Sports & Allied News
JAMMU, Dec 28:
Senior boxers from district Jammu and J&K Police performed well taking away majority of the medals in the three-day J&K UT Boxing Championship which came to an end with prize distribution function under the banner of J&K Amateur Boxing Association at J&K Police Sports Complex, Gulshan Ground, here today.In total, around 200 boxers turned up for the competition representing district Jammu, Kathua, Udhampur, Poonch, Srinagar, Baramulla, departmental team of J&K Police and institutional side of University of Jammu.In the valedictory function, the medals, certificates and saviours presented jointly by president, Dr Ashutosh Sharma and secretary, Dushyant Sharma of J&K Olympic Association (JKOA). A number of officials of the JKOA and sports associations were present in the well attended function. Speaking to the gathering of participants and other guests, Dr Ashutosh Sharma appreciated the J&K Amateur Boxing Association for successful conduct of the three-day event following the Covid-19 guidelines. He also complimented the technical penal and J&K Police for providing logistic support.Prominent among those present were Kuldeep Singh, Kiran Wattal, BS Tirthi, Sunil Sharma, Captain (Retd) Murti Gupta, Vikas Gupta, Sharat Chander Singh, S S Gill and Ravi Kumar.The technical penal for the championship comprised Anil Wadhera (J&K Sports Council), Inder Singh (BSF), Mushtaq Ahmed (Poonch), Harinder Pal (University of Jammu), Gautam Sharma (Chowkichora, Akhnoor), Sajad Pathan (J&K Police), Khalida Bano (J&K Police), Aman Sangral (J&K Police) and Sandeep Singh (Ramban).