The rural Nehru Yuva Mandal youth sports competition of Khirsu block in Pauri district organised by the Nehru Yuva Kendra was concluded with the prize distribution at block headquarter Khirsu.
The chief guest of the closing function, the block development officer Dhaneshwari Rawat distributed the prizes among the winners and the runners involving different events. The teams from Yuva Mandal of villages , Guwar, Singori, Bhinskot, Kuddili, Kolda, Markhola, Katakholi, Dharigoan and Khirsu participated in the competition involving Volleyball, Kabaddi, Kho-Kho, Badminton, 400 meter race ,long jump in athletics.
Addressing the closing function, Rawat stressed that the sports competition is necessary to develop the mental and physical strength of the youth. The youth should participate in the sports competition with discipline.The sports build healthy body and healthy body helps in the development of mind, he said.In Volleyball, Nehru Yuva Mandal Kolto beat Khirsu in the final, while Kolta team also got the prize in Kabaddi by beating Singori team by the margin of 6 points. Kolta team defeated Singori in Kho-Kho by 11 points.
In Badminton Rishav defeated Ashay Negi in the final and Yogendra was third and Deepak fourth. Shubham Singh won the 400 meter race, while Ashhay Negi stood second and Rahul Panwar third. In the long jump event, Ajay Singh was first (18.11 m), Shubham second (17.11m) and Ashay Negi third (17.09m).