THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2016 (PAGE 10) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU

Khandu flags off 5th leg of Maruti Suzuki National Super League TSD Rally

Excelsior Sports Correspondent

ITANAGAR (AP), Dec 14:Chief Minister of ArunachalPradesh, Pema Khandu flagged offthe 5th leg of Maruti SuzukiNational Super League TSD RallyChampionship from CivilSecretariat, Itanagar in ArunachalPradesh.

This is the first ever MarutiSuzuki motorsports rally to debutin the North-east. The rally will bepassing through the oldest town ofthe State, Pasighat, also known as“Gateway of Arunachal Pradesh”and will conclude in the breath-tak-ing quaint village, Dambuk onDecember 17.

The rallyists will be coveringover 700 km distance, traversingthrough the undulating hilly terrainof Arunachal Pradesh. The rallyistsfrom all across the country areextremely excited as they would

get to experience Arunachal’sbeauty along the way.

Commenting on the occasion,Vinay Pant, Assistant VicePresident, Marketing, MarutiSuzuki India Ltd said, “Theresponse we have received for allthe stages of this championship hasbeen phenomenal and reflects the

passion people have for motor-sports. Through National SuperLeague TSD Rally Championship,we have reached out to the buddingtalent and given them a platform toshowcase their passion for themachines and also prepare them-selves for larger format rallies.”

The Rally of Arunachal willsee over 40 participants competingfor the prestigious title. The partic-ipants include winners ofBackwaters Rally and DeccanRally KarthickMaruthi and SSankar Anand. Other key partici-pants like Sachin Singh andJagmeet Gill are set to give a toughcompetition to the title holders.

This championship is anotherinitiative by Maruti Suzuki to pro-mote motorsports in India. It is acombination of six different ralliesnamely Maruti SuzukiUttarakhand Rally, Deccan Rally,Backwaters Rally, Mughal Rally,Rallyof Arunachal and GujaratRally - which will be the champi-onship finale. Participants caneither be part of the all six rallies orthey can participate in individualrallies.

The participants will experi-ence a unique blend of motor-sports and music with The OrangeFestival of Music and Adventurecoinciding with the thrilling rally.

ASCOMS Sports Meet inauguratedExcelsior Sports Correspondent

JAMMU, Dec 14: TheAnnual Sports cum AcademicMeet, being organized byASCOMS College and Hospitalwas inaugurated with pomp andshow, here today.

The event was inaugurated byD K Batra, Joint Secretary inpresence of Dr Pavan Malhotra ,Director Principal and DrRavinder K Gupta , ViceChairman Sports and CulturalDepartment.

Various senior faculty mem-bers , residents, staff membersand students were present duringthe inauguration.

On the opening day therewere Tug of War matchesbetween staff and students inboth male and female category.Staff team won the match con-vincingly in both the categories.Itwas followed by 100 metres racefor the female teaching staff . DrNitika , Dr Deepender and DrMeeta were 1st , 2nd and 3rdrespectively.

There was a cricket matchbetween staff and studentsalso.The staff team scored 195for 7 in stipulated 20 overs.

Dr Pavan Malhotra and DrRavinder K Gupta gave a solidopening stand of 56 runs in first 4overs. Due to all round display of

Dr Amit Suri the staff team wonthe match with a huge margin of104 runs. Dr Ravinder and DrAmit took 2 wickets each andgrabbed 2 catches each.

During the 4 day Meet, a lotof sports, cultural and academicactivities will be conducted forstaff and students.

The Freshers day will be heldon December 17.

All the events are beingorganized under supervision ofRaj Kumar, Sports officer ofASCOMS.

ASCOMS Sports Meet being inaugurated in Jammu.

Poonch Royals win Ace ofSpades T20 Cricket TournamentExcelsior Sports Correspondent

RAJOURI, Dec 14: With anaim to spread the message ofcommunal harmony amongst thelocals and engage the youth inmeaningful activities, Ace ofSpades Inter District T20 CricketTournament was conducted atSports Stadium, here.

A total of eight teams withfour from Rajouri and one eachfrom Poonch, Naushera, Mendharand Krishnaghati participated inthe Tournament.

The final match of the tourna-ment was played between RisingPeer Panjal and Poonch Royals inwhich Poonch Royals emerged aswinners in a keenly contestedmatch.

The final was witnessed byCivil and Army dignitaries withlocals and school children cheer-ing the teams with full zeal.

The chief guest appreciatedthe participating teams for theirsportsman spirit and thanked thelocals for their whole hearted par-ticipation and response to thetournament. Sunil Kumar ofPoonch Royals was declared asman of the match and IftikarBhatti of Poonch Royals wasadjudged as the man of the series.

