Kabaddi tournament concludes
JAMMU, MAY 31: Dr Hedgewar T20
Junior Kabaddi School Rolling Trophy-2018 concluded at Kabaddi Field, MA
Stadium, here today.
Deputy Chief
Minister Kavinder Gupta felicitated the winning teams of the rolling trophy
which was inaugurated on May 28, 2018.
In Boys
category, Poni Chak Play Way School clinched the trophy
by beating Bhartiya Vidya Mandir and in girls category KV No1 Gandhinagar
emerged victorious by trouncing St Francis High School Akhnoor.
Kavinder Gupta,
in his address, hailed the J&K Amateur Kabaddi Association for promoting
and motivating the youth to play Kabaddi. He said the sports including Kabbadi
help young people to keep fit, learn discipline and develop team spirit adding
that the centre and state governments are paying focused attention to promote
games in J&K. He said Khelo India scheme has come as a path breaker both in
terms of exploring the new talent and developing sports infrastructure.
Later, Deputy
Chief Minister gave away trophies to wining and runner up teams and certificate
of participation to other teams. He also felicitated a
group of national level players of Kabaddi.
Also present were
Vice President J&K State Sports Council Ranjit Kalra, Chief Executive
Officer of J&K Amateur Kabaddi Association Kuldeep Kumar Gupta and General
Secretary of the Association Surinder Mohan.
Earlier, Kuldeep
Kumar Gupta presented welcome address and highlighted the achievements of the Association.
