MA Stadium Jammu braced up for J&K Volleyball Championship

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JAMMU: The play courts of volleyball have been braced up in MA Stadium to host three-day 35th J&K UT Junior Volleyball Championship for boys and girls commencing from March, 29, 2024.
Three-day championship, organised by the Volleyball Association of J&K (VAJK) in collaboration with J&K Sports Council, would provide an opportunity for sports lovers to witness the excellence of 400 budding players who are participating in this championship from all across JK UT.
According to Kuldip Magotra, Chief Executive Officer VAJK, as many as 30 teams, 20 in boys section and 10 in girls section, have confirmed their participation.
Keeping in view the magnitude of work for the conduct of total 60 matches to be played with in the stipulated time of three days during the championship, he said adding that two flood light volleyball courts have been setup at MA Stadium Jammu whereas one play court for girls has been setup at Play field Shastri Nagar Jammu to accomplish the task efficiently.
A meeting of office bearers/ members / national referees/ coaches was held today to finalize the arrangements of the championship.
In the meeting various committees such as control committee, age screening committee, technical committee, food committee etc. were constituted to facilitate the smooth conduct of the championship.
H.S Gill, Executive Vice President VAJK has been nominated as Chairman of the Control Committee. Rajiv Dogra (Rtd.) SAI Volleyball coach as Chairman Technical Committee. Amarjeet Singh National volleyball Referee has been nominated as Chairman Referee Committee. Ramesh Sharma Treasurer VAJK, Mohd Tariq Joint Secretary VAJK, Akbar Ali Office Secretary VAJK, Suresh Chib have been nominated as members of Age Screening Committee.
The women members of the VAJK Veena Kumari, Manpreet Kour, Seema Sharma have been nominated as members of the opening and closing ceremony of the championship.
General Secretary of VAJK Vijay Kumar Magotra disclosed in the meeting that Chenab Valley Power Project (P) Ltd. – a joint venture of NHPC Ltd. (A Govt. of India Enterprise and Govt. of J&K Enterprise) engaged in construction of Hydro Power projects in Kishtwar district of J&K has joined hands as partners in this championship to engage the energies of youth in Nation building including strengthening of vibrant Indian Democracy to promote the concepts of My Vote My Youth besides highlighting the issues of My Youth My Pride, FIT India, Drug Abuse, Save Water etc. among the participants.
The VAJK with cooperation of the Department of Higher Education, Youth Services and Sports, Sports Authority of India, J&K Police, Directorate of Health, Jammu Municipality Corporation and media fraternity is committed to achieve the desired goals of the championship.
President VAJK Sidharth Daluja welcomed players and officials on the arrival at Jammu and wished them best of luck for the championship, assuring them all of their comfortable stay at Jammu popularly known as City of Temples.
The three-day championship is all set to be inaugurated by Anand Jain, ADGP J&K Police, Jammu Zone on March 29, 2024 at 2:30 PM at M.A Stadium Jammu.

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