Inter-School Taekwondo Championship concludes

Young Taekwondo players posing for a photograph alongwith R S Chib, former Minister in Jammu on Wednesday.

Excelsior Sports Correspondent
JAMMU, Nov 27: 8th Inter-School Taekwando Championship 2013 under the ageis of J&K Taekwando Association and Taekwando Federation of India, organized by Jammu Taekwando Association concluded at Sprawling Buds School, Chinore, Bantalab, here today.
Speaking on the valedictory function, the chief guest R S Chib, former Minister stressed the need to strengthen the educational institutes excelling in the private sector by organizing such extra curricular activities along with formal education. He said this initiative deserves all appreciation as it directly imparts all values for overall development of children and youth.
Mr. Chib also urged that it is a moral prerogative of the institutes to maintain the dignity while serving the society as overnment is also committed to support such institutes with par excellence. The sports activities give the sound physique and sound mind to the children to build a healthy nation.
The guest of honour who graced the valedictory function was Dr. Ashwani Jojra, founder Sahyog India. Manish Joshi, MD Lawrence School, P.C.Sharma, president Taekwando Association J&K, Puja Sharma, Principal of Sprawling Buds School and Rahul Sharma, the Director of the School were the special guests.
BOYS: Junior: U-58 kg: Sanket Sharma, VAOT, Ist and Shubham Anthal, Army Public School, 2nd. U-50 kg: Vikrant, Gandhi Memorial, Ist; Shubham, Air Force School, 2nd and Davinder, Air Force School, 3rd. Above 50 kg: Akshay Singh, Tiger Club, Ist; Aditya Bhan, MSIOE, 2nd; Hardeep Singh, Tiger Club and Aman Choudhary, Tiger Club, joint 3rd.
Sub-Junior: U-44 kg: Ajay Kumar, Adarsh Niketan, Ist; Shubham Singh, Lord Shiva, 2nd; Gourav Bhagat, St Xavier and Vishavjeet, Army Public School Domana, joint 3rd.U-41 kg: Pawan Kumar, Adarsh Niketan, Ist; Rahul Dogra, Air Force School, 2nd; Amit Kumar, Army Public School Domana and Subham Saini, Lord Shiva, joint 3rd. U-30 kg: Gourav Sharma, Adrash Niketa, Ist; Ritesh Chib, Army Public School, 2nd and Harvinder Gupta, Tiger Club, 3rd. U-26 kg: Raghav, VAOT, Ist; Sushant, Army Public Scool, 2nd’ Shangrilla and Mohkan, Tiger Club, joint 3rd. U-28 kg: Tushar Gupta, VAOT, Ist; Yogesh Sharma, Air Force School Domana 2nd; Vikrant Singh, Army Public School Domana and Nagar Singh, Lord Shiva, joint 3rd. U-24 kg: Abhimanyu Gupta, Army Public Domana, Ist; Rahul Sharma, Sprawling Buds, 2nd; Rahil Bhan, Lord Shiva and Aman Rawat, Army Public School Domana, joint 3rd. U-22 kg: Achutain Dev, Sprawling Buds, Ist; Akhil Angral, May Fair, 2nd ; Banuj Kumar and Tiger Club and Varun Mehra, VAOT, joint 3rd. U-20 kg: Praianshu, VAOT, Ist; Rudra Verma, Sprawling Buds, 2nd; Akshad Sharma, Sprawling Buds and  Parth Gupta, Shangrilla, joint 3rd. U-18 kg: Ridham, VAOT, Ist; Naryan Manhas, JK Montessori, 2nd and Jaspreet Singh, Air Force School, 3rd. U-16 kg: Shivansh Dubey, Jaikesh and Parth Gupta (all from Mother Lap School), Ist , 2nd and 3rd.
GIRLS: Junior: U-51 kg: Pooja Sharma, Tiger Club, Ist; Rifat Saleem, Air Force School, 2nd and Saloni Dabgotra, Air Force School, 3rd. U-45 kg: Narmita Katch, VAOT, Ist; Rasneet Kour, Air Force School, 2nd and Diksha, Air Force, 3rd.
Sub-Junior: U-51 kg: U-50 kg: Saksham, Air Force, Ist; Suryansh, Tiger Club, 2nd; Gurvinder, Tiger Club and Surinder Slathia, VAOT, joint 3rd. U-41 kg: Akanksha, Air Force School, Ist. U-34 kg: Rohini Bhau, Lord Shiva, Ist; Bhoomi Sharma, Shangrilla Public, 2nd and Divya Koul, Shangrilla Public, 3rd.  U-23 kg: Pallavi Bhagul, Lord Shiva, Ist; Harshita Chouhan, Sprawling Buds, 2nd; Sonali Bhat, St.Xavier and Sweezer Sharma, Lord Shiva, joint 3rd. U-27 kg: Vasundra Sharma, Shangrilla, Ist; Janvi Sharma, Lord Shiva, 2nd; Paratlishta Talashhi, J K Montessori and Kanya Mangral, Lord Shiva, joint 3rd. U-24 kg: Ranju Gupta, Tiger Club, Ist; Charu Verma, JK Motessori, 2nd ; Parneet Kour, Tiger and Rudrakshi, Lawrance School, joint 3rd.  22 kg: Priya Devi, Tiger Club, Ist and Stuti Rajput, Lord Shiva, 2nd. U-20 kg: Saniya Chalotra, May Fair, Ist; Parul Jamwal, Shangrilla, 2nd and Sneh Koul, St. Xavier, 3rd. U-16 kg: Janveer Kour, Ishita and Apoorva (all from Mother Lap School), Ist, 2nd and 3rd.