With around 150 youthinvolved as part of various teams,the T20 Cricket Tournament cre-ated a lot of enthusiasm amongthe Youth of the town and thelocal population of Rajouri.

Poonch Royals team posing alongwith chief guest and otherdignitaries after clinching the T20 title in Rajouri.

CM inaugurates SkatingRink; gives away prizes

Excelsior Sports Correspondent

SRINAGAR, Dec 14: ChiefMinister, Mehbooba Mufti todayinaugurated a Roller Skatingrink at Bakshhi stadium. Shealso distributed prizes amongthe winners of a football tourna-ment.

Interacting with the players

on the occasion, the ChiefMinister said the Governmentintends to provide all basicsports facilities at district andblock levels so that the youthtake benefit of the same.

The Chief Minister said shewas happy to see young boysand girls playing, smiling andenjoying their times again.

Later, the Chief Ministergave away prizes among winnerteams of a football tournament

in which 640 players represent-ing 20 boys and 10 girls' teamsparticipated.

Starting from December 5,38 matches were played in thetournament and today IFCNowgam bagged the first posi-tion among the boys andWomen's College, M. A. Roadbagged the top slot among the

girls teams. Minister for R&B, Abdul

Rehman Veeri, Minister forRevenue, Relief, Rehabilitation& Reconstruction & DisasterManagement, Syed BasharatBukhari, Minister of State forHealth, Asiea Naqash, MLA,Batamaloo, Noor Muhammad,Sheikh, Secretary, SportsCouncil, Waheed ur RehmanParra, representatives of manysports bodies and many playerswere present on the occasion.

3rd District Table TennisChampionship concludes at Leh Excelsior Sports Correspondent

LEH, Dec 14:The 3rd DistrictTable Tennis Championship’2016for senior men, women and under17 boys & girls concluded atIndoor Stadium, here.

The fortnight long tourna-ment was organized by TableTennis Association District Lehin collaboration with DistrictYouth Services and Sports. Asmany as 60 players participatedin the various categories. Onthe concluding day, three matchbetween finalists of SeniorMen’s, Senior Women’s andU/17 boy category.

In the men’s doubles,Rinchen Angdu and JamyangDorjay played with Amjad AliKhan and Siddhart Norbo andwon the match in straight sets.

In women’s singles, EshyDolma played with StanzinAngmo and Stanzin Angmo wonthe match in straight sets.

Under 17 Boys ThupstanSpalgas played with Abdul Raufand Thupstan Spalgais won thematch by 2:1 set win.

In the Men Single SarfrashAhmed played with RinchenAngdu and Sarfarsh won thematch.

Chief Executive CouncillorLAHDC Leh Dr. Sonam Dawawas the chief guest on the occa-sion and Councillor Lower LehPhuntsog Wangdan Shunu wasthe guest of honour.

Congratulating the winnersand encouraging the participants,CEC appreciated the Table

Tennis Association District Lehand District Youth Services &Sports Officer Leh for taking theinitiative in this sport. Dr. Dawaassured that the infrastructuraland other problems being facedby the players will be put for-ward for early redress. He also

assured to complete sports stadi-um in near future for develop thesports in the district.

Presenting the welcomespeech, District Youth Servicesand Sport officer Tsering Tashimentioned about the tournamentaimed at engaging youth in posi-tive activities.

On the occasion, Councillors,President Anjuman Immamia

Ashraf Ali Barcha, PresidentMoni-Ul-Islam Dr AbdulQayoom, President Christianreverent Dechen Chamga &numbers of TT sports enthusiastand sports lovers were also pres-ent.

CEC, EC and Councillor

Lower Leh gave away the tro-phies to the winners and runnersup in senior men’s, seniorwomen’s, U/17 Girls single, andmen doubles and U/17 boysdoubles categories.

Sponsors of the tournamentJCB Union, Truck Union, BusUnion and Hotel Grand Dragonand Taxi Union were felicitat-ed.

Players in action during a match of 65th All India Police Hockey Championship in Jammu. –Excelsior/Rakesh

Semis position cleared in 65th All India Police HockeyITBP, Punjab, CRPF, BSF

enter last four stages Excelsior Sports Correspondent

JAMMU, Dec 14: Semifinalslineup has been drawn in 65th AllIndia Police HockeyChampionship, being played atKK Hakhu Astroturf HockeyStadium, here.

Defeating their rivals convinc-ingly, ITBP, Punjab, CRPF andBSF have entered the last fourstages and will be meeting eachother tomorrow for sealing berthin the finals.

