Shreya, Wasik, Hiteshwar among awardees
Excelsior Sports Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan 20: Eleven prominent sportspersons of the State have been selected for conferment of Sher-e-Kashmir award for bringing laurels to the country and State of Jammu and kashmir in particular for the years 2016-2017 and 2017-2018.
Similarly, 6 ace coaches have been selected for Parshuram award for excellence in their field.
The selected awardees will be honoured by a medal, a citation; cash prize of Rs 51,000 and a scroll of honour besides a ceremonial dress.
This was disclosed by Secretary, J&K State Sports Council through Sports Council order No. 65 of 2019 dated 15-01-2019 on the basis of recommendation of in-house committee and duly approved by Advisor to Governor, J&K State vide communication No. OSD (A)/1047 dated 09-01-2019.
The selected sportspersons include ace Wushu player, S. Rajinder Singh; Commonwealth Fencing medal winner Shreya Gupta; Rollball player Hiteshwar Singh; Thang-Ta player Tamajud Saif; Skier Wasik-ul-Billaah; Shooter Shikha Bhadauria; Netball player Akash Batra; Fencing player Ranchan Sabarwal; Skater Sahil Gupta; Gymnast Karanjyot Singh and Skier Sabiya Nabi.
The coaches include Mushtaq Ahmad Zargar, Nirmal Singh, Manisha Gupta, Inderpal Singh, Dalbir Kumar and Anil Sharma.
As per Secretary, J&K State Sports Council, a function will be held shortly to honour these selected players and coaches.
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