The Hindu : Sport : All-India universities athletics in Bangalore

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Thursday, Jul 13, 2006

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All-India universities athletics in Bangalore

KOCHI: Bangalore University will host athletics, the premier event of this year's all-India inter-university sports calendar, in December. Swimming has been allotted to Panjab University (Chandigarh).

Kottayam's Mahatma Gandhi University will host all-India women's volleyball while Calicut has been given the women's kho-kho event.

The calendar (events on national basis, read as event, organising university and date):

Archery and compound archery, men & women (Manipur, from September 26). Athletics, half marathon and walking, m & w (Bangalore, December 25). Ball badminton, men (Nagarjuna, Guntur, Nov. 10). Women (Dravidian, Kuppam, AP, Oct. 5). Boxing, men (MDU, Rohtak, Nov. 15). Canoeing & kayaking, m & w (Panjab, Chandigarh, Oct. 20). Chess, m & w (CSJM, Kanpur, Oct. 25). Cricket, women (Jiwaji, Gwalior, Nov. 25). Cross country, m & w (Kakatiya, Warangal, Oct. 25). Cycling, m & w (Osmania, Hyderabad, Nov. 20). Football, women (Alagappa, Karaikudi, Nov. 15). Gymnastics, m & w, women's rhythmic gymnastics & malkhamb, m & w (Kurukshetra, Nov. 5). Hockey, women (Manipur, Nov. 15).

Judo, m & w (SRTMU, Nanded, Maharashtra, Nov. 5). Korfball (MDU, Rohtak, Oct. 15). Netball, m & w (GNDU, Amritsar, Nov. 5). Air pistol shooting & .177 air rifle peep sight, m & w (Bikaner, Jan. 10). Powerlifting m & w, weightlifting m & w and men's best physique (LNIPE, Gwalior, Oct. 26). Rowing, m & w (WB Uty of Tech., Kolkata, Nov. 20). Softball, m & w (Mumbai, Oct. 20). Squash, men (Anna, Chennai, Oct. 25). Swimming & diving m & w, men's waterpolo (Panjab, Chandigarh, Sept. 18). Tennis, women (Annamalai, Jan. 20). Wrestling, m & w (Gulbarga, Dec.25). Yachting, m & w (Barkatullah, Bhopal, Feb. 10). Baseball, m & w demonstration (GNDU, Amritsar, Feb. 5).

Events on three-zone basis (NEZ signifies North East Zone, SWZ South West Zone): Basketball, women (NEZ at North-Eastern Hill Uty, Shillong; South-West and Inter zone at Banasthali, Oct. 25). Handball, m & w (NEZ at Punjabi, Patiala; SWZ and inter at Bharathiar, Coimbatore, Dec. 20). Kabaddi, women (NEZ at Dr Y.S.Parmar, Nauru, Solan, Himachal Pradesh; SWZ & inter at Nagarjuna, Guntur, Oct. 20). Kho kho, men (DDU, Gorakhpur; SWZ & inter at Kuvumpu, Shomoga, Nov. 15). Women (NEZ at Pt. Ravishankar Shukla Uty, Raipur; SWZ & inter at Calicut, Nov. 20). Tennis, men (BHU, Varanasi; SWZ & inter at Madras, Chennai, Dec. 25). Volleyball, women (NEZ at Utkal, Bhubaneshwar; SWZ & inter at Mahatma Gandhi, Kottayam, Dec. 20).

Events on five-zone basis: Badminton, m & w (North at HNB Garhwal, East at TM Bhagalpur, South at Annamalai, West & inter at Mumbai, Oct. 25). Basketball, men (North at Kurukshetra, East at BIT, Mesra; South at Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram, West & inter at LNIPE, Gwalior, Dec. 15). Cricket, men (North at AMU, Aligarh, East and inter at Calcutta from Dec. 5, South at Osmania, Hyderabad and West at Saurashtra, Rajkot). Football, men (North at Panjab, Chandigarh, East and inter at Visva Bharati, S. Niketan from Oct. 30; South at Madras and West at Mumbai. Hockey, men (North at PAU, Ludhiana, East & inter at BHU, Varanasi from Nov. 25; South at Bharathiar, Coimbatore and West at Barkatullah, Bhopal). Kabaddi, men (North at GNDU, Amritsar, East & inter at Kalyani Uty from Oct. 25; South at Karnatak, Dharwad, West in Mumbai). Table tennis, m & w (North at HNB, Garhwal, East at Tejpur, South at VTU, Belgaum, West & inter at Shivaji, Kolhapur, Oct. 20). Volleyball, men (North & inter at Kurukshetra from Dec. 18, East at BHU, Varanasi, South at Periyar, Salem and West at LNIPE, Gwalior).