Earlier, in the first quarterfi-nals, ITBP defeated Odisha byfour goals to two (4-2). For ITBP,the first goal was scored by MCMeetai in 14th minute, which wasfollowed by the second goal nettedby Harwinder Singh in 27thminute. However, Sudhir Batraand Umesh Kishan of Odishascored goals in 29th and 38th min-utes to equalize the score. ITBPplayers came back strongly to

score two back to back goals in44th and 66th minutes throughHarwinder Singh and JaswinderSingh, to finally win the match by(4-2).

Dilbar Sandhu and MalkiatSingh were the umpires, JoginderSingh and VP Sharma were thejudges, while Gurmeet Singh wasthe technical officer.

In the second quarterfinal,Punjab blanked Tamil Nadu by sixgoals to nil (6-0). For Punjab,Satwinder Singh scored the firstgoal in 4th minute of the match.Then after a gap of 18 minutes,Punjab managed to score threeback to back goals in 22nd, 27thand 29th minutes through GurbajSingh, Amit Sandhu and AjayKumar respectively to make it 4-0in their favour in the first half.Jagmeet Singh scored two goals inthe second half in 54th and 70thminutes to help his team win by(6-0).

Vijay Panchal and JaiBhagwan were the match umpires,Sham Lal and MS Reen were thejudges and Amar Singh Negi wasthe technical officer.

In the third quarterfinal match,CRPF got better of hosts Jammuand Kashmir by four goals to one(4-1). The goal scorers for CRPFwere Jayant Tirkey (17th minute),Bikas Kujur (25th minute), BikasKujur (48th minute) and RavenderKujur (66th minute). The lone goalfrom J&K was scored by JasreetSingh in 67th minute.

Ravinder Kharab and DeepakKumar were the umpires, GurmeetSingh and Amar Singh Negi werethe judges, while Feroz MohdKhan was the technical officer.

In the last quarterfinal match,BSF thrashed Karnataka by five

goals to nil (5-0). The first goalwas scored by Gudjit Singh in16th minute, which was followedby second in 17th minute netted byMandeep Singh. The third and 4thgoals were scored by HatinderSingh in 40th and 45th minutes,while the fifth goal was netted byLakhvir Singh in 67th minute.

Anand Dangi and Amit Sainiwere the match umpires, while VPSharma and Sham Lal were thejudges and Joginder Singh was thetechnical officer.

IGP Jammu, Danish Rana,IGP Armed, SA Watali, DirectorProsecution PHQ, Pawan Guptaand SSP APCR Jammu, ShamSundar were the chief guests in thequarterfinal matches played today.

Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti distributing prizes amongwinners of football tournament in Srinagar.

Winners being felicitated by the chief guest during conclud-ing function of District Table Tennis Tournament at Leh.

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DGP declares South KashmirSports Festival open

Excelsior Sports Correspondent

ANANTNAG, Dec 14: TheDirector General Jammu andKashmir Police (DGP), K.Rajendra Kumar, today inaugurat-ed South Kashmir Sports Festival2016 at Government Boys DegreeCollege, Khanabal here.

On the occasion, DGP tooksalute at the March Past by theteams of different sports and vari-ous cultural items were also pre-sented by the students and artistswhich were highly applauded bythe audience.

Speaking on the occasion,DGP said that the main purposebehind organizing such eventswas to bridge the gap betweenpolice and public. He said thatpolice has already organizedmany such programmes andcontinue to strive for the same infuture as well.

"Through these events weget opportunities to watchextraordinary performances ofthe outstanding sports personsbesides encouraging the poten-tial sports persons", DGP said.He declared that the winners ofvarious events would be duallyrewarded so that they feelencouraged and strive to com-pete at national and internationallevels. The DGP also announceda cash reward of Rs 10000 in

favour of Yasir Noorani hailingfrom Pulwama, a differentlyabled boy, for his heart throb-bing singing talent. DGP furtherinformed that fees of talentedyouth would also be waived offif they choose to study at J&KPolice Public School. It isworthwhile to mention here thatJ&K Police runs Police PublicSchools at several locations inthe state including Srinagar,Jammu, Baramulla, Anantnag,Kargil and so forth.

The Sports festival is beingconducted in the disciplines ofTennis Ball Cricket, Volley Ball,Kho Kho, Chess, Carrom andSqay Martial Art fromDecember 14 to 25. The matcheswill be conducted in two phases.

The teams of each districtwill compete among themselvesat respective District Hqrs ofAnantnag, Kulgam, Pulwama,Shopian and PD Awantipora,from Dec 15 to 17 in 1st phase.The 2nd phase of the festivalwill be conducted at DegreeCollege Anantnag ground wherethe winners of 1st Phase willcompete among themselves(inter-district).The closing cere-mony is scheduled to be held onDecember 25, in which all thewinner and runner up teamswould be awarded in a spectacu-lar ceremony.

