Proppeed up by his knock, Youth Club totalled 196 for 9 in the allotted 35 overs. Vikrant Gupta (26), Preet Mohan Singh (25) and Inderjeet (20) were the other contributors to the team score.

H S Sodhi claimed three wickets giving away 51 runs.

The Vampire batsmen came a cropper in reply. They were shot out for 85 as the Youth Club seamers Rakesh (3 for 30) and Inderjeet (4 for 14) ran amock.

Scores: Youth Club: 196 for 9 (Navneet Thapar 71, Vikrant Gupta 26, Preet Mohan Singh 25, Inderjeet Saini 20; H S Sodhi 3-51) beat Vampire XI: 85 (Inderjeet Saini 4-14, Rakesh 3-30).

Tari Club triumph
Tari Club beat LIC XI by 30 runs to win the Paradise Cup cricket tournament at Panchkula today. Tari Club scored 119 and then bundled out their opponents for 89.

Scores: Tari: 119 (Sandeep Sonu 26, Baljeet Rana 25, Bhupinder Singh 20; Gurpreet 3-20) beat LIC: 89 Mann wins title Col (Retd) SS Mann won the Sappers Cup Golf tournament which was held at the Shivalik Golf Course in Chandimandir today. Bachitter Singh finished runners-up.

The prize for the longest drive went to Mandhar Saddi who hit 299.37 yards while the closest to the pin prize was bagged by Lt col Kamal Maini. Amry Commandant, Western Command, Lt General H B Kala was the chief guest.