Bandipora, March 10:(KNS)   Deputy Commissioner Bandipora Dr Owais Ahmad on Wednesday felicitated 14 players from Bandipora who participated in the recently held 7th Thaiboxing championship at Hyderbad.

            Two players among them- Muzaffar Ahmad Kawa from Kulhama Nadihal and Feroz Ahmad from Bagh Bandipora won the belts for the first time for the Union Territory while one participant –Uzair Ahmad-8 year-old was the youngest  player among the participants of the UT.

The championship was organised by Thaiboxing Federation at Hyderabad, Telangana from February, 26-27-28, 2021. 

            While interacting with the players, DC congratulated them for achieving participating in the championship and said it will go a long way in motivating other youngsters to take interest in sports. He assured every possible support  to  youngsters  for increasing sports activities in the district. He urged them to spend their leisure time in sports activities so that they are not indulged in any anti social activities like drug abuse.

            He said the district administration is keen to develop sports infrastructure in the district and under different schemes, not only the play fields are being developed in every village but sports items are also distributed among the sports clubs of different villages besides numerous tournaments under Khelo India. He said the sports calendar for the upcoming summers has already been devised and soon the outdoor sports activities will start in the district.

            District  Officer Youth Services and Sports, Gh Qadir was also present on the occasion.(KNS)