Punjab To Unleash Sports Extravaganza From September 5
Author(s): City Air NewsChandigarh, September 2, 2015: The Department of Sports, Punjab, is organizing Weekend League for Boy’s and Girl’s in under-19 category in four games i.e. Basketball, Football, Handball and volleyball from September...
Chandigarh, September 2, 2015: The Department of Sports, Punjab, is organizing Weekend League for Boy’s and Girl’s in under-19 category in four games i.e. Basketball, Football, Handball and volleyball from September 5, 2015.
Disclosing this here today, Mr. Rahul Gupta, Director, Sports, Punjab said that all the districts have been divided into 5 Zones described as Amritsar, Bathinda, Jalandhar, Ludhiana and Patiala. The League matches of Amritsar, Tarn Taran Gurdaspur, Pathankot will be conducted at Amritsar itself while the matches of Bathinda, Faridkot, Fazilka, Sri Muktsar Sahib and Ferozepur would be held at Bathinda.
He further elaborated that matches of Jalandhar, Hoshiarpur, Kapurthala, and Roopnagar would be held at Jalandhar while those of Ludhiana, Moga, Barnala, and Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar at Ludhiana where as matches of Patiala, Sangrur, Mansa, Mohali and Fatehgarh Sahib shall be conducted at Patiala. After the league phase, the winners of all the Zones shall fight in the Super League will be held at Ludhiana.
Divulging more details, he said that the selection of the teams will be strictly on merit basis. The Selection Committees would comprise of concerned District Sports Officer, Assistant Education Officer and member of Concerned Association. Only those players can participate In this league matches who have born after January 1st 1997 and can participate from his birth place of where he is schooling. The players would get fare of To and Fro and refreshment of Rs. 200/- per player per day. Rs. 2.00 Lac would be given to the winner, Rs. 1.25 lac to the runners up and Rs. 75,000 to the third place in Boys and Girls categories.
Date:
Wednesday, September 2, 2015