Excelsior Sports Correspondent
JAMMU, June 12: Deputy Chief Minister, Dr Nirmal Singh today inaugurated ‘Oorja’ by CAPF Under-19 Football Talent hunt tournament for Boys and Girls phase-II organized by Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) and University of Jammu at Varsity ground, here.
Minister of State for Education, Culture and Floriculture Priya Sethi, Vice Chancellor Jammu University R. D. Sharma and Senior Leader Yudhvir Sethi were also present on the occasion.
Prominent among others present on the occasion were PK Gupta, Deputy Inspector General, FHQ SSB New Delhi, Manvendra, Deputy Inspector General, Ajay Kumar, Commandant, Vijay Singh Jamwal, Second-In-Command, N. S. Negi, JAO, Barjeet Singh, Deputy Commandant, Sanjeev Kumar, Deputy Commandant, Kashtoori Lal, Deputy Commandant, Rajeev Kumar, Deputy Commandant, Jeet Lal, Deputy Commandant and other officer were also present in the opening ceremony.
In the inaugural match, Jammu and Kashmir defeated Himachal Pradesh in the boys section by two goals to nil (2-0), while in the girls section, Telangan held Assam to (1-1) draw in girls section.
Deputy Chief Minister in his address observed that there is tremendous sports talent among the boys and girls of the state as well as country and hoped that, with the availability of improved facilities and increasing opportunities, they will excel in all sports and games.
While lauding the armed forces for their discipline, Priya Sethi advised the youths to be disciplined to achieve excellence in life. She said the country has no dearth of talented youths and, if given appropriate platform the young talents could shine in any field of sports.
Earlier, Deputy Inspector General, Manvendra in his welcome address said that the event has been organized with an objective to give an opportunity to every child of the country to play football, adding the legacy programme of FIFA U-17 World cup “Mission XI million” has been planned to take the game of football to at least 11 million boys and girls across the country, this tournament has engaged over 12500 young U/19 boys and girls with more than 1200 matches being played during the course of 3 months and the 3 phases, easily becoming the largest sporting event ever organised by the CAPFs.
A Cub named “Gabru” is the mascot for the tournament which epitomizes unbridled energy, youthful exuberance, zest for life and incredible desire for success and achievements.
The prizes for second phase are Rs 100,000 for winner team, Rs. 60,000 for the runners-up tea and Rs 40,000 for third place. A running Trophy will be rewarded to the winner in the second phase in addition, there will be trophies/prizes for best player of the tournament.
On the occasion Sashastra Seema Bal troops presented a Cultural programme.
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