Chandigarh Sports News

chandigarhsportsnews.blogspot.in Day CGC to pay rich tribute to Maj. Dhyan chand (legendry sports person). MOHALI :CGC Jhanjeri Campus celebrated the National Sports day on the birthday of Major Dhyan Chand, who became pride of India by his excelling in Hockey Sports Skill, bringing global accolades to the country. Chairman Satnam Singh Sandhu & President Raspal Singh Dhaliwal was Chief Guest at this occasion. Various outdoor and indoor games activities and competitions were organized for the students. During the inaugural ceremony, the program commenced with the release of balloons by the Chief Guest. While speaking on this Chairman Satnam Singh Sandhu & President Rashpal Singh Dhaliwal paid rich tributes to Major Dhyan Chand and called upon the students to draw inspiration from such legendry sports persons and contribute fruitfully to the nation in various fields. The winners of different activities were awarded certificates and prizes during the valed...

chandigarhsportsnews.blogspot.in Panchkula: Showing off their mettle, DAV School, Sector 8, Panchkula, cornered glory in the recently conducted Haryana Schools Zonal and District level sports tournaments, by clinching many medals in various sports events. The school basketball team bagged second position in U-19 basketball event at the zonal level. At the district level, U-19 girls grabbed top position in U-19 badminton and yoga, while in table tennis the girls finished second.

chandigarhsportsnews.blogspot.in Chandigarh, Aug 28, 2012 The local DAV College quartet of  Karan Brar, Sumit Dalal, Vinay, Ravi created a new meet record by clocking 9:10.92 in the men’s 4x200 metres freestyle relay in the Panjab University Inter-College Swimming Championship at the PU Campus pool here today. Mealwhile Harsimran Kaur of MCM DAV for Women, Sector 36 continued to rule the pool by winning our more gold medals, bringing her individual tally to eight at the end of second day’s schedule. Results:  Men:    50 m breaststroke:   1  Jashandeep Singh  (P.U. Campus, Chandigarh) 30.62, 2 Ravi (   D.A.V. College, Chandigarh) 34.62, 3 Vinay Saharan (D.A.V. College, Chandigarh)  34.64. 50 m freestyle: 1   Karan Brar (D.A.V. College, Chandigarh) 25.33, 2     Jashandeep Singh ( P.U. Campus, Chandigarh) 25.35, 3 Sumit Dalal  (D.A.V. College, Chandigarh) 25.84....

chandigarhsportsnews.blogspot.in Chandigarh, Aug,28,2012 A 10-member Indian will participate in the     Paralympic Games -2012 be held at London (U.K.) from August 29 to September 9. The selection was     based on the quota places allocated to India by the International Paralympics Committee.     The team comprises five athletes, three powerlifters, one swimmer and one shooter. The team:   H.N. Girisha (high jump), Jagseer Singh (long jump),  Jaideep (discus), Narender  (javelin),  Amit Kumar (athletics), Farman Basha (powerlifting), Rajinder Singh Rahelu (powerlifting),  Sachin Chaudhary (powerlifting), Sharath M. Gayakwad (swimming) and Naresh Kumar (shooting). The Indian players underwent training in India and special acclimatization coaching camp was conducted at Balisdan Sports Village, London, U.K.  One athlete underwent special training in Germany. All the athletes have ...

chandigarhsportsnews.blogspot.in Chandigarh:Aug 27 Ishita Dhir of DAV Public School,   Sector 8 was adjudged the best all-around gymnast in the under-14 category with 31 points in the Chandigarh Inter School Rhythmic Gymnastic Championship here today. Shreeya Sharma  (Shishu Niketan-43)  and Eknoor   (St. Stephen’s -45)  secured silver and bronze medals with 30.80 and 30.40 points, respectively. DAV Public School, Sector 8 lifted the team championship with 60.80 points. Sacret Heart School -26  (59.30 pts) and G.M.S.S.School -19   (58.90 pts) finished second and third, respectively.. Results: Ball: 1 Shreeya Sharma  (Shishu Niketan-43)  11.50 points, 2 2 Eknoor   (St. Stephen’s -45)  10.20, 3  Kopal Sharma  (Manav Mangal -21)  9.60, 4 Sakshi Rana  (G.M.S.S.School -19  9.00.  Hoop: 1 Ishita Dhir (...

