13th All India Railway Archery Championships underway

Maligaon, October 9 (MExN): The 13thAll India Railway (Men & Women) Archery Championship, 2023 is being organised by the Northeast Frontier Railway. The championship started on October 8 at N.F. Railway Sports Association Football Stadium Pandu, Guwahati. The sporting event was inaugurated by Chetan Kumar Shrivastava, General Manager, Northeast Frontier Railway on October 9, in presence of other Railway officials. The championship will continue till October 10.

There are total 11 teams from various Zones; Production Units of Indian Railways are participating in the championship. A total of 50 players, including 8 top ranking players of Indian Railways and 5 players of International repute are taking part in this championship.

Olympian, Arjuna Awardee and Padmashree Awardee L Bombayla Devi from Eastern Railway; Olympian and Arjuna Awardee Mangal Singh Champia from Eastern Railway; Olympian and Arjuna Awardee Rahul Banerjee from Eastern Railway; Olympian Laxmi Rani Majhi from Chittaranjan Locomotive Works; and Asian Games Bronze Medallist Trisha Deb from Eastern Railway are among the participating players.