SKIMS Premier FootballLeague concludes

Excelsior Sports Correspondent

SRINAGAR, Dec 14:SKIMS Premier FootballLeague's concluding ceremonywas held today at SKIMSMedical College in which legis-lators Noor Mohammad and Saifud-Din Bhat were chief guestand guest of honour respective-ly.

Both the lawmakers gaveaway prizes to the winning andrunner-up teams. They lauded

the SKIMS Principal and organ-izers for conducting such sportsactivities in the college after agap of many years and assuredthe College administration of allpossible support from theGovernment in enhancing sportsinfra of the institution.

SKIMS Medical Collegewon the finale, while asGovernment Medical Collegeteam was the runner-up in thetournament.

Winners of SKIMS Premier Football League being felicitatedin Srinagar.

5th Christmas Soccer ChampionshipKanwal Sports scripts convincing

win over Udhampur FCExcelsior Sports Correspondent

JAMMU, Dec 14: KanwalSports Anantnag Football Clubregistered convincing win overUdhampur Football Club via tiebreaker by four goals to three (4-3)in the ongoing 5th ChristmasSoccer Championship, which isbeing organized by ChristianSports Organization in collabora-tion with J&K FootballAssociation at Parade ground,here.

The Championship is beingorganized with an objective to helpyouth not to take drugs and live ahealthy life. The slogan of the tour-nament is “Be Healthy–Don’t DoDrugs”.

Earlier, in the stipulated timeboth the teams scored 2 goals each.From KS Anantnag, Qasim scored1st goal in 23rd minute, while 2nd

goal was scored by Adil Shafithrough penalty kick in 20thminute. For Udhampur FC, Sanjayand Tushar netted the goals in 57thand 65th minutes of the matchrespectively.

Earlier, in the first matchKathua FC got walkover as theirrival team did not turn up.

Vivek Shekhar, DySP Citywas the chief guest in today’smatch who was introduced withthe participating teams.

The match was officiated byVijay Kumar (Ricky), Rocky andRajinder Singh.

In tomorrow’s fixture, ShineFC will lock horns with JammuUnited from Pool-A at 11.30 am.

Churchil Brothers from Pool-Aat 1.00 pm and NGR FC V/SMussa FC from Pool-B at 2.30 pminformed by the OrganizingSecretary.

Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister, Pema Khandu flaggingoff Maruti Suzuki Rally from Itanagar on Wednesday.

Jodhamal outshines at NationalEnvironment Exhibition

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Dec 14: The youngscientists of Jodhamal PublicSchool brought laurels to the Stateby becoming the overall winnersand clinching the BestPresentation Trophy at ENEXPO-2016, National EnvironmentExhibition, organized byRishikesh Public School,Uttarakhand for budding gentiansof conscientious students to dis-play their future changingschemes and implementing scien-tific skills to bring Indian onInternational platform.

Team Jodhamal comprising ofmentors Roopinder Kour andGagandeep Singh along with bril-liant students Sparshdeep Singhand Gaurvam Verma of Class X

presented the model "A Gadget toTransform Humidity in Air intoDrinking Water".

Planet Earth is on the verge ofextinction because of lack of cer-tain necessities and so at this junc-ture, such ideas dropping in wouldpave a way for its sustainability.

This was highly appreciatedby all the participating schoolsand the Jury because of such inno-vative and important startlingidea. This made the school win theBest Presentation Trophy andemerge as overall winners in theENEXPO-2016 bringing pride tothe State and respective school.

The School Management andPrincipal, Trilok Singh Bist con-gratulated the students and facultymembers in a special assembly.

Bhan inaugurates Sports MeetExcelsior Sports Correspondent

KATRA, Dec 14: AK Bhan,retired DGP inaugurated theSports Meet 2016 organized byDistrict Police Reasi, under theCivic Action Programme of J&KPolice.

Four events namely Football,Wushu, Handball and Gymnasticare being held at MultipurposeSports Stadium Katra and DPSKakryal.

Speaking on the occasion, MrBhan while appreciating the ini-tiative of Police for holding suchtournaments at the grass-root levelsaid, that such events not onlyhelp in inculcating sports culture

among the youth but also pavesway for improving police publicrelation.

Underlining the importance ofsuch events, he said that imbibingthe sports culture in youth willtake them away from mobile andvideo games culture whichadversely affect the health of theyouth.

