Excelsior Sports Correspondent
JAMMU, Oct 18: Even as sports activities under special sports initiative are being held across the Union Territory of J&K, new venues are being added to extend the reach of the programme on a daily basis.
A badminton competition being held in sports stadium Poonch for different categories concluded with the doubles team title in U-19 category going into kitty of Harsh and Krishna, who trounced duo of Devansh and Suryansh.
Similarly, in the U-21 category Taha and Sayam beat Abhishek and Suryansh while in girl’s event Zoya and Amara beat Pariksha and Diksha.
Mohammad Qasim DYSSO Poonch was the chief guest and Nitan Sharma Coordinator NYK was the Guest of Honour on the occasion.
A basketball tourney commenced at Subhash Stadium, Udhampur in which 6 teams from the district are participating. First match was played between Udhampur Warrior and Early Risers which went into the kitty of later with score board reading by 44:30 in their favour.
Meanwhile, a Volleyball tournament was organized for men and women at GHSS, Hiranagar. Sunita Sambyal, Principal of the institution was the chief guest on the occasion.
Speaking on the occasion, the chief guest encouraged students to take active part in the games to stay fit and away from drugs and other anti-social activities. A total of six teams of boys and girls participated in the event and a horde of spectators was also present at the venue.
Likewise, a Taekwondo competition, involving 50 students from different educational institutions of the district was organized in Resonance School, Banihal, Ramban.
Sohaib Masroor, President District unit, Taekwondo Association was chief guest on the occasion.
District Kisthwar came alive as J&K Sports Council organised events in the disciplines of Football and Chess on sprawling Chowgan Grounds.
In the first football match played between Real Kisthwar FC and Sports Council Football Academy Kishtwar, the former got the better of their opponents by netting four goals to two. Both the teams displayed good skills and played quality football. Azhar, Asif Rasool and Sohaib Syed scored one goal each for the winners while Showkat Ahmed reached the net twice in losing cause.
Lalit Sharma, general secretary of sports body of Kishtwar presided over the function as chief guest.
Asif, Sandeep, Javed Ahmad and Satpal officiated the match, while Chess competition was also conducted at HSS, Dharamshala.
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