2nd All Punjab Boys Kho Kho
Championship for the Deaf was held at the Sports Authority of India
Training Centre Multipurpose Hall, Opposite Guru Nanak Stadium, Ludhiana
on 8th May 2010. The Chief Guest for the occasion Mr. S. Jaswinder
Singh Bhandari, District Sports Officer, Guru Nanak Stadium, Ludhiana
opened the matches. Seven different schools participated in this event.
Everybody was very excited as this was the first
time such an event was organized. Senior Coach Ms. Surinder Kaur said
she had never heard of Kho Kho matches for the deaf and was very pleased
to be part of it. Mr. Jetal Ramaiya, Branch Manager, The Deaf Way,
Punjab said that he was happy such an event was organized for the first
time and that too in Punjab. Mr. Anuj Jain, Secretary, The Deaf Way
Foundation, was thankful to the Punjab State Sports Council who gave the
suggestion to hold such an event and was hopeful that we would organize
more of such events in the future. Our Guest of Honour Mr. S. K. Mohala
too was very impressed seeing the active participation of the deaf
students and was of the opinion that they too were equally good players
as the normal students were. He not only congratulated all the winners
but also commended The Deaf Way Foundation for organizing such an event.
Of the six Deaf Schools, School for The Deaf
Children, Tagore Nagar, Ludhiana were the champions of the day and won
gold medals. Students from the Vatika High School for the Deaf stood
second and received silver medals. Deaf Schools from Jalandhar,
Chandigarh, Khanna, Mandi Govindgarh, Ropar and Ludhiana participated in
the event. All the students got participation certificates. We would
like to forward our heartfelt thanks to Alchemist Ltd. for sponsoring
the event and to Haryana Tourism for co-sponsoring. We would also like
to thank CDEC and Little Bee for supporting us.