In brief

Chess tourney from tomorrow
The Chandigarh Chess Association will organise the 21st Chandigarh Chess Championship (seniors) from Augsut 19 to 22 at St Xavier’s School,Sector 44. The top four players will be selected to represent Chandigarh in the forthcoming National Challenger Chess Championship to be held in Haryana in September. The last date for the submission of entries is August 18.

Football tourney on the anvil
The eighth edition of the Administrator’s Challenge Cup All-India Football Tournament for boys under-17 will begin from September 1 to 9. Apart from IFA,the other teams to send their entries are Football Academy (Rurka Kalan,Punjab),Gorkha Training Centre (Shillong),Rajasthan Football Association,Sambalpur Football Academy (Orissa),Madhya Pradesh Football Association,Dalbir Football Academy (Patiala),Cantonment Board Senior Secondary School (Jalandhar Cantonment),Mahindra and Mahindra Limited (Mumbai),The New Public School (Chandigarh),Mohun Bagan Sail Football Academy (Durgapur),Mizoram SSA Mission (Aizwal),Steadfast Sports and Adventre Academy ,Indian Tigers Football Academy (Mumbai),SGGS Khalsa School (Paldi,Hoshiarpur),DAV Senior Secondary School-8 (Chandigarh) and Himachal Football Academy. —ENS

Netball meet from today
Netball Association of Chandigarh will organise the Chandigarh State Netball Championship for Boys and Girls in the age groups of Under-17 and Under-14 at Government Model Senior Secondary School,Sector 20 on August 18 and 19. All the players have to report for the matches at 8.30 am in the school premises. Players born on or after 01.01.1993 for Under-17 and 01.01.1996 for Under 14,are eligible to participate in this championship. The players should bring along their identity cards and the entry forms should be duly verified by respective principal.It may be forwarded to Anand Singh Rawat,Physical Education Teacher,GMSSS-19 (mobile no 9888519722) or Vijay Kumar,Physical Education Teacher,Ryan International School,Sector 49 (mobile no 9888156383).

Girls cricket tourney gets underway today
Cricket Club Sector 22,will take on I.S.Dev Samaj Senior Secondary School,Sector 21,Chandigarh in the opening match of the Sub-Junior State Women’sCricket Championship (Under-16) for Kailash Bahl Trophy to be played at I.S. Dev Samaj Senior Secondary School,Sector 21 in Chandigarh.

Wrestling coaching centre for girls
As wrestling is becoming popular among local girls also,the ChandigarhWrestling Association has decided to start training centre for female wrestlers at the Wrestling Coaching Centre in Sector 30. Giving this information,Darshan Lal,general secretary of the association said that selection trials to choose the trainees will be held on Wednesday from 6 am.With a view to encouraging the girls wrestlers,the CWA will provide free kits,intensive training and competition exposure. Only school and college girls would be entitled to appear in the trials for the WCC-30.

Haryana girls athletics team announced
The Haryana State Amateur Athletic Association has announced its girls squad for the 22nd North Zone Junior Athletics Championship to be held at the Gandhi Ground in Amritsar from August 21 to 23. Haryana will take part in the under-20,18,16 and 14 years categories,according to HSAAA general secretary H S Bhadu. The boys team was announced earlier.Bhadu informed that a 132-member Haryana team will leave for Amritsar on August 19 at 7 pm from Hisar.

Team:
Girls-20:Babita (100m),Anju (400m),Ritu (800m),Pooja Rani (5000m),Sunita & Neeraj Rani (high jump),Sujata Rani (shotput,Santosh Kumari & Parmila (discus),Mamta (10km walk).Girls-18: Jyoti (100m),Ashwani (200m),Suman Devi (400m),Sushila Jakhar (800m),Vrsha Devi & Komal Chaudhary (1500m),Pooja (3000m),Pooja Jangra (long jump),Sonu (high jump),Sandeep Kumari (shotput),Komaldeep &Navdeep Kaur (Javelin),Poonam Devi & Reena (hammer),Seema Sheokand (heptathlon),Jyoti Ahlawat (5km walk).Girls -16: Seema (100m),Sarita (200m),Diksha (400m),Nirmala & Preeti Lamba (800m),Pinki (1500m),Meena Kumari (3000m),Pinki (100m hurdle),Jyoti & Jyoti (long jump),Renu & Rakhi (shotput),Manisha & Renuka (discus),Kumari Sharmila & Neelam (Javelin) Kavita (pentathlon).Girls-14: Suman (100m),Bhateri (600m),Ritu (long jump),(Preeti (shotput),Arshdeep Insan (Trithlon).