State Billiards and Snooker C’ship

Wasim enters second round in Jr Snooker KT NEWS SERVICE JAMMU, July 18: Wasim Iqbal of Srinagar among three cueists today entered into the second round of the Junior snooker in the State championship, organised by the Jammu and Kashmir Billiards and Snooker Association at Billiards Hall, MA Stadium here.

In the first round matches of Junior Snooker category Wasim Iqbal (Sgr.) beat.

Akash Deep Singh (2-0) 46-22, 40-9.

Akshay Mahajan beat.

Gaganjot Singh (2-0) 54-46, 81-39, Naman Manzoor got walk over against Vishal Dhar.

Abhay Gupta beat.

Shivam Suri (2-1) 35-49, 53-24, 41-24.

JK Tyre Polo Cup India 2010 ready flag-off in Coimbatore KT NEWS SERVICE COIMBATORE, July 18 :Vishnu Prasad took Pole Position for the 2nd Round of the race being flagged off today after the historical inaugural round of Polo Cup at the Kari Motor Speedway, Coimbatore-the hub of action in motorsports in India Volkswagen India & JK Tyres announced the starting grid line-up of the 2nd Round of Polo Cup India 2010 at the Kari Motor Speedway, Coimbatore-the hub of action in motorsports in India.

Vishnu Prasad from Chennai took the Pole Position by clocking a best lap time of 1:15.811.

He was followed by Saran Vikram with a best lap time of 1:16.045 as 2nd on the grid.

However, Saran will be unable to participate in the race tomorrow due to a driving failure.

The second row of the grid was completed with Sahil Shelar and Karthik Shankar on 3rd and 4th position respectively.

This is the debut year of Polo Cup in India and it has 6 racing weekends.

The 1st round was held in Pune in May 2010 in a street race format.

Polo Cup India races are part of the JK Tyre National Racing Championship, which is a flagship motorsports event in India.

Speaking about winning Pole Position, Vishnu Prasad said, “I am really excited about getting Pole Position here at Kari Motor Speedway.

The track was really great and with the Race Polo, I was able to drive at a good, consistent speed through the qualifying laps.

Now my focus is to capitalize on this Pole Position in order to win the race tomorrow.” Saran Vikram, also from Chennai, was second on the grid with just a .234 seconds difference between his qualifying time and Vishnu Prasad’s qualifying time.

Saran Vikram said, “I knew that I had qualified for the race, but was awaiting the final line-up announcement.

Now that I have got myself a position on the 1st row of the starting grid, I will put in my best efforts to win the race.” The 1st season of the Polo Cup in India commenced on May 30, 2010.

The inaugural race was held at Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex at Balewadi in Pune, the hometown of Volkswagen India.

Sailesh Bolisetti, the 22-year old driver from Vishakhapatnam, won both, Race 1 and Race 2, on the street track in the Balewadi Sports Complex.

The racer from Vishakhapatnam led from start to finish as he created history by becoming the first winner of the Polo Cup India.

He even clocked the fastest lap with a time of 1:35.717.

J&K Powerlifting team wins 12 medal in Nationals KT NEWS SERVICE JAMMU, July 18: The J&K State Power Lifting team won five gold, four silver and three bronze medals in the recently concluded Sub Junior, Junior, Senior and Masters Deadlift Championship held at Tata Nagar, Jamshedpur from July 8 to 11.

Minister For Youth Services & Sports, Medical & Technical Education R.S.Chib felicitated National Powerlifting medalists here.

Speaking on the occasion R.S.

Chib lunded the efforts of the All J&K Powerlifling Association and promised to provide the best infrastructures to the upcoming Powerlifters of the state.

Ranjeet Kalara Member JKCA (Finance Committee) who was the guest of honour in the function.

The details: Pooja Sharma (gold medal) and Aruna Jyoti (gold).

Dinesh Mehra (gold), Hardeep Singh (gold), Varun Singh (gold ), Mamta Sharma (silver), Needhi (silver), Rinku Kumar (silver), Aman Dev (silver), Sukhvinder Singh (bronze), Vikas Sharma (bronze), Baljinder Singh (bronze), Distt Athletics meet concludes KT NEWS SERVICE JAMMU, July 18: About 150 athlete took part in the district Athletics championship which was concluded at MA Stadium on Saturday.

The details: Under-10, 100 mtr (boys): Ravi Kumar, Arun Kumar and Nishal Singh.

200 mtrs: Nishal Singh, Rohit Sharma and Ravi Kumar.

400 mtrs: Aman Singh, Nishal Singh and Aman Choudhary.

800 mtrs: Lokesh Kumar, Sunny Kumar and Rahul Khajuria.

1500 mtrs: Rohit Sharma, Makhan Lal and Aman Choudhary.

5000 mtrs: Sandeep Singh, Joginder Kumar and Rahul Khajuria.

Long jump: Luckey Kumar and Ankush Kumar.

Shot put: Ankush Khajuria, Tejinder Paul and Ankush.

Discuss throw: Tejinder Paul Singh, Ankush Khajuria and Jagdish Raj.

Javelin throw: Jagdish Raj, Ankush and Tejinder Paul Singh.

Under-16 age group: 100 mtrs, Davinder Singh, Arun Sharma and Mohd Latif.

200 mtrs: Rakesh Roshan, Arun Sharma and Gurmail Singh.

400 mtrs: Munish Raina, Gurmail Singh and Mohd Latif.

800 mtrs: Gharu Ram, Basu Mahajan and Kulwinder Singh.

Long jump: Rakesh Roshan, Davinder Singh and Chanderveer.

Shot put: Davinder Singh, Varun Pathania and Deepak Choudhary.

Discuss throw: Chanderveer, Karnail Singh and Munish Raina.