Excelsior Sports Correspondent
UDHAMPUR, Feb 14: The 3rd edition of State level Inter-Collegiate Volleyball Championship (men and women) concluded at Government Degree College, here today.
Pawan Kumar Gupta, MLA Udhampur was the chief guest on the valedictory function.
Earlier, Prof SS Bhalwal, Principal of the college welcomed the chief guest. He was also presented Guard of Honour by the NCC Cadets of the college under the Command of Lt. Kamal Kishore. He was introduced by the Principal of the College with the players of the two finalist teams.
The first final (Women) was played between GCW Gandhinagar, Jammu and GDC Udhampur in which GCW Gandhinagar defeated the later in the straight sets by 3-0 (25-14, 25-10 & 25-13).
In the second final (Men) played between GGM Science College, Jammu and GDC Udhampur, GGM Science College, Jammu won the title in a very close contest by 3-2 (15-25, 25-22, 25-21, 21-25 & 15-12).
The Chief Guest presented Governor’s Silver Rolling Trophies to the winners and runners-up teams. He also congratulated both the teams for showing the superlative performance.
In his address, he complimented the Principal of the College, Prof S S Bhalwal and the Staff for organizing this mega sports event.
The valedictory proceedings were conducted by Prof. Suresh Kumar Dogra and formal vote of thanks was proposed by Dr. Udhey Bhanu, Convener Sports.
The matches were witnessed by huge gathering throughout the tournament in which team from across the state participated. The participating teams complimented the organizers for their hospitality and the arrangements made for them.
On this occasion Prof KS Koushal, Principal, GCW Udhampur, Ashok Kuamr Gupta, Director Sports SMVDSB, Raj Guru, Vice-President J&K Volleyball Association, Roshan Lal Gupta, Veteran Players were present.
Manik Nargotra, Kuldeep Sharma, Sanjay Sharma, Sanjeev Verma and Kamaljeet Kour were the technical officials.