Tribal players win 7 gold medals in national competitions

Bhopal: Tribal players of the state have won 7 gold medals at various national-level competitions during the year. Besides, they have also won 6 silver and 4 bronze medals. As many as 203 players from the state have represented Madhya Pradesh in various national-level competitions. These players will be felicitated at a function at Hotel Palash Residency on Thursday October 3 at 11.30 am. Tribal Welfare Minister Kunwar Vijay Shah will be the chief guest while Minister of State Shri Harishankar Khatik will also be present.

Tribal Welfare Department is running 22 sports complexes in the state where coaching in various sports is being imparted to tribal players. From this academic session, sports complexes have been opened at Indore, Khargone, Shahdol, Jabalpur and Sheopur where players are being coached in football, volleyball, handball, kho-kho, kabaddi and athletics. Facilities as per norms of Sports Authority of India are being provided at department’s sports complexes.
As many as 1500 players being coached at sports complexes came up with excellent performances in state-level competitions last year. They won 189 gold, 165 silver and 107 bronze medals. Departments’ team won 54 gold medals in state-level school sports competitions of football and hockey. This team will represent Madhya Pradesh at National Games in New Delhi in October.