Tournaments under Khelo India continue

Excelsior Sports Correspondent
JAMMU, Oct 5: The competitions under Khelo India initiative, being organised by the Department of Youth Services and Sports are in full swing un various blocks and zones across Jammu division.
A Badminton Tournament of boys and girls in the age group of 13-16 and 17-19 years under the banner of Khelo India was held at Government Model Higher Secondary School Ramban.
Seven Panchayats were represented by 60 players in both the categories. The Tournament was declared open by the principal of the School, Parshotam Ji, while the event was held under the supervision of RN Koul, ZPEO Ramban.
Zone Satwari organised by “Khelo India” competitions in the disciplines of Kho-Kho, Kabaddi and Volleyball boys and girls and Wrestling for boys at Govt. High School Jammu Cantt.
The tournament is being organized by Department of Youth Services & Sports under the Chairmanship of Chanchal Kour, DYSSO Jammu and under the supervision of Poonam Kotwal, ZPEO Satwari.
In Volleyball 6 to 12 years boys final, Govt Middle School Upper Gadi Garh beat Govt HS Sohanjana by (2-0) sets while in Kabaddi 17 to 19 years boys final, GHSS Mandal defeated Siksha Niketan HSS by (22-16 points).
The matches were officiated by Hardev Singh, Puspinder, Sunita Kumari, Gurpreet Kour, Vishal Mangotra, Harminder Singh, Gurbachan Singh, Kuldeep Singh, Gaurav Sharma, Rajesh, Ravinder Singh, Harpreet Bhalla, Rajiv Kumar and Rohaniat.
Thrilling athletic block level competitions for girls were today witnessed in the ongoing sports event for Block Purmandal & Bari-Brahamana here at the sports stadium Samba.
The sports event is being held as part of ‘Sports for peace and development,’ an initiative of union government under Khelo-India Scheme.
Around 49 girl athletes took part in various events as informed by the venue in-charge Vijay Singh Salathia.
He said that in under-17 category, Long Jump event was won by Shazia Begum, while Discuss and Shot-put were won by Ritika. Laxmi Dogra clinched Discuss and Shot-put competitions in above-20 category .
Similarly 100m and 200m race (Under 17 category) was won by Devyani Charak and Kajal Changotra respectively.
Khelo India Block Mahore Wrestling Tournament concluded at High School Jammlaan in Reasi.
The competitions under Khelo India initiative were also held in Gandhi Nagar, Marh, Bhalwal, Arnia, Jammu, RS Pura and Bishnah zones.

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