JAMMU: A big contingent of 53 boys and girls, under the banner of Department of Youth Services and Sports (DYSS) Department, on Sunday left for participation in the 61st National School Games(Taekwondo) championship, organised by SGFI at Balewadi Sports Complex, Pune, Maharashtra from 3rd to 7th February.
The team, selected on the basis of performance in the inter-district State level competition held at district Budgam, was wished success by the Director General DYSS, Jahangir Mir.
The Team:
GIRLS: UNDER- 14: Anamika Sharma (Kathua), Vasundhara Sharma (Jammu), Furkan Safi Sheikh (Bandipora), Anuradha Rajput (Kathua), Rehana Batool (Kargil), Deeksha Bharti (Kathua) and Nusrat Fatima (Kargil).
UNDER-17: Shehnaz Fatima (Kargil), Mansi Dubey (Jammu), Azra Batool (Kargil), Palak Dhiman (Jammu), Irisha Sharma (Kathua), Shahnaz Praveen (Kargil), Toyba Khatoon (Kargil), Ainain Fayaz Mir (Srinagar) and Shah Barera Fatima Inam (Srinagar).
UNDER-19: Archana Bharti (Kathua), Sharmeen Fatima (Kargil), Narmita Katoch (Jammu), Sadika Charak (Jammu), Mariya Javaid (Budgam), Rabia Reyaz (Bandipora), Mansha Bashir Thakur (Srinagar) and Heena Bali (Jammu).
BOYS: UNDER-14: Lourick Singh Sambyal (Udhampur), Pranshu Gupta (Jammu), Achutam Dev Singh (Jammu), Yawar Abass (Kargil), Gouri Dev Singh (Kathua), Vaibhav Abrol (Jammu), Tushar Gupta (Jammu), Robin Gill (Jammu), Raghav Mehra (Jammu), Aqib Muzaffar (Budgam) and Arsalan Aqib ( Budgam).
UNDER- 17: Sumit Kumar (Kathua), Gopal Mehra (Jammu), Asutosh Sharma (Kathua), Achal Sumbria (Kathua), Mohd Nawaz (Kargil), Akshiut Sharam (Jammu), Zeeshan Ahmad Dar (Budgam), Suhail Ahmad Khan (Budgam), Sourav Sharma (Kathua) and Junaid Amin (Anantnag).
UNDER-19: Aman Gupta (Jammu), Rahul (Jammu), Shammy Badyal (Kathua), Asif Ahmad Shah (Budgam), Ashwani Kumar (Doda), Pushapkant Sharma (Kathua), Aniket Bhagat (Udhampur) and Arnav Preet Singh (Kathua).
OFFICIALS: Manager: Banarsi Dass Sharma. Chief Coach: Atul Pangotra (NIS). Coach: Mohd Ali ( Coach). Girls Team Incharge: Veena Kumari. Boys Team Incharge: Fayaz Dar. Directorate Staff: Bashir Ahmed. Technical officials from J and K: Varinder Sharma and Brinder Singh Manhas.