# Over 2,000 students to compete in CBSE archery championship in Kurnool 2026-08-25T05:01:48+00:00 | Sports | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet The South Zone-1 CBSE Archery Championship began at the Ridge School in Kurnool on Sunday, with more than 2,000 students from around 650 schools across South India set to compete over three days. Former Rajya Sabha member T.G. Venkatesh, NCC Colonel Jobee Philip, and educator G. Pullaiah were chief guests. Addressing the gathering, Venkatesh called on students to actively take up sports alongside academics, saying archery builds concentration, discipline, and calmness under pressure. He noted India's ancient archery tradition linked to Lord Rama and Arjuna, and said he had supported the development of stadiums in Kurnool. Ravindra Educational Institutions chairman G.V.M. Mohan Kumar said Kurnool, known for volleyball and football, was emerging as an archery venue. Ridge School CEO G. Gopinath and others attended the opening. ## Indian Opinion Analysis The CBSE archery championship, now in its early rounds, draws from a network of over 27,000 affiliated schools. Kurnool, a city better known for volleyball and hockey, is hosting a major state-level archery event for the first time. The decision to hold it here reflects the CBSE's push to expand the sport's footprint beyond traditional northern and western centres. For participating schools, a strong finish at this zonal level earns qualification for the national championship later this academic year. The outcome will track how quickly archery is penetrating southern school districts. ## Coverage - thehindu.com Lead frames the event as a routine inauguration with no contested claims, neutral-report This story was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Tags: Archery Championship, CBSE, Kurnool, Ridge School Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/over-2000-students-to-compete-in-cbse-archery-championship-in-kurnool/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/over-2000-students-to-compete-in-cbse-archery-championship-in-kurnool/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes. How this brief was made: an AI model read the report linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/