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OBEROI SISTERS NAINITAL

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Seventeen students selected from Delhi schools and colleges received athletic coaching at Nainital under the Rajkumari Sports Coaching Scheme.
The camp, which was of 35 days duration concluded recently.
The camp was held at the picturesque Birla Vidya Mandir situated at 7,700 feet in the Naini hills. The bracing air and the serene atmosphere of the hills helped the athletes in assimilating their lessons and giving their best.
Outstanding among the trainees is the teen-age boy Gurcharan Singh who hurled the javelin to a distance of 173 feet.

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INDER MOHINI OBEROI of Indraprastha College. Delhi, threw the javelin 111 ft. 6 inches during the Camp. The Oberoi sisters are daughters of a popular Northern Railway official and nieces of R B M S Oberoi Managing Director od Oberoi Hotels (India) Ltd.

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K. Chawdhry of St. Stephen's COllege cleared 5'7" in high jump and 9'6" in pole vault.

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The twin sisters Inder Mohini Oberoi and Manmohini Overoi toucher new heights in their respective events. Manmohini bettered the existing all-India record by seven feet three inches by throwing the discus to a distance of 108 ft. six inches while Inder Mohini cleared 111 ft. six inches with the javelin.
Another school boy J'hagwan Das perfecting the belly role cleared a height of 5 feet 9 inches in high jump.
The success of the camp has encouraged the organisers-The Rajkumari Coaching Scheme-to make the Naini Tal camp an annual feature.
Following are the trainees with their respective performances at the camp.
K. Choudhry: high jump, 5 ft. 7 ins; pole vault 9 ft. 6ins.
Ashok Melhotra: 200 meters, 24.8 secs; 400 [[meters]], 53 secs.
Subhas Sethi: 400 [[meters]], 54 secs; 800 [[meters]], 2 mins. 8 secs.
R. Bhasin: 400 [[meters]] 54 secs.; 800 [[meters]], 2 mins. 6 secs.
Dalip Sen: 100 [[meters]], 11.6 secs; 200 [[meters]], 24.2 secs; javelin, 149 ft.
Satish Mathur: 100 [[meters]], 11.2 secs. 200 [[meters]], 23.7 secs.
Kurian Thomas: Shot put, 32 ft. 4 1/2 ins.
Virinder Vaid: 400 [[meters]], 52.8 secs, 800 [[meters]] 2 mins. 10 secs.
R. Sachdeva: 400 [[meters]]. 52.4 secs.
Madan Saluja (Prop) Khalsa College 1500 [[meters]] -4 mts 25 secs-5000 [[meters]] 16 mts 40 secs.
Gurbachan sinph (Higher Secondary-Salwan School) Javelin 173'
Charanjit singh (Higer Secondary-MBH School) 200 [[meters]]- 23.6 secs 53.4 secs in 400 [[meters]]
Surendra Bajaj (Summer Fields School) High Jump 5'2" Long Jump 18'
Ravinder Paul (Modern School) High Jump 5'7", 110 [[meters]] Hurdles 15 secs.
Bhagwan Das (Khalsa School) High Jump 5'9" Long Jump 18'11'
Inder Mohini Oberoi (IIIyr BA Hons-Indraprastha) Javelin 111'6'
Manmohini Oberoi (IIIyr BA Hons-Indraprastha) Discus 108'6"