By OUR STAFF REPORTER
DEHRADUN, 18 Jan: The ‘Kho-Kho Championship’, played as part of the Khel Mahakumbh organised by the ‘Yuva Kalyan evam Prantiya Rakshak Dal Department’ at the Nanurkheda Mini-Stadium, here, concluded today. The winning teams were presented their awards by MLA Harbans Kapoor.
In the U-14 boys’ category, Haridwar took the third spot by beating Dehradun, 7-3. Udham Singh Nagar beat Nainital, 12-11, to win the final and take the Gold. In the girls’ category, Pithoragarh came third, beating Bageshwar, 5-1. Nainital beat Pauri, 13-2 to win the final.
In the U-17 boys’ category, Nainital took third place by beating Pauri by an innings and 5 points. In the final, Dehradun beat Bageshwar, 4-1, to take the Gold. In the girls’ category, Nainital beat Pithoragarh, 5-4, to take third place. Dehradun beat Bageshwar in sudden death to take the top spot.
In the U-19 category, Pauri beat Haridwar by an innings and 2 points to take the third spot. In the final, Dehradun beat Nainital, 6-5, to take the Gold. In the girls’ category, Pauri beat Champawat by an innings and 2 points to take the third spot. In the final, Nainital beat Dehradun by an innings and 3 points to take the gold.
Also present on the occasion were Jt Director RC Dimri, Dy Director Ajay Kumar Agarwal, Shakti Singh, SK Jairaj, Neeraj Gupta, PC Sati, Vikram Singh Negi, Viplav Kumar, Kishan Dobhal, Janardhan Tandon, Dhananjaya, Manoj Negi, Vijendra Singh, Puja Singh, etc.