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STATE TIMES NEWSPOONCH: Poonch KnightRiders won the openingmatch of the first edition ofPoonch Premier League(PPL) T20 CricketTournament being organisedby EHSAAS FoundationPoonch at Sports Stadium,here on Friday.

The Poonch PremierLeague in which a total ofeight team are participatingwas inaugurated by the chiefguest, Khalid Ameen, SSP inpresence of DDC members

Rayaz Naz and Sohail Malik,Tehsildar Anjum Khatak, I/cManager Sports StadiumPoonch Nirdosh Kumar,DySP Azeem Querashi,DySP HQ Nawaz Chouhan,DYSSO Poonch MohdQasim, Tehsil Officer AzamRather, Harcharan Singh,Prem Prakash Luthra (vetr-eran cricketer), SanjeevKumar principal MPS, MolviFareed, Asif Mir, SayedBasharat Naqvi, Imtiaz MirAEE, Imran Mir, MohdAkbar Malik, Mohd Din and

Imran Shah.The teams which are taking

part include Poonch Royals(Pervaiz Mughal), PoonchKnight Riders (Hassan Din),Poonch Warriors (RajneeshMaini), Poonch Thunders(Ahbinav Sharma), PoonchSmashers (Kuljeet Thakur),Poonch Ligers (AjayKhajuria), Poonch SuperKings (Majid Electronics)and Poonch Panthers(Zaman & Son's).

In the opening match,Poonch Knight Riders beat

Poonch Super Kings by 11runs.

Batting first, PoonchKnight Riders scored 120runs for the loss of nine wick-ets in 20 overs. Lovely wasthe top scorer with 35 runs.

For Poonch Super Kings,Sahil Bhatti claimed threewickets while Asif and Rayazgot two each.

In reply, Poonch SuperKings failed to chase the tar-get and managed to scoreonly 109 runs for the loss ofnine wickets in 20 overs.

For Poonch Knight Riders,Lovely scalped three wicketsand was also declared as Manof the Match. today's matchwas officiated by RajinderSingh Toofan, Sanjay Misri,Navjot Singh and ManzoorAhmed.

Tournament is being organ-ised by Pervaiz Malik AfridiChairman EHSAASFoundation Poonch undertechnical supervision ofPawan Kumar.

Poonch Knight Riders wins opening PPL T20 tie

Participating teams posing for a photograph with dignitaries.

STATE TIMES NEWSJAMMU: The formidableJammu and Kashmir Police,young side of Sports CouncilFootball Academy (SCFA)XI and NGR won theirrespective matches to moveinto the next round of theongoing Jammu leg of theJ&K FootballChampionship, organised bythe J&K FootballAssociation (JKFA) atGGM Science Collegeground, here on Friday.

In the first match of theday, J&K Police blanked thevisiting District FootballAssociation (DFA) Kathua6-0. The young side ofSCFA trounced DFARajouri 2-1. Lacking onstamina and match tem-perament, the Rajouri boysplayed well in the first halfof the play when they tookfirst lead. However, theycould not main the samemomentum and concededtwo goal thus lost the game

1-2.In another scheduled

match of the day, NGRFootball Club blanked CityFootball Club 3-0.

Earlier, the teams wereintroduced with veteranfootballer and coach, DavidMasih, who was invited asspecial guest. Among otherspresent were Z.A Thakur,Narinder Gupta, YousufDon, Kamaljeet, Shafi Nari,Fayaz Sofi, Bilal Panjabiand Prof. B.A Shah.

STATE TIMES NEWSUDHAMPUR: TheManagement of District Kho-Kho Association Udhampuron Friday organized a Kho-Kho open tournament formen & women here atGovernment PG DegreeCollege Boys.

Principal of the College,Professor Subash Sharmawas the chief guest anddeclared the tournament openwhile District Social WelfareOfficer, Er Sajad BashirSomberia was the guest ofhonour and BlockDevelopment Officer, NarsooSofia Akhter was specialguest on the occasion.

Around 29 teams includingmen & women drawn fromdifferent Colleges, Schoolsand private clubs of theDistrict are taking part in thetournament.

Speaking on the occasion,the chief guest extended hisbest wishes to the partici-

pants for showing good per-formance in the tournament.

