Woman and Child Development Minister Ramsheela Sahu attended the concluding ceremony of five-day 60th National School-level sports tournament organised here.
The tournament was held at Dr Shobhram Dewangan Government Boy’s Higher Secondary School. In her address, Sahu asked players to overcome the mistakes they made in the tournament and improve their game. Former MlA Inderchand Chopra expressed gratitude to the concerned committee for organising the tournament and to provide platform to the sportsmen.
The tournament was organised in U-17 category for both boys and girls. District Education Officer Rakesh Pandey said that more than 700 sportsmen were a part of the tournament.
A total of 15 teams each of boys and girls participated in baseball tournament while 12 boy’s team and 11 girl’s teams in net-ball tournaments. Besides, 300 coaches were also there to motivate their teams.
Present on the occasion were -District Panchayat CEO P S Elma, Satyanarain Choudhary, Supervisor of School Games Federation of India; M S Goutam, Director, Public Education; and S R Karsh, Assistant Director of Sports Department. Assistant District Sports Officer Anil Mishra proposed vote of thanks. The players from 17 States participated in the tournament.