The 13th State Sub Junior Badminton tournament for boys and girls will be held in the indoor stadium at district headquarters Pauri on August 22.
This tournament is being organised by the Garhwal Badminton Association Pauri and all the preparations for the tournament have been completed. The tournament is slated to be inaugurated by Garhwal Commissioner DS Gabriyal. Taking to media persons, Garhwal Badminton Association president and Pauri district magistrate Chandresh Kumar said that 168 players from the different districts of Uttarakhand are participating in the tournament including players from Almora, Udham Singh Nagar, Dehradun, Bageshwar, Nainital, Pauri, Tehri and Haridwar.
Chirag Sen, Kuhu Garg, Bodhit Joshi, Viabav Chauhan and other prominent players are participating in this tournament. Kumar said that the two badminton courts will be soon converted to synthetic turf and efforts are being made for the arrangement of budget. Kumar said that a proposal has been sent to the State Government to increase the seats of the badminton hostel.