PANCHKULA, Sept 1: Dharminder Lilly did not have to sweat to score 62-18, 81-13, 75-12 win over Aman Bhasin in the professional snooker event in the SK Bajaj Memorial snooker tournament which is being played at the Cute Q's Billiards and Snooker Pool Center in Sector 6.Dharminder who is amongst the top five cueists of the country, won the final frame with a break of 39 points.In another match, Sher Singh outplayed Harjot Singh 48-44. 43-41, 44-71, 66-35 to enter the next round. Sher Singh also had a break of 39 points in the last frame.In the amateur section, Gurnoor Singh beat Madhur 60-40, 73-14. Rajan Sharma defeated Aman Bhasin 32-57, 57-23, 72-41 and Abhishek prevailed over Kapil Chadda 47-46, 47-30.Robin and Pritam also scored win over their respective opponents in the amateur category. Robin beat Rajat Bajaj 56-48, 17-43, 53-19 while Pritam outplayed Arvind Jain 50-26, 26-68, 57-31.Rahul Kehra also scored 49-11, 66-27 win over Amit Chawla. In another match Akshay showed Amit Bakshi the exit door by defeating in straight frame 58-27, 58-15.Volleyball meetThe 13th Chandigarh State Sub-Junior volleyball championships will be held on September 18 and 19, at the Shivalik Public School in Sector 41. According to a press release players born on or after January 1, 1984 are eligible for the meet.During the meet, city team in both boys and girls section will be selected to participate in the 22nd Sub-Junior National championship to be held at Chandrapur (Maharashtra) from October 6 to 10.Entries close on September 17 with Suresh Kumar (volleyball coach) sector 7 Sport Complex.Cricket trialsTrials to select the Chandigarh district cricket team, for participation in the Punjab Inter-District Katoch Shield cricket tournament, will be held on September 6 at 2 p.m. in the Sector 8 DAV School ground.Chandigarh will play their first match against Patiala at Patiala from September 10 to 12. Chandigarh's matches: Vs Minor Districts at S.A.S. Nagar Sept 14-16; Vs Jalandhar at S.A.S. Nagar Sept 18-20; Vs Ludhiana at S.A.S. Nagar Oct 3-5; vs Amritsar Oct 7-9.Sameer in q-finalsSameer Bhalla ousted Akshay 58-31, 52-34 to enter the last eight stage of the open snooker event in the YMCA Open Billiards and Snooker tournament at the YMCA Hall in Sector 11, here today.In another match Preetam beat Sanjay Kaushal 48-33, 38-33 in the handicap snooker event.ITBP expeditionIshwar Singh Duhan successfuly led a seven-member Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) expedition to a unnamed virgin peak in the Sangla Valley in district Kinnaur (Himachal Pradesh). The team returned back from expedition on August 30, at the ITBP 16 Battalion at Bonda, district Shimla.Earlier, the expedition was flagged off on August 17 by SD Sharma, DIG, SSB.
