CHANDIGARH, Sept 30: Chandigarh entered the semifinal of the Senior Punjab Inter-District Katoch Shield cricket tournament after getting past Ropar on the basis of first innings lead in the two-day quarterfinal tie here at the PCA Stadium today.Replying to Ropar's first innings score of 140, Chandigarh were 263 for 5 in 75 overs when the umpires called off play with the two captains' consent.Skipper Dinesh Mongia scored a briliant 135 as the hosts' batsmen collared the Ropar bowling attack. The other not out batsman Jaspreet failed to add to his overnight score of 40 and Harminder Kaku too failed to get going but Mongia garnered support from Balraj and Munish Worrell.Scores: Ropar (Ist innings): 140. Chandigarh (Ist innings): 263 for 5 (Dinesh Mongia 135, Munish Worrell 40 n.o., Jaspreet Singh 40, Balraj 29; Sunil 2-60, Shyam Sunder 2-62).GMHS-44 winGovernment Model High School-44 scored a six-wicket win over Bhavan Vidyalaya-27 in the Edmund Rice cricket tournament being played at St John's High School-26. In another match Stepping Stone School-9 beat St Stephen's School, Panchkula by 47 runs to get a berth in the next round of the meet.Brief Scores: Bhavan Vidyalaya-27: 48 in 12 overs: (Alok 17, Rajinder 3 for 10, Munish 2 for 5, Kabir 2 for 8); Govt Model School-44: 49 for 4 in 13 overs: (Amit 13, Aseen 2 for 4, Alok 2 for 9).Stepping Stone-9: 107 for 6: (Jasdeep 25, Arvind 12 n.o., Rahul 2 for 13); Stephen's School, Panchkula: 66 in 19.1 overs (Rohit 3 for 14, Harkaran 3 for 10).GGSSS-18 qualifyGovernment Girls Senior Secondary, Sector 18, have qualified for the forthcoming under-17 Nehru hockey tournament to be held at New Delhi from October 8 to 17.In the boys group, Shivalik Public School-41 and Guru Gobind Singh Senior Secondary School-35, have qualified in the under-17 and under-15 categories respectively.The Nehru hockey tournament in the under-17 boys group is slated to be held from October 17 to 31 while under-15 group would begin from October 31 to November 13 at New Delhi.National School GamesThe 44th National School Games in the discipline of basketball, handball kabaddi and fencing in the under-19 boys and girls group and boxing in the boys (u-19) section will be held in Jalandhar from October 22 to 27, under the aegis of School Games Federation of India.Players who are below the age of 19 years on December 31, 1998 are eligible to take part in the meet. According to a press release of SGFI, during the meet probables in basketball and handball would be selected for the forthcoming Asian schools meet.Cricket tourneyUnique Club will take on Sagar Club in the opening match of the third cash prize cricket tournament which would commence tomorrow at Panchkula's Sector 14 ground. Eight teams are taking part in the meet.Selection trialsTrials to select the Chandigarh team for participation in the Haryana Inter-District Pataudi Shield cricket tournament will be held on October 2 at 3 p.m. in the DAV School, Sector 8, according to Surinder Singh, secretary of the Chandigarh Cricket Association affiliated to Haryana Cricket Association.
