MLA inaugurates traditional archery tourney at Tintek

CASH PRIZE ENHANCED TO RS 50,000 AND RS 30,000 TO WINNER AND RUNNER-UP 
MANGAN, 12 Mar: The Chief Whip cum area MLA Tumin-Lingee constituency, Ugen T Gyatso Bhutia today inaugurated the MLA Challenge Cup Archery tournament here at Upper Tintek in East Sikkim who attended the inaugural match as chief guest and BDO Tintek, Tenzing Dorjee Denzongpa was present as special guest.
The inaugural match today was played between Assam Lingzey Church and Assam Lingzey where the latter won the match by 34 points with the opponents scoring only 24 points.  The Man of the Match title was awarded to Pintso Dorjee Bhutia of Assam Lingzey.
Earlier, the cash prize had been fixed as Rs. 30,000 to the winner and Rs. 20,000 to the runner-up team but today the committee members decided to increase the cash prize to Rs. 50,000 and Rs. 30,000 respectively. The cash prize was enhanced as a result of contributions from BDO Tintek, Tenzing Dorjee Denzongpa, vice-convener (East Dist), Tika Devi Nepal, Panchayat president, Samdong Kambal GPU, Chura Kumari and ward Panchayat, Tika Devi Pandey.
The tournament is being organized by Tumin-Lingee Youth Association and has a total of 18 teams from across the state participating. The final match of the tournament will be played on 02 April.  The match tomorrow will be played between Seven Star Tadong and IRBn Balutar.
The inaugural match today was also witnessed by Panchayat President Rakdong-Tintek GPU, Denzong Lepcha, Panchayat members of different wards and the general public.