Karimnagar District yoga team bags overall championship

Karimnagar: Erstwhile Karimnagar district Yoga team got 'overall Championship Trophy' at State-level Yoga Sports Championship held at Saroornagar in Hyderabad on Sunday.

Joint Collector GV Shyam Prasad Lal appreciated the district team players, who bagged overall Championship, at the Collectorate here on Thursday. He encouraged the players to continue the same tempo in future competitions and brought laurels to the district and State by entering national-level competitions.

District Yoga Association president and ex-Mayor S Ravinder Singh informed that sub-junior and junior group nationals will be held at Meerut from December 23 to 29 and senior and elders group nationals will be held at Jaipur from November 9 to 12.

The district teams bagged seven gold, 15 silver and nine bronze medals in different age groups at the State-level championship and secured 98 points. DYSO G Ashok Kumar, District Yoga Association secretary N Sidda Reddy, coaches V Kishtaiah, K Ramakrishna and B Sushma were present on the occasion.