Kanpur: Mohd Vakeel (Jr) won the district carrom championship in the final when he drubbed the challenge of Mohd Danish by 25-8, 19-7, 19-16 at Palika Stadium here on Tuesday.
Vakeel contested the game well and won the first set easily but in next two sets, Danish gave him a tough challenge.
Earlier in the semifinals, Vakeel had defeated Akhil Singh while Danish had beaten Amit Kumar in tough encounters. Mohd Shahnawaz and Mohd Zeeshan humbled the pair of Mohd Saifi and and Mohd Adil and won the doubles title. Chief guest Mohd Irfan Ansari gave away prizes to the winners.
Carrom Association also declared ranking of its players. The top eight rankers are: 1. Mohd Vakeel (Jr), 2. Mohd Danish, 3. Akhil Singh, 4. Amit Singh, 5. Imran Khan 6. Umar Tanveer, 7. Pankaj, and 8. Guddu
Swimming: Around 80 boys and girls of 13 schools participated in Rotary Club Inter-School Swimming Competition held at Ganges Club here on Tuesday. Chief guest CK Arora inaugurated the championship and Vijay Kapoor gave away medals and mementos to the winners.
Hockey: Pooranchandra Vidya Niketan School won the third district inter-school hockey tournament when they defeated Kings and Queen School in tie-breaker by 3-1 in the finald held at Green Park Stadium on Monday.
The two teams were tied on 1-1 in the stipulated time. Later, tie-breaker was applied and Pooranchandra Vidya Niketan converted 2 out of five strokes. Kings and Queen boys could convert just one out of five penalty strokes.
Additional city magistrate Yogesh Singh, who was the chief guest, gave away the trophy to the winner. President of District Hockey Association Pal Devendra presented a cheque of Rs 25,000 to Jayant Kumar Gaur as scholarship for national achievment. Vishal of GNK College was adjudged as player of the tournament.
Table Tennis: Kanpur District Table Tennis Association will organise four-day inter-school table tennis championship at Maharana Pratap Education Centre, Indrapuri branch, from Wednesday. Additional district magistrate (city) Avinash Singh will inaugurate the meet.
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