Excelsior Sports Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan 2: Gold medal winner J&K Roll Ball women team called on Secretary, J&K State Sports Council Naseem Javed Chowdhary in his office chamber today.
The team comprising of Simran Raina (Captain), Ankita Chopra, Garvita Gupta, Mahima Khajuria, Ishita Singh, Ruhi Rajput, Suvidha Sarin, Aashima and Khushi Gupta were felicitated by Secretary Sports Council.
Secretary assured the team members that their genuine demand of bringing the game under SRO-349 of 1998 is under active consideration of the Government and something positive is expected very shortly.
He also assured that a separate Roll Ball rink will also be going to be constructed very soon for the budding Roll Ball players.
It is pertinent to mention here that J&K Roll Ball women team emerged champion in the 15th National Roll Ball Championship, which was held at Belgaum, Karnataka. In the final, J&K defeated fancied Maharashtra in a nail biting finish by 2-1. Enroute to final, J&K defeated Haryana, UP and Chhattisgarh teams also.
Anil Sharma, Chairman J&K Roll Ball Association also congratulated the team for winning Gold medal.
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