chandigarhsportsnews.blogspot.in Chandigarh: Aug 27 Government Model Senior Secondary School, Manimajra Housing Complex claimed the overall trophy with 21 points in girls under-17 section of the Chandigarh Inter-School Sqay   Championship here today. Government Girls Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 20-B and Ryan International School, Sector 49 finished second and third with 10 and 9 points, respectively. Results: Below 36 kg: 1   Santosh Kumari (GMSSS –MHC), 2 Kiran (GHS-38 B), 3 Nisha Rani (GMMS-45 A) and Garima   (Carmel Convent-9).   Below 40 kg: 1 Kirti (GGMSSS-18), 2 Shivani (GGMSSS-20 B), 3 Preeti (GMSSS-10) and Yogita Bisht (GMSSS-20-D).   Below 44 kg: 1 Teela (GMSSS-MHC), 2 Roopa (GMSSS-18), 3 Baagirathi (GMSSS-8) and Karishma (GSSS-MMT).           Below 48 k: 1 Rishika (GMSSS-8), 2 Shreya Mahajan (Ryan-49), 3 Rekha (GHS-38-B) and Archna (GGMSSS-20B).   Below 52 kg:   1 Jasleen S...

chandigarhsportsnews.blogspot.in Harsimran Kaur holds spotlight by winning four gold in the women's category. While two new meet records were established in the men’s section, Harsimran Kaur of MCM DAV College, Chandigarh, held the spotlight in the women’s category by winning all the four gold medals at stake on the opening day of the Panjab University Inter-College Swimming Championship at the PU Campus pool here today. Karan Brar of DAV College, Chandigarh wrote a new meet record in 50 metres butterfly for men by clocking 27.70 seconds. Jasandeep Singh of PU Campus stole the show in the men’s 100 metres breaststroke for men as he clocked 1:16.88 to set new meet record. Harsimran Kaur stood first in the 50m butterfly (34.88), 100 m breaststroke (1:33.66), 100m butterfly (1:09.53) and 100m backstroke (1:31.60). Results: Men: 50 m butterfly: 1 Karan Brar (D.A.V. College, Chandigarh) 27.70 (NMR), 2   Jashandeep Singh (P.U. Campus, Chandigarh) 28.24, 3 Amarpal ...

chandigarhsportsnews.blogspot.in Chandigarh Sports News Blog Chandigarh: 27 Aug Prof. Anil Raina, Chairperson and Dr. Vipnesh Bhardwaj, Secretary Chandigarh Chess Association (CCA) called on Mr Pawan Kumar Bansal, Member Parliament and Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs & Water Resources on Sunday to seek his valuable support for the cause of inclusion of chess in the Sports Gradation List of UT Chandigarh. They requested Mr Bansal to impress upon the UT Administration to examine the issue sympathetically. During the interaction with Mr Bansal, Prof Raina informed the Minister that perhaps Chandigarh was the only UT/state in the country where chess did not form a part of the Gradation List of the Sports Department. He also apprised Mr Bansal of the fact that chess was in the ‘Priority A’ category of the Union Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports and it has already been provided Gradation by the Punjab Government. In Tamil Nadu, Chess has been included in t...

chandigarhsportsnews.blogspot.in The Punjab State IAS Officers’ Association today organised “Walk the Lake” to show it’s solidarity with the public in combating the social evils plaguing the society besides encouraging  people to stay healthy. Retired and serving IAS officers of the Punjab cadre with their families participated in the event, which saw an attendance of almost 100 participants.              Mr. Rakesh Singh, IAS, Chief Secretary, Punjab accompanied by his wife Ms. Vandana Singh not only inaugurated the event but also participated in it. They were welcomed by Mr Sarvesh Kaushal, IAS, the President of the Association. The event also saw the participation of senior retired IAS Officers including Sh. Rajan Kashyap, who retired as the Chief Secretary of the State and Ms. Rupan Deol Bajaj.             The walk started at 7-30 a.m with the ladie...

