8 z Sunday z March 21, 2021 Jammu boys, girls win 32nd J&K UT Junior volleyball championship titles

VAJK President, Sidharth Daluja presenting memento to Chief Guest, Alok Singh, Principal Secretary, Youth Services and Sports, J&K UT and winner teams posing with dignitaries after receiving trophies.

„ STATE TIMES NEWS cates and gifts among the winner and runner up teams and level. Championship which started on March 18 in which players JAMMU: District Jammu was declared champion of the officials on the occasion. Secretary J&K Sports Council, Nuzhut Gul, who was the from J&K UT participated and displayed their skills by 32nd J&K UT Junior Volleyball Championship organised by A cash prize of Rs 5000 was given to Champa Devi, out- Guest of Honour, also reiterated that JKSC, keeping in view playing 45 matches in total at an average of 15 matches per Volleyball Association of J&K (VAJK) in coordination with standing volleyball player of Jammu District girls team by track record of the Volleyball Association of J&K, would day. Magotra also urged upon the dignitaries to raise the J&K Sports Council at MA Stadium, here on Saturday. Mulkh Raj Sharma, Secretary Trikuta Volleyball Club shoulder responsibilities for upgradation of volleyball in standard of volleyball game by providing indoor stadium In boys final match played on Saturday, District Jammu Jammu. Apart from this, President Jammu District consultation with professionals of the Association. including flood-lit volleyball courts in J&K UT so that vol- defeated Kathua District by 3-0 (25-22, 23-15, 25-21) Volleyball Association, Manmeet Singh awarded cash prize Among dignitaries, Ashok Sharma DD SAI, Ashok Singh leyball players could excel at national and international lev- while District Jammu outplayed Samba by 3-0 (25-16, 25- of Rs 5000 each to winner teams of the championship. DSO (J), Satish Gupta Manager MA Stadium and a large els. President Anantnag District Volleyball Association 10, 26-24) in the girls final. Speaking on the occasion, Chief Guest lauded the efforts number of office bearers of various sports Associations Abdul Salam Rishi honoured the Chief Guest and President In the closing ceremony, Alok Kumar, Principal Secretary, of Volleyball Association of J&K and its affiliated District graced the function. Volleyball Association of J&K by presenting shawls besides Youth Services and Sports, J&K UT was the Chief Guest Volleyball units of J&K UT for hosting this event Involving Sidharth Daluja President, Kuldeep Magotra CEO, HS honouring international volleyball player Saqlain. who appreciated the efforts of Volleyball Association of J&K thereof over 300 players and officials from all across the Gill Executive Vice President, Raj Guru, Abdul Ahad Shah, President Volleyball Association of J&K honoured the and J&K Sports Council for organizing magnificent three- UT. Madan Lal Toofan (all Vice Presidents), R C Sharma Chief Guest and Guest of Honour by presenting mementos. day championship in which over 300 players/officials took He also assured that the government would supplement Treasurer, Mohd Tariq executive members of Volleyball Earlier, in the boys semifinals Jammu beat Rajouri by 3-0 part and inspired younger generation towards sports activi- the efforts of