He complimenting theorganizers and said that suchtype of tournaments provide aplatform to youth for explor-ing their hidden talent in thefield of Sports and helpthem to stay away from socialevils.

Earlier, District presidentKho-Kho AssociationUdhampur Advocate SanjeetBavouria presented welcomeaddress and highlighted theimportance of sports and

games.Among others Vice

Principal, B L Thakur;Physical Director, Prof.Kamal Kishore; PhysicalDirector GDC, ShashiSharma; Physical DirectorGWC, Dr Dinesh Sharma;District Secretary Kho-KhoAssociation, S. MenenderSingh; Organizing Secretary,Sanjay Sharma; DistrictTreasurer, Rakesh Khajuria;District President Volley BallAssociation, Raj Guru; ColRetd, Balwant Singh; Prop

Rippy Bawa; DistrictPresident, KabaddiAssociation, Tanveer Sheikhand other members of differ-ent associations besides play-ers were present on the occa-sion.

On the first day in men cat-egory, Babey sports clubdefeated Little AngelParadise by 10 points, whileShivalik Public club thrashedIndira Shishu Mandir by 01point. Similarly, City ClubUdhampur beat HappyModel club by 01 inning and

09 points, whereasParivartan club Udhampurdefeated JK Public School byone turn and 16 points.

In women Category:-Shivalik Public club defeatedLittle Angels Paradise by 07points, Unique clubUdhampur beat J K PublicSchool by one inning and 02points and Indira Memorialclub tharshed Indira ShishuMandir Udhampur by 08points. Government DegreeCollege defeated Babeysports club by one inningand 09 points.

The matches were officiatedby Raman Kumar; RajKumar; Pooja Sharma;Radha Devi; Monika Sharma,and Jagdev. The proceedingof the programme was con-ducted by Raman Kumar andShivi Badyal.

Later, the vote of thankswas presented by DistrictSecretary S. MenenderSingh.

Kho-Kho tournament commences at GDC Udhampur

Participating teams posing for a photograph with dignitaries.

Senior NationalSoft Tennis

Championshipbegins in Srinagar

STATE TIMES NEWSSRINAGAR: 17th SeniorNational Soft TennisChampionship for men andwomen has begun MultiSports activity CentreGindun Stadium Rajbaghhere.

Joint Secretary Kashmir,J&K Sports Council NuzhatAra was the Chief Guest onthe inaugural function,while as Executive DirectorAmateur Soft TennisFederation of India, NGVegda and Manager GindunSports Stadium, MushtaqAhmad Zargar were theGuests of Honour on thefunction.

J&K Amateur Soft TennisAssociation in collaborationwith J&K Sports Council isconducting the champi-onship at different venues ofSrinagar and in which morethan 350 players from 32States and UnionTerritories are participatingin the said championship. Alarge number of spectatorsincluding officials, partici-pants, parents and differentconcerned departmentswere present on the occa-sion.

The championship willcontinue till 8th of March2021.

J&KWeightliftingC'ship from

March 7STATE TIMES NEWS

JAMMU: Jammu andKashmir WeightliftingAssociation shall hold J&KUT Championship at IndoorComplex, Bhagwati Nagar,here from March 7 to 9.

The three-day competitionshall be held in Youth,Junior and Senior men andwomen categories, a hand-out issued by theAssociation here on Fridayinformed.

J&K Police, SCFA XI, NGRwin ties in Football

Veteran football player and coach, David Masih posing with teams at GGM Science College ground, Jammu on Friday.

STATE TIMES NEWSJAMMU: A 10-member J&Kteam on Friday left for par-ticipation in the Sub JuniorNational ArcheryChampionship schedule to beheld at Dehradun fromMarch 6 to 9.

Before their departure forthe Nationals, the selectedteam was screened by theJ&K Sports Council officials,Ashok Singh (DivisionalSports Officer) and SatishGupta (Manager).

Earlier, the team wasannounced by Senior VicePresident of the ArcheryAssociation of J&K, SunilSharma in the presence ofVikas Gupta (JointSecretary).

The Team: Nikhil Sharma,Haitik Sharma, AnkushThappa, Sangharsh DevSingh, Sunaina Devi, ParriveKhajuria, Divyansh Suri andPankaj Kumar. KuldeepVedwan accompanied ascoach.

J&K Archery teamleaves for Nationals

J&K Archery team posing with officials at MA Stadium, Jammu on Friday.

