Mandeep Singh declared best boxer

CHANDIGARH, Sept 30: Sandeep Yadav and Mandeep Singh claimed titles in bantam and fly weight categories in the 23rd Chandigarh State seni...

CHANDIGARH, Sept 30: Sandeep Yadav and Mandeep Singh claimed titles in bantam and fly weight categories in the 23rd Chandigarh State senior boxing championship which concluded here today at the Sector 46 Sports Complex.

Sandeep defeated Virender Singh on points while Mandeep Singh, who also took the title of best boxer in the meet, had a tough time in outplaying his rival Karamvir Negi. Mandeep also won his bout on points.

Devinder Singh Negi got the beat losers award.
Results: All Finals
Light fly: Anand Singh bt Bhuvan Singh on points. Fly: Mandeep Singh bt Karanvir Negi on points. Bantam: Sandeep Yadav bt Virender Singh on points. Feather: Parmod Negi bt Chaman Sharma KO 1st round. Light: Surinder Singh bt Sachin Kumar on points. Light welter: DS Negi lost to Harpreet Singh on points. Welter: Sanjeev Kumar bt Parveen on points. Light middle: Virender Dangi bt Prem Sharma RSC OC 2nd round. Middle: Ajit Pal Singh bt Uma Shankar on points. Light heavy: Rishi Pal Singh bt Kuldeep Singh on points. Heavy: Ramandeep bt Jitender Singh RSC OC 3rd round. Super heavy: Aman Awasti bt Aman Bhardwaj RSC OC 1st round.

Soccer league today
Chandigarh Police will take on Golden Club in the opening match of the Chandigarh Senior football league which will begin here tomorrow at Government School ground in Sector 23.

GMS Club in semis
Government Model School Club-21 beat Coaching Centre Club-23 by 11-6 to enter the semifinal of boys group in the Chandigarh State Sub-Junior handball championship at DAV School in Sector 8, today.

In the girls section, Government Girls School, Sector 8 outplayed Sri Guru Gobind Singh School-35 by 12-10.

Cricket tourney
The qualifying matches for second Edmund Rice Inter-School cricket tournament in under-16 boys group will be held on October 9 and 10, at the St John8217;s High School in Sector 26.

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Om, Godara elected
Om Prakash and OP Godara were unanimously elected secretary and president of the District Volleyball Association, Panchkula DVA in the general body meeting of the DVA held recently.

Madan Lal Sharma and Kamla Saini were nominated treasurer and technical advisor, repectively.

Vivek Joshi was nominated chief patron of the DVA.

Title for GMS-16
Government Model School-16 beat Govt Model School-37, 2-0 to win team title in under-19 group in the Chandigarh State Inter-School badminton competition in the girls group held at GMSS-23.

Under-14 title went to GMS-35 who defeated Carmel Convent-9 by 2-1 while GMS-36 beat GMS-16, 2-1 to bag under-17 team title.

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Harmanjeet shines
Harmanjeet 34 runs enabled Government Modcel School-23 beat St Stephen8217;s School-45 by five-wickets in the Chandigarh Schools cricket tournament at Sector 16 Cricket Stadium, today.
Brief scores: St Stephen8217;s-45: 94 in 24 overs Amrinder 33, Hemantdeep 30, Gagandeep 3 for 13, Sanjay 3 for 13; GMSSS-23: 95 for 5 in 14.5 overs Harmanjeet 34, Hemantdeep 2 for 16, Parmod 2 for 20.

Manu excels
Manu GB Singh beat Anil Walia 3-2 in the junior section in first Chandigarh State pool touranment, today. Manu GB Singh outplayed Kapil Chadda 3-2, in his second encounter.

Sandeep Duggal defeated Rajeev 4-0 in the senior section. In another match Manish Srivastava beat Maneet Oberoi 4-1. Rajeev got a walkover from Tejpal Singh. Harish scored 4-2 win over Narinder Bachan.