Volleyball Association of J&K in making vol- Association of J&K also attended the function. sets and Kathua beat Samba by 3-2 sets. ties. leyball game popular in every nook and corner of the UT Earlier, while welcoming the Chief Guest, V.K Magotra, The matches were officiated by the technical panel of VFI The Chief Guest distributed trophies, mementos, certifi- besides improving infrastructural facilities on the ground General Secretary VAJK apprised the details of three-day qualified J&K referees. Udhampur hosts successful Rohit creates 200 mts UT record in Athletics „ STATE TIMES NEWS Ahmad (Anantnag), 3rd. 600 (Jammu), Ist; Ankush maiden Boxing event JAMMU: Rohit Kumar of mts: Gurdev Kour (Jammu), Magotra (Jammu), 2nd and „ STATE TIMES NEWS Jammu district created 200 Ist; Sunekha Kumari (Reasi), Arjun Kumar (Samba), 3rd. CHENANI: Reaching out to meters record clocking 22:45 2nd and Sohana Devi (Reasi), 1500 mts: Sumit Choudhary the far off districts of the seconds in the ongoing 19th 3rd. (Jammu), Ist; Gumeet Union Territory, the Jammu J&K Athletics Championship, Under-16: 100 mts: Sidhani (Jammu), 2nd and Mohd and Kashmir Amateur organised by J&K Amateur Singh (Jammu), Ist; Shranya Latif (Jammu), 3rd. 400 mts: Boxing Association Athletics Association Devi (Kathua), 2nd and Amarjeet Singh (Jammu), (JKABA) successfully con- (JKAAA) and sponsored by Mannat Sharma (Kathua), Young female athletes competing in a track event at JU Ist; Ankush Magotra ducted the two-day event at the J&K Sports Council 3rd. Discuss Throw: Tanvi grounds, Jammu on Saturday. (Jammu), 2nd and Sanjeev temporary arena set up at (JKSC), at University of Sharma (Jammu), Ist; Tanvi Jasvinder Kour (Jammu), Ist; Sameer Kumar (Jammu), Kumar (Jammu), 3rd. Discus the Kendriya Vidyalaya (KV) Jammu grounds, here on Katal (Samba), 2nd and Seema Devi (Jammu), 2nd 3rd. Throw: Syed Furqan Chenani campus, here on Saturday. Vanshika Sharma (Jammu), and Surbhi Sharma 300 mts: Nazakat Hussain (Pulwama), Ist; Faizan Saturday. Medal winners of Udhampur Boxing Championship posing "The timing is best ever 3rd. 300 mts: Shranya (Jammu), 3rd. 200 mts: (Poonch), Ist; Tanvir Singh Farooq (Baramulla), 2nd and "It was a moment to cherish with Chief Guest at KV Chenani on Saturday. given by any athlete in J&K in (Kathua), Ist; Chetna Kumari Sonali Dogra, Ist; Renu Devi, (Jammu), 2nd and Aman Kapil Dev Singh (Jammu), for those young talented box- Udhampur Stadium, 2nd; 48 kg: Sahil Sharma, KV 200 meters event. Rohit is (Jammu), 2nd and Rinki 2nd and Gagandeep Kour, Sharma (Kathua), 3rd. 2000 3rd. 5000 mts: Sagar Kumar ers of Chenani, who along Diksha Choudhary, KV Chenani, Ist; Ayush Kumar, expected to give improved per- Tomar (Jammu), 3rd. 3rd. mts: Maqsood Ahmed (Jammu), Ist; Shubam Katal with their counterparts from Chenani and Simriti Udhampur Stadium, 2nd; formance in his tomorrow's Under-18: 100 mts: Tanvi BOYS: Under-14: Long (Pooch), Ist; Sahil Ahmed (Samba), 2nd and Aman Udhampur town fought for Choudhary, KV Chenai, joint Anil Kumar and Mohd 100 meters event too. There is Kohli (Reasi), Ist; Tannu Jump: Aditya Chib (Jammu), (Anantnag), 2nd and Sharma (Jammu), 3rd. Long the top positions. The boys 3rd.54 kg: Avantika Bali, KV Akram, joint 3rd. 49 kg: no dearth of talent in J&K but (Jammu), 2nd and Trupti Ist; Aman (Jammu), 2nd and Manatpreet Singh Jump: Shahid Choudhary, were upbeat and the girls Chenani, Ist; Shreya, Aman Sharma, Udhampur need of the hour is to mod- Shrisath (Jammu), 3rd. 200 Divjot Singh (Jammu), 3rd. (Baramulla), 3rd. Jammu, Ist; Parupkar Singh were over enthusiast to com- Udhampur Stadium, 2nd; Stadium, Ist; Akashdeep ernise the athletics infrastruc- mts: Tanvi Kohli (Reasi), Ist; 60 mts: Owais Yousuf Under-18: 100 mts: Udhay (Jammu), 2nd and Syed pete in the first ever district Tanisha Katoch, KV Chenani Singh, Udhampur Stadium, ture in the Union Territory," Dhamini Sharma (Samba), (Anantnag), Ist; Imran Sharma (Jammu), Ist; Sorav (Pulwama), 3rd. Long Jump: championship," general sec- and Antra Katoch, KV 2nd; Gagandeep Singh, KV said General Secretary and 2nd and Tanu (Jammu), 3rd. Mushtaq Bhat (Bandipura), Singh (Reasi), 2nd and Akhil Shahid Choudhary (Jammu), retary of JKABA and former Chenani, joint 3rd. Chenani and Ashok Kumar, former athlete, Sharat 200 mts: Sourav Singh 2nd and Aman Singh Tomar Singh (Jammu), 3rd. 1500 Ist; Parupkar Singh senior officer of the J&K Sub-Junior: 46 kg: Simran joint 3rd. 56 kg: N Manhas, Chander Singh. (Reasi), Ist; Gourav Singh (Jammu), 3rd. Shot Put: mts: Vishal Sharma (Jammu), 2nd and Syed Sports Council, Rajan Bali, KV Chenani, Ist; KV Chenani, Ist; Sujjal, KV President, SS Gill and (Samba), 2nd and Kartik Krishma Swayn, Jammu, Ist; (Jammu), Ist; Pavneet Singh Furkan (Pulwama) 3rd. Shot Sharma said. Rimey, KV Chenani, 2nd and Chenani, 2nd; Alwaz, KV Secretary, Vinod Bhatia Sharma (Jammu), 3rd. Akshay Kumar (Jammu), (Baramulla), 2nd and Gourav Put: Mohd Saleem (Jammu), Earlier, in the prize distri- Sakshi, KV Chenani, 3rd. Chenani and Rohit Kumar, appreciated Rohit for giving Discuss Throw: Tania Kumar 2nd and Tanish Dalotra Choudhary (Jammu), 3rd. Ist; Ayush Koul (Jammu), bution function of the event, BOYS: Udhampur Stadium, joint his best timing and hoped that (Jammu), Ist; Mehak (Jammu), 3rd. Shot Put: Shot Put: Yuvraj Singh 2nd and Faizan Farooq Deputy Commandant of Sub-Junior: 34 kg: Virbaz 3rd. 60 kg: Deepak Katoch, he may find berth in the (Jammu) 2nd and Veeenika Palvi Choudhary (Jammu), (Samba), Ist; Kartik Sangral (Baramulla), 3rd. CRPF, Tejinder Kaur was Ali, KV Chenani, Ist; Akhil KV Udhampur, Ist; Adil future India camps so as to Charak (Jammu), 3rd. Shot Ist; Manya Sharma (Jammu), (Jammu), 2nd and Anshjot Open: 200 mts: Rohit Chief Guest, who along with Singh, KV Chenani, 2nd; Sambyal, KV Chenani, 2nd; further improve in his skills Put: Tania Kumari (Jammu), 2nd and Mansvi Rajput Singh (Jammu), 3rd. 800 Kumar (Jammu), Ist; Iftkhar other guests presented Pardeep Choudhary, KV Navish Bharti, KV Chenani and performance. Ist; Mehakdeep (Jammu), (Samba), 3rd. mts: Gourav Choudhary Ahmad (Jammu), 2nd and medals and certificates to Chenani and Ajit Kumar, KV and Yashvardhan Singh The second day events wit- 2nd and Veenika Charak Under-16: 100 mts: Dheeraj (Jammu), Ist; Tarnu Nagotra Danish Yuousuf (JKP), 3rd. those winner boxers. Chenani, joint 3rd. 36 kg: Katoch, KV Chenani, joint nessed besides others by pres- (Jammu), 3rd. Billowria (Kathua), Ist; Aman (Reasi), 2nd and Raj Kumar 800 mts: Mohd Muneer In total, 63 boxers took Pranav Chowdhary, KV 