DIKCHU, 08 Feb: The North-East Region (Sikkim) Volleyball tournament for teams from East and North districts got underway at Tumin-Barang in East Sikkim yesterday.
The tournament has been organized by the Yuva Jagriti Sangh of Lower Kambal and is being sponsored by the National Hydro-electric Power Corporation (NHPC), Teesta Stage-V.
The opening ceremony had the area MLA [Singtam-Khamdong], Am Prasad Sharma as chief guest accompanied by Chief Engineer (NHPC), AK Choudhary.
The opening match was played between United Brothers [Lower Kambal] and Sunakhari Club of Kokaley with the former team winning 2-0 in a best of three sets. The match was refereed by Dilli Ram Basnett from Sports & Youth Affairs Department and had Depen Bhattarai as second umpire.
A total of 19 teams have registered for the tournament which carried a cash-prize of Rs. 30,000 for the winning team, Rs. 20,000 for the runners-up and Rs. 10,000 for the team coming in third.
[WANGCHUK BHUTIA]
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