THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2015 (PAGE 10) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU 3rd Christmas Soccer Championship J&K Gymnasts create history Jugal inaugurates U-19 Speedball tourney; DF Anantnag, Science Agarwal declares open U-19 Rollball C’ship Excelsior Sports Correspondent and Sports Navin Agarwal also making this national event possi- College Club script wins spoke on the occasion and advised ble in the district Kathua despite SAMBA/KATHUA, Feb 4: the students to take part in games scarcity of required infrastructure. Excelsior Sports Correspondent Footballers, being organized District Football Anantnag Jugal Kishore Sharma, Member of and sports as these play an impor- He said that elaborate arrange- jointly by J&K Police and defeated Kathua Football Club Parliament today inaugurated the JAMMU, Feb 4: District tant role in our life. ments had been made for boarding Christian Sports Organization, by two goals to one (2-1). The 60th National School Games Prominent among others and lodging for the participant Football Anantnag and Science under the supervision of first goal from DF Anantnag Under-19 Speedball for boys and was scored by Aquib girls Tournament at M.V in 48th minute and the International School opposite 17 second goal was net- Miles Samba, while Director ted by Tahir in 60th General, Youth Services and minute of the match. Sports, Navin Agarwal today inau- The only goal from gurated the 60th National School Kathua Club was pelt- Games under the aegis of School ed by Rizwan Ali in Ace gymnasts of Jammu and Kashmir namely Mitali, Palak, Games Federation of India (SGFI) 25th minute. During Mridul and Pawandeep posing for a group photograph after cre- in Rollball at Kathua, today. the match yellow ating history in 35th National Games at Thiruvananthapuram in At MV International School cards were shown to Kerala on Wednesday. Samba, MLA Vijaypur Chander two players of DF The gymnastics team is Rangil Singh and Government Parkash Sharma, , MLA Anantnag including being accompanied by S P Singh observers Ranjeet Kalra and Suchetgarh Sham Lal Choudhary, Tariq Reshi in 19th and Krupali Singh as coaches. Prof B A Shah, besides Chief Director General Youth Service Member Parliament Jugal Kishore Sharma and other digni- minute and Zahoor in The State team performed in Sports Officer J&K State Sports and Sports, Navin Agarwal, taries inaugurating Under-19 Speedball Tournament at MV 64th minute, while red the presence of chef-de-mission, Council, Abdul Qayoom and Deputy Commissioner Samba, International School in Samba on Wednesday. card to Tariq in second HS Gill; Deputy chef-de-mis- general secretary JKOA, Sheetal Nanda, SSP Samba Chairman of the M V International players. half. sion, S S Gill; president JKOA, Ashutosh Sharma. Joginder Singh, ACR Samba Sonu Winners of football match DF Anantnag posing for a group photograph School was also present on the A colourful cultural pro- In the second Pargal and SDM Vijaypur along with officials at GGM Science College in Jammu. Secretary J&K State Sports occasion. gramme was presented on the match, Science Tendulkar factor will be Council, Dileep Thussu and Rajneesh Gupta were also present Meanwhile, addressing the occasion. Shakeel Beig, DIG Jammu and College defeated Singh Club R on the occasion. College Football Club regis- missed in Indo-Pak clash Chief Sports Officer, Abdul inaugural function at Kathua, Mr Earlier, the championship was Fr Kuriakose, Chairman S Pura by three goals to nil (3- Qayoom lauded the efforts of As many as 20 State level Agarwal said that the motive declared open after unfurling of tered wins and entered the next teams from various States are par- Christian Sports Organization 0). For Science College, Pranab MUMBAI, Feb 4: the players and their coaches for behind organizing this National SGFI Flag by the chief guest Mr. round of ongoing 3rd Christmas at Science College football ticipating in the Speedball scored first goal in 36th minute, When holders India clash this outstanding show. event in districts other than Capital Agarwal followed by March Past Soccer Championship for Ground, here. Championship which is being Naman scored the second goal with Pakistan in their potentially Meanwhile, the experts cities of the State is purely to pro- and oath ceremony by the partici- College Students and J&K Earlier, in the first match, organized by the Department of in 65th minute and the third high-octane campaign opener of while expressing satisfaction vide an opportunity to the young- pants. goal was scored by Anuj the ICC Cricket World