The annual Inter Battalion tournament will be organised by Jammu and Kashmir Police from April 15, Additional Director General of Police (ADGP), S M Sahai said here today.
The six-day-long tournament will witness as many as 1200 athletes, including 300 women, from 28 battalions of Jammu and Kashmir Armed Police and Indian Reserve Police contest in 13 different disciplines.
While Basketball, Volleyball, Tug-of-War, Boxing, Wrestling, Weightlifting, Football, Handball and Kabaddi will be held at Jammu and Kashmir Police Sports Complex, Hockey and Athletics events will be conducted at Jammu University grounds.
Shooting events will be held at Training Center Sunjwan, in the outskirts of the city, and Handball will be organised at District Police Lines, while Swimming will be held at KC Public School, Sahai told reporters.
Apart from the above mentioned disciplines, the tournament will also feature Gazetted Officers events, which include Badminton, Table Tennis and Lawn Tennis apart from Shooting.
Sahai added that all the matches will be played on knock-out basis.
He said that the tournament will act as a precursor to the Inter Zone Sports meet scheduled later this year.
The ADGP said that after the conclusion of the Inter Battalion tournament an outstanding contingent of sportsmen of different battalions shall be selected to represent the Armed Zone in the Inter Zone Sports meet.
He further said that the opening ceremony of the tournament will be held at Police Stadium Gulshan Ground at 1730 hours.
