Guru Gobind Singh Khalsa Sports Festival concludes at Nanded


The Two day Guru Gobind Singh Khalsa Sports Festival concluded with an indelible impact on the minds of the thousands spectators came from the various parts of the country to pay homage to the Great Guru on the historical occasion of tercentenary Gur-Gaddi Diwas of Sri Guru Granth Sahib.
Union Minister for Sports Manohar Singh Gill while giving away the prizes to the winning teams said that sports occupy an important place in the Sikh Culture and tradition. “That is the reason, the Punjabis and particularly the Sikhs have glorious achievements in the field of sports”, he said. He reminded the sacred edict of the Sikh Gurus that one should not only be spiritually strong but physically fit and mentally alert also and the sports are an important medium to follow it.
Earlier in the morning Industries and Tourism Minister of Maharashtra Goverment Ashok Chauhan inaugurated the Martial Art Games and lauded the efforts of the SGPC to organize such a unique sports festival at the sacred place of Nanded. The star attraction of the today’s events was the Gatka, Folk Dance of Banzara Community and Open Style Kabbaddi especially the final match played between Punjab and Haryana.
Sikh Players of international eminence Ajitpal Singh (Hockey), Pargat Singh (Hockey) and Kartar Singh (Wrestling) were honoured with a cash prize of Rs.51,000/-, a citation and memento for bringing laurels to the Sikh Community at global level.
Presenting the vote of thanks, Dalmegh Singh Secretary SGPC appreciated the contribution made by Kanwarjit Singh Sandhu of Sandhu Group of Companies, Mumbai for making this sports event a great success. Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa, former union minister, Punjab PWD minister Parminder Singh Dhindsa, Dr. P.S. Pasricha and Director Education SGPC Dr. Gurmohan Singh Walia also graced the occassion.




Results:
Punjab Style Kabbaddi (Men): Punjab winner, Haryana Runner Up
Punjab Style Kabbaddi (Women): Haryana Winner, Punjab Runner Up
National Style Kabbaddi (Men): Maharashtra Winner, Punjab Runner Up
National Style Kabbaddi (Women) Punjab Winner, Maharashtra Runner Up
Wrestling:
Vishav Khalsa Kesri Khitab amounting to RS. 3 Lakh won by Palwinder Cheema defeating Rajiv Tomer.
120 KG: Rajiv Tomer UP (First), Palwinder Cheema Punjab (Second), Satinder Chandigarh (Third)
84 KG: Rambir Singh (First), Naresh Delhi (Second), Muhammad Shuab Pakistan (Third)
74 KG: Ramesh Kumar RSPB (First), Gurdial Singh SSCB (Second), Rajinder Bhatti UP (Third)
66 KG: Amit Kumar Haryana (First), Ajay Tomar UP (Second), Sudhir Rana Third
60 KG Yogeshwar Dutt Haryana (First), Kirpa Shankar (Second), Mohsin pakistan (Third)
55 KG Vinod Kumar Haryana (First), Anil Tomer (Second), Sombir (Third)

               
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