Excelsior Sports Correspondent
KATHUA, Mar 26: The Department of Youth Services and Sports Kathua organized District Level tournament in the disciplines of Kho-Kho and Volleyball for under-17 years boys and girls under RMSA at Sports Stadium, here today.
The tournament is being organized under the overall supervision of District Youth Services and Sports Officer Kathua, Subash Chander Bhardwaj in which 164 players of 15 teams of district participated on the first day.
In the boys section, Zone Lakhanpur and Zone Sallan won the trophies of Kho-Kho and Volleyball respectively. Earlier, the tournament was inaugurated by DYSSO Kathua in the presence of ZPEOs Kailash Chander and Pradeep Singh.
In Volleyball under-17 boys final, Zone Sallan won the trophy by defeating Zone Hiranagar by 2-0 sets. In semifinals, Zone Hiranagar outplayed Zone Billawar by 2-0 sets and Zone Sallan outplayed Zone Bhaddu by 2-0 sets.
In Kho-Kho under-17 boys final, Zone Lakhanpur claimed the title, defeating Zone Sallan by 3 points, while in semifinals, Zone Sallan outplayed Zone Hiranagar by 4 points and Zone Lakhanpur defeated Zone Billawar by 7 points.
The matches were officiated by Ashok Kumar Magotra, Pardeep Singh, Mandeep Singh, Praveen Singh, Vinod Kumari, Anita Rani, Sunil Kumar, Chetan Sharma, Vinod Shetty.
Activity incharges Kuldeep Singh, Rani Andotra, Sucharita Mehta, Savita Sharma were also present on the occasion.
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