Tariq khan CNI
As part of the celebrations of World Volleyball Day organised Shaheed Dysp Manjit Singh memorial volleyball club Poonch organized special function to commemorate 7 th of July as foundation day of global Volleyball at Poonch today .
The day marked with holding of Exhibition Matches of Boys followed with interaction of Players and lectures by experts on importance of sports,Yog, physical fitness with special reference to orgin of VB game in universe.
The younger generation / athletes were apprised Volleyball was invented by William.G.Morgan .a. physical Education Director at YMCA in Holyoke ,Massachuetts ,USA in 1895 . Originally it was called as “,MintoNette” ,lateron renamed as Volleyball. In India Volleyball was started in ,Madras YMCA in1921 by Physical Education Teachers who got training and promoted the game across the country.
The Tamilnadu state has a Rich history related to Volleyball,Madras Volleyball Association was founded in the year 1950. On this historic moment all the athletes/ Volleyball lovers/ fans pledged to celebrate Volleyball from Beaches,& courts to parks& playgrounds uniting with FIVB
(Federation Internationale de Volleyball) besides to show case how Volleyball inspires, unites & empowers communities everywhere. Mohd Tariq chairman Shaheed Dysp Manjit Singh memorial volleyball club Poonch , exhorted the youth to
promote Sports including Volleyball for their overall growth .. who underlined the importance of sports specially Volleyball in transforming the energies of youth in nation buildin cni