Excelsior Sports Correspondent
JAMMU, May 30: State Volleyball men team will leave for the 21st Youth National Volleyball Championship to be held at Jhunjhunu, Chirawa in Rajasthan from June 2 to 7.
Before their departure, the boys underwent 12-day coaching camp at District Police Line Jammu under the guidance of Naresh Sharma, FIVB level-1 qualified coach.
The Divisional Sports Officer (J) of JKSSC conducted the screening of team also wished best of luck to the team.
As per a handout issued by the Association, J&K team has been placed in Pool-A with Rajasthan, Karela, Jharkhand, Himachal Pradesh and Maharashtra being other teams. Neeraj Sharma is also accompanying the team as invitee referee of Volleyball Federation of India (VFI).
The Team: Shakir Ashraf (Kulgam), Aaqib Rafiq Bhat (Shopian), Rajeshwar Sharma, Rajan Saini and Sourab Sharma (Kathua), Anku Sharma, Abhishek Bhardwaj, Amrik Singh and Lokesh Kumar (Samba), Chahat Rajara and Dheeraj Sikka (Jammu) and Sachin Sharma (Rajouri District).