Maharashtra emerges overall champion; J&K bags third place in Fencing

Chief Guest posing with winning team during 67th National School Games Under-19 Boys and Girls Fencing C'ship.
Chief Guest posing with winning team during 67th National School Games Under-19 Boys and Girls Fencing C'ship.

Excelsior Sports Correspondent

JAMMU, Nov 23: Maharashtra emerged an overall champion in both boys and girls sections, while Haryana clinched the second spot and J&K bagged the third place in the 67th National School Games Under-19 Boys and Girls Fencing Championship, organised by the Directorate of Youth Services and Sports, under the aegis of School Games Federation of India (SGFI) at Gymnasium Hall University of Jammu.
Ace Sports Administrator and Member Sports Council, Ranjeet Kalra was the chief guest in the Prize Distribution Function, which was presided over by the Director Youth Services and Sports, Subash Chander Chibber in the presence of a galaxy of departmental officers.
Both these dignitaries along with other guests presented medals to the winners of various competitions and trophies to the overall champions. Ranjeet Kalra lavished praise on the organisers for hosting this mega event in a most befitting manner
Meanwhile, on day-4 today, in Foil Individual boys, Tejas Patil of Maharashtra bagged gold; Roshan Shah of Maharashtra clinched silver, while the bronze medals went to Aditya of Haryana and Shivam Kumar of Bihar. In Epee Individual boys, N Anbless Gowin of Tamil Nadu played brilliantly and clinched gold, while Devraj of Haryana bagged silver and the bronze medal in this category went to Yash Wagh of Maharashtra and Aditya Singh of Delhi. In Sabre Individual girls, Kashish Bharad of Maharashtra bagged gold, Himanshi of Haryana won silver and the bronze medal was bagged by Sharwari Gosewade of Maharashtra and Geet of Haryana.
The bouts wherein 324 fencers are vying for the top honours are being held under the supervision of Technical Director, Mr Rashid Ahmed and Technical Manager, Mr Ujjwal Gupta, while the Field Officer deputed by SGFI for these games observed the event in a most befitting way. The proceedings of the Prize Distribution Function were beautifully conducted by Rajesh Dhar, Lecturer in Physical Education.