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Panchkula to hold district trials for Khel Mahakumbh on Oct 12-13 covering 30 sports

Panchkula, Oct 5 (UNI) District-level trials to select players for Haryana’s state-level Khel Mahakumbh will be held in Panchkula on October 12 and 13, with competitions covering 30 sports, District Sports Officer Rajbir Singh said on Monday.
The trials for girls will be held on October 12, while boys will undergo selection trials on October 13, he said. Players selected through the process will be eligible to represent the district at the state-level Khel Mahakumbh organised by the Haryana government.
Most of the trials will be conducted at the Tau Devi Lal Sports Complex in Sector 3, Panchkula.
Trials for athletics, badminton, boxing, basketball, fencing, gymnastics, volleyball, hockey, judo, lawn tennis, table tennis, weightlifting, handball, taekwondo, and wushu will be held at the Sector 3 sports complex, Singh said.
Separate venues have been designated for some disciplines. Kabaddi trials will be conducted at the Rajiv Gandhi Sports Complex, Naggal, while wrestling trials will be held at the Rajiv Gandhi Sports Complex, Paploha.
Cricket trials will take place at Government Sarthak School, Sector 12-A, kho-kho at Government Sanskriti School, Sector 20, and football trials at Moginand Police Lines, Sector 25, Panchkula.
Singh said players interested in archery, canoeing, cycling, netball, throwball, baseball, karate and “raig” should report to the Tau Devi Lal Sports Complex, Sector 3, on October 9 for information regarding their trials.
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