Vansh of DPS bags U-17 sabre gold in fencing

Excelsior Sports Correspondent
JAMMU, May 27: Vansh Mahajan of Delhi Public School (DPS) bagged gold medal in Fencing boys Under-17 sabre event in Inter-School competitions, organized by the Department of Youth Services and Sports at Indoor Complex, University of Jammu, here today.
Rajat Kumar of KC Public School claimed silver, while Rakshit of Police Public School clinched bronze in Under-17 sabre, while in Under-17 foil event, gold medal went to Aryan Mahajan of DPS, while silver and bronze medals were claimed by Nadeem Choudhary of Little Flower and Saniv Gupta of KV No 1 respectively.
In fencing Under-14 boys, Divansh Panday of KV No 2, Vansh Gupta of DPS and Urmesh of Shangrilla Public School claimed gold, silver and bronze medal respectively.
In Under-14 foil event, Danish Kumar of St Peters bagged gold, while silver and bronze went to Saksham and Dinkar of MHAC Nagbani and KV No 2 respectively.
In epee Under-14 boys, Ansh Sharma of SD Tarapuri claimed gold, while Manik Bral of Heritage Public School won silver and Arshit Kapoor of DPS bagged bronze.
Meanwhile, in Chess Under-14 boys, Navdeep Singh of DPS trounced Harshit of Navyug by 1-0, Varinder Chib of KC beat Rishav of Navyug by 1-0 and Pradnoor of Jodhamal outplayed Rishwar Pandit of Navyug by 1-0, while in Under-17 boys chess, Vikas Kotwal of BSF outclassed Angura Raina of Navyug by 1-0, Vilas Kotwal of BSF toppled Aditya Sudan of Navyug by 1-0 and Goverdhan of Navyug got better of Vimal of Navyug by 1-0.
The tournament was organised by the Department of Youth Services and Sports, under the overall supervision of Tirath Ram, DYSSO Jammu.