Rural Sports competitions commence next month in Haryana

Chandigarh, Sep 18 (UNI) The Haryana Sports and Youth Programme Department will organise block level Rural Sports Competitions at each block on October 10 and 11.

These will be followed by the district level Rural Sports Competitions on October 13 and 14 to be held at all district headquarters for boys and girls below 16 years of age.

A spokesman of the Department informed that these competitions would be organised as per the amendments made in the calender of activities of the Department on the directions of the Sport Authority of India (SAI).

He said that competitions in archery, athletics, hockey, volleyball, kabaddi, kho-kho, weight lifting, football and wrestling would be held for boys in both the tournaments. For girls competitions would be held in archery, kabaddi, kho-kho, volleyball, weight lifting, athletics and hockey.

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