Jalandhar women claim overall trophy

by Punjabnewswire4u (Balbir)
PATIALA, OCT 22
Jalandhar bagged the overall trophy by logging 25 points in the Punjab State Women Games organized by the Punjab Sports Department at Raja Bhalendhra Singh Stadium, Polo Ground here today. Sangrur finished runners-up with 21 points and Ludhiana were third by 17 points.
Last year’s runners-up and seeded second Sangrur defeated third seed Jalandhar in the badminton final in straight two sets. Damanpreet Kaur of Sangrur outplayed Shehnaz Khan 21-9, 21-12. In doubles Damanpreet and Mariam defeated Rajwinder and Jaspreet Kaur 15-21,21-13,21-15. Ludhiana and Nawan Shehar were joint third.
Hosts Patiala drubbed Jalandhar by 2-0 to emerge winners in tennis. Ropar won the Bronze medal who blanked Amritsar by 2-0 to claim third position.
Amritsar won gold in Basketball by defeating Ludhiana by 42-27 points in the final while Jalandhar outclassed Kapurthala 41-17 for the third place.
In gymnstics Naginder of Gurdaspur won gold in balancing beam by 11.31 points. Sangeeta of Patiala got silver with 10.40 and Monika of Gurdaspur got bronze by 10.30 points. In floor exercise Monika and Rohika of Gurdaspur won gold and silver by getting 11.50 and 11.00, respectively. Sangeeta of Patiala got silver with 10.95 points.
Sangrur clinched kho-kho title by defeating Jalandhar by 5 points (7-4,10-8). Ludhiana defeated Patiala by 5 points (9-4,8-8) for the bronze medal.
Jalandhar had to sweat out to grab gold in table tennis by prevailing over spirited defeated Amritsar 3-2 in the final. Ropar ousted Ludhiana 3-0 for the bronze medal.
The volleyball trophy went to Sangrur who defeated Mohali 3-1 in the final. The contest for the third and position was a cliff hanger in which Ludhiana just managed to beat Jalandhar by 3-2.
Navjot Kaur of Ludhiana emeged the fastest runner of the state as she run 100 metres dash in 12.54s and won the gold. Deepti of Jalandhar won silver in 12.68s and Harpal Kaur of Sangrur got bronze byclocking 12.86s.
Dominating the proceedings through the final Kapurthala won the gold in hockey as they outplayed Tarn Taran in all departments of the game as they raced to an impressive 8-1 verdict. Patiala outplayed Amritsar by 3-0 for bronze.

Earlier Patiala Deputy Commissioner Deepinder Singh welcomed the chief guest. Punjab Sports Director Padma Shree Pargat Singh thanked all the dignitaries present on the occasion. He also informed that the selected players from this tournament would represent Punjab in the forthcoming National Sports Games