Weightlifting summer camp kicks off
Brahmapur: The Weightlifting Summer Training Camp inaugurated at Municipal Girls High School here on Friday to impart training to the enthusiastic students. The camp will function for a period of two weeks, said coach and well known weightlifter Ramesh Chandra Padhi. Ace lifter Arjun awardee Bijay Kumar Satapathy inaugurated the training camp as chief guest. In his inaugural address, Satapathy hailed the ungrudging efforts made by Ramesh Chandra Padhi and his associates of Bir Hanuman Club in organising such training camps to boost sports activities in the region which in turn will earn name and fame to the State. He stressed on the need of opening such more training camps in different parts of Ganjam district in the days ahead. Padhi in his address to students shared a number of useful techniques and the State of the art available in the field of weightlifting and urged the students to inculcate sports habit as a matter of routine to maintain good health and bring fame to the nation. Among others, Bir Hanuman Club Secretary Narayan Sahu, local Corporator Pramod Kumar Jena, International powerlifter Ranu Mohanty, Advocate Simanchal Bisoyi , former PET Kendriya Vidyalaya Sushil Kumar Patra, PET of Municipal Girls High School Nilanchal Patra, trainer Ramesh Chandra Padhi and his associate Gana were present. Headmistress of the School, Namita Rath presided the meeting. All teachers and students of the School actively participated in the training camp.
Saddab, Aamir shine in Inter-School football
Bhubaneswar: Board Of Secondary Education High School and Stewart School defeated St.Xavier High School and K.K. Vidyapeetha respectively in the 19th FAO DebabrataKar Memorial Inter School Football Tournament at PM Academy High School Ground in Cuttack on Friday, being organized by Veteran Player's Football Association. Board of Secondary Education High School edged out St Xavier by 1-0 goal. Sk. Saddab of the winning team was adjudged as the man of the match. In another match, the Stewart School thrashed KK Vidyapeetha by 4-0 goals. Aamir Sultan of winning team bagged man of the match award.
Royal wings win Kuber Cup inaugural
Bhubaneswar: Royal Wings of Rourkela defeated Maa Bhuasuni Club, Bidanashi of Cuttack by 1-0 goal in the inaugural match of the 2nd Kuber Cup All India Open Floodlight Football Tournament at Unit-VI Boys High School Ground here on Friday, being organised by Friends and Friends Association of Bhubaneswar. The winning goal scored by Basudev in the 31st minute. Altogether 10 teams including defending champion Odisha Police are in the title race. In the quarterfinal match, Royal would meet Yazdani
Club-73 and in another pre-quarterfinal match, Kishor Club, Bhubaneswar would meet Home Guard Cuttack on Saturday. Champion team would receive the trophy along with cash prize of Rs 15,000 and the runners-up to be richer by Rs 10,000. MlA Bijaya Kumar Mohanty, corporater Pranab Kumar Swain, Bhubaneswar Athletic Association secretary SR Parija, secretary Madhu Sudhan Ready, Bibhudutta Nayak, Durga Prasad Rath, Bhimsen Sahu, Manoj Sahu and Kanhu Pattnaik were present in the inaugural function. Teams: Group-A: Maa Bhuasuni Club (Bidanashi, Cuttack), Royal Wings (Rourkela), Yazdani Club-73 (Bhubaneswar), East Coast Railway (Khurda Road), Panasonic United (New Delhi). Group-B: Kishor Club (Bhubaneswar), Home Guard (Cuttack), Friends and Friends Club (Bhubaneswar), Odisha Police (Cuttack), United Club (Kolkata).
SCB win in PVR Murthy Cricket
Bhubaneswar: A four-wicket haul by Amyankar Mohanty of SCB Medial Public School of Cuttack guided the team to hammered Queen Merry School by 10 wickets in the inaugural match of the 9th PVR Murthy Inter-School Cricket Tournament at BOSE Ground in Cuttack on Friday. Winning the toss, Queen elected to bat first, Amayankar and Ananya Ayaskant scalped four and three wickets respectively and restricted the Queen's innings for 70 runs in 19.3 overs. In reply, Somen Chand smashed an unbeaten 49 runs and team reached the winning target in 8.5 overs without losing any wicket. For the devastating bowling Amayankar bagged the man of the match award presented by Kameswar Barik. Santosh Jena and Tapan Behera were the umpires for the match. In the group-B match, Ranihat High School would meet St Xavieer School on Saturday. Brief Score: Queen Merry School 70/10 in 19.3 overs (B Prabhat 19 n.o; Amyankar Mohanty 4/15, Ananya Ayaskant 3/5) lost to SCB Medical Public School 71/0 in 8.5 overs (Somen Chand 49 n.o;) by 10 wickets.