Srinagar: The Open 3 × 3 Basketball Championship was inaugurated by Secretary J&K sports council , Waheed ur Rehman Para at Indoor Stadium Srinagar on Tuesday.
The tournament will be held from November 1 to 3.
The tournament is open for all age groups and for both the genders.Around 100 participants were seen.This is the first time that such type of basketball event is being organised by sports council and the players are very enthusiastic and a large number of players of basketball took part in this event, said Mursaleen Basketball trainer.
I will try to organise more and more events in future , so that our Kashmiri players will be able to compete at National and International level.
On the occasion, Secretary, Sports council assured his full support from the Sports council and will sponsor more events in future too, The secretary also assured that the foreign players will be invited to valley , so that the skills of our youths will be developed.
The sports officer Kashmir, Mushtaq Ahmad was also present on the occasion.
In the first match, Kashmir Nights defeated Little Warriors by 21/18 while as Jaw Hawks defeated Sanat Nagar Club by 21/19 in second match. Ring Crushers defeated Hoop Breakers by 11/08 in third match while as Narcos defeated Lal Bazar by 21/06 in fourth match. A Lions defeated Bulls in 5th match.