Inaugurates 2nd phase of U-19
‘Udaan Football Tournament-2017’
KATHUA, NOVEMBER 23: Minister for Forest, Ecology
and Environment, Choudhary Lal Singh today inaugurated second phase of U-19 Udaan Football
Tournament-2017 here at the sports stadium of Delhi Public School.
The tournament is being organized by Sashastra
Seema Bal (SSB) Jammu, under its ‘SamajikChetnaAbhiyaan’ programme.
Earlier, in the first phase of the tournament
matches were held at Tehsil levels wherein five teams emerged as
winners.
The final phase would witness matches among
five winner teams, DPS Rajbagh, Football Club Hiranagar, Jawahar Navodaya
Vidyalaya Basholi, PallanParanala Club, Billawar and Army School, Janglote.
Speaking at the inaugural ceremony, Choudhary
Lal Singh lauded efforts of SSB Jammu for making massive arrangements for the
mega sports event.
Highlighting benefits of sports, he
exhorted upon the youth to vigorously participate in co-curricular activities.
The Minister said that football is a popular
game in India adding that it is also played in rural areas. “There are grounds
in every village and players are very enthusiastic to play football. We must
pay attention to promote it further, so that potential players can find a place
at the national level,” he asserted.
Choudhary Lal Singh urged upon the youth to
focus on their goals and put in dedicated efforts to compete and excel at
national and international levels. He asked them to channelize their energies
in positive direction and create a niche for themselves in the sports of their
interest. He said that more and more football and hockey tournaments should be
organized to promote the spirit of nationalism and the sport activities in the
state.
Commandant SSB Ajay Kumar informed the
Minister that the winning team will be presented a cash award of Rs 50000,
while second and third runner ups would get cash prize of Rs 30000 and Rs
20000, respectively.
He said that the winner team will also get a
chance to play a friendly match at Mumbai and the team members would be invited
as guests at Raising Day celebration of SSB on December 20 at New
Delhi.
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