Seventeen teams for PU swimming meet

CHANDIGARH, Oct 4: Seventeen teams including six in the women's category will vie for top honours in the Panjab University Inter-College ...

CHANDIGARH, Oct 4: Seventeen teams including six in the women’s category will vie for top honours in the Panjab University Inter-College swimming championship which will begin here tomorrow at the PU Swimming Pool. Five teams have confirmed their participation in the water polo event (men).

Defending champion DAV College, Sector 10, however, will have to fight their way to the top in this edition of the meet as most of the team members have graduated from school level and would find it tough to handle the seasoned swimmers from DAV College, Hoshiarpur, who gave a tough fight to DAV-10, in the last edition of the meet.

In the women’s group, Government College for Women, Ludhiana, are the title holders. They have good swimmers in their rank and are confident of making a clean sweep in the meet this year also.

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Amongst the local colleges DAV MCM and Government College, Sector 11, are also strong contenders for the title.

Sameer will spearhead DAV College-10, challenge in the meet. Other swimmers includes Vijay Yadav, Rajwinder and Anil Kumar.

Weightlifting trials
Trials to select Haryana State teams (men and women) for the forthcoming Northern India Weightlifting meet to be held at Allahabad, will be organised on October 24, at the DAV Colege, Ambala City, at 10 a.m.

Entries close on October 16, with KK Sood, secretary, HWA, Kartar Nagar, Model Town, Ambala City.

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Pepsi Cricket
The first Pepsi Cricket Tournament being organised by MRF Cricket Club, Panchkula, will begin on October 8 at Police Lines Cricket Ground in Sector 26, Chandigarh. The winners will receive Rs 3100 and runners-up Rs 1100. Entries close with Dharminder, Electro 17, Sector 17-D, Chandigarh.

Wrestling meet
The Chandigarh wrestling meet (freestyle and greeco-roman) will be held on October 15, at the Wrestling Coaching Centre in Sector 30.

During the meet selected players will take part in the national championships to be held at Jaipur. According to a press release, weighing-in will be conducted at 9 a.m., on October 15 while the events would begin at 11 a.m.

The competition will be organised in both men’s and women’s section.

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