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| Tawi Trekkers release calendar of activities for year 2018-19 | | |  Early Times Report
Jammu, Apr 8: Tawi Trekkers J&K released its calendar of activities for the year 2018-19, in a function held at K L Saigal Hall, Abhinav Theatre, here today.
Former MLA Ashwani Sharma who was the Chief Guest on the occasion, released the Calendar in the presence of Prem Sadotra, General Secretary, J&K High Court Bar Association, Jammu; Haji Abdul Qayoom, Chief Sports Officer of J&K State Sports Council and a number of heads of the various educational institutions.
Highlighting the activities to be undertaken by the club this year President of the club Ram Khajuria mentioned that this year the club shall organize the Himalayan Trekking Programme in Manali area of Himachal Pradesh for about 500 school children during summer vacations besides the Heritage Trekking Programme to be conducted during April and November to December, two trekking expeditions in Dhauladhar Range in Himachal Pradesh for Junior and Senior members and one in Moungri area of Udhampur district. Regular short treks and visits to heritage sites and Wild Life parks shall also be organised in Jammu region, Khajuria added.
To spot the talent in sport climbing at the grass root level and to groom it for future competitions the club has an ambitious plan of conducting regular coaching cum practice camps in co-ordination with Mountaineering Association of J&K at Sprawling Buds School, Jammu. Those excelling in such camps shall also be deputed for coaching and practice at international standard climbing walls at Indian Mountaineering Foundation, New Delhi. The club has plans to promote sport climbing among physically and visually challenged persons by organizing coaching camps and competitions.
A state level sport climbing competition exclusively for women shall also be conducted by Tawi Trekkers at sprawling buds school in the month of July, 2018 prior to the participation of state women's team in the 3rd North Zone Women Sport Climbing Competition scheduled to be held at Indian Mountaineering Foundation, New Delhi.
Another attraction of the year would be participation of club's mountaineers in a major mountaineering expedition to Kang Yissay and some other peaks in Ladakh Himalaya in August, 2018. The prestigious expedition shall be organized by Mountaineering Association of J&K and sponsored by J&K State Sports Council. Besides, the club shall also organize a small, low budget mountaineering expedition to Mun peak in Dhauladhar range of Dharamshala which the club could not organize last year.
While releasing the calendar Ashwani Sharma who is also the Patron of the club hoped that with concerted efforts of the club and Mountaineering Association of J&K and generous sponsorship of various activities by the J&K State Sports Council, the state would soon become a formidable force in sport climbing and mountaineering at the international level. He congratulated Shivani Charak and Mrityunjay Sharma for representing the country in the World Cup in Bouldering in 2017 and hoped that the two ace climbers would find a place in the Indian team for the 18th Asian Games also.
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