STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU: Jammu and Kashmir State Karate team was selected to participate in KAI Sub Junior, Cadet, Junior -21 yrs National Karate Championship, 2016 to be held from 20th to 22nd May, 2016 at Talkatora Stadium, New Delhi.
The event is being organised by Karate Association of India (KAI), recognised by Government of India.
The team was selected in trials held on Sunday at Gandhi Bhawan, here by Amateur Karate Do Association of Jammu and Kashmir (AKAJK) under the technical supervision of Ambedkar Gupta, President, AKAJK. Other officials including Amit Sangra, Technical Director, AKAJK, Umesh Rekhi, qualified Kumite Judge “A” from KAI, Deepa Sharma and Tushar Jandial were also present.
The medal winners from different districts who had participated in the State Championship held on 16th and 17th December, 2015 at MA Stadium, Jammu were invited in the trials.
The players selected in their respective Kumite and Kata events in Sub Junior, Junior, Cadet and -21 yrs categories included Tavnoor Kour, Muskan Radhotra, Akanksha Malhotra, Minal Sharma, Priya Thakur, Tanisha Mahajan, Azmat Bibi Anuj Gupta, Arindham Sangra, Sudixit Mansotra, Anjan Chopra, Devesh Mahajan, Abhiraj Singh, Neeraj Sharma, Piyush Bhardwaj, Babar Amin Bhat, Bhuvan Vasudev, Mandeep Singh, Sourav Mehra, Bharat Jalotra, Amit Sharma, Vishwas Khajuria, Rajan Khajuria, Sahil Singh Langeh and Nikhil Rajput.
Fifteen days training camp of the selected players will be conducted at Gandhi Bhawan, Jammu from 25th April, 2016 onwards.
The team will be escorted by Amit Sangra, Umesh Rekhi and Deepa Sharma.
