2nd edition of Sikkim Inter-Church Football Tournament gets underway

GANGTOK, 25 Sept: The 2nd edition of Sikkim Inter-Church Football Tournament 2013 was kicked off by Gangtok MLA Dorjee Namgyal here at Paljor Stadium today. A total of 24 teams from the state are taking part in the tournament, which is being organized by Sikkim Christian Sports Committee [SCSC]. The tournament started with prayers by Pastor RS Yonzone.
The inaugural match was played between Bethany Church, Gangtok and Shyari Baptist Church, in which the former outplayed the latter 2-1.  In other matches on the first day, HCPC Bye Pass thrashed Shiloh Church Gangtok 6-0 and AG Church Gangtok went down to HFC Gangtok 1-2.
The tournament is being played on a knock-out basis and carries cash prizes along with the trophies. The final match is scheduled to be played on 06 October.
Baptist Church, Gangtok is the defending champion of the tournament, while CNI Church, Gangtok was the runner-up of the last edition.

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.

Samdong-Yangthang defeat Lyempu 7 to win President’s Cup Traditional Archery Tourney

GANGTOK, 11 Mar: Samdong-Yangthang has lifted the 3rd edition of President’s Cup Traditional [Bamboo] Archery Tournament played at Sikkim Archery Association archery field here at Tathangchen.
In the final match played on Saturday, Samdong-Yangthang defeated Lyempu 7 by 35 points to 25 points.
A total of 29 teams from different parts of the state had taken part in the tournament, which was organized by the Sikkim Archery Association [SAA] from 11 February.
Sameer Rai of Samdong-Yangthang was declared as the Man of the Series, while Samso Bhutia of Lyempu 7 received the Man of the Match trophy.
PHE Minister, TT Bhutia, who is also the SAA president, gave away the trophies, certificates and cash prizes. The winners received the cash prize of Rs 30,000, while the runner-up team took home Rs 20,000.

Traditional Bamboo Archery Tourney’s semi-final rounds begin

GANGTOK, 06 Mar: Sangtong-Ranka, Samdong-Yangthang, Ranka Rai Gaon and Lenpu VII entered the semi-final rounds of the ongoing President Cup Traditional Bamboo Archery Tournament here at Sikkim Archery Association Archery Field at Tathangchen.
In the semi-final match, Sangtong-Ranka will take on Samdong-Yangthang tomorrow, while in the second semi-final on 08 March Ranka Rai Gaon will be playing against Lenpu VII.

Traditional Bamboo Archery Tourney begins at Tathangchen

GANGTOK, 12 Feb: The Pakyong VII team shot enough targets to defeat Lama Star [Changay] in the second match of the Traditional Bamboo Archery Tournament-2012 for the President’s Cup at Sikkim Archery Association [SAA] archery field here at Tathangchen today.
In the second day match on Sunday, Pakyong archers scored 35 points to send Lama Star out of the tournament, who managed to score 17 points.
The tournament started on Saturday with SAA vice-president, Sonam Dadul Bhutia, as the chief guest. The inaugural match was played between Siniolchu VII and Demazong VII, in which the former team scored 35 points first to become the winners.
Likewise, Lamaten will take on Sangtong in the third match on Monday.
Twenty-eight teams from across the state are taking part in the tournament which is being organized by the Sikkim Archery Association.

Traditional archery tourney begins at Yangthang

GANGTOK, 10 Feb: The inaugural match of the traditional bamboo archery tournament organized by Yangthang Archery Committee of Upper Kambal, East Sikkim under Tumin-Lingee constituency was played between Yangthang A and Yawachi today which was won by the latter to enter into the second round.
The tournament was inaugurated by Zilla Panchayat, Saraswati Regmi, who was present as the chief guest. She was accompanied by Sherab Dorjee Bhutia and Abhimanyu Thapa as the guests of honour.
All together 12 teams are participating in the tournament and the finals will be played on 22 February at Yangthang.
Speaking to NOW!, a member of the organizing committee expressed gratitude towards the chief guest and the guests of honour for their encouragement as well as financial support for the tournament.
The ‘First Hit’ of the tournament went to Bal Bahadur Rai of Yawachi who was awarded a cash prize of Rs. 1,000 sponsored by the guest of honour, Mr. Bhutia.

30 teams sign up for Traditional Bamboo Archery Tournament

GANGTOK, 06 Feb: A total of thirty teams have confirmed their participation in the Traditional Bamboo Archery Tournament- 2012 for the President’s Cup at SAA Archery Field at Tathangchen. The tournament organized by Sikkim Archery Association will be inaugurated on 11 February.  Apart from a team from Pedong Monastery, all the other participating teams are from across the state.
SAA has decided to draw the fixture of the tournament on 08 February at 10 AM and interested teams can confirm their participation before the time of drawing the fixture.

Football tourney in memory of Late South Zilla Adhyaksha kicks off

NAMCHI, 29 Jan: The Late Ravi Chandra Gurung Memorial Football Tournament 2012 kicked off on Saturday here at Singithang ground, Namchi, South Sikkim. 23 teams from different Zillas of South district will be playing knockout matches in the tournament which is being organized by Zilla Panchayat South in collaboration with the Sports and Youth Affairs Department.
On the inaugural day, MLA Namchi-Singithang, Binod Rai was present as the chief guest while it was also attended by Chairman NMC, BT Tamang, Upa Adhyaksha South, Himal Tamang, JD Sport & Youth Affairs, Kamal Chettri.
Delivering the welcome address Upa Adhyaksha South, Himal Tamang informed that Zilla Panchayat South is organizing the first football tournament in memory of Lt. Adhyaksha South, Ravi Chandra Gurung. “He was an efficient and honest officer who always worked for the upliftment of the poor and his sudden death is a big loss for the State”, said Mr Tamang. This tournament is being organised in order to remember him and his work, he added.
The chief guest, in his address, expressed his sadness on losing an able people’s representative and added that through this tournament his contribution towards the people of Sikkim will always be remembered. A traditional cultural programme was also presented by the different groups on the day.
The first match was played between Namphing-Bermiok and Chisopani wherein the former team was thrashed by the boys of Chisopani ending with the final score of 9-0.
The final match of the tourney will be played on 16 February and the winner of the tournament will be awarded a cash prize of Rs 70, 000 along with trophy while the runners-up will be awarded Rs 50, 000 along with trophy.
The programme was also attended by Zilla Panchayats, Panchayats and officers from various departments.