesh, 2nd Daksh and 3rd collaboration with Shri Mata was chased comfortably by more than 150 fencers have so bronze medals. wicket each. somed in the Jammu District on the occasion. Kanav and Sarthak; 23 kg, 1st Vaishno Devi Shrine Board at Kings Royal XI with eight wick- far participated in the national In Under-14 Sabre Boys, The second match was Judo Championship, organized Prominent among other Ridhim, 2nd Archit and 3rd Sports Complex, Katra was ets in hand. level championships from the Akshat Sharma of Gurukul played between Legal Star XI by J&K Judo Association under present on the occasion were Anshul and Jaideep; 25 kg, 1st declared open by Ajeet Kumar In the Football tournament, area in the past and won more Public, Reasi claimed gold, and Counsel XI, in which Legal the aegis of J&K Sports Council Ravi Singh, Varinder Dogra, Rudra Pratap, 2nd Gourav Singh Sahu, Chief Executive Officer, Strikers XI got a walkover from than 20 medals, including gold Sourav of Trikuta Public Star after winning the toss batted & J&K Olympic Association at Rohit Gupta, Shiv Kumar, Suraj and 3rd Atharva and Nitya; 30 SMVD Shrine Board, here Ultimate warriors. In the second at national scene. School, Reasi clinchéd silver, first and scored 127 runs in 10 MA Stadium, here. Sharma, Rohit Sadhotra, Rajiv kg, 1st Arihaant, 2nd Ritesh and today. match, The 'A' Team scored 5 Earlier, the fencers partici- while Pasth Vashist of Convent, Overs for the loss of two wick- The event was held under the Sharma and Munish Chatwal. 3rd Sumit and Ayush; 35 kg, 1st As many as 112 boys and goals against Dogra XI. Akshay pating in the tournament were Reasi and Vikas, Bhartiyam ets. Surinder was the highest chairmanship of Vikas Gupta, Bouts are officiated by Suraj Harsh Verdan, 2nd Dhruv and girls under the age group of 14, Koul scored three goals, where- introduced to Mr. Sahu. Vidhya Mandir, Reasi shared scorer with 43 runs, whereas general secretary J&K Judo Bhan Singh, Arshi Nad, Vikas 3rd Prathen and Pradyumn and 17 and 19 years are taking part as Jhanzeb Hamal and Ravi Ashok Kumar, Director bronze medal. Pranav Kohli scrored 36 and Association. Dogra and Ritika Slathia. in +35 kg, 1st Aarsh, 2nd in the Championship which Dogra scored 1 goal each. Sports, SMVDSB, who was the About 400 Judokas from dif- In Sub-Junior Kids boys Nityam and 3rd Amrit and Saina, Kashyap reach second ferent schools participated in the Under-6 years 18 kg, 1st Krish. Batting woes confront India as they look to save series Championship. CHENNAI, Oct 21: games. tainly hurt the team as he was in round of French Open J&K State Chess Championship concludes Suresh Raina is another peak form and the South PARIS, Oct 21: World No 10 Chinese this sea- Skipper Mahendra Singh Excelsior Sports Correspondent were the guests of honour. and under 15 boys 1st prize player who is not in good form. Africans with a clutch of left- son. Dhoni will face one of the trick- Top Indian shuttlers Saina Prominent among others went to Arsh Zaffer 2nd was Only 3 runs from 3 matches handers would have found him In the women's singles SRINAGAR, Oct 21: The iest tests of his international Nehwal and Parupalli Kashyap present on the occasion were claimed by Mir Sahil Mustafa is not a fair indication of one of difficult to handle. match, Commonwealth Games 44th State Chess career as he frets on a perfect crossed the opening hurdle to Atul Kumar Gupta, president and 3rd went to Aasim India's better limited overs For South Africa also, there champion Michelle made a Championship concluded at batting combination when India enter the second round of the of All J&K Chess Mustafa. Under 13 girls cate- cricketer but Raina is certainly will be some injury issues that robust start to her campaign, Sher-e-Kashmir Indoor Sports take on South Africa in a must- USD 275,000 French Open Association , general secretary gory 1st prize went to Mehroz going through a lean patch they need to deal with. leading 7-3 early on but Saina Complex, here today. win fourth cricket ODI here Super Series at Stade Pierre de Ashiq Ahmad Kolu, senior Sajjad, 2nd wents to Ambika which has increased the pres- Morne Morkel has a sore leg soon reeled off six straight The Championship was tomorrow. Coubertin here today. vice president, Abdul Rashid Fayaz and 3rd went to sure on the other batsmen. and is unlikely to feature in the points to grab the lead. organized by All J&K Chess Down 1-2 and a bunch of Top seed Saina tamed World Wani and Vikas Nanda. Amariayah Fayaz. Under 13 While Rohit Sharma is in penultimate match while one of Association and was spon- batsmen not showing enough No. 14 Michelle Li of Canada The duo then battled for each Khalid Amin Gojwari of boys 1st prize went to Aakash the form of his life in the short- their finest death-over hitters JP sored by J&K State Sports flexibility at different numbers, 21-18 21-13 in a 42-minute point, moving neck and neck till Srinagar won the overall Deep Singh, 2nd prize to er versions with more success Duminy is out for three weeks Council. it has become a tough task for women's singles match, while 16-16 when Saina surged ahead Championship, while Sumit Jaiveer Singh Gujral and 3rd than failures in recent times, the with a hand injury. His replace- Such a mega chess event skipper Dhoni, who is facing eighth seed Kashyap saw off to grab the opening game. Grover of Jammu bagged 2nd prize went to Shiekh Ahmad same can't be said about his ment Dean Elgar will have his was held in Kashmir for the the danger of losing a home local shuttler Thomas Rouxel In the second game, Saina and Ajit Singh from Muqsit and Syed Fahad and opening partner Shikhar task cut in the next two games. first time after 27 years and ODI series and a second straight 21-11 22-20 in a men's singles was more ruthless as she opened Udhampur claimed 3rd place Ritvik Nanda.