Three-day Jharkhand State-level school Silambam tournament-2014 was organised at CD Girls’ High School campus. The tournament was organised for the participants of age groups under 14, under 17 and under 19 for both boys and girls.
The events Stick Fight, spear Sword Swing, Single Stick Rolling , Double Stick Rolling, Sword Swing, Steel Wheep will be organised for different age and weight group participants. In a ceremonial opening of the tournament on Saturday State Minister Annapurna Devi said, “Organising such a State level event in Koderma with limited infrastructure and resources is really an achievement. The players and game lovers of the district will be benefited with this tournament.”
Koderma Deputy Commissioner K Ravikumar, who also happens to be the president of Amateur Silambam Federation of India and Jharkhand Silambam Association encouraged the participants from different district. “Silambam is also a traditional martial arts like Boxing, Wrestiling, Judo, Taekwando and wushu, originated in Indian Peninsula . Boxing, Wrestiling, Judo, Taekwando and wushu martial arts were developed in various parts of the world while Silambam is developed in India to preserve the Indian traditional games lathi and Bhala (Billy and Spear) usually played Ramnavmi and Muharram,” he said.
Around 450 boys and girls participants from 22 districts of Jharkhand participated in the State level Silambam competition organised jointly by Art ,Culture, Sports and Youth Afair Department Jharkhand and koderma District Administration.
Bhola Nath Singh, general secretary of State wrestling Association, Vijay Shankar Singh, General Secretary of Jharkhand Silambam Association(JSA), Rajnish Kumar Treasurer of JSA, Shriniwas Sawant Technical Head , Prabhash Kumar Dutta BDO Koderma and district president of organising committee, Naushad Alam ASP, Sushil Kumar Roy, DEO, Anandi Pandey District Sports officer and others were present at the moment.