Sports Reporter
JAMMU: The 14th Bhai Gurbax Singh Memorial State Korfball Championship got underway at Green Fields Ground, here under the banner of J and K Korfball Association.
The championship which was declared open by Resident Secretary Kashmir, Gulzar Ahmed. Earlier, General Secretary of the Association, Manjit Singh welcomed the Chief Guest and other distinguished gathering, especially the participants from Kashmir.
Among others present were Mangat Ram (Rajouri), Shoukat (Pulwama), Jahangir (Anantnag), Mohiuddin, R.K Sharma (Secretary), Surinder Singh (Founder Member), V.P Sharma (Joint Secretary) and Deshbandu (Organising Secretary). In all, six matches were decided on the opening day today. The Results: Udhampur beat Budgam 6-4 (ht 3-1), Shopian defeated Baramulla 3-0 (2-0), Rajouri trounced Bandipura 2-1 (2-0), Jammu Blue blanked Srinagar 12-4 (7-2), Samba downed Gangarbal 6-1 (3-1), Kathua blanked Anantnag 7-4 (4-2). Today’s matches were conducted by the technical panel including Manjeet Singh, Irfan Choudhary, Tarandeep Singh, Amit Sharma and Ashwini.
