Punjab State Rural Games for Boys Starts at Baba Banda Singh Bahadur Engineering College

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Chandigarh 31^st October:- Harshivraj Singh of Gurdaspur clinched gold in 800m race in 2:05.46mnts on the opening day of Punjab State Rural Games for Boys Under –16, at Sports Stadium, Baba Banda Singh Bahadur Engineering College, here today. Sukhanpreet Singh of Patiala won silver in 2:07.16mnts where as Buta Singh of Ludhiana got bronze in 2:07.85mnts. Rahul Gupta, PCS, Director Sports, Punjab was  the chief guest on this occasion who took the salute as many as 3000 participants wearing colorful track suits given by Punjab Sports Department and declared the games open. Rahul Gupta informed that Punjab Govt. is doing wonders for the promotion of sports in the rural areas of the state and he encouraged the participants towards sports.

Earlier Rupinder Singh, Deputy Director Sports, Punjab made warm welcome of the Chief Guest and other distinguished guest present on the occasion. Kartar Singh Sehamby, Assistant Director Sports, Punjab thanked the dignitaries present there. Pooja Syal, PCS, SSM Fatehgarh Sahib and Ravjit Grewal, PCS, SDM, Amloh was also present on the occasion.

The torch bearing ceremony was performed by Sarpreet Singh and Karanpreet Singh both of Athletics, Saravjot Singh and Raj of Wrestling where Sarpreet Singh took the oath on behalf of all the participants. A theme base cultural programme was also presented on the occasion by Govt. Senior Secondary School, Fatehgarh Sahib.

In the preliminary rounds of Kabaddi Barnala defeated Fazilka 41-30, Mohali beat Tarn Taran 52-26, Jalandhar outplayed Hoshiarpur 25-15 and Moga rounded S.B.S Nagar 75-49.

In Volleyball S.A.S Nagar outplayed Barnala 3-0, Mansa defeated Moga 3-0, Kapurthala beat S.B.S Nagar, Gurdaspur defeated Pathankot 3-0, Roop Nagar outplayed Bathinda 3-0, Ludhiana defeated Ferozepur 3-0 where as Jalandhar beat Mukatsar Sahib 3-0.

In kho-kho Amritsar beat Hoshiarpur 7-6. Moga outclassed  Ttarn Taran 16-1, Sangrur outplayed Mukatsar Sahib 12-2 and S.A.S Nagar defeated Bathinda 19-12.

Moga outplayed Mukatsar Sahib 4-0 in Hockey preliminary Matches, Hoshiarpur defeated Pathankot 3-0, Ferozepur crushed Mohali 5-0 and Ropar beat Faridkot 4-3.

In Basket ball Moga defeated Bathinda 45-37, Fatehgarh Sahib outplayed Amritsar 42-26, S.B.S Nagar beat Fazilka 19-15 and Hoshiarpur crushed Barnala 36-6.

In Football Bathida defeated Barnala 2-0 where as Moga crushed Pathankot 4-0.