PATIALA: Col JS Dhillon was elected as the president of Winter Games Federation of India (WGFI) in its annual general body meeting at Maharani Club in Patiala on Sunday.Laxman Singh Mehta was elected vicepresident, Harsh Mani Vyas was elected secretary, and Satpal Verma was elected as treasurer. Delegates from sports boards of different states were present at the meeting. It was decided that the Winter Games Federation of Uttarakhand, along with ITBP’s mountaineering and skiing institute, will take up a case for the FIS cross-country skiing competitions at Auli in January 2019. It was also decided that a national skiing championship will be held at Gulmarg in February next year.
BADMINTON TOURNEY FROM AUGUST 30 CHANDIGARH: The Chandigarh State Badminton Championship will be organised at Sector 43, Sports Complex Badminton Hall from August 30 to September 2.
The championships will be organised in the categories of boys and girls (under-13, under-15, under-17, udner-19), men and women.
The entries may be submitted to Surinder Mahajan, secretary of Chandigarh Badminton Association at Sector 43, Sports Complex between 6 to 8 am and 4 to 8 pm.
Last date of sending entries is August 26.
The entry forms will be available with the coaches, incharge of various coaching centres of Chandigarh with effect from August 18.
It would be mandatory to attach a photocopy each of the Chandigarh ID form, date of birth certificate or medical certificate, strictly as per the norms of Badminton Association of India, failing which the entries will be treated as invalid.