SRINAGAR- Two wheelchair basketball players from Kashmir, Insha Bashir and Ishrat Akther, have been selected to play in an international sporting event next month.
These athletes come from varied backgrounds and have taken fighting social judgement as well as physical paucity in their stride. Be it by training at home or coping with bruising injuries, they have found ways around all hindrances.
Recently, the Jammu & Kashmir Sports Council organised a selection cum training camp for Indian Wheelchair Basketball team and in this pursuit it teamed up with Wheelchair Basketball Federation of India (WBFI) and Voluntary Medicare Society (VMS).
Around 16 female wheelchair players selected by WBFI from different states of India were part of the camp and after a battery of selection trials, a team of twelve players was selected to represent the country at international level.
The selected team includes two members Insha Bashir and Ishrat Akther. While Insha hails from Budgam, Ishrat comes from Baramulla. The team shall participate in the first Invitational International Wheelchair Basketball tournament to be held in Jaypee Sports Complex, Greater Noida from 5th-11th next month.
Terming their selection in the national team as one of the biggest achievements this year, Secretary YSS and Tourism Sarmad Hafeez said that we shall be organising more such camps in future.
The Secretary Sports Council, Nuzhat Gull said that the duo in spite of all the impediments have achieved a milestone and for sure they shall achieve many more in the years to follow.
Meanwhile the basketball camp is underway at Multipurpose Indoor Hall Shadipora, Sumbal Bandipora. The team is training under the tutelage of renowned basketball coach Louis George besides two national coaches are also on the job to hone the skill set of the team.
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