SAS Nagar, October 28 - The state level boys' handball and swimming competitions organized by the school education department started today at different grounds. Teams from different districts of Punjab are participating in these competitions.
District Sports Coordinator Dr. Indu Bala said that during these sports events under the leadership of District Education Officer (Secondary) Dr. Ginni Duggal, the first round of boys' 14 years category started in the playground of the local Model Senior Secondary School Phase 3B1. The league matches were inaugurated by international handball players Indu Bala Sialba and Anu Oberoi. He said that the handball and swimming competitions for boys, which started today, will be completed on Sunday.
Adhyatam Prakash Tyud said that in the opening match of handball S. A. S. The Nagar team defeated the Malekotla team in a one-sided match with a margin of 23-9. In other handball matches, Patiala beat Bathinda 21-13, Sangrur beat Moga 19-10, Faridkot beat Jalandhar 14-10, Hoshiarpur beat Mansa 15-3, Muktsar Sahib beat Gurdaspur 11-7. , Fatehgarh Sahib beat Nawan Shahr by 13-10 and Ludhiana beat Fazilka by 18-8 while the match played between Barnala and Ferozepur ended in a tie with 15-15 goals.
In the boys' swimming competitions that started today at the multi-purpose sports complex of Sector 63, the host S. A. S. Lakshe Jindal of Nagar, Ravinur Singh of Ludhiana and Sahibjot Singh Jandu of Sangrur, Prabhanur of Patiala in the 14-year-old 200m breaststroke competition, Warsdeep Singh of Jalandhar and Sat Kartar of Patiala, Ramrinder Singh Sangrur in the 17-year-old competition. Vinayak of Pathankot and S. A. S. Nagar's Kabir Lakhpal, Faridkot's Avteswar Singh Brar, Hoshiarpur's Pawan Bansal and Patiala's Sonu in the 19-year-old category stood at the first three positions respectively.
On this occasion, besides others, head teacher Sanjeev Kumar, Kishan Mehta, Harjinder Singh, Kuljit Kaur, Jatinder Kaur, Anjana, Vijay Kumar, Kirandeep Kaur, Gurmeet Kaur, Neeraj Bhaskar, Shikha Sharma, Shashi Rana, Mewa Singh, Sandeep Kumar, Ravinder Singh. , Malkit Singh, Shamsher Singh, Raghwinder Singh Bhatia and coach Rakesh Sharma etc. were present.