Beach Games–2025 Kick Off at Corbyn’s Cove with Concentrate on Sports Promotion and Drug-Free Message

Tarun Karthick

Sri Vijaya Puram, 20 December 2025

The Beach Games–2025 for Open Men and Women, organised by the Directorate of Sports and Youth Affairs, A&N Administration, commenced on nineteenth December 2025,  on the Corbyn’s Cove seashore area. The Chief Secretary, A&N Administration, Dr. Chandra Bhushan Kumar, IAS, inaugurated the three-day occasion within the presence of senior officers, residents and visiting vacationers.

Designed to encourage seashore sports activities and unfold the message of a drug-free society beneath the Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyan, the Beach Games additionally purpose to spice up mass participation of youth and promote sporting excellence within the Islands.

Addressing the gathering, the Chief Secretary congratulated the Directorate of Sports and Youth Affairs for involving younger members within the initiative and urged extra youth to participate within the a number of sporting disciplines being performed by the Department.

Following the inauguration, the group witnessed a Mallakhamb demonstration, the place members showcased a sequence of acrobatic, yogic and wrestling-style poses carried out on a vertical picket pole, displaying spectacular energy, stability and suppleness. This was adopted by a Pencak Silat martial arts efficiency.

A pleasant volleyball match between groups of the Administration and the Police Department drew enthusiastic response from spectators, whereas the Beach Kabaddi occasion additionally attracted a sizeable crowd. The Director (Education), Mr. Vikram Singh, introduced prizes to the winners of the Pencak Silat competitors.

The Beach Games–2025 will proceed until December 21 and have a number of sporting disciplines together with Volleyball, Kabaddi, Tug of War, 50m Sprint, 100m Sprint, 7-a-side Football, Beach Sepak Takraw, Beach Mallakhamb and Pencak Silat.