CHANDIGARH, OCT 20 : Local Guru Nanak Khalsa Senior Secondary School, Sector 30 and GAV Public School, Kangra (HP) spiked boys and girls titles, respectively, in the CBSE Cluster XIII Volleyball Tournament organized by St Soldier International School in its premises in Sector 28 here today.
GN Khalsa School-30 played an organized game. They played well at net and powerful floating service, the local spikers outpointed DAV Senior Secondary School, Saraswati, Sawra in three games 28-26, 25-19, 25-19. The first game was evenly contested before GN Khalsa just managed to win by two points. However, the smashers unleashing power-packed smashes and placement at the vacant spots, GN Khalsa School clinched the next two games at 25-19, 25-19.
Teams: GN Khalsa SSS-30: Sandeep Singh, Gurwant Singh, Jatinder Singh, Kuldeep Singh Negi, Gaurav Grover, Sobhiyat Singh, Harpreet Singh, Manish Kumar, Amandeep Singh, Gaurav Rana, Bhupinder Singh.
DAVSS Public School, Saraswati: Akshay Mohan Tonta, Dikshit Chauhan, Sachin Sharma, Kushal Jhagta, Divij Kalta, Sheel Tonta, Sahil Bhagta.
Kasauli International Public School, Solan finished third.
Losing the first pulsating first game at 30-32, GAV Public School, Kangra (HP) rallied to beat plucky Greenways School, Morinda (Punjab) by 30-32, 26-24, 25-12, 25-19 in a well-contested final in the girls section.
Teams:GAV Public Kangra: Anita Chaudhary, Shivani Chaudhary, Archna Thakur, Prachi Choudhary, Neha Nag, Meghna Kahlon, Shetita Devi, Sarya Mahajan, Deepika Thakur, Sheetal Devi, Srishti.
Greenways School, Morinda: Mansirat Kaur, Ravneet Kaur, Harsimran Kaur, Gurleen Kaur, Simranjit Kaur, Arshpreet Kaur, Dilpreet, Navneet Kaur and Mandeep Kaur.
Bhavan Vidyalaya-15, Panchkula defeated DAV School, Sector 15, Chandigarh by 28-25, 23-25, 25-18 in a match to decide third and fourth places.
Mr Dhanbir Singh Bains, Principal Secretary, Government of Punjab, Department of Home Affairs and Justice was the chief guest. Administrator Jagwinder Pal Singh Hayer congratulated the winners and appreciated the efforts made by all the participating teams and their coaches.