Jammu: Approximately 1200 Wushu players from 19 Districts, 06 Khelo India centres and J& K Police are taking part in the championship. Nasir Aslam Wani, Advisor to Chief Minister UT J&K Inaugurated the 04 days 18th UT Wushu championship. He appreciated Wushu Association of J&K for taking the Wushu sports to every nook and corner of the UT J&K, he congratulated Dronacharya Kuldeep Handoo for taking the Wushu to the new heights of J&K, He congratulated all the medalists of 38th National Games at Uttarakhand in Wushu. He also appreciated the role of J&K Sports council for reaching far flung areas and promoting sports.
In his brief speech, He thrusted that sports should be taken as priority, as sports play a pivitol role in shaping the youth, which teaches them discipline, Determination and self confidence.
He briefed that Sports is priority for the government and we are of opinion to make the UT J&K a sports Hub. He advised all the parents to send their wards to sports so that they may be away drugs and mobiles. During the event, he felicitated the Medal winners of Wushu in the 38th National Games and IWUF Wing chun medals in china, he wished all the best to the medalists for the future endeavpurs. The awardees were
Surya Bhanu Partap Singh- Gold
Kamran Mohd Shamas -Gold
Ayeera Chisti- Silver
Ishant singh, Rohan Sharma, Saleem Kumar and Arjun Sharma Bronze medalists
Sh. Ranjeet Karla Vice president, presented welcome address , he thanked Advisor to HCM for sparing his valuable time and accepting our request for the inauguration of the 18th UT J&K Wushu championship. He briefed the achievements of Wushu and the wushu glamour across the UT J&K.
Today on the opening, the Sub-Junior Boys and Girls fought for the yellow metal, tomorrow Sub-Junior and Junior category boys and Girls will fight for the podium.
The Guests present on the occasion were, Shri Rajeev Sharma (member Sports Council) Touseef Raina (Mayor) Baramulla, Sadat Aslam Wani (Vice President) Ms. Ritika Singh (Manager )Indoor Pawan deep kour (Athletic) Maqsood Rather (Jt. Secretary) Ranjeet Singh (International Footballer , Ajay Paul Gill, Nissar Ahmed Mir,
Kuldeep Handoo Presented vote of thanks , he thanked Advisor Nasir Aslam Wani for sparing his valuable time to inaugurate the championship, he thanked all the guests, Media and J&K Sports council for supporting wushu sport. He requested to government for setting up Wushu academy in J&K and assured that wushu will be top sports with medals in Asian Games/World championships.
