BARNALA: Nearly a hundred speech and hearing impaired youths from various places across Punjab participated in the 8th Punjab state deaf Badminton championship held on Sunday at Barnala Club, Barnala.
The championship organised by Punjab deaf and dumb sports association, Patiala saw the disabled youths showcasing their prowess in sports arena. The disabled young girls, enthused with the remarkable performances of Golden Girls of Badminton PV Sindhu and Saina Nehwal, attracted the fancy of onlookers with their brilliant game. The championship was inaugurated by Barnala chief judicial magistrate(CJM) Prabhjot Singh and appreciated the learning qualities of disabled sports persons. The disabled players took the pledge to lay clean game.
Barnala Deputy Commissioner Ghanshyam Thori said that "despite the disability the speech and hearing impaired boys and girls have a lot of potential in educational and sports activities. These disabled children have shown that they have not allowed the disability to let them down".
Barnala Club general secretary Dr. Pardeep Sharma and Rajesh Kumar Kansil, who is chairman of NGO Pawan Sewa Samiti that runs school for speech and hearing impaired at Barnala, said that, "Barnala club is for assistance to disabled sports persons. The club has assured every support to such events for the disabled in future as well."
Barnala SDM Himanshu Gupta distributed the prizes to the winners of championship and appreciated the sporting qualities of disabled players.
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