Cup on Youth Services and Sports under sters living in these areas and hunt Deputy Commissioner, over this landmark achievement the aegis of School Games Sharma in 68th minute of the February 15 at the Adelaide hoped this performance will go a for the hidden talent available in Kathua Shahid Iqbal, SSP Kathua, Oval, the awe-inspiring Sachin Federation of India. game. long way in motivating budding the rural areas. Neeva Jain and other distin- Tendulkar would be conspicu- Speaking on the occasion, Mr He thanked the district admin- guished guests were present on the Now, Science College will gymnasts to bring laurels to the ously absent for the first time in a Jugal impressed upon the students istration for giving support in occasion. lock horns with DF Anantnag State at the National and to take part in the games and tomorrow. match between the two arch- rivals in the showpiece event. International scene in future. sports and also excel in academics. The in-charges of officiat- Earlier, DG Youth Services ing team are R P Singh and The batting maestro, who has Gagan of Jammu University, retired from the game after a glo- rious 24-year-career, was a con- while the officials are Harneel Kashmir FC loses by a solitary stant presence in each of the five Singh, Ranjay, Feroz and Javed contests between the sub-conti- Ahmad. goal in U-19 I-League nental giants in cricket's mega The organizing secretaries event, picking up three man of Excelsior Sports Correspondent Farhaan Ganie of Kashmir got of the tournament are Asif Gill the match awards too and stamp- close with his attempted free and David Mattoo, whereas NEW DELHI, Feb 4: In the ing his authority on these nerve- kick, missing the goal by a Rajesh Gill is the Coordinator second round of I-League wracking contests which had all whisker. Both the teams played of the tournament. Under-19, Kashmir FC lost by a ended in India's favour. (PTI) neck to neck in the first half and Winners of Essay Writing Competition displaying certificates solitary goal to formidable the half ended ina goalless draw. while posing for a group photograph. Hindustan FC in the ongoing However, the only goal Under-19 I-League Rest of India came in the 49th minute when Adarsh Shiva HS organizes group here. Gagan from Hindustan FC pelt- In the first half, Kashmir FC ed the ball into the net. had the major share of posses- The next match for the Essay Writing Competition sion and created several Kashmir FC against TATA Student of GD Goenka Public School who excelled in the chances. Assar Mohd and Adnan CBSE National Judo Championship held at Shanti Niketan Excelsior Correspondent Sharma and Anjali Sharma Academy will be the real litmus Ayub made some penetrating test for the team as the will try Vidyapeeth, Meerut in Uttar Pradesh recently. Prachi Bhagat claimed 1st, 2nd and 3rd posi- attacks for their side but could won a silver medal, while in Sub Junior Judo Championship at JAMMU, Feb 4: Adarsh tion from Group-A, while to regain the points in the Shiva High School, Chandan not succeed to convert them into group. Chennai, eight Goenkans represented J & K at the National Naman Kumar, Jaya Verma and goals. In the 43rd minute, Level. They included Prachi Bhagat, Vanshika Manhas, Amrita Vihar, Muthi organized an Essay Vikas Sharma bagged top three Writing Competition in the Roshan, Sanchit Razdan, Anisha Sopolia, Kanishk Bhat and positions from Group-B respec- Anshika Manhas. The judokas are trained by coach Bhanu School premises here today. tively and from Group-C, Ritik Haryana wrestlers win 18 gold; The students from Class 1st Pratap. Principal, Dr R P Singh appreciated the efforts of the Sharma won 1st place, while coach in preparing the players. to 10th were divided in three Mehak Bhagat and Gourav groups. shared 2nd position and Pallavi LSRC players receiving prize coupon of Rs 10,000 from chief Ghosal, Chinappa squash champs guest in Leh on Wednesday. The topic for Group-A was clinched 3rd position. School THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, strong in shooting with London 'Gandhiji's Idea on Non- Principal Rajni Koul lauded the Feb 4: Olympics silver-medallist Vijay Violance', ehile the topic for efforts of the students for good LSRC lifts Ice Hockey Kumar, after emerging on top in Group-B and Group-C was show. She also distributed merit The seasoned duo of Saurav both the team and individual 25m 'Save Forests to Save World certificates among the winners Ghosal and Joshana Chinappa centre fire pistol events yesterday, from Global Warming'. on the occasion. 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