STATE TIMES NEWSSAMBA: District adminis-tration Samba on Fridayfelicitated girl studentsunder Beti bachao BetiPadhao scheme for excellingand taking part in varioussports events, here at afunction.

District DevelopmentCommissioner, RohitKahjuria gave away

mementos and certificatesto the winners of the differ-ent sports events includingcricket, Kabaddi, bad-minton and volleyball.

The sports events wereorganised under BetiBachao Beti padho pro-gramme to promote girlchild rights by departmentof youth services and sportsunder supervision of dis-

trict officer DYSSO KiranJyoti.

The DDC congratulatedall the participants andexhorted them to makesports as part of their dailyroutine. He said SambaAdministration has beenorganising various pro-gramme under BBBP tocelebrate the Birth of Girland promote Girl educa-tion.

He asked the departmentof youth Services andsports to organised sportsevents on regular intervals.

Assistant CommissionerRevenue, Jitender Mishra;District Social WelfareOfficer Deep Raj, DistrictInformation Officer AjaySharma, besides other offi-cers and officials were alsopresent.

Girl students felicitated underBBBP for excelling in sports

Felicitated girls posing for a photograph with dignitaries.

STATE TIMES NEWSSAMBA: Rajput WomenCricket Club Gurha Slathiaand Vijaypur Cricket Club wonrespective girls and boys tro-phies of the Police MartyrsMemorial Cricket Tournamentoragnized by Samba Policeunder Civic ActionProgrammes at Gurha SlathiaSports Stadium, Vijaypur.

In girls final match, RajputWomen Cricket Club GurhaSlathia beat Ramgarh WomenCricket Club by eight wicketswhile Vijaypur Cricket Cluboutplayed NCC Gurha Slathiabu 88 runs in boys final playedon Friday. in the closing cere-mony, Rajesh Sharma, SSPSamba was the chief guest whogave away trophies to winner

and runner-up teams.Others present were Ajaz

Zargar-Addl SP, Dr. LoveKaran Taneja-SDPO Vijaypur,Om Parkash-SHO Vijaypur,Sudarshan Singh Slathia-DDCMember, Sarpanch GurhaSlathia, members of Guidance& Counseling Cell for YouthDevelopment Gurha Slathia,media fraternity.

Speaking on the occasion,SSP Samba said that organiz-ing this tournament was aneffort of Samba Police to chan-nelize the energy of youth inpositive direction and build abetter society by keeping youthsaway from drugs and othersocial evils.

He further added that thisCricket tournament was organ-ized in the loving memory ofJ&K Police Martyrs who hadmade supreme sacrifice of theirlives in the line of duty.

Rajput Club Gurha Slathia, Vijaypur Club win Police Martyrs Cricket Tournament

SSP Samba, Rajesh Sharma presenting trophy to winner team.

STATE TIMES NEWSJAMMU: IndianMountaineering Foundation(IMF), the apex body formountaineering and alliedadventure sports in theCountry, shall be organizinga number of self supported,light weight mountaineeringexpeditions during the year2021.

These IMF sponsored expe-ditions shall be conductedprimarily to unclimbed peaksin newly opened and less fre-quented areas but may alsobe organized on previouslyclimbed mountains from newroutes.

Since the aim of these expe-ditions is climbing plus alltechnical climbing and logis-tics above base camp will bemanaged by the team mem-bers themselves.

Accordingly, the IMF hasinvited applications for selec-tion for these expeditionsfrom only those moun-taineers who have done basicor Advance Mountaineeringcourse from any recognizedNational or State

Mountaineering Instituteand have participated in atleast one mountaineeringexpedition above 6000/7000/8000m as a leader, leadclimber or a climbing mem-ber and are below the age of29 years as on December 31,2021 besides being physical-ly fit in all aspects.

For further details volun-teers desirous of participat-ing in these expeditions maycontact Sumit Khajuria(94191-82826), VicePresident of MountaineeringAssociation of J&K (MAJK).

IMF plans lightweight expeditions

STATE TIMES NEWSDODA: The first ever whitewater rafting festival was onFriday organised byBhaderwah DevelopmentAuthority and JKAdventure Group here inthe river Chenab atPremnagar Shibnote to pro-mote the adventure tourismin the district.

