Early Times Report
Leh , Oct 27: To Commemorate the Bravery and Sacrifice of Indian Army and the People of Ladakh against the Pakistani raiders in 1947, 'Defenders of Ladakh (1947) today celebrated remembrance day under the aegis of 'Fire and Fury Corps' here at MVC stadium.
According to press release, the celebrations included the conduct of a series of events which commenced with Inter School Competitions from Oct 8- 10, 2014 at Ladakh Scouts Regimental Centre, Phyang. Five competitions were conducted which included Football, Volleyball, Handball, Debate and Painting Competition. After Interschool Competitions, T-20 Cricket Tournament was conducted at the stadium from Oct 15- 19, 2014.
Eight teams from entire Ladakh Region participated in the tournament. Polo, Tent Pegging and Archery Competitions were also conducted from Oct 20-26, 2014 in which eight team were participated in the Polo tournament, where as 23 teams participated in Archery and 21teams of riders participated in tent pegging competition. At the end, Prize distribution ceremony of all the events was conducted.
Lamdon School won the Trophy for Best School in Sports. Various other individual prizes were also given for Painting and debate competitions. In Cricket, Servo Team won the T-20 Cricket tournament Trophy whereas Ladakh Scouts team was the Runner-up Team.
In Archery, Luna Team Black, Leh won the Archery Tournament and Contractor (Green) was the Runners-up team.
Jigmat Dorjey of Luna Team Black was adjudged as Best Archer of the Tournament.
In Tent Pegging, riders of Ladakh Scouts dominated the event by securing first two positions. Besides these prizes, various other prizes were also given to other participants winners and officials of the event. |
