Excelsior Sports Correspondent
JAMMU, Apr 25: In its general body meeting held today at Jammu Club, J&K Lawn Tennis Association (JKLTA) elected its new office bearers.
Capt Murti Gupta was elected as president, B S Jaggi as honorary general secretary, CA Amit Gupta as honorary treasurer, Ashok Kumar as senior vice president, Hanumant Singh and Mohd Inayat Jehangir as vice presidents while Gurmeet Singh and Arun Gupta were elected as joint secretaries.
The meeting was held in a cordial atmosphere wherein the members proposed the name of Squadron Leader R S Chib to be elevated as patron of the Association, which was unanimously accepted in one voice.
The house also elected Col Joy Deep Singh Kotwal, Dr Gaurav Vaid, Advocate Ajay Gandotra, Dr Sanjay Mehta, Ravinder Nath Kaul, Dhaman Kumar Pandoh, Ritu Singh, Nidhi Shravan Sharma, Nasreen Khan, Navneet Sharma, Tufail Ahmad Bhat and Vishal Bharti as members of the executive committee.
The general body meeting was held under the supervision of Advocate Anshuja Tak as Returning Officer, in the presence of Rajeev Sharma as Observer from J&K Sports Council and Kuldip Singh Jamwal as Observer from J&K Olympic Association.
During the meeting, roadmap for the promotion and further grooming of the Lawn Tennis game across the Union Territory was also discussed. The members put forth their suggestions and floated several ideas in an open house for the welfare of the Lawn Tennis, which has been revived nearly after two decades with all support and assistance of the Jammu and Kashmir Sports Council.
Further, discussion was held to form district bodies very soon for revival of the game of Lawn Tennis and taking it to the grassroot level.
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