Poonch TT meet getsunderway
Sports & Allied News
POONCH, Nov 18: The 30thDistrict Poonch Table Tennis Championship, organised by the districtassociation, got underway at Multipurpose Indoor Hall, Sports Stadium, heretoday.
The competition wasdeclared open by SSP Khalid Amin in the presence of DySP Headquarters, MudassarChoudhary and Munish Sharma, DySP Operations. Also present among others wasSHO, R S Jamwal.
Speaking to the gathering,chief guest appreciated the contribution of association in promoting the game.He urged young players to use their energy in positive direction and assured allpossible support of the district Police.
“The opening day witnessedpreliminary rounds of the scheduled matches in the lower age groups of boys andgirls,” informed general secretary of the Poonch Table Tennis Association,Saleem Bandey.
Earlier, Saleem Bandeywelcomed the distinguished gathering and presented a brief note of theAssociation activities and achievements.
He also named some of thetalented boys from the district who have represented J&K at the Nationallevel.
President of theassociation, Ajeet Singh Jeet exhorted upon the participants to play thetournament with discipline and show true sportsmanship.
Prof Dr Jasbir Singh, RiazAhmed, Narinder Singh (PEM), Jagjit Singh, Salil Raina, Sandeep Luthra, NirdoshKumar (Incharge Sports stadium), PawanSharma, Matinder Pal Singh, Kewal Krishan, Manmohan Suri and Sanjay were alsopresent on the occasion.
The matches officiated bythe technical penal including Salil Raina and Narinder Singh.
The Results: Cadet Final: Adnan bt Gursheesh 11-9, 07-11, 12-10. PreliminaryRound: Gursheesh bt Waseem 11-9,11-9; Adnan bt Parseen 11-5,11-9. Sub-Junior:Pranav bt Gursheesh 11-8, 11-6; Akshit by Waseem 11-9,11-4; Pratham Suri btKamran 11-9,11-3; Ehsaan bt Mousin 11-7,11-3; Adnan bt Luthra.
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Caption:Participants and members of the organising committee pose with chief guest atSports Stadium, Poonch on Wednesday.
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