Army Organised Three Days Major Anuj Sood Volleyball Tournament Cum Food Festival At Handwara Concludes Tonight

SHAKIR BHAT

Handwara November 15:– To promote the sports culture in the Valley and identify the local talents, Night Volleyball tournament cum food festival was organised by Handwara army in collaboration with Boys Higher secondary School (BHSS), Handwara from 12 – 14 Nov 21. A total of 16 teams ( 04 x pools) from Handwara, Vilgam , Magam and Upper Rajwar areas participate against each other over a period of three days.

The Inaugural matches started with opening ceremony by chief guest Mr Sulaiman Mir DDC Rajwar , Mr Rafiq Ah principle Govt Boys higher secondary School and other civil dignitaries. The inaugural matches were played between Lone Volleyball Club Vs Boban Club in which Boban won and Chogul Volleyball Club Vs Turkpura Volleyball Club in which chogul won the match. In Pool C Quaterfinal match was played between Chogul club and Dudipura in which Dudipura won the match with brilliant performance. In Pool A Quarterfinal match was played between Handwara locals and Boban Club in which Handwara locals won the match and enters the Semifinal which was played on 14th Nov.

In addition, a food festival was also organised with combination of street food, fast food & Kashmiri delicacy. The viewers of Volleyball matches enjoyed the music performance by local artists alongwith food festival.

Tonight a grand finale was played between Handwara and magam which was won by Handwara.

On this occusion of closing Cermoney DDC Rajwar Mir Sulaiman and Treaders president Sofi Aijaz along CO 21RR ,TC Handwara distrubutes prizes to winning team along players۔

Locals of the area hails the efforts of Indian Army for organising such types of tournaments۔