3rd. 63 kg: Vishal Sharma, ident JKOA, Dr Ashutosh Under-20: 100 mts: Shivani Singh (Kathua), 2nd and (Jammu), 3rd. Anshjot Singh (Samba), Ist; Ashwani Kant part in this competition Chenani, Ist; Virender KV Chenani, Ist; Sahil Sharma, who supervised the Tahkur (Reasi), Ist; Kanchan Nazakat Hussain (Pooch), (Jammu), Ist; Amanjot Singh (Doda), 2nd and Rahul which was organised by J&K Partap, Udhampur Stadium, Sharma, KV Chenani, 2nd; performance of the athletes. Devi (Kathua), 2nd and Kajal 3rd. 400 mts: Dilshan Singh (Jammu), 2nd and Harjyot Prajapati (Jammu), 3rd. Shot Amateur Boxing Association 2nd; Anil Kumar, Udhampur Ashiq Bali, KV Chenani, "We are looking into the best Sharma (Reasi), 3rd. 200 (Reasi), Ist; Sunil Roy Kumar (Jammu), 3rd. 3000 Put: Manpreet Singh (Jammu), under the aegis of Boxing Stadium and Varun Dev 2nd; AAbel, KV Chenani, stuff for various Olympic dis- mts: Shivani Thakur (Reasi), (Reasi), 2nd and Suraj mts: Ganesh Singh (Kathua), Ist; Mohd Azam (Jammu), 2nd Federation of India, J&K Singh, KV Chenani, joint joint 3rd. ciplines, including Athletics, to Ist; Palvi Choudhary Kumar (Jammu), 3rd. Shot Ist; Rajat Sanmotra (Reasi), and Sourav Sharma (Jammu), Olympic Association and 3rd. 40 kg: Arman Sharma, Elite Senior: 57 kg: select and then train them for (Jammu), 2nd and Pragatee Put: Chetana Kumari 2nd and Sehjaja Niak 3rd. 400 mts: Kewal Singh J&K Sports Council. Udhampur, Ist; Amit Ramant, KV Chenani, Ist; the upcoming National Abrol (Jammu), 3rd. Long (Jammu), Ist; Vanshika (Jammu), 3rd. 400 mts: (JKP), Ist; Ankush Sharma Among others present were Chowdhary, KV Chenani, Shubam Sharma, Udhampur Games, organised under the Jump: Kanchan Devi Sharma (Jammu), 2nd and Goldy Singh (Samba), Ist; (Reasi), 2nd and Pankaj Kumar retired Football coach of 2nd; Tarun Singh, KV Stadium, 2nd; Aryan auspices of by the Indian (Kathua), Ist; Kajal Sharma Suhani Khokkar (Jammu), Amit Manhas) (Jammu), 2nd Sharma (Kathua), 3rd. Discus J&K Sports Council, Chenani and Anukalp Gaur, Sharma, Udhampur Olympic Association (IOA). (Reasi), 2nd and Shakshi 3rd. 800 mts: Shahnawaz and Tarun Nagotra (Reeasi), Throw: Manpreet Singh Vishwamitter and members Udhampur Stadium, joint Stadium and Ankush We expect J&K qualification Andotra (Kathua), 3rd. Suliyman (Srinagar), Ist; 3rd. Long Jump: Akhil (Jammu), Ist; Sourav Sharma of the technical penal includ- 3rd. 44 kg: Arun Singh, KV Thakur, Udhampur in about nine sports events in Open: 100 mts: Kussum Dheeraj Billowria (Kathua), Manhas (Jammu), Ist; Harsh (Jammu), 2nd and Harsimran ing Vishwajeet Singh (NIS Chenani, Ist; Manmeet Stadium, joint 3rd. 69 kg: the National Games," said Dr Chib (Jammu), Ist; Sonali 2nd and Rajan Anand Jamwal (Samba), 2nd and Singh (Jammu), 3rd. 5000 mts: Qualified coach), Gautam Singh, KV Chenani, 2nd; Dhanurveer Singh, Ashutosh Sharma. Dogra (Samba), 2nd and (Kathua), 3rd. Long Jump: Rinku Singh (Jammu), 3rd. Tahir Aziz (JKP), Ist; Hans Sharma, Rajneesh, Rohit Rajdev Singh, Udhampur Udhampur Stadium, Ist; The Detailed Results: Gagandeep Kour (Jammu), Ist; Sameer Kumar (Jammu), Long Jump: Rinku Tomar Raj (JKP) and Balwinder and Vijender. Stadium and Karan Singh Narinder Bali, Udhampur GIRLS: Under-14: 60 mts: 3rd. Shot Put: Mandeep Kour Ist; Nikhil Chib (Jammu) and (Jammu), Ist; Suhani Khokar Singh (JKP), 3rd. Long Jump: The Results: Bali, joint 3rd. 46 Stadium, 2nd, Sumit Gupta, Gurdev Kour (Jammu), Ist; (Jammu), Ist; Jasvinder Kour Paras Sharma (Jammu), 3rd. (Jammu), 2nd and Mannat Jai Kumar (JKP), Ist; Sameer GIRLS: Junior: 46 kg: kg:Pushvinder singh, KV Udhampur Stadium and Jhanvi Sharma (Samba), 2nd (Jammu), 2nd and Suman Long Jump: Tanvir Singh Bhagat (Jammu), 3rd. Mohi-ud-Din (JKP), 2nd and Vanshika Choudhary, KV Chenani, Ist; Tarun Sharma, Vansh Katoch, KV Chenani, and Naysa Singh (Kathua), Kumari (Jammu), 3rd. 1500 (Jammu), Ist; Sulakshay Under-20: 800 mts: Sumit Zubair Ahmad (JKP), 3rd. Chenani, Ist; Sia Manhas, 2nd and Rohit Khajuria, 3rd. joint 3rd. 3rd. 600 mts: Owais Yousuf mts : Pooja Devi (Kathua), (Jammu), 2nd and Dilsshan Choudhary (Jammu), Ist; 1500 mts: Mohd Muneer Khanday (Anantnag), Ist; Ist; Zareena Akhtar (Reasi), 3rd. Shot Put: Nikhil Harsh Kumar (Jammu), 2nd (Samba), Ist; Ashwani Kant Imran Mushtaq Khanday (Jammu), 2nd and Anu Devi Chib (Jammu), Ist; Sarabjeet and Parveen Kumar (Samba), (Doda), 2nd and Rahul India outplay England in high-scoring (Bandipura), 2nd and Rasiq (Kathua), 3rd. Discus Throw: Hira (Jammu), 2nd and 3rd. 200 mts: Amarjeet Singh Prajapati (Jammu), 3rd. 5th T20 to seal series by 3-2 Advisor Farooq Khan visits Khel Gaon, GDC Kathua conducts „ AGENCY the second innings but the successful return from AHMEDABAD: Dishing Indian bowlers overcame injury, the big plus for India reviews construction works out a dominating all-round that to defend the target on was the emergence of intra-mural football tournament show, India toppled England a batting beauty. Suryakumar Yadav and „ STATE TIMES NEWS in the high-scoring fifth Bhuvneshwar was impres- Ishan Kishan. Hardik KATHUA: A second intra- Twenty20 to not only claim sive in his comeback series Pandya was back to bowling mural in the sports discipline of the series 3-2 but also prove and saved his best for the regularly, marking another football was organized on that their preparations for decider to end with two positive for Kohli's team Saturday by the Department of the T20 World Cup are mov- wickets for 15 runs in four which proved in the series Physical Education and Sports, ing in the right direction. overs. that it can win while chasing Government Degree College Rohit Sharma's sensation- Apart from Bhuvneshwar's as well as batting first. (GDC) Kathua. al 64 off 34 balls and skip- As a sequel to the Khelo India per Virat Kohli's unbeaten Advisor, Farooq Ahmed Khan interacting with sports and Fit India Movement of 80 off 52 balls powered SCORE BOARD officers during visit to Khel Gaon, Nagrota. Ministry of Youth affairs and India to a massive 224 for „ STATE TIMES NEWS Sports, Govt. of India, the aim Teams posing for a photograph with faculty members of two, their best ever total India Innings JAMMU: Advisor to Lt Governor, Farooq Ahmed Khan on of organizing intramurals was GDC Kathua. against England, after the Rohit Sharma b Stokes 64 Saturday visited Khel Gaon, Nagrota to review the ongoing con- to provide an opportunity to the Physical Director Dr J S between B.A Semester-1 and visitors won the toss for the Virat Kohli (c)not out 80 struction works of various playfields. He was accompanied