STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU: Border Line Club Pallanwala boys and Trikuta Club (Seniors) girls bagged the title trophies in the 34th Jammu District Volleyball Championship which was organised by District Volleyball Association under the aegis of Volleyball Association of J&K at MA Stadium, here on Saturday. The championship was sponsored by J&K Sports Council.
In the finals, Border Line Club defeated Allah Volleyball Club 3-0 (25-15, 25-19, 25-17). In the girls title clash, Trikuta Club Seniors outplayed their Junior Trikuta Volleyball Club Jammu 3-2 (23-25, 23-25, 25-15, 25-10, 15-10) in a well contested game.
In total, 16 teams participated in this event, including 10 in boys and six in girls section.
Commanding Officer (CO) of IRP 18 Battalion, Kulbir Singh was the Chief Guest, who underlined the importance of sports in making the country healthy while giving away title trophies and other individual prizes. He lauded the working of Volleyball Association of J&K (VAJK) under the guidance of Patron-in-Chief, Raj Daluja.
To encourage the teams, Raj Daluja gave cash prizes of Rs 5000 each to the winner teams and Rs 2000 each to the runners-up teams in both boys and girls section.
The emphasis during the championship was laid down prominently on ‘My Youth My Pride’ programme of the J&K Sports Council (JKSC).
Earlier, H.S Gill, Secretary of Jammu District Volleyball Association gave details of the championship and thanked police, Jammu and Kashmir Sports Council and Jammu center of Sports Authority of India for extending their support and cooperation in making the championship a grand success.
Among others present were Colonel Gurbaksh Singh Gill, Kuldeep Magotra (CEO), V K Magotra (General Secretary), Romesh Sharma (Treasurer), HS Gill (Vice president), Mohd Tariq (Joint Secretary), Akbar Ali (Office Secretary), Rajeev Dogra (SAI coach) and Naresh Kumar (Coach).
The finals were officiated by the technical panel including National Referees Amarjeet Singh, Amit Sharma, Bhawna Sharma, Anil Kumar and Neha Bhagat (scorer).