JASWANT SINGH GANDAM & RAMAN NEHRA
India Post News Service
PHAGWARA: Lovely Professional University (LPU) in Jalandhar has added the unique sport boccia of the Paralympic Games to its annual athletic meet.
Played by differently-abled competitors with physical disability that requires use of wheelchair, boccia is also designed to be played by all people with impaired motor skills, in one or the other form.
Along with the athletic meet, 3rd Para Boccia National Championship 2019 was also organized at the campus under the aegis of Boccia International Sports Federation (BISFed) and Para Boccia Sports Welfare Society of India, a varsity press release stated.
In this event, over 60 players from 15 states of India, 25 officials from across India, over 70 boccia volunteers from LPU and a number of social activists from many countries, including the UK and France, participated. The organization of the event proved a golden opportunity for disabled considered players to show their abilities.
While inaugurating the boccia championship, LPU Chancellor Ashok Mittal welcomed all differently-abled participants and described them as a source of great inspiration to all able-bodied persons. Referring to the great tally of medals won at the International Paralympic Games and the Asian Games by differently-abled Indian players, Chancellor Mittal shared his pride with them as they are regularly bringing glory to the nation.
Expressing his happiness on hosting the Championship at the campus, Mittal declared that all facilities available at LPU are for socially noble use of over 130 crore people of India. He asserted that the competency of differently-abled players is unparalleled.
Mittal was flanked by Vice-President of Paralympic Committee of India Gurcharan Singh, social activists Amarjeet Singh Anand, Parminder Singh Khalsa, Rajinder Singh Purewal from UK, Pal Singh from France, Pro Chancellor Rashmi Mittal, and brand ambassadors of Boccia India Prabhsimran Singh and Jasleen Kaur, President Jaspreet Singh Dhillon, and General Secretary Shaminder Singh among others.
In BC-1 category of the championship, Navdeep from Rajasthan won gold, Chankit got silver and Pradeep bagged THE bronze medal. In BC-2 category, Kartik from Punjab won gold, Sonu from Delhi got silver and Lakshmi Prabha from Tamil Nadu bagged the bronze medal.
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