Ludhiana school lifts Ishwar Singh Memorial Cup

DORAHA: Malwa Senior Secondary School (MSSS), Ludhiana, defeated Guru Nanak Model Senior Secondary School (GNMSSS), Doraha, to win the 14th Ishwar Singh Memorial Inter-school Hockey Tournament, at Guru Nanak National College, Doraha, on Thursday.
The Ludhiana team missed many chances throughout the match, though they won 2-1. With few anxious moments in the last minutes, the match ended in Ludhiana teama??s favour.The tournament organized by GNN College, Doraha, had eight teams participating from Doraha, Fatehgarh Sahib and Ludhiana.
Rajdeep fastest boy, Prasha fastest girl
Rajdeep Singh Chahal was the only athlete to clinch two gold medals on the last day of the annual athletics meet of Sacred Heart Convent School, Sarabha Nagar, on Thursday. The Class X student won the 100m and long jump events among Group B boys, comprising classes IX and X.
The shot put gold in this category was won by Kunal Uppal. Among Group-A boys, comprising classes XI and XII, Rahul won the 400m.
Among Group B girls, Prasha became the fastest girl winning 100m, Sehneet Grewal clinched a gold in long jump and a bronze medal in shot put, and Sumedha won the gold in shot put.
Bronze in hockey
The U-16 boys of Ludhiana beat Gurdaspur to win the hockey bronze medal at the Punjab State Rural Games (Boys U-16) in Hoshiarpur. Ludhiana boys played free-flowing attacking hockey beating their strong opponent 3-1. They scored the first goal in the 10th minute as Gurtej Singh set the ball for Charankamal to strike in and the second came in 16th minute.
The only goal for Gurdaspur was scored Veer Ranjodh through a penalty corner while Gurtej scored the third goal for Ludhiana in 40th minute.