13th Jr National Soft Tennis C’ship gets underway

Excelsior Sports Correspondent
SRINAGAR, June 27: The 13th Junior National Soft Tennis Championship for boys and girls was inaugurated by former Secretary, J&K State Sports Council, Waheed-ur-Rehman Parra in an impressive function at Gindun Stadium, here today.
The event being first of its kind in Srinagar, is being organized by the Jammu and Kashmir Amateur Soft Tennis Association under the auspices of Amateur Soft Tennis Federation of India and is being sponsored by the J&K State Sports Council.
The Championship will conclude on June 30 and 360 players from 23 States including J&K are participating in the Championship.
Nazir Ahmad, Joint Secretary Sports Council, Haji Abdul Qayoom, Chief Sports Officer, Nuzhat Ara, Divisional Sports Officer, Nusrat Gazala, Sports Officer Central, Prof BA Shah and Rouf Tramboo, senior members of the Council and JK Khodadhra, Executive Director ASTFI were present on the opening ceremony.
The championship is being hosted by the management of J&K Amateur Soft Tennis Association headed by State General Secretary, Ghulam Hassan.