The three-day long Uttarakhand State level boxing tournament concluded here on Sunday with young pugilists from 11 districts competing in 44 final bouts in different weight categories of boys and girls sections.
Seventeen finals were held in different weight groups in the sub junior girl’s category and 27 finals in the boy’s category, on the last day of the tournament. In sub junior girls 28-30 kg group Deepshikha Sanyal (Pithoragarh) bagged gold by defeating Priyanka (Rudraprayag); Shivani Rana (Uttarkashi) won gold and Vibhuti Gautam (Udham Singh Nagar) bagged silver (32-34 kg); Shivani Mehar (Uttarkashi) won gold and Arti Rawat (Dehradun) won silver in 36-38 kg; Pratisha (Uttarkashi) won gold and Anjali Rawat (Bageshwar) silver in 38-40 kg, Neha Karniyal (Pithoragarh) won gold and Sujata Rai (Udham Singh Nagar) silver in 42-44 kg; Deepshikha Airy (Pithoragarh) won gold and Nimisha Sharma (Nainital) silver in 48-50 kgm. In boys category Rohit (Pauri) snatched gold by defeating Sawant Sajwan (Rudraprayag) in 42-44 kg group, Pawan Chand (Pauri) won gold and Arun Chauhan (Sports College Dehradun) silver in 57-60 kg; Samar Singh (Pithoragarh) won gold and Hira Singh (Udham Singh Nagar) silver in 60-63 kg; lucky Sanwal (Almora) won gold and Priyanshu Joshi (Nainital) silver in 63-66 kg; Girish Rawat (Pauri) won gold and Himansu Negi (Almora) silver in 69-72 kg; Vivek (Dehradun) won gold and Hari Shankar (STC) silver in 42-44 kg.
In the mini girls category finals in different weight groups Niyati (Nainital) defeated Tanuja (NT) in 20-22 kg, Bhawana (Nainital) defeated Harshita (Udham Singh Nagar) in 26-28 kg, Arti Goswami (Bageshwar) defeated Pooja Bisht (Bageshwar) in 28-30 kg; Yashyashwi Negi (Nainital) defeated Kritika Kori (Dehradun) in 32-34 kg, Riya Rawat (Pithoragarh) defeated Siya Bisht (NT) in 36-38 kgm; Mudrika (NT) defeated Chayanka (NT) in 38-40 kg. In the finals of the mini boys category in different weight groups Priyanshu Chauhan (Pauri) defeated Amit Chand (Pithoragarh) in 28-30 kg and Kartik Chaudhary (Udham Singh Nagar) defeated Sahil Chand (Pithoragarh) in 38-40 kgm category.
The Pauri district magistrate Chandra Shekhar Bhatt, former vice-chairman of Uttarakhand Sports Council Jaspal Singh Negi, Uttarakhand Boxing Federation President Mukerjee Nirman and additional director, Sports, Dharmendra Bhatt were among those present on the occasion.