AK Sahu, Chief ExecutiveOfficer, SMVDSB Katra was theguest of honour, besides PiyushSingla, Addl. Chief ExecutiveOfficer, SMVDSB Katra, TahirBhat, SSP Reasi, Sameer Kotwal,Addl. SP Katra, Ashok SharmaSDPO Katra and prominent citi-zens of Katra were present on theoccasion.

Workshop organized byRich Harvest School

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Dec 14: A goal set-ting workshop was conducted byRich Harvest School in collabora-tion with D.E.T, wherein 6 col-leges and schools with over 100plus teachers and Principals par-ticipated.

Getting the best of your life isnot a stroke of chance or a coinci-dence. Happiness is not a functionof luck. Success doesn't walk intoyour Comfort Zone.

This was a clear message thatBrig Sushil Bhasin, aTransformational Coach,Educator and Speaker-trainerfrom Mumbai condensed beauti-fully in a 2 hours intense work-shop attended by theManagement, Principals andteachers.

One step at a time, BrigBhasin focused on 2017. He madethe audience clearly visualize thebenefits of making 2017 the bestyear of your life so far. With activ-

ities, interactions and role plays heenergized the room with electrify-ing energy and enthusiasm.

The workshop was totallyfocused on practical, workableprocesses and tools that make itpossible for anyone to achieve'stretched goals' that make life someaningful and purposeful.

He is a firm believer of followup and reinforcement. Changedoes not happen through what youlearn. It happens through whatyou do with what you learn. Hehas left behind a bright idea ofimplementing the learnings of theworkshop

Chief Guest Thakur GulchainSingh Charak, Former Ministerand Chairman Dogra EducationalTrust was present on the occasion.

Earlier, the guests were wel-comed by Anita Bhatia, PrincipalRich Harvest School, BariBrahmana and vote of thanks waspresented by Dr. Komila,Principal Dogra Law College.

IYF Association J&K conductsMarshal Art training Camp

Excelsior Sports Correspondent

JAMMU, Dec 14: Fifteendays training programme organ-ized under the banner of IndianYongMudo Federation (IYF)Association was held at BasantNagar, Janipur, here.

The players drawn from thedistricts of Ramban, Udhampurand Doda participated in theCamp and got Assistant InstructorTanning successfully.

The Students of RambanDistrict who got AssistantInstructor appointment includedMohd Ashraf Tanthry. MuzemelAhmed Bhat, Shabir Ahmed,

Fayaz .Ahmed, Dildar Ahmed,Sagar Singh, Mohd Arif, AshokKumar, Imtayaz Ahmed, NawazAhmed, Manzoor Ahmed andTariq Hussain, while the studentsof District Udhampur who wereappointed as Assistant Instructorswere Mohd Rashid, Zareena Bibi,Yashpaul, Mohd Ashraf, AbdulRashid and Mohd Rashid andfrom District Doda Anjum Ara gotappointed as Assistant Instructor.appoint.

All the students were trainedunder the supervision of AnjaliSharma 2nd Degree, Black Belt.

Reasi Eleven registers emphatic winExcelsior Sports Correspondent

JAMMU, Dec 14: In the 3rdleague match of Dr. VidushiKapahi memorial 50 over cricketleague played at Country CricketAcademy grounds GharotaJammu, between Reasi Elevenand KC International School,Reasi Eleven emerged victorious.

Reasi Eleven won the tossand elected to bat first. Battingfirst, they scored 196 runs in 40overs with their captain Kapilscoring (31), Aamir (30) andVikas (28).

From the KC Internationalside, Jaswinder was the pick of thebowlers who scalped 3 wickets.

Mohim, Kanav, Jagpreet, Yoganand Vansh took one wicket each.

While chasing the target, KCInternational School manged toscore 147 runs in 32 overs to losethe match by 49 runs. Kanav con-tributed 28 runs, while Nandiscored 22. From the Reasi XI sideRahat got 3 wickets, while Sahil,Neeraj, Rubal and Kapil took oneeach.

Shugal Sharma and SahilSharma were the umpires intoday's match.

The tournament is being con-ducted under the supervision andguidance of Vivek Sharma,Former Ranji Trophy player.

Sqay trials onDec 20

Excelsior Sports Correspondent

BUDGAM, Dec 14: Jammuand Kashmir Sqay Associationwill be conducting selection tri-als on December 20 at SportsStadium, Budgam, to pick theteam for 6th Senior NationalFederation Cup to be held atNew Delhi from January 7 toJanuary 9, 2017.

The players desirous to takepart in the trials will have toreport at the venue on the saiddate alongwith age proof certifi-cate and two passport size pho-tographs.