CURATED BY – UMESH KUSHWAHA | CITYCHIEFNEWS

Satna, The final match of the 55th All India Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi and Shaheed Sukhram Singh Memorial Volleyball Competition concluded in Shaheed Sukhram Singh Gandhi Sports Ground in Gram Panchayat Mehuti under the district. The chief guest of the closing ceremony was Surendra Singh MLA Chitrakoot, the special guest was Subhash Sharma (Doli Bhaiya) and the former MLA Nilanshu Chaturvedi presided over the function. The guests garlanded the statue of Gandhiji and Shaheed Sukhram Singh. After this, the guests were welcomed with bouquets, garlands and badges. The guests were introduced to the players. Brijendra, Secretary of Organizing Committee Shiva Gramin Vikas Sansthan / Volleyball Organizing Committee, said that the main masterminds of this entire match, Digvijay Singh, GP Sen, Raj Kumar Pandey, Triveni Singh, Yogendra Singh and a team of hundreds of volunteers tirelessly work hard to make this program successful. It is because of them that this program is successful. Prism Johnson Limited Mankahari had a special contribution in this four-day competition which started on 28 January and concluded today on 31 January, in which the brave men of Punjab defeated the team of Muzaffarnagar 3-2 in the final match and won the title of the winning team, the runner-up team was Muzaffarnagar. In the competition, the local teams played on 28 and 29 January this year, in which the teams of Amar Shaheed Sukhram Club Mehuti and Khutha gave their excellent performance and were able to make their place to play with the outside teams. After the match of these local teams, a very exciting competition started with the guest teams from different states in which four teams reached the semi-finals. The first semi-final match was played between Banaras and Punjab in which the Punjab team won and entered the finals, while the second semi-final match was played between Muzaffarnagar and Shaheed Sukhram Singh Club Mehuti in which the Muzaffarnagar team became the second team to make it to the finals and finally the Punjab team became the winner and received the winner's cup and twenty-one thousand rupees in cash (by the family of Shaheed Sukhram). The runner-up team Muzaffarnagar received the runner-up cup and fifteen thousand rupees in cash by the organizing committee. The Man of the Series was given to Punjab player Michael and the Man of the Match was given to Punjab player Saksham in the memory of late uncle\nephew Shambhu Tarun Pandey by their family members. The chief guest of the program Surendra Singh said that sports teach us discipline in life. Sports inspire brotherhood, mutual cooperation and to do something different in life. Sports are an integral part of our life. Nilanshu Chaturvedi, former MLA of Chitrakoot, who was presiding, said that the match being held for fifty-five years continuously is a great example, this is possible due to the cooperation of the people of this village and the hard work of the members of the organizing committee, today a small boy of the third/fourth generation, Antariksha Singh, does such good commentary, it is a living example of how much love and dedication the people here have for this game. Special guest Subhash Sharma said that I participate in this event every year and see that every year it is getting better than the previous year. In the program on January 30, the family members of Amar Shaheed Sukhram Singh, Kailash Kushwaha, Mayank Bhushan Tiwari were honored. Along with this, people who did excellent work in the village and nearby areas were also honored. The program was conducted by Bhishma Prasad Tiwari. Thanks were given by former Mandal President Kamlesh Pandey. Match referees were Shrikant Pandey and Satish Singh, Rajesh Pandey. Also commentary was done by Shiv Sampat Pandey, Ek Ram Dwivedi and Antariksha Singh. Senior guides and patrons, among whom the main ones were CB Mishra Satna, Rajesh Agarwal Jaitwara, Aniruddh Singh, Ram Kumar Singh, Sundar Singh, Raj Kumar Shukla, Bansal International School, Vipin Bansal Jaitwara, Indian Public School, Yash TV Yash Satna Dinesh Gautam, Jitendra Nath Tiwari, Ved Parauha Sarpanch Mohania, Pawan Singh Sarpanch Chund, Dhaniram Prajapati Municipal Council President Birsinghpur, Ram Babu Saket Sarpanch Khanch, Pushpraj Singh Chund, Nathu Singh Chund, Laxmi Kant Dwivedi, Rajjan Singh, Gokulanand Pandey, Aflak Mohammad, Sakil Mohammad, Shelendra Singh, Kamlesh Singh, Mahendra Singh, Dinesh Singh, Om Singh, Uday Raj Singh, Surendra Singh, Omkar Singh, Janardan Singh, Arunesh Singh Kubri, Umesh Kushwaha. Announcement time, The presence of Vijay Singh, Ramavtar Pandey, Shravan Pandey, Ran Bahadur Singh, Lakhan Singh, Jairaj Singh, Man Singh Rafiq Tent, Munna Halwai and other player friends, dignitaries, citizens and spectators was noteworthy.