Sports Reporter
KISHTWAR: Part of the pan India GAIL Indian Speedstar season-II, executed by the National Yuva Cooperative Society (NYCS) and technically supported by Anglian Medal Hunt Company, the day-long trials held for district KisHtwar at Chowgan Ground, here on Monday.
The trials held in two age groups of 11-14 year and 15-17 years in both boys and girls sections. The participants had to compete in three track events of 100 mts, 200 mts and 400 mts, following the prescribed guidelines and timings.
In this day-long activity, 264 athletes, including 42 girls, turned up for trials from three districts of Ramban, Doda and hosts Kishtwar.
The outcome of the trials was selection of three athletes. They were Tanveer Ahmed son of Bashir Ahmed, a ninth standard student of Furqan Academy in boys 11-14 year category. Similarly, in boys 15-17 year, 10th standard student of HSS Boys Kishtwar, Aqib Aziz son of Mohd Aziz was selected. In girls category, no athlete could qualify in 11-14 group while, in 15-17 year category, Ruksar Ashraf daughter of Mohd Ashraf Mir of KV DPS Kisthwar was selected.
Those selected athletes were given away the certificates by Chief Guest, Minister of State for Sports and Transport, Sunil Sharma. The event was held under the supervision of State Representative of NYCS, Opinder Sharma and conducted by District Representative (DR), Rajesh Sharma, who was supported by Rashpal Singh (DR Doda) and Devinder Singh (DR Ramban). The event was technically supervised by Gunveet Singh.
