CHANDIGARH, Nov 17: It is win at any cost for some teams, or so it seems if one goes by the protest lodged by the participating teams in the ongoing 44th National School Games here. The teams not only made written complaints with the organising committee against the biased decision of the table officials but also for fielding `outsiders' by hosts -- Chandigarh in handball event in both the boys and girls groups in the semifinals today.The Madhya Pradesh players, who lost to Chandigarh in the semifinal (13-20) in the boys section, also raised slogans against the organising committee. The MP team played under protest.
In the girls section, Chandigarh beat Haryana 17-13 to reach the final. The Haryana team manager Ranbir Singh lodged a complaint that the Chandigarh had fielded `outsiders' to win the match.
However, the jury of appeal, which was to take the decision on the burning issue, in the evening today, has postponed the meeting for tomorrow.
``We could not decide on the issue today as the technical member of the committee could not attend the meeting,'' informed a member of the committee. The jury of appeal and technical committee consists of JPS Sidhu, Joint Director Sports, Chandigarh Sports Department, Joginder Moti, Joint Director Public Instructions, Chandigarh, Administration, CL Negi, President, School Games Federation of India and BD Gandhi (SGFI), Secretary, SGFI.
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