chandigarhsportsnews.blogspot.in As expected Surjit Hockey Academy of Jalandhar will meet Chandigarh Administration-run Chandigarh Football Hockey Academy in the final of the 11 th  ONGC SN Vohra Memorial (U-14) Hockey Tournament being organized by Rock Rovers at the Sector 42 Hockey Stadium here today. In the semi-finals, Surjit Hockey Academy prevailed over spirited CRZ School of Sonepat by 2-1 while CFH Academy eked out a narrow 1-0 verdict in their favour against SGS Vidya Mandir, Ratwar Sahib. Surjit Hockey Academy were surprised by CRZ School by drawing the first blood in the 5 th  minute as Sunny converted a penalty corner. In a tough battle Surjit Academy were able to restore parity after Gurpreet converted a penalty corner in the 29 th  minute. Kuljeet clinched the match-winner for Surjit Academy through a field goal scored by Kuljeet in the 48 th  minute. In the second semi-final match, Chandigarh Football Hockey Academy scored the soli...

chandigarhsportsnews.blogspot.in CHANDIGARH, AUG 25 Rain once again played spoil sport in the local matches at Chandigarh and Mohali. Overnight showers had left some wet patches in the grounds which resulted in calling off play at PCA Stadium Mohali and GMSSS Sector 26 without a ball being bowled.  Chandigarh got 3 points for their first innings lead while Patiala logged one point. In the second match Mohali and Jalandhar shared one point each as the first innings could not be completed due weather interference which resulted in loss of play of more than 90 overs. In the third match played at Gandhi Grounds Amritsar between Ludhiana and Amritsar, Ludhiana in their second innings scored 277 for 6 at the end of the match. Their innings was sustained by a blistering unbeaten century 118 not out off 210 balls studded with 15x4s and 1x6 by Anil Sihag and another fruitful innings of 81 off 110 balls inclusive of 9x4s and 1x6 by wicket keeper Gitansh Khera.  Vinay Chaudha...

chandigarhsportsnews.blogspot.in COIMBATORE, AUG 25   Rashid Khan held his nerve to edge out fellow Delhi golfer Vikrant Chopra in a playoff to win the PGTI Players Championship at the Coimbatore Golf Club on Saturday.   Rashid Khan (70-67-70-75) bagged his second professional title after victory on the third playoff hole (18 th  hole) against Vikrant Chopra (72-67-70-73). The two golfers ended the regulation 72 holes with identical totals of six-under-282 and had to therefore head into a playoff to decide the winner. Both golfers made pars on the first two playoff holes. Rashid finally clinched the title by converting a 20-feet birdie putt on the third playoff hole even as Vikrant missed his 25-feet birdie putt. Rashid and Vikrant were the only real contenders on the final day. Rashid, the overnight leader by two strokes, posted a three-over-75 that featured two birdies and five bogeys in extremely windy conditions in round four. Vikrant, who was overnight sec...

chandigarhsportsnews.blogspot.in Ravi Parmar of local DAV College faced a stiff challenge from Gurmej Singh and Amit, both of Sri Gobind Singh College,Chandigarh in the men’s section of the Panjab University Inter-College Cross Country Championship held today. Ravi Parmar clocked 42:35.15 seconds while close on his heels was Gurmej Singh who took 42:42.28 for the silver medal. Amit clocked 42:47.49 for third individual position. SGGS College won the team championship with 42 points. DAV College, Chandigarh, J.C.D. D.A.V. College, Dasuya  and G.K.S.M. Govt. College Tanda Urmar secured second, third and fourth positions with 70, 134 and 156 points respectively. Harpreet Kaur of GTB Khalsa College, Dasuya  cornered glory in the women’s category as she clocked 18:09.34 for the individual title. Daljit Kaur of Dasmesh Girls College, Mukerian  won silver with a timing of  18:28.98. Amandeep Kaur  from  Khasla College for Women, Ludhian...

chandigarhsportsnews.blogspot.in In Final match DPS,  Chandigarh  beat DPS Navi Mumbai first single match Charvi Saxena beat Bhargavi by 6/1, 6/1. In second match Rahat Manrai of DPS,  Chandigarh  beat Ashmita of DPS, Navi Mumbai in straight sets 6/3, 6/2. Charvi Saxena of DPS Chandigarh was declared the 'Player of the Tournament' while Megha Roy of DPS   Megacity , Kolkatta was declared 'The Most Promising Player' of the tournament. Charvi Saxena has 59th rank in AITA U-16 Girls Category.

