Early Times Report
Jammu, May 14: Jennie Bhagat of Muthi, Jammu won the prestigious Sub Junior Girls title of the 22nd Jammu District Sport Climbing Championship which concluded at Sprawling Buds ICSE School, Bantalab, Jammu. In a tough contest with Simrandeep of Shiksha Niketan Jeevan Nagar, Jammu and Mishti Sharma of Shangrilla Public School, Sarwal, Jammu Jennie topped the 40ft high fibreglass wall in style to emerge victorious. Simran and Mishti Sharma bagged the Silver and Bronze medals respectively.
However, the Mini Boys category was dominated by climbers of Sprawling Buds ICSE School. Whereas Rudra Rajput won the Gold medal the Silver medal was bagged by Daksh Sharma. The Bronze medal was clinched by Narinder Singh of Shining Star Academy, Muthi, Jammu.
There was interesting contest among the fresh budding climbers in the Mini Girls category in which Himani Chauhan of Sprawling Buds ICSE School secured the first position and 2nd and 3rd positions were bagged by Dristhi Dutta and Deepika Sajgotra of St. Xavier Convent Sr, Secondary School, Barnai, Jammu.
Competitions in the Women’s and Men’s categories were not conducted because of lack of adequate number of genuine climbers.
In the valedictory function Prof. Lalit Magotra, President of Dogri Sanstha, Jammu who is also advisor of Tawi Trekkers J&K, was the Chief Guest who along with Rahul Sharma, Chairman of Sprawling Buds ICSE School presented medals to the winners of the various categories.
Prominent among others present on the occasion included Ram Khajuria, Sr. Vice President, Shawetica Khajuria, General Secretary, Narinder Singh Slathia and Sakshi Magotra , Sr. members of Mountaineering Association of J&K; Seema Sharma, Director of Sprawling Buds School, Jammu and Suksham Verma.
The Jammu District Sport Climbing Championship in which record number of 503 climbers participated was sponsored by J&K Sports Council. |
