Uttarakhand clinched the Championship in the State Sub Junior Boxing Tournament on Monday. The tournament was organised by Uttarakhand Sports department and Uttarakhand Boxing Federation after the completion of Uttarakhand State Mini and Sub-Junior (Boys and Girls) tournament was over. In the triangular State tournament, the boxers from Uttarakhand showed their mettle by winning all nine bouts in the final.
Delhi was placed second and Tamil Nadu third. While in the Uttarakhand Mini and Sub Junior boxing tournament , the championship trophy was lifted by Sports College Dehradun while Sai Training Centre Kashipur was the runner-up in the boys category.
The boxers from Pithoragarh won the championship in the girls’ category while those from Dehradun finished runner up. District magistrate Sonika distributed the prizes to the winners.
In the closing function of the boxing tournament Bharat Barwal of Uttarakhand beat Varun Panwar of Delhi on points in the final of 50-52 kgm category.
Addressing the closing function, Sonika felicitated all boxers who had participated in the tournament and said that the players should not concentrate on the result. She asked them to work hard to showcase their talent. Sonika hoped that the boxers from the state will show their mettle in the 38th National Games slated in 2018.
Deupty Director Sports Dhirendra Bhatt thanked all for their cooperation in conducting the tournament. In Triangular State tournament final, Vivek Chopriyal (Uttarakhand) beat Harsh (Dellhi) in 44-46 kgms, Anit Singh (Uttarakhand) beat Akash (Tamilnadu) in 48-50kg, Manish Kumar (Uttarakhand) beat Dhanush (Tamilnadu) in 60-63 kg. In 44-46 kg, Ashish Raturi beat Ankit Badhawan (Delhi) in the final while Mohan Kumar was placed third. Tashid Ali (Uttarakhand ) beat Rishav (Delhi) in the final while Rizwan of Tamil Nadu was placed third in 40-42 kg. Saurabh Bisht (Uttarakhand) beat Aabi (Tamil Nadu) in 32-34 kg while Rajesh Giri (Uttarakhand) beat Mayank Rawat (Delhi) in 38-48 kg. Anil Kumar (Uttarakhand) beat Mussafar ( Tamil Nadu) in 52-54 kg and Harshit Ohiyal of Delhi was placed third.
Uttarakhand boxing federation president Nirvan Mukerjee, coaches aside from sports lovers were present in the closing function.