Early Times Report
KATRA, Sep 3: Upma Chawdhry, Union Secretary, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, today visited Shrine Board's Sports Complex at Katra, took stock of the facilities and interacted with the players receiving specialised coaching at the Complex. Accompanied by Simrandeep Singh, Chief Executive Officer, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board; she took stock of the state-of-the-art facilities put in place by the Shrine Board at the Complex for the promotion of sports and games in the area. These included archery and shooting range, lawn tennis, basketball and volleyball courts, multi-purpose playfield and gymnasium. Simrandeep Singh briefed the Union Secretary that athletics, archery, basketball and shooting are the core games in which specialised coaching and training is being provided to the players at the Sports Complex while wushu and kabaddi are being included in this category shortly. He said that various sports events are organised as per an annual calendar besides organising summer and winter coaching camps as well as organising various competitions. He added that as a consequence of these initiatives, the sports persons groomed at the Sports Complex are winning laurels at the national and international level sports competitions. |
