Hindalco conduct Inter-school sports meet
Bhubaneswar: Aditya Birla Group’s unit Hindalco Company organized day-long inter-school sports competition at Gadamunda UP High School, Hirakud. Children of more than 10 schools participated in the competition. The competition was jointly inaugurated by the HR Head of Hindalco Hirakud Nirmal Sinha and the head master of Gadamunda Project UP School Bibhisan Bag. While addressing the children, they both emphasized the importance of games and sports in the day-to-day life of human being. The children participated in large number in the different categories of sports competition held during the day. Amitav Panda, the IIC of Hirakud PS (Police Station) joined as the guest of honour in the event and encouraged the participants. The BEO (Block Education Officer) Sudhansu Sekhar Mishra distributed the prizes to the successful children. The teachers of the schools also participated in friendly competitions like musical chair, basketball competition.
Among others, Sibanand Mohanty, Jagdish Mishra and the members of CSR team of Hindalco Hirakud, the members of Hirakud Athletic Association were present in the competitions. The sports competition was coordinated by PET of Hirakud Sisu Mandir and Mohammedpur High school.
DAV CsPur Sports meet held
Bhubaneswar: Satyam S Tripathy bagged the champion titles in the senior boys category in the DAV Chandrashekharpur Sports meet held at School Campus here on Sunday. lipsa and Nisha jointly grabbed the senior girls trophy. The junior boys and girls trophy was claimed by Sai Samerth and Adyasha Jena respectively while Siddhi Singh and Sahil Biswal received the sub-jr boys and girls titles respectively. The team spirit and killer instincts in sports are essential to scale greater heights in life, said Ravenshaw University vice-chancellor Prakash Chandra Sarangi while distributing prizes in the closing ceremony. Chief coordinator of The Samaja Suresh Chandra Mantry, SMC chairman MM Panda, DAV Kalinga Nagar chairman Sarat Chandra Mishra and Principal cum regional director KC Satapathy were present.
Manas leads in Bhubaneswar Open Chess
Bhubaneswar: Top seed Manas Parida bagged six points by the end of sixth round and lead in the 29th Bhubaneswar Open Chess Championship-2016 at Secretariat Recreation Club here on Sunday.
Mana was closely followed by eight players with five points each. Pravat Ojha, Aditya Pattnaik, Kumar Ashok, Birakishore Behera, Sailendranath Rout, Dhirendra Das, Rabindra Moharana and Brajakishore Moharana gathered five points each. While, G Prahallad Natabara Das and Amit Mohanty scored 4.5 points each and jointly placed in the third place.
The tournament is conducted by Arati Bijoy Mohanty, Debasis Panigrahi and Pravat Kumar Nath. Three more rounds will be played on Monday.
Haryana, Jharkhand enter Girls football semis
Bhubaneswar: Haryana and Jharkhand barged into the semifinals by defeating Bihar and Chandigarh respectively in the quarterfinal matches of the Sub Junior National Football Championship for Girls- 2015-16 at Satyabrata Stadium in Cuttack on Sunday. Mona of Haryana draw the first blood in the eighth minute and the team dominate the quarterfinal match against Bihar from the beginning. After the change of sides, Harveer Kaur and Tamanna netted a goal each in the 72nd and 76th minutes respectively and Haryana scored 3-0. But in the 92nd minute Adit Gupta was scored the solitary goal for Bihar. In the quarterfinal Haryana edged out Bihar by 3-1 goals. In another match Chandigarh defeated Jharkhand by 10-0. In the quarterfinal matches, Odisha and Tamil Nadu will take on Telengana and Manipur respectively on Monday.
Manas leads in Bhubaneswar Open Chess
Bhubaneswar: Top seed Manas Parida bagged six points by the end of sixth round and lead in the 29th Bhubaneswar Open Chess Championship-2016 at Secretariat Recreation Club here on Sunday.
Mana was closely followed by eight players with five points each. Pravat Ojha, Aditya Pattnaik, Kumar Ashok, Birakishore Behera, Sailendranath Rout, Dhirendra Das, Rabindra Moharana and Brajakishore Moharana gathered five points each. While, G Prahallad Natabara Das and Amit Mohanty scored 4.5 points each and jointly placed in the third place.
The tournament is conducted by Arati Bijoy Mohanty, Debasis Panigrahi and Pravat Kumar Nath. Three more rounds will be played on Monday.