Excelsior Sports Correspondent
UDHAMPUR, May 26: 3-Days State Level Inter-District Under-14 and Under-17 girls handball tournament began at Mini Stadium, here today.
139 girls drawn from 6 districts of the State participated in the tournament. Balwant Singh Mankotia, MLA Udhampur was the chief guest on the occasion who declared the tournament open.
Speaking on the occasion the chief guest stressed upon the participants to take more part in games and sports to be physically and mentally fit, while Sukhdev Singh, District Youth Services and Sports Officer Udhampur presided over the function.
The tournament is being organized by Department of Youth Services and Sports, under the Patronage of Navin Agarwal, Director General Youth Services and Sports J&K.
The matches were officiated by Ravi Singh, Ajay Sharma, Rishi Sharma, Vikrant Balgotra, Karun Magotra, Pooja Sharma, Shashi Sharma, Ravi Kumar and Vipen Photra.
Among others who were present on the occasion included Ram Lal Badyal ZPEO Kulwanta, Usha Kumari ZPEO Chenani, Pawan Kumar, Santosh Kumari, Deepika Manhas, Sushma Rani, Anupama Devi, Som Dev Khajuria, Naveen Sharma, Sanjay Sharma and Sanjeev Kumar.
Earlier, in Under-14 girls, Pulwama defeated Udhampur by (04-01) and Budgam defeated Baramulla by (03-00), while in Under-17 girls, Udhampur blanked Pulwama by (5-0), Baramulla got better of Kishtwar by (4-01), Udhampur thrashed Budgam by (9-0) and Baramulla defeated Srinagar by (6-0).
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