28 June 2022, Kupwara. Indian Army has always been the forerunner of guiding the youth into correct direction and motivating them into various sports activities. In continuation with the efforts to expose the youth of Kashmir to various co-curricular and new sporting activities, an Inter-Village cross country competition was organised at Vilgam, Kupwara for the youth of Ramhal, Kupwara, Magam, Taratpora, Zachaldara Blocks.
The event will be spread across three days and is being conducted in two different categories for boys and girls, i.e. Class VI to VIII being the junior category and Class IX to XII being the Senior category, the initial screening of the participants was done at their school level, wherein the teachers registered the participants at their nearby army camp and thereafter were sent to participate in the final event held at Vilgam, Kupwara.
The Girls competition for Senior category (5Kms) and Junior category (3Kms) was conducted today, wherein a total of 372 girls (319 Junior category and 53 Senior category) participated in the event. The girls were continuously being motivated enroute by a total of 63 Teachers who had accompanied their respective teams. Ms Sana Farooq of Manzgam and Ms Hadik Izaz of Darel Payeen proved themselves to be better than others and were the winners in Senior and Junior category respectively.
To motivate the students and to instill the competitive spirit amongst them fwg prizes are to be given away to the contestants for each category separately for Boys and Girls:
1st Prize – Rs 5,000
2nd Prize – Rs 3,000
3rd Prize – Rs 2,000
Consolation Prizes of Rs 200 each along with a medal and certificate to top 10 runners in each category.