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Jul 6, 2013

Punjab wrestler Gourav lifts Saya Jagti Title

State Times



JAMMU: Wrestler Gourav of Ludhiana in Punjab lifted the107th Annual Saya Jagti Kesari Dangal Title beating another Punjab Wrestler, Sunny of Hoshiarpur in the main bout at Saya Jagti near Nagrota, here.
Dangal was organised by Peer Baba Saya Jagti Dangal Committee in collaboration with J and K Indian Style Wrestling Association.
Winner of the main bout, Gourav was awarded cash prize of Rs 18,000 by Chief Guest, former MLA, Shiv Dev Singh and President J and K Indian Style Wrestling Association, Shiv Kumar Sharma. Runners-up Wrestler, Sunny was presented Rs 13,000 cash prize.
In all, 65 bouts were played in this day-long Dangal. The second main bout was won by Pinder of Ajnala beating Sumit of Subash Stadium Sonipat. The third bout went to Sukha of Rajasthan beating Rajesh Kumar of Rohtak while Bagga of Mallerkotla clinched the fourth bout after he defeated Buta of Hossiarpur. In the fifth main bout Parveen of Sonipat trounced Bobri of Sarore in Jammu.
Members and technical officials who helped in the smooth conduct of this Dangal included Abdul Rashid Malik (Chairman), Parveen Singh (Vice President). Sarpanch Bharat Singh, Madan Lal, Kor Singh, Sardar Singh, Shel Singh, Dr. Salim Choudhary, Puran Singh, Karnail Singh, Keshav Singh, Mohinder Kumar, Ramesh Singh, Mangal Singh, Kulwant Singh, Billu, Ram Rattan, Choudhary Manjoor Ahmed, Choudhary Mohd. Ali, Girdhari Lal Sharma, Mohd Fareed, Naresh Kumar, PR Sharma, Raj Hussain, Bittu Raina, Master Ali Akbar, Manjoor Hussain, Murli Dhar (Munna) and Raj Singh.
Other Results: Lovely of Hossiarpur beat Murad Ali of Domana, Bagga of Ajnala defeated Javed Khan of Nargada, lallu Bajrangi Akhara Jammu outplayed Narinder of Ajnala, Sat Paul of Sonipat downed Akram of Chouadi Jammu, Bobri of Sarore blanked Sandeep of Soniopat, Mohammad Sadiq of Domana defeated Gunga of Hossirpur, Akram of Bajrangi Akhara Jammu trounced Rajbeer of Rajasthan, Billu of Kot Bhalwal trashed Sujjan Ali of Domana, Naiz Ali of Domana outplayed Raju of Gaziabad, Amir Khan of Nargada beat Babber of Gajiabad, Bagga of Kot Bhalwal defeated Parbez of Sonipat and Ravinder of Sonipat downed Rahul of Namasher.

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