Excelsior Sports Correspondent
JAMMU, Aug 20: The eves of Government Higher Secondary School Jourian emerged winners in kabaddi Under-19 girls, while HSS Pallanwalla lifted the title trophy in kho-kho Under-19 girls’ event of the Zonal Level Inter-School Tournament of Jourian and Khour Zones, which concluded at Government Higher Secondary School ground Pallanwala, here today.
In kabaddi final, HSS Jourian defeated HSS Pallanwala by (28-11), while in kho-kho summit clash, HSS Pallanwala got better of HSS Pargwal by (12-14 and 15-5).
Earlier, in the boys section yesterday, HSS Jourian drubbed HSS Pargwal in the kabaddi final, while HSS Pallanwalla got better of HSS Jourian to win the volleyball final.
The tournament was inaugurated by Sukhdev Raj, District Youth Services and Sports Officer, Jammu, while B L Sharma, Principal HSS Pallanwala and Veer Ji Bhat, Zonal Physical Education Officer, Jourian were the guests of honour.
The matches were conducted under the supervision of O P Sharma, PEM and officiated by Sham Krishan, Ramesh Chander, Uma Kant, Sushma Bali, Promila Devi, Vijay Kumar, Darshan Lal, Ramesh Singh, Parveen Kumar, Indu Bharti, Dev Raj and Devinder Singh.
Prominent among others present on the occasion were Madan Lal, Darshan Lal, Ganesh Dass Sharma and Jocy Koul.
In Miran Sahib zone, the Inter-School tournament in the disciplines of kho-kho, kabaddi, volleyball and wrestling Under-19 boys got underway at the City Middle School R S Pura.
The competitions were declared open by Suresh Dubey, ZEO R S Pura as chief guest, while Sarita Padha, ZPEO Miran Sahib/R S Pura; Nirmal Singh, Principal Boys Higher Secondary School R S Pura; Madhu Bala, Headmaster City Middle School R S Pura in a simple function.
The competitions are being organized as part annual calendar of activity of the Department of Youth Services and Sports under the overall supervision of Sukhdev Raj, District Youth Services and Sports Officer, Jammu.
In kho-kho Under-19 boys final, Govt HSS Chakrohi beat Govt HSS Sai by 13-10 points. Akshey and Rajat were the star performers, while in kabaddi Under-19 boys’ summit clash, Govt HSS R S Pura will take on JK Police Public School Miran Sahib and in volleyball Under-19 boys title clash, Boys HSS R S Pura will lock horns with Govt HSS Sai.
Earlier, in the first semifinal, HSS R S Pura beat HSS Dablehar by 20-16 points, with Ashwani and Devinder Pal emerging as best scorers, while in second semifinal, JK Police Public School, Miran Sahib defeated Higher Secondary School, Chakrohi by (25-15) points. Manjeet Singh and Manmeet were the star performers.
Matches were officiated by Kulbir Singh, Govind, Vijay, Gurmeet Singh, Dharwari Lal, Mohan Singh, Gurcharan, Parveen, Suraj, Kuldeep, Narinder and Anit.
At Akhnoor zone, Inter-School tournament in the disciplines of kho-kho, kabaddi and volleyball was held under the supervision of Sher Singh, ZPEO Akhnoor.
Deputy CEO Akhnoor and Principal St Frances Higher Secondary School Akhnoor were the guests of honour.
In kabaddi, Govt GHSS Sohal defeated Govt HSS Nariwalla by 17 points, while in kho-kho, Govt GHSS Akhnoor prevailed over GHSS Nariwalla by 15-0 points and in volleyball, HSS Akhnoor emerged winner.
The matches were officiated by Om Parkash, Raman Kumar Gupta, Manohar Lal, Romesh Singh, Anu Bhav, Bua Ditta, Chander Prabha, Ashok Kumar, Jagdev Singh and Dalip Sachdeva.
The Inter-School tournament of Marh zone in the discipline of kabaddi, kho-kho, volleyball and wrestling Under-19 boys, organized by the Department of Youth Services and Sports commenced at GHSS Jhiri, today.
The tournament was declared open by R D Bhagat, Principal HSS Jhiri, while the event is being organized under the supervision of Chanchal Kour, Zonal Physical Education Officer Marh.
In kabaddi final, GHSS Ghou Manhasan defeated GHSS Marh by 2 points, while in kho-kho, GHSS Jhiri beat GHSS Ghou Manasan by 2 points and in volleyball GHSS Jhiri outplayed GHSS Ghou Manhasan by (2-0) sets.
Sahil Sharma, Anil Kumar, Suraj Kumar, Vishal Sharma and Lokesh Singh claimed wrestling gold.
The matches were officiated by Sudesh Khajuria, Koushal Kumar, Surinder Singh, Sushma Katwal, Kusum Lata, Ashok Sharma, Surinder Singh, Parveen Kumari, Pritam Lal, Raman Sharma, Champki Pandita, Surinder Pal Singh, Hardutt Sharma and Poonam Sharma.
The Inter-School tournament in the disciplines of kabaddi, volleyball and kho-kho was held at Satwari zone also, which was inaugurated by Deputy Director Youth Services and Sports, Vaid Parkash in presence of DYSOO Jammu, Sukhdev Raj.
Meanwhile, the Inter-School tournament for Under-19 boys and girls concluded at Boys HSS Nowshera.
In kabaddi boys, HSS Lambri beat HSS Kalsian, while in kabaddi girls, HSS Lambri beat GHSS Nowshera.
In kho-kho boys, HSS Seri beat HSS Lambri, while in kho-kho girls, hss Lambri beat GHSS Nowshera and in volleyball boys, HSS Seri defeated HSS Lambri.
The tournament was organized by the Department of Youth Services and Sports, under the supervision of ZPEO Nowshera, Rakesh Choudhary, while Prof Anupama was the chief guest on the concluding function, who distributed prizes amongthe winners.