CURATED BY – YASHPAL SINGH JAT | CITYCHIEFNEWS

Rajnagar/Anuppur, The division level volleyball competition organized by Koylaanchal Club under the guidance of District Volleyball Association of the district was organized on 9th and 10th November at the Volleyball Ground of New Rajnagar. A total of 12 teams participated in this prestigious event, which mainly included teams from Jaisinghnagar, Umaria, Jalsar, Rajnagar, Koylaanchal Club, Bhalmuri, Jaithari, Anuppur, St. Joseph A and St. Joseph B.
Final match and prize distribution
The final match was played between St. Joseph School A and Koylaanchal Club Rajnagar, in which the team of St. Joseph Bijuri A performed excellently and won the first set 25-23 and the second set 25-21 and won the winning trophy of the competition. Kolaanchal Club Rajnagar was the runner-up. In other individual awards of the competition, Chhaiya got the title of Best Lifter, Sagar was the Best Defender, Shubhnsh was awarded the Best Blocker award and Satendra was awarded the Best Smasher. Ashish Marawi was honored as the best player of the competition. A goodwill match was also organized in the girls' category, in which Kolaanchal Club Senior won by defeating Kolaanchal Club Junior.

In the boys' category of the competition, the winning team was awarded Rs 7,000 cash and a trophy, and the runner-up team was awarded Rs 4,000 cash and a trophy. The winning team of the girls' category was awarded a trophy and medals. Girls playing at the national level were also honored on this occasion.

Views of the Chief Guests

In this program, Nagar Parishad Bangawa President Yashwant Singh, Nagar Parishad Doomar Kachhar President Sunil Kumar Chaurasia were present as the chief guests, while as special guests, former BJP Vice President Premchand Yadav, District Volleyball Association President Chaitanya Mishra, Vice President Ramesh Tiwari, Shobhnath Pracheta, Football Association Secretary Nandlal Yadav, Co-Secretary Sumita Sharma and many other dignitaries graced the program with their presence. In his address, President Chaitanya Mishra praised the achievements of the players of the district and said that the players of Anuppur district are playing at the national level. Nagar Parishad Bangawa President Yashwant Singh said that all the facilities will be provided in the volleyball ground, lighting, encroachment free and water arrangements will be provided smoothly and a national level competition will also be organized, Doomar Kachhar President Sunil Chaurasia said that there is no shortage of players in Koyalanchal area and whatever resources will be required, it will be fulfilled. Senior BJP leader Premchand Yadav said that volleyball sport will be promoted in Koyalanchal region so that more players can make their mark at the national level.
Patron Board and success of the event
The guidance of District Volleyball Association's Patron Laxman Rao, Arun Kumar Singh, Ashish Tripathi, Pankaj Agarwal, and District President Chaitanya Mishra, Executive President Siddharth Shiv Singh, Ramkhelavan Rathore, Vice President Vinod Bindeshwari Pandey, Amit Shukla, Shomnath Pracheta, Vinod Soni, Ramesh Tiwari, Secretary Ramchandra Yadav, Treasurer Pradeep Yadav, Co-Treasurer Umesh, State Referee National Trainer Co-Secretary Dinesh Kumar Singh, Co-Secretary Mithlesh Singh Netam, Mrs. Sumita Sharma, Harishchandra Yadav was important in the successful organization of the competition. Also, co-secretary national trainer and state referee Dinesh Kumar Singh, state referee Jitendra Panika and senior player Rajendra Yadav played the role of judges. Udar Kumar, JP Srivastava, Ram Aashray Yadav, Samay Patel, councilor Manoj Chandel, Brijesh Kushwaha, social worker Rajkumar, as judges, national trainer state referee District Volleyball Association co-secretary Dinesh Kumar Singh Chandel and state referee Jitendra Panika and Rajendra Yadav along with District Volleyball Association co-secretary Harishankar Yadav, Rajesh Srivastava, Ramji Bind Chai, Ankit Yadav, Sagar, Rohit and finally the competition ended with expression of gratitude by District Volleyball Association secretary Ramchandra Yadav.