Tribal archery championship held
Rourkela: “Aim at your goal like Arjun,” exhorted GS Prasad, CEO, Rourkela Steel Plant to the budding archers at the concluding function of the 2nd State (Boys and Girls) Tribal Archery Championship at Dhanurvidya Kendra of RSP, being organised by Rourkela Steel Plant in association with Odisha Archery Association. Altogether 111 youngsters from all over the State had participated in the two-day long event. Calling upon the participants to hone their skills with dedication and determination and earn a name for themselves as well as for the country, Prasad said, “If the archers groomed by us will go international, then it will be the best reward for us.” He also elaborated how Vir Birsa Munda and his people had faced the mighty army of the British with their archery skills. “The art of archery is intrinsically ingrained in the lives of the people of this region, and hence we decided to hone that art through the Dhanurvidya Kendra or Archery Acdemy,” he said. He also felicitated Shradhananda Das, Secretary, Odisha Archery Association on this occasion. Das in his address praised RSP for setting up of a well equipped archery learning centre, which he said will go a long way in creating many star archers for the country. Suna santa of Koraput bagged the first place in the Olympic round, while Renuka Oram of Sundargarh won the Best Girl archer prize.
District-level bodybuilding contest from April 19
Bhubaneswar : Tushar Gymnasium in association with Bhubaneswar Bodybuilding Association is all set to host 3rd District level Bodybuilding Championship here on April 19, said State Bodybuilding Association secretary Prasana Kumar Mahasuara in a Press Meet here on Wednesday. The bodybuilders would participate in the upto 60kg, 65kg,70kg,75kg and 75kg above category. Top five finishers would get cash awards. Tushar president Jitendra Kumar Jena, working president Praffula Guru, secretary Vivekananda Barik ans vice president Jitendra Kumar Jena were present.
Hockey Odisha suffer defeat in Senior Hockey
Bhubaneswar: The ongoing 5th edition of the Hockey India Senior Men National Championship 2015 (Div A) in Pune on Thursday saw the highly intense battle in the Pool-A match where All India Sports Promotion Board (AISPB) outplayed Hockey Odisha by 5-2 goals.
AISPB opened the account in the 10th minute of the match when Arman Qureshi scored the first goal of the match. AISPB maintained their attacking game and Shivendra Singh scored the second goal of the match just after two minutes (12th minute). Trailing by 0-2, Hockey Odisha counter-attacked on their opponents and Rajin Kandulna scored the first goal for his team in 29th minute. His team-mate Deepak lugun displayed a brilliant stick-work and scored the equaliser in the 32th minute. At 2-2 score, AISPB speed-up their attack and earned a penalty shoot-out in 43rd minute, which was perfectly converted by Arjun Halappa, leading the match by 3-2. AISPB managed to earn another penalty corner in the 52nd minute and this time Gaganpreet Singh converted it with an ease. With 4-2 score, AISPB was controlling the game, without giving any space to their opponent. Vikas Vishnu Pillay scored the fifth goal for his team in the 57th minute and registered a thumping 5-2 victory over Hockey Odisha. Pool A - All India Sports Promotion Board 5 Arman Qureshi (10min-FG), Shivendra Singh (12min-FG), Arjun Halappa (43min-PS), Gaganpreet Singh (53min-PC), Vikas Vishnu Pillay (57min-FG) vs Manipur Odisha 2 Rajin Kandulna (29min-FG), Deepak lugun (32min-FG)
Rama Krushna Wrestling Academy inaugurated
Bhubaneswar: Rama Krushna Wrestling Academy has been inaugurated at Panchamukhi Gymnasium in Puri on Wednesday. Puri Municipality Chairman Jayant Kumar Sarangi inaugurated the academy and also unveiled the log of the academy in a dazzling function. In the past many wrestlers of Puri dominated the national platform. The aim and the objective of the academy are to guide and nourish the players to regain the lost glory, said academy secretary Krushna Chandra Panda. Among others, president Rama Chandra Padhi and Rabi sankar Pratihari were present.
PM Academy enter PVR Murthy Cricket Semis
Bhubaneswar: The brilliant bowling of Subasish Nayak of Ravenshaw Collegiate School who claimed five wickets by giving only 19 runs gone to vain as the team suffered defeat from PM Academy by 23 runs in the quarterfinal match of the 10th PVR Murthy Memorial Inter-School Cricket Tournament at BOSE Engineering Ground in Cuttack on Thursday. Being invited to bat first, PM Academy scored 100 runs in 23.3 overs. All credit goes to Subasish Nayak who bagged five wickets. In reply, Subasish Maharana of PM Academy bagged three wickets and restricted Ravenshaw for 77 runs in 23.4 overs. Subasish of PM Academy bagged the man of the match award and the team entered the semifinals. Santosh Jena and John Manoj Das were conducted the match as umpire. In the quarterfinal match on Friday, DAV Public School CDA Cuttack would meet Jobra Municipal High School. Brief Score: PM Academy 100/10 in 23.3 overs (Y Sunil 30, Trinath Mohapatra 19; Subhasish Nayak 5/19, Amit Moharana 2/12) beat Ravenshaw Collegiate School 77/10 in 23.4 overs (Punnet Banerjee 22; Subasish Moharana 3/10, Sabir Hussain 2/11, Chandra Sekhar Sahoo 2/23) by 23 runs.