Nagaland honours 210 meritorious sportspersons with State Sports Award
Er. Zale Neikha and others with recipients of state sports awards in Kohima on August 29. (DIPR)
Our Correspondent
Kohima | August 29
210 meritorious sportspersons of the state including four coaches have been conferred with the prestigious State Sports Award here today by the state’s Department of Youth Resources & Sports.
A total of Rs. 50 lakhs has been utilised for this cash awards for 311 medal winners from the year 2016-2017 and 2017-2018 including some backlog from 2012 from 14 disciplines at the national and international level.
The cash awards was given during the observance of 'National Sports Day' cum- Fit India Movement,” here organised by department of youth resources & sports in collaboration with Nagaland Olympic Association.
During the period, 210 sportsperson won medals at the various meet likes; 62nd National School Games Wrestling (Free Style) U-17 Boys & Girls Championship, Maharashtra (2019), 62nd National School Games Wrestling (Free Style) U-14 & U-19 Girls Championship, Madhya Pradesh (2016), 19th Sub Junior National Sepaktakraw Championship, Telangana (2016),20th Junior National Sepaktakraw Championship (Boys & Girl), Karnataka ( 2016), 31st King World Cup Sepaktakraw Championship, Thailand (2016), National Level Rural Sports Competitions Taekwondo (Group-1) under RGKA, Andhra Pradesh (2016), 62nd National School Games Taekwondo Boys U-14 & U-17, Telangana (2016), 62nd National School Games Boxing Girl U-17, Madhya Pradesh (2016), 28th East Zone Junior Athletics Champions, Assam (2016), 62nd National School Games Sepaktakraw Girls U-17, Delhi (2017), 27th Senior National Sepaktakraw Championship, Andhra Pradesh (2017), 2nd South Asian Cup Sepaktakraw Championship, Sri Lanka (2017), 37th Sub Junior National Archery Championship, Odisha (2017), National Level Sports Competitions Boxing under Khelo India, Assam (2017),3rd International Open Karate Championship, West Bengal (2017), 5th ISKF Open National Karate-do Championship, Assam (2017), National Level Sports Competition Taekwondo under Khelo India, Tamil Nadu (2017), 29th East Zone Junior Athletic Championship, West Bengal (2017), 62nd National School Games Archery Boys U-19, Madhya Pradesh (2016), Subroto International Cup Girls U-17, Delhi (2016), 13th International De France De Sepaktakraw, France (2017), 18th Asian Games Sepaktakraw Championship, Jakarta (2017), 32nd Kings Cup Sepaktakraw World Championship Thailand (2017), 20th Sub Junior National Sepaktakraw Championship (Boys & Girls), Andhra Pradesh (2018), 28th Senior National Sepaktakraw Championship for Men & Women, Kerala (2018), World Police Archery Championship, USA (2017), 63rd National School Games, Gujarat (2017), North East Zone Inter-State Badminton Championship, Mizoram (2017), 5th Federation Cup Amateur Muaythai Championship Assam ( 2017), India National Muaythai & Muay Boran Championship, Meghalaya (2017), 5th North East National Level Karate Championship, Arunachal Pradesh (2017), Dr. T. Ao Centenary U-21 NEC Gold Cup Football Championship, Assam (2018), 5th North East Zone Shooting Championship, Meghalaya (2017), 27th All India GV Navalankar Shooting Championship (Rifle), Maharashtra (2017), 61st National Shooting Championship (Rifle) Kerala (2017), 63rd National School Games Taekwondo Boys U-17, Delhi (2017), 4th North East Kyorugi Taekwondo Championship, Assam (2018).
The backlog awards cleared by the department today were from 23rd Senior National Sepaktaktraw Championship, Andhra Pradesh (2012), 30th National Sub-Junior Taekwondo Championship Uttar Pradesh (2012), 33rd Sub- Junior National Archery Championship, Karnataka (2013), South-Asian Karate-Do Championship held at Thimpu, Bhutan (2013), 26th North-East Games (Wrestling ), Mizoram (2012), 26th North East Games ( Judo ), Mizoram (2012), 13th IFMA Indian National Muaythai Championship, Tamil Naidu (2012), 26th Northeast Games( Judo) Mizoram (2012), 15th Sub-Junior National Sepaktaktraw Championship, Chandigarh (2013), 58th National School Games Football Girls U-17 Pune (2013), 58th National School Games Taekwondo Boys U-14, Delhi (2013), 15th Muaythai India (R) National Muaythai Championship, Karnataka (2015), 58th National School Games Taekwondo boys U-14 and U-17, Delhi (2013), 33rd Sub-Junior National Archery Championship, Karnataka (2013), South Asian Karate-do Championship, Bhutan (2013), 26th Northeast Games (Wrestling), Mizoram (2012), 15th Muaythai India (R) National Muaythai Championship, Karnataka (2015), 13th IFMA Indian National Muaythai Tamil Nadu (2012), 26th Notheast Games (Judo) Mizoram (2012), 4th East Zone Softball Championship Manipur (2012), 24th Senior National WUSHU Championship, Chandigarh (2015), South Asian Karate-do Championship, Bhutan (2013) and 26th Northeast Games ( Wrestling) Mizoram (2012).
The state coaches awardees were Ruopfii Meyase (Football), Kevilebei Paphino (Football), Neisevotuo Terhase (Archery) and B. Awala Walling (Athletics).