chandigarhsportsnews.blogspot.in Chandigarh Football Hockey Academy, a venture of the Chandigarh Administration, maintained their winning spree as they trounced BP Hockey Academy of Butala by 4-0 in the 11 th  ONGC SN Vohra Memorial Hockey Tournament for Under-14 being organized by Rock Rovers Club at the Sector 42 Hockey Stadium here. The winners qualified for semi-final where they are pitted against SGS Vidya Mandir of Ratwar Sahib tomorrow. CFH Academy dominated the show and opened their account in the 12 th  minute through Sukhman in the 12 th  minute. Then Harnek (26 th  and 46 th  minutes) and Maninder (35 th ) made contributions for increase the victory margin. Surjit Hockey Academy of Jalandhar and CRZ School of Sonepat will cross swords in the second semi-final. Earlier, in an inconsequential match, MGH Academy of Doraha routed Maharaja Ranjit Singh Academy of Amritsar. Rakesh (27 th , 38 th ), Arpit (16 th ) and Babbdeep (46 th ) wer...

chandigarhsportsnews.blogspot.in The Sports Department, Chandigarh Administration invites application for “National Youth Award”2011-12 to be conferred on individuals/voluntaryoganizations, who/which have rendered voluntaryservices in different fields. As per the eligibility criteria the ageof individual should be between 13 to 35 years, on the  April 1 of thefinancial year, for which award to be conferred. He should have rendered the service in the relevant field on voluntary/basis and likely to continue to involve himself/herself in such activities for at least another two years after the conferment of the award.  The Govt. employees are not eligible for this award.           The eligibility criteria for voluntary organization should be registered under the Society Act, 1860 for the last three years, having properly constituted managing body and not running on profit basis.       The award to individual will comprise a Med...

chandigarhsportsnews.blogspot.in Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 8 logged 20 points  to annex the overall trophy in the Chandigarh Inter-School Sqay  (Martial Art) Tournament for Boys Under-19 here today. Government High School, Sector 7-C finished runners-up with 13 points and Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 20-D were third with eight points. Boys Under-19: Below 46 kg: 1 Naveen (GMSSS -8), 2 Manish Kumar (GMSSS -20-D), 3 Anoop Kumar (GHS-7C) and Abhishek Malik (MDAV- 22).       Below 50 kg: 1 Ram Parkash (GHS-7-C), 2 Jag Jiwan (GMSSS-21), 3 Sanjay  (GMSSS-32) and  Arun Thakur   (MDAV- 22).  Below 54 kg: 1 Raju (GMSSS-8), 2 Rajan (GMSSS- 21), 3 Manoj Singh (GGSSS-35) and Sachin (GHS- 38-B).  below 58 kg: 1 Balkar Singh (GMSSS-21- D), 2 Arjun (GMSSS- 8), 3 Archit             ...

chandigarhsportsnews.blogspot.in The first CGA Juniors Golf Tournament will be played on August 25 and 26 at Septa Golf Course at Chandimandir here. This year the response is very encouraging and at the close of entries, there are a total of 80 participants in all categories. Competitions will be held in five categories – A (15-17 years), B (13-14 years), C (             11-12 years), D (8-10 years) and E (5-7 years) While A,B,C and D categories will be playing 36 holes over two days, category E will play 9 holes a day for two days. Apart from the winner in each category, there will be prizes for 1st runner-up and 2nd runner-up as well. All participants will be given a gift hamper of golfing items like T- Shirts, golf balls and golf cap. Chandigarh Golf Association president CSR Reddy, IPS, informed that  the participants   include players like Vivek Gupta, Paramjeet Yadav, Yuvraj Sandhu, Pukhraj Gill, Kara...

chandigarhsportsnews.blogspot.in L to R : Mr N S Aulakh, Managing Director, Parm Metal Tech, Mr N R Munjal, Managing Director, Ind Swift labs, Mr Gaston Strock, Luxembourg Ambassador to India, Mr  R S Sachdeva, Co Chairman, Punjab Committee, PHD Chamber, Mr Dalip Sharma, Regional Director, PHD Chamber A slew of business opportunities exist between  India  and  Luxembourg  in the financial and infrastructural sectors. Luxembourg being one of the world's leading nations in terms of accumulation of capital and globally ranked second in financial investments is a prospective investment destination for Indian stakeholders. This was stated by Gaston Stronck, ambassador of Luxembourg to India, in the city toexplore business opportunities existing in the Region at a meet fielded by the PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Dwelling on the aspect of GDRs, he said almost 150 Indian companies are listed in the stock exchange of Luxembourg.  L...

