Excelsior Sports Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Nov 4: Secretary, Youth Services and Sports (YSS), Sarmad Hafeez, inaugurated the 45th Senior National Softball Championship being hosted at twin venues of Bakshi Stadium and Multiple Sports Complex Gindun, Rajbagh here today.
The inaugural ceremony of the national event was held at Bakshi Stadium. Addressing the participants, Sarmad Hafeez said that the championship is expected to generate an intense competition among the teams, as they strive to be crowned as the national champions. “Over thousand players from 27 different states and union territories of the country are participating in the tournament”, he added.
The Secretary said that this is the series of national events that J&K has been hosting and till now four national level competitions in sports disciplines of Handball, Arm Wrestling, Thang-Ta and the Football during the current year has provided platform to the youth to showcase their talent. This has also immensely helped in sending out a message of changing J&K.
Among others present on the occasion included Dr Zaffar Iqbal (CAO, Sports Council), Muzzafar Hussain Wani (Divisional Sports Officer, Kashmir) and office bearers of Softball Association of India including Dr Praveen Anorkar, Director International Tours, LR Moria (secretary general), Shirikant Thorat, Dharmaji Choudankar (vice president), Tabinder Sahu (vice president from Softball Association of India), Abdul Rehman Shigan and Waseem Ahmad (president and general secretary, J&K Softball Association of J&K).
The tournament will witness matches being played at the Bakshi Stadium and Multi-Purpose Sports Centre Gindun, Rajbagh. The championship will consist of matches in both the men’s and women’s sections. With a total of 27 teams in the men’s section and 25 teams in the women’s section, there will be a total of 52 teams participating in the tournament. The event will last for five days and conclude on 8th of this month.
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