Patna: With high spirits and full vigor, the Bihar Dragon Boat team left for Koderma from Patna on Thursday (June 15) forenoon by train to participate in the 11th Senior National Dragon Boat Racing Championship. This national championship is being organized from June 16 to 18 at the Jawahar Ghat reservoir located at Tilaiya Dam in Jharkhand.
Padmashree Dr CP Thakur, Deputy Director (Students and Youth Welfare), Government of Bihar, Sanjay Kumar, MD of Chemonics India Pvt Ltd Deepak Thakur, Chairman of Legal Advisory Committee of Dragon Boat Federation of India, Advocate Sanjeev Kumar Mishra aka Geeta Wale Baba, Secretary of Institute of Krishi Educational and Health Services (KEAHSS) Vindhyachal Pathak, President of Bihar Dragon Boat Association Ram Babu Singh and Secretary of Bihar Dragon Boat Association Deepak Prakash Ranjan bade farewell to all the players from the Youth Hostel with lots of best wishes for participating the championship.
Giving this information, Bihar Dragon Boat Association Secretary Deepak Prakash Ranjan said that a total of four teams–three teams in men’s category and one team of women’s category–are participating in different categories from Bihar. On behalf of Deepak Thakur, MD, Chemonics India Private Limited, various types of health-saving medicines were made available to the players.
Team:
Men’s Category: Sanskar Ranjan (Bhojpur), Amar Kumar (Madhepura), Harshit Kumar (Siwan), Rohit Kumar (Sheikhpura), Prahlad Kumar (Madhepura), Smigal Sam (Nalanda), Badri Kumar (Madhepura), Rajneesh Kumar (Madhepura) , Deepak Raj (Patna), Vibhor Raj (Aurangabad), Vidyanand Singh (Patna), Kingkar Kumar (Madhepura), Indresh Kumar (Saran), Manish Kumar Tiwari (Rohtas), Akshay Kumar (Samastipur), Prabhat Chandra (Saharsa), Chandan Kumar (Saharsa), Ashish Kumar (Saharsa), Sanikesh Kumar (East Champaran), Chandan Kumar (Katihar), Sahdev Kumar (Katihar), Rahul Kumar (Patna), Arvind Kumar Sharma (Bhojpur), Rajneesh Kumar Singh (Saran) , Raja Singh (Saran), Ganesh Kumar Singh (Saran), Rishi Raj Sharma (Saran), Aditya Kumar (Saran), Pradeep Kumar (Rohtas), Satyanand Kumar (Patna), Video Kumar (Madhepura), Rupak Kumar Ranjan (Madhepura ), Sanjeev Ranjan (Madhepura), Ajit Singh Rathore (Rohtas).
Women’s Category: Kaushalya Kumari (Katihar), Anshu Kumari (Katihar), Manisha Kumari (Katihar), Shruti Kumari (Katihar), Nitya Kumari (East Champaran), Kriti (East Champaran), Ravita Kumari (East Champaran), Kumkum Kumari (East Champaran) East Champaran), Bittu Kumari (Siwan), Aarti Pandey (Patna), Pooja Kumari (Madhepura), Mamta Kumari (Madhepura), Gudiya Kumari (Saharsa), Arya Singh (Gaya), Sonali Kumari (Patna).