chandigarhsportsnews.blogspot.in   Rashid Khan of Delhi took control in round three of the PGTI Players Championship at Coimbatore Golf Club after he returned a two-under-70 to move his tournament total to nine-under-207. Rashid now leads by two strokes from second-placed Vikrant Chopra, another Delhi golfer, who also fired a 70 on Friday.  Rashid Khan (70-67-70), the overnight joint leader, played a steady front-nine as he made nine straight pars. Rashid then picked up the pace with birdies on the 10 th , 13 th  and 15 th . He made a couple of good chip-putts on the 10 th and 13 th  and made an amazing recovery from the bushes on the 15 th  to land his shot within six feet of the pin. Khan’s only blemish of the day came on the 16 th  where he three-putted from 20 feet and as a result dropped a bogey.  Rashid, a winner on the PGTI in 2011, said, “My hitting was not up to the mark today. I was hitting it better in the first two rounds. Howe...

chandigarhsportsnews.blogspot.in In First Semi Final match DPS, Chandigarh beat DPS Mega City Kolkatta first single match Charvi beat Sayani Saha by 6/3, 6/3. in second match Rahat of DPS, Chandigarh beat Megha Roy of DPS, Kolkatta in straight sets 6/1, 6/0 In Second Semi Final played between DPS, Mathura Road Vs DPS, Navi Mumbai in which Ashmita of DPS, Navi Mumbai beat Samiksha of DPS, Mathura Road with 6/4, 6/2. Bhargavi, DPS, Navi Mumbai Beat Simran, DPS, Mathura Road with 6/4, 6/3. DPS Chandigarh will face DPS, Navi Mumbai in the final in DPS Lawn Tennis court at 9 am on 25th August, 2012.

chandigarhsportsnews.blogspot.in CHANDIGARH, AUG 23  Haryana Chief Minister  Bhupinder Singh Hooda, today promoted athlete Seema Antil and boxer Jai Bhagwan as Inspectors of Police and said that Police Department would given Rs. 51 lakh to wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt, who has won broze medal in the 2012 London Olympics and Rs. 11 lakh to each of  other six players of the Police Department. These six players are boxers Vijender Singh, Vikas Krishan and Jai Bhagwan, hockey players Sardara Singh and Sandeep Singh and athlete Seema Antil. These cash rewards would be in addition to those to be given by State Government.           Mr. Hooda, who was speaking at an impressive function organized by the Haryana Police Department here today to honour its seven players who had participated in London Olympics said that cars would also be gifted to all players of Haryana who had participated in London Olympics. A special function...

chandigarhsportsnews.blogspot.in PINJORE (HARYANA), AUG 23 Harshdeep Kaur, a class VI A student of St. Vivekanand Millennium School, Pinjore bagged silver medal (Sabre Event) in  the recently concluded National Fencing Championship held at Gwalior (M.P.).  She will be awarded a cash price of Rs. 21000  for her outstanding performance in the Nationals. Principal iyush Punj honored the medal winner and urged the students to take part in sports to keep them hale and healthy. 

chandigarhsportsnews.blogspot.in Chandigarh: It was a felicitation function meant to honour him but Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda created quite a flutter by taking a jibe at star boxer Vijender Singh's "under-performance" at last month's Olympics in London. At a function organised by Haryana police to honour its seven sportspersons for their performance at the London Games here, Hooda took a potshot at Vijender who was sitting among the players who were honoured. "No doubt Vijender is an excellent boxer...but you (Vijender) stop taking tours (other than boxing) to perform much better," Hooda said pointing to the strapping six-footer during his speech. Hooda was apparently referring to Vijender's stint in television shows and modelling assignments. "Tu tour laganey band kar de (you stop taking tours)," Hooda said. Vijender, the 2008 Beijing Olympics bronze-medallist, who lost in the quarterfinals in the London e...

chandigarhsportsnews.blogspot.in Chandigarh: The Chandigarh Badminton Association will be holding Chandigarh State Badminton Championships in different age groups like Under-10 (Singles), Under-13, Under-15, Under-17, Under-19 and Senior boys and girls from August 16. Entries can be given to Satish Bhatia and Kabir in Sector 42, Pomila at Sector 23 and also to Surinder Mahajan at Panjab University Badminton Hall.