with students who are physically fit Soodan. He also praised the Semester-5, where B.A fourth time in the series and Suryakumar Yadav c Roy b Rashid 32 Principal Secretary, Youth Services and Sports, J&K, Alok Kumar. but do not take part in sports students for their active partic- Semester-5 won by 2-1. opted to field on Saturday. Hardik Pandya not out 39 Dr. Saleem-Ur-Rehman, Director General, Youth Services & and also to promote sports cul- ipation in sports. The matches were officiated In the run chase, Jos Extras 09 Sports, J&K was the Guest of Honour. The construction of play- ture among the student com- The participating teams were by the official football team of Buttler (52 off 34) and Total 224/2 fields like Astro Football turf, Cricket Mini Stadium and other play- munity. Physical Education Semester- GDC Kathua. The runner and Dawid Malan (68 off 46) England Innings fields which are under the proposal for development by the The Department of Sports is 1, NCC (Boys), B.A the winner trophies were dis- kept India on the edge with Jason Roy b Kumar 00 Department of Youth Services & Sports at Khel Gaon, Nagrota, benefitted by the identification Sem.1(Boys), B.A- Sem.5th tributed by Principal Prof. Assa a threatening 130-run stand Jos Buttler † c Pandya b Kumar 52 under the chairmanship of DG YSS JK Jammu and overall super- of talented football players. (Boys) and Boys Hostel Team. Ram Sharma among the play- but England's challenged Dawid Malan b Thakur 68 vision of Sukhdev Raj DYSSO, Jammu. The Intramural was inaugu- The intra-mural started with ers. Others among the faculty, fizzled with the fall of the Jonny Bairstow c Yadav b Thakur 07 Niguhat Gul, Secretary, J&K Sports Council was also present rated by the Principal GDC the match between Hostel boys who were present Prof. wicketkeeper-batsman in the Eoin Morgan (c) c sub (KL Rahul) b Pandya 01 during the function. Ravi Kumar, Deputy Director Planning, Kathua Prof. Assa Ram and B.A- Semester-5 Team, Jasvinder Singh, HOD 13th over bowled by Ben Stokes c †Pant b Natarajan 14 Directorate of Youth Services & Sports J&K UT, Mool Raj Uttam, Sharma, who highly appreciat- where B.A Semester-5 won by Physics, Prof Raj Kiran, Dr. Bhuvneshwar Kumar. Chris Jordan c Yadav b Thakur 11 Assistant Director Physical Education Jammu, ZPEOs and the ed the efforts made by the 7-2 points. Surya Pratap Singh, Dr. Amrik England's innings eventu- Jofra Archer run out (Yadav/†Pant) 01 officials of District Jammu were present during his visit. Physical Education and Sports The second league match held Singh, Dr. Verinder Singh, Prof ally ended at 188 for eight Sam Curran not out 14 He advised the concerned agencies to work with zeal and make Department for channelising between NCC Boys and B.A Kaurab Singh, Dr. Shamsher as they lost match by 36 Adil Rashid not out 00 the construction under the authentication by the experts of play- and motivating the students to Semester-1, in which B.A Singh, Dr. Kamaldeep Singh, runs. Extras 20 fields. He also advised for speedy work and completes it within the take part in sporting activities Semester-1 won by 0-1 point. Prof Jagdish Lal and Dr. The dew was a factor in Total 188/8 prescribed time. under the supervision of his The final match was held Mahak Mengi.