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Inter-District Junior Volleyball Kicks Off in Goalpara

The 58th Inter-District Junior Volleyball Tournament for boys and girls started in Goalpara on Friday, organized by the Assam Volleyball Association and Goalpara District Sports Association.

Sentinel Digital Desk

A Correspondent

Goalpara: The 58th Inter District Junior volleyball tournament for boys and girls kicked off on Friday at the Goalpara College playground, Goalpara. The three-day tournament is being organized by the Assam Volleyball Association (AVA) in cooperation with Goalpara District Sports Association (GDSA).

Altogether 52 teams including 30 boys and 20 girls team participated  in the tournament from the different districts of the State.

Putul Baruah, secretary in charge and Mukut Gogoi, treasurer of AVA, AR Mondal and AKR Alom, MLAs, Dipak Nath, president and A. Rahim Zibran, secretary of GDSA, Mahananda Pathak, chairman of reception committee and chairman of GMB among many other dignitaries attended the inaugural function.

The first three matches were played between, Nagaon versus Vergaon and Nalbari versus Bijni for girls and Jorhat versus Udalguri for boys. The final for both the events will be played on Sunday.

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