Abohar girl selected for world archery meet

ABOHAR: Simranjit Kaur in pic daughter of Rajpura villagebased government schoolteacher Gurjit Singh Sandhu has been selected for the Youth World Championship Archery to be held on June 6June 15 in the US

Updated At : 06:23 AM Apr 13, 2015 IST

<p>Simranjit Kaur</p>

Abohar, April 12

Simranjit Kaur (in pic), daughter of Rajpura village-based government schoolteacher Gurjit Singh Sandhu, has been selected for the Youth World Championship (Archery) to be held on June 6-June 15 in the US. As many as 600 competitors from 60 countries are expected at the event, which will be hosted by the National Field Archery Association Foundation at Yankton, US.

Despite a holiday, Abohar’s LRS DAV Senior Secondary School staff accorded a warm welcome to its student Simranjit yesterday and prayed for her success.

Simranjit said, “I am hopeful of hitting the bull’s eye in the US.” — OC