The festival, which willcontinue for two days, wit-nessed huge participation ofadventure sports lovers andlocal public. The event isbeing held under the overallsupervision of DeputyCommissioner (DC), DrSagar D Doifode.

Over 1500 people fromacross the district, especial-ly youth attended the festi-val on day 1 and about 200participated in the raftingtrip from Premnagar

Shibnote to Karara.The DC alongwith the

DDC Chairperson, DDCmember Thathri, BDCChairpersons besidesMBBS students of firstbatch of GMC Doda partici-pated in the event and alsotook rafting ride.

Apart from the rafting,the district administrationhas organised multifariousactivities at the venue forthe enjoyment of the partic-ipants which includes vol-leyball matches, tug of war,display of music etc.

The activities are being

conducted under strict stan-dards of safety measuresand the people especially theyouth of the district enjoyedthe entire event.

The participants extendedgratitude to the districtadministration for holding ayouth engagement pro-gramme in the district.

Among others present atthe festival were SeniorSuperintendent Police,Doda Mumtaz Ahmed;Chief Executive Officer,BDA, Dr RajinderKhajuria, AssistantC o m m i s s i o n e rDevelopment, Prem SinghChib, SDM Thathri, AtharAmin Zargar, SDMGandoh, Pritam Lal Thapa,SDM Assar Rishi Sharma,besides senior officers fromcivil as well as policeadministration.

2-day Chenab White Water Rafting Festival begins at Doda

Adventure sports lovers during rafting.

STATE TIMES NEWSRAJOURI: The inter District CricketTournament organised by the SocialWelfare Department under Nasha MuktBharat Abhiyan concluded today hereat District Police Lines Ground.

Additional SP, Liyaqat Chowdhury,who was the chief guest at the valedicto-ry event

Series of activities are being organisedin the district as a part of the NashaMukt Bharat Abhiyan to keep the youthaway from drug addiction andchannelize their energies in a positivedirection.

The cricket tournament started on14th February and witnessed huge andoverwhelming participation of the youth

hailing from different districts.Speaking on the occasion, the District

Social Welfare Officer, Wakeel AhmedBhatt said that the aim for organizingsuch events is to step up efforts againstits war on drugs and these tournamentswill help the youth divert their energytowards a positive action as well as pro-mote sportsmanship among them.

STATE TIMES NEWSJAMMU: Organised by theJammu and KashmirBadminton Association(JKBA), the five-day J&K UTChampionship got underway atBadminton Arena, IndoorComplex, MA Stadium, here onFriday.

The competition was declaredopen by Secretary J&K SportsCouncil, Nuzhat Gul in thepresence of Guests of Honour,Joint Commissioner IncomeTax, Umair Mir and ChiefAccounts Officer of the JKSC,Zaffer Iqbal.

Also present were Chairmanof the JKBA, Dr O D Sharma,Divisional Sports Officer,Ashok Singh; Manager Indoor

Complex, Satish Gupta andSom Raj Gupta.

Earlier, General Secretary ofthe Association, Balbir Jamwal

welcomed the distinguishedgathering and presented abrief note of the five-day longevent.

J&K Badminton Championship begins

Secretary JKSC, Nuzhat Gul with participants at the inaugural of J&K BadmintonChampionship at Indoor Complex, MA Stadium, Jammu on Friday.

Cricket Tournament organised underNMBA concludes at Rajouri

STATE TIMES NEWSJAMMU: Wushu Association ofJammu and Kashmir on Friday com-

pleted the selection process to pick upprobables for the upcoming 20th Sub-Junior National Wushu

Championship to be held at Ranchifrom March 21 to 26.

The selection committee of theAssociation led by chairman,Kuldeep Handoo shortlisted 23 play-ers in Sanda and 16 others in Taoluevent, a handout issued here todayinformed.

Earlier, around 150 youngplayers from 10 districts of J&Kparticipated in the selectiontrials.

Other members of the selection com-mittee included Maqsood Rather,Ajaz Hassan, Lalit Singh and NisarMir.

Now, the Association shall be hold-ing a 10-day coaching camp at WushuHall, MA Stadium, from March6.

Wushu probables selected for Sub-Junior Nationals

Young Wushu players posing with Kuldeep Handoo and other selectioncommittee members at Wushu Hall, MA Stadium, Jammu.