*Winners honoured; arrangements for grand closing ceremony on Nov 24 finalised
Excelsior Sports Correspondent
JAMMU, Nov 18: Clinching six medals with five silver and one bronze, Jammu and Kashmir lifted the runners-up trophy, while Rajasthan emerged as the Champion and Haryana claimed the third place in the 67th National School Games Judo U-14 boys and girls, which concluded at Gymnasium Hall, University of Jammu, here today.
Director Youth Services and Sports, Subash Chander Chibber presided over the medal ceremony, while FA &CAO YSS/TE, Yasir Sharief was the chief guest on the occasion.
These two dignitaries were accompanied by a galaxy of officers of the Department of Youth Services and Sports including Suram Chand Sharma, Joint Director YSS (J), Jitender Mishra, Deputy Director Youth Services and Sports (C), Ravi Kumar Sharma, Deputy Director Youth Services and Sports (Planning), Sunil Kumar Sharma (Accounts Officer Directorate YSS), Sukhdev Raj Sharma, DYSSO Jammu, Shivnandan Singh Mankotia, Section Officer Directorate and Member Fee Structure Committee SGFI and Kanhiya Gurjar, Field Officer deputed by SGFI for these Games.
Meanwhile, in today’s results of Under-14 boys -50 kg category, J&K’s Rashid Hilal Beigh clinched the silver medal as he lost to Ramavath Tharun of Telangana in the final bout, who bagged the gold medal in this category. The bronze medal went to Abhay Yadav of Maharashtra and Ashwin A of Tamil Nadu.
In girl’s Under-14 -44 kg, Anjum Akthar of Jammu and Kashmir won silver, while the gold medal was bagged by Khuventhem Monica Devi of Manipur. The bronze went to Ayush S of Uttar Pradesh and Daksha Naik of Maharashtra.
J&K’s Aisha Hassan along with Rinku Gurgur of Rajasthan claimed the bronze medal in U-14 girls -44 kg category. Taniya Das of Tripura won gold and Charanjot Kour of Chandigarh claimed Silver.
Earlier yesterday, in boys U-14 -40 kg, Garv Tokas of Delhi bagged gold, while Sheikh Mohammad Shraim of Jammu and Kashmir won silver medal. Jatin Kashyap of Uttar Pradesh and Varneet Singh of Punjab claimed bronze medals in this category. It is pertinent to mention here that a total of 387 Judokas took part in this mega event, including 197 boys and 190 girls, besides around 80 officials.
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