Early Times Report
UDHAMPUR, May 17: Serving with BSF, Chandigarh wrestler Gurmail won the 16th Annual Bhamag Kesari Dangal outplaying Farooq of Sarore (Samba) in a close contest that took place at Sardabbar, Moungari in block Panchari of district Udhampur. Dangal was part of the three-day Shiv Parvati Mela.
Gurmail was awarded with a cash prize of Rs 6,000 along with a traditional silver Gurj and Patta by chief guest, former IGP, SS Bijral and organising secretary, Shiv Kumar Sharma. Runners-up, Farooq awarded with Rs 4,000 prize by Swantanter Dev Kotwal and Harish Kumar Dubey.
Dangal was organized by J&K Indian Style Wrestling Association collectively with J&K Police, J&K Tourism Department, J&K Bank, Amar Memorial Trust Katra and Bamhag Kesari Dangal Committee.
In all, 33 bouts were decided in this dangal. Members of the dangal and technical officials who helped in the successful conduct of the event included Hans Raj Thakur, Virender Sharma, Naresh Kumar (Pappu Lakri) Sanjeev Kumar Sharma, Om Parkash Verma, Kartar Singh, Jagdish Chander, Murli Dhar (Munna), Laxman Singh Katoch, Vijay Singh (Biju), Mohd. Fareed, Sindoor Singh and Hoshiar Singh.
Other Results: Kuldeep of Bamhag beat liaqat of Panthal, Sandeep of Chandigarh beat Babba of Kot Bhawal, Billu of Kot Bhawal beat Dinu of Domana, Jammu, Kali Dass of Reasi beat Varun Sharma of Manwal, Tek Singh of Reasi beat Munnir Khan of Panj Grain, Pritam of Reasi beat Karnail Singh of Batote, Shokat Ali of Nargada beat Nazir Ali of Jindrah, Amarjeet of Chandigarh beat Gopal of Jindrah and Mohd. Akram of Jammu beat Anil of Chandigarh.
Presentation Convent, Amba Kids excel in fencing
Early Times Report
REASI, May 17: Presentation Convent Reasi bagged the overall trophy in boys section while girls' championship trophy went to Amba Kids School Panthal in the two-day inter-school fencing competition of district Reasi, organised by the Department of Youth Services and Sports (DYSS) at holy town of Katra.
Earlier, the overall section position in boys section went to Higher Secondary School Panthal. The sports wing of the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board (SMVDSB) extended a helping hand in the successful conduct of the competition.
In the finals and prize distribution function, Additional Chief Executive Officer of the SMVDSB, Dr M K Kumar, who was chief guest. Director Sports of SMVDSB, Ashok Kumar was guest of honour.
In all, 120 male and female fencers, representing 15 educational institutions of the district, took part in the competition. Out of these participants, 50 such fencers have been short listed for the upcoming inter-district competitions.
The Detailed Results:
BOYS: Under-14 yr: Epee: Parminder Sharma, Presentation Convent, Ist; Raja, Amba Kids, 2nd and Mustafa, Amba Kids, 3rd. Sabre: Sawan Sangral, Presentation Convent, Ist; Sakib, Amba Kids, 2nd and Akshit, Gurukul Reasi, 3rd. Under-17 yr: Epee: Asif, HSS Panthal, Ist; Abishek, Trikuta Public, 2nd and Saransh, Lawrence Public, 3rd. Sabre: Akhil Atri, TSN Reasi, Ist; Vishal, GMS Lower Seela, 2nd and Mandeep, GHSS Panthal, 3rd.
GIRLS: Under-14 yr: Foil: Riya Manhas, Amba Kids, Ist; Aankshika, Amba Kids, 2nd and Riffat, Amba Kids, 3rd. Epee: Pihul Rajpur, Amba Kids, Ist; Shahida, Amba Kids, 2nd and Kanika, MS Mangoon, 3rd. |
