SrinagarDirector Youth Services and Sports Shiekh Fayaz Ahmad Tuesday said that his department will conduct a national level football tourney in Srinagar later this year, a statement from the YSS media cell said.
He also said that a national Wushu Championship will be held at Jammu in December.
According to the statement, Fayaz was chairing a meeting to take a detailed review of sports activities taking place in the Kashmir division in which all the District officers and other senior officials of the department took part.
Sheikh Fayaz, the statement said, expressed his satisfaction over the encouraging trend of student participation in games and sports. Shiekh Fayaz Ahmad hoped that the achievement of some feat, in the field of sports by young students will act as a source of encouragement and inspiration to their counterparts.
The current dispensation under the able leadership of Mehbooba Mufti is showing keen interest in developing a world class sports infrastructure for the sports lovers of the state, he said.
Sheikh Fayaz while lauding the role of young and dynamic Minister Imran Raza Ansaris in expanding the sports map of the state, said, our youngsters especially those people who have interest in this field are very lucky to have a dynamic Sports Minster who is very passionate about developing a better sports culture in the state.
Shiekh Fayaz told the meeting that the development of 10 Synthetic Turfs in ten different schools of Srinagar district is a clear example of Governments seriousness about developing high class sports facilities for youth and the school children in particular. He announced that 4 additional such modern turfs are being developed in the current financial year.
Shiekh Fayaz also stated that distribution of Scholarships among the meritorious student players, sports gears for all Government schools of the state and other such facilities and incentives will be made a regular affair so that our young players feel delighted while entering the field of their interest.
While providing details about the two National Events, he said that the National Championship in football will be organized during Sept-October in Kashmir this year while Wushu National will be organized at Jammu during Dec-Jan.
Bashir Ahmad stated that the football tournament will be conducted for U/17 boys while as the Wushu Championship will be conducted for both boys and girls in different age-groups.
According to the statement it was revealed that about one Lac 25 Thousand children from all the ten districts of Kashmir and two Districts of Ladakh have so far participated in different games and sports activities during the first quarter of the year.
Fayaz, as per the statement, hoped that the previous years record of achieving 118 medals in national level events will be broken this year with a good margin.
Besides all the District Officers of Kashmir Division, Deputy Director (Central) Haji Mirza Hussain, Deputy Director Plan ML Sharma, Principal Physical Education College Ganderbal Hartej Singh, Assistant Director Shabir Ahmed Wani, Accounts Officer Abdul Qayoom, Section Officer Aijaz Ahmed Haji. Publicty Officer Azhar Hajini and other senior functionaries of Youth Services and Sports Department were present in the review meeting.