Khelo India District Training Centre for Football and Archery at Bhaichung Stadium

Namchi, 3rd June(IPR): The inaugural program for Khelo India District Training Centre for Football and Archery was held at Bhaichung Stadium, today. The Chief Guest for the occasion was Chairman Namchi Municipal Council Mr. Ganesh Rai. Also, present amongst others were Advisor Skill Development Department Mr. Satish Chandra Rai, Adhakshyay (Namchi) Ms. Tshering Dem Bhutia, DC (Namchi) Mr. M. Bharani Kumar, SSP (Namchi) Mr. K. L. Tenzing, Joint Director cum Nodal Officer Khelo India Dr R.B. Biswakarma, Joint Director (Namchi) Ms. Tshering Ongmu Bhutia, AD(Sports) Mr. Basant Pradhan alongside Officials, coaches and other sporting personalities.
Addressing, the gathering Joint Director (Namchi) Ms. Tshering Ongmu Bhutia briefed about Khelo India, which is under Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports in India and under this Khelo India Scheme, Government will provide training to the athletes and their coaches to raise their performances at the international level. She added that the district training centre has been sponsored by Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India and Sports Authority of India in collaboration with Department of Sports and Youth Affairs, Government of Sikkim. Moreover, she emphasized that this training centre will provide an opportunity for budding sports person to hone their skills and build an ecosystem which is inclusive of the sports economy, competition structure, talent identification, coaching and state-of-art infrastructure.
It maybe mentioned that Under 17 and Under 14 girls and boys training for Football and Archery shall commence at the stadium. As a part of the inaugural program an exhibition Football Girls Under 17 match was also played between Namchi Orange and Namchi Green of which Namchi Orange emerged victorious with a scoreline of 1-0.