Second State level ‘Chief Minister Cup’ sports tournament would be inaugurated on Thursday at the TT Nagar Stadium.
Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan would be the chief guest of the inauguration programme while Minister of State for Sports and Youth Welfare, Yashodhara Raje Scindia would chair the programme.
Director of Sports and Youth Welfare, Upendra Jain on Tuesday inspected the arrangements of the Chief Minister cup tournament and instructed the officials to make the proper arrangements regarding the facilities for the players.
Players would perform the march- past on the tunes of the Police Band during the inauguration programme. As many as 1250 players of 10 divisions would take part in the tournament.
Under -16 players of Narmadapuram, Shahdol, Gwalior, Rewa, Sagar, Ujjain, Indore, Chambal, Jabalpur and Bhopal division would take part in kabaddi, volley ball, football, karate, wrestling and other athletics games during the 3- day Chief Minister cup tournament.
Notably, Bhopal was the champion of the volley ball tournament (boys’ category) during the first Chief Minister cup tournament in the year 2015. As many as 1,000 players of 10 divisions took part in the first Chief Minister cup.
The first prize winner teams had received the cash prize of Rs 1 lakh while second prize winner teams and third prize winner teams had received the cash prize of Rs 75,000 and Rs 50,000 respectively during the First Chief Minister Cup Tournament.