Excelsior Sports Correspondent
JAMMU, Oct 14: Yasmeen Akhtar of Samba, Roshan Bibi of Kathua and Aditi Uppal of Jammu clinched gold in 100 Mtrs Under-14, Under-17 and Under-19 years girls sprint in the Divisional Level Inter-District (Girls) Athletic Meet, organized by the Department of Youth Services and Sports at Jammu University Grounds, here today.
Kulvinder Kour of Jammu and Reena Sharma of Kathua clinched silver and bronze medals respectively in 100 Mtrs Under-14 girls, while, Sakshi Koul of Jammu and Sapna Devi of Samba claimed silver and bronze in 100 Mtrs Under-17 girls and the silver and bronze in 100 Mtrs Under-19 girls went to Sony Saini of Kathua and Manisha Kumari of Rajouri respectively.
The Meet, in which around 184 athletes drawn from various Districts of Jammu province participated, was inaugurated by the chief guest Parvez Malik, Secretary Youth Services and Sports in an impressive, colourful and well attended function.
Dhian S Bhau, Director Physical Education and Sports, University of Jammu was the guest of honour on the occasion.
Mr Malik, in his address while highlighting the importance of games and sports, said that sports serves for delight, for ornament and for agility, apart from infusing spirit and discipline among the players.
The competitions are being organized by the Department of Youth Services and Sports, under the patronage of Naveen Aggarwal, Director General Youth Services and Sports and under the overall supervision of Ved Prakash, Deputy Director Youth Services and Sports, Jammu.
Kanchan Bala, Deputy Director (Central) Youth Services and Sports presented a memento to the chief guest as a token of gratitude from the organisers.
Later, Tirath Ram, DYSSO Jammu presented vote of thanks.
Prominent among others present on the occasion were ZPEOs Sarita Pandha, Jeet Singh, Saroman Dogra, Mohan Singh and Sher Singh.
Meanwhile, in 600 Mtrs Under-14 girls, Priya Sharma of Jammu, Huma Bibi of Samba and Arti Devi of Udhampur claimed gold, silver and bronze respectively, while in 800 Mtrs Under-17 gilrs, Anju Sharma of Reasi bagged gold, Jamila Akhtar of Jammu clinched silver and Pooja Devi of Ramban claimed bronze and in 800 Mtrs Under-19 girls, the gold, silver and bronze medals went to Kiran Devi of Jammu, Nirmal Devi of Kathua and Chitti Devi of Reasi respectively.
Other results:
3000 Mtrs Under-19 girls: Anita Rani of Kathua. Gold; Kajal Malgotra of Udhampur, silver and Kamlesh Kumari of Jammu, bronze.
4 x 100 Mtrs Relay Under-19 girls: Team of District Udhampur, gold; Team of District Jammu, silver and Team of District Poonch, bronze.
Long Jump Under-14 girls: Rajani Devi of Jammu, gold; Keafeeba Kaji of Reasi, silver and Begum of Samba, bronze.
Long Jump Under-17 girls,: Roshan Bibi of Kathua, gold; Sapna Devi of Samba, silver and Parveen Bano of Udhampur, bronze.
Long Jump Under-19 girls: Reepu Devi of Samba, gold; Naseem Akhtar of Reasi, silver and Nisha Kumari of Kathua, bronze.
Triple Jump Under-19 girls: Reepu Devi of Samba, gold; Sunita Devi of Udhampur, silver and Sunita Devi of Ramban bronze.
Shot Put Under-14 girls, Kafeeka of Reasi, gold; Shamim Kousar of Poonch, silver and Nisha Devi of Samba, bronze.
Shot Put Under-17 girls: Suksana Kousar of Poonch, gold; Rijat Choudhary of Jammu, silver and Kajal Rani of Samba, bronze.
Shot Put Under-19 girls: Mamta Mishra of Jammu , gold; Rimpy Sharma of Samba, silver and Anju Devi of Reasi, bronze.
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