Excelsior Sports Correspondent
POONCH, Nov 18: 30th District Table Tennis Championship was declared open by Additional Superintendent of Police (Addl SP), Sheikh Khalid Amin at Indoor Hall of Sports Stadium, here today.
The championship is being organised by District Table Tennis Association Poonch under the aegis of J&K Table Tennis Association.
Er Saleem Bandey, general secretary of the Association highlighted the history of Table Tennis in Poonch and elaborated the struggle for the establishment of Indoor Sports Complex at here, whereas president of the Association, Ajeet Singh Jeet exhorted upon the participants to play the tournament with discipline and show true sportsmanship.
The chief guest appreciated the contribution of the Association in promoting the Table Tennis game in the hilly district and assured full support from the police for the development of sports.
On first day, matches of Cadet and Sub Junior categories were played at Indoor Hall of Sports Stadium Poonch.
In Cadets, Gursheesh beat Waseem by 2-0 sets (11-9 & 11-9) and Adnan trounced Parseen by 2-0 sets (11-5 & 11-9) while in Cadet final, Adnan defeated Gursheesh by 3-1 sets (11-9, 7-11 & 12-10).
In Sub-Junior, Pranav beat Gursheesh by 2-0 sets (11-8 & 11-6), Akshit trounced Waseem by 2-0 sets (11-9 & 11-4), Pratham Suri defeated Kamran by 2-0 sets (11-9 & 11-3), Ehsaan beat Mousin by 2-0 sets (11-7 & 11-3) and Adnan beat Luthra. The matches were held under the supervision of Sail Raina and Mariner Singh
DySP Hqrs, Mudassir Choudhary, DySP Ops Munish Sharma, SHO Poonch SD Singh were also present during inaugural ceremony and were honoured by the Association.
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