Gangtok, Dec 23
A coordination meeting of the Department of Sports and Youth Affairs was held on Monday at Paljor Stadium Conference Hall, Gangtok. The meeting was presided over by Kuber Bhandari, Secretary, Department of SYA, Government of Sikkim.
The meeting discussed on the Inter Constituency Football Tournament 2019-20, Sporting Activities at GPU Level 2019-20, Winter Coaching Camp and talent hunt Programme
The Inter-Constituency Football Tournament 2019-20 under Rural Sports will be conducted in two different venues at Jorethang and Paljor Stadium in the first round. The final round will be played at Jorethang Playground during the occasion of Maghey Sankrati. The entries should be completed by 28th Dec. 2019 and the fixture will be drawn in the Chamber of Minister, Department of Sports and Youth Affairs, Government of Sikkim on 3rd Jan.2020.
Sporting activities at all Gram Panchayat Level under RDD will be conducted as per the decision of the Government. The Sports Department will give full technical support for conducting these sports activities.
The Department will also conduct the winter coaching and talent hunt programme in 13 Sports disciplines at four Districts as usual from 5th January 2020 to 31 January 2020. Another programme of talent hunt will also be conducted for U-13 and U-15 year boy’s football players.
The meeting was attended by all PETs, Coaches and officers of the department from all four Districts.