Excelsior Sports Correspondent
POONCH, Mar 25: Shaheed Manjeet Singh Volleyball Club registered (3-1) sets victory over Pinto Club Poonch in the final clash of Manjeet Singh memorial Volleyball Tournament organized by District Police Poonch at Sports Stadium, Poonch under Civic Action Programme.
Nine teams of the district participated in the Tournament. The closing ceremony was attended by large number of local people and sports lovers drawn from different parts of the district. Farhat Jhangir was declared best player of the tournament.
M H Malik, DDC Poonch was the chief guest on the occasion, while Col. K Jaiswal CO 12 JAT officiating Brigadier 93 Brigade and Taj Mir, social activist were the guests of honour.
The DDC Poonch stressed upon youth to take active part in extracurricular activities besides studies and refrain from bad activities as the youths are the future of the nation besides assured people that such events would be organized in future too.
S. Jatinder Singh Johar, SSP Poonch while speaking on the occasions paid rich tribute to the martyrs of Police and other security forces who laid down their precious lives for the cause of the nation. He said that it is due to the sacrifices of the martyrs that the peace has been restored in the state. He exhorted upon the gathering especially youth to contribute for maintaining the integrity, sovereignty and communal harmony of the great democracy of the world. He said that J&K Police is committed for providing platform to the players of different games and other activities for channelizing energy of the youth in a positive manner.
Cash prize of Rs 10,000 and Rs 5,000 was given to winner and runners-up teams respectively, besides trophies and individual prizes were also distributed on the occasion.
Prominent among others present on the occasion were Mumtaz Chodhary-ADC Poonch, Mumtaz Bhati-CMO Poonch, Maqbool Naik-XEN PDD, Amit Kumar Gupta-ASP Poonch and Krishan Lal Sharma, Ex Divisional Sports Officer.
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