JAMMU: State volleyball teams on Thursday left for participation in the 23rd Mini National Volleyball (boys and girls) Championship to be held at Erode in Tamil Nadu from 27th to 31st May.
Prior to their departure, the team underwent a screening test conducted by Rajan Sharma, Divisional Sports Officer (J) of J and K State Sports Council along with Ravi Singh Manager MA Stadium Sports Complex Jammu.
Earlier, a 14-day coaching camp was organised by the Sports Council for the selected probable under the supervision of coaches.
The team was flagged off by President of Volleyball Association of J and K, Sidharth Daluja amidst good wishes from Patron-in-Chief of the Association, Raj Daluja, who also interacted with the teams and handed over sports kits to the players.
Placed in Group-B, J and K boys shall take on Uttar Pradesh, Pondicherry, Maharashtra and Odisha. On the other hand girls’ team shall be playing against Kerala, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh in Group-C.
The teams are accompanied by Mohammad Tariq, Balbinder Singh, Subash Shastri and Neelam Sharma as coaches and managers.
The Teams:
Boys: Mutahir Shabir, Imtaz Javid, Gurmeet Kumar, Syed Amar Safdar, Rajat Sharma, Raghunandan, Rohit Singh, Sanjay Kumar, Mohan Singh, Sourav Sharma, Murtaz Ahmed, Mukesh Kumar,
Girls: Simran Kour, Sushriya, Shazia Quareshi, Kumari Ambika, Renuka Bhagat, Sonali Bhau, Prinka Sharma, Rohini Rajan, Riffat Sadotra, Mitali Sharma, Rafia Kousar, Sanam Shabir