It was a mixed bag for host Uttarakhand on the inaugural day of the 60th National School Under-17 Volleyball Tournament. The boys' team won its opening match but the girls' team tasted defeat at the hands of Maharashtra. More than 600 participants from 27 units are participating in the national event, which is being hosted in the State for the first time.
On the opening day 13 matches were played in both boys' and girls' categories. The organisers of the event have divided the arena into four courts for the matches. On the court I, boys' team of Uttarakhand locked horns with Vidhya Bharti, the hosts easily overcame the challenge and won the match with a score line of 25/11, 25/17. The girls of Uttarakhand, however, failed to emulate the feat of the boys and tamely went down 25/05, 25/17 to Maharashtra. In other matches of boys' category, Andhra