Tata Steel in association with SPSB (Steel Plant Sports Board) is organising the 35th Sub Junior National Archery Championship (Indian, Recurve & Compound) for boys and girls at the JRD Tata Sports Complex, which will continue till January 25. A total of 400 players and officials from 30 States and units are participating in it. Suresh Dutt Tripathy, vice president (HRM), Tata Steel, inaugurated the meet.
Teams from Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Bihar, Gujarat, Goa, Delhi, Punjab, SSCB, Odisha, Chandigarh, AP, Haryana, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Himachal Pradesh are participating in the championship.Archery Association of India has nominated Ranjan Bhowmick of West Bengal as competition director. A total of eight technical officials nominated by AAI and four local officials will assist in conducting the events.