Punjab Girl Boxers Shine In 61st National School Games

Chandigarh, April 29, 2016: Keeping intact its glorious track record in National School Games, Punjab has again put up a good show in U-19 Girls Boxing competition of 61st National School Games, which were held in Gwalior (Madhya Pradesh). Punjab team has bagged overall second position with 1 Gold, 6 Silver and 3 Bronze medals in these games.
While greeting the winning Players their Coaches and Parents for this splendid achievement, Dr. Daljit Singh Cheema, Education Minister, Punjab said that this achievement is the result of consistent hard work the players had put in. He said that the Education Department has been giving priority to the sports from the primary level by providing every kind of infrastructure and technical assistance to the players.
Divulging the detail of the Medals won by the Punjab team Mr. Sarabjit Singh Toor, Deputy Director (Sports) said that Mandeep Kaur Chakar (Ludhiana) snatched Gold, Jasdeep Kaur (Bathinda), Karamjit Kaur (Bathinda), Sirjan Sandhu (Patiala), Parwaj Kaur (Patiala), Parveen Kaur Rohiran (Sangrur) and Avineet Kaur (Barnala) got Silver medals and Harpreet Kaur (Ludhiana), Amardeep Kaur Mastuana (Sangrur) and Rupinder Kaur (Bathinda) bagged Bronze medals. He said that Punjab team bagged overall second position in this competition.