National Sports Week
Excelsior Sports Correspondent
SAMBA, Aug 26: Different sporting events in Basketball, Tug of War and Pencak Silat besides essay writing competition on importance of sports and games were held by Jammu and Kashmir Sports Council here today at village Birpur under national sports week programme supervised of Mohammed Hanif, Chief Sports Officer J&K Sports Council.
The competitions were declared open today for boys and girls by the Principal, Government Higher Secondary School Birpur, Anju Devi in presence of Divisional Sports Officer Jammu, Ashok Singh who presided over the function as guest of honour being former student of this school.
Around 500 boys and girls drawn from Government and private institutions of the area participated in the mega event with enthusiasm and showcased their talent. The spotlight of the day was solo event demonstration in Pencak Silat by Er. Varun Singh Jamwal, National Medallist at the closing ceremony.
The matches were officiated by Shamsuddin, Gurcharan Singh, Sushma Jawal, Manjeet Singh, Munishwar Singh, Dhiraj Singh, Ajay Sharma, Sanjay Gupta, Rajat Khajuria alongwith the staff from National Public School, Birpur.
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