GANGTOK, 12 April: Suman Rai and Ramesh Chettri of Rongneck, the teenage footballers selected to play for India, were felicitated as a mark of encouragement by the Speaker, Sikkim Legislative Assembly, KT Gyaltsen, yesterday at a function held here at Saramsa.
He expressed his happiness on the achievement of the two youth from his constituency who will now represent the country and get to train with the best squads in the world.
Suman is among one of two under-14 players from Sikkim selected for a month-long coaching camp with the Bayern Munich Club in Germany. The other player is Ram Chettri.
Likewise, Ramesh Chhetri has been selected along with Dawa Lhendup from Sikkim in the India U-13 team finalized for the AFC U-13 Boys Football Festival to be held in Iran from 10 to 23 May 2011.
While conveying his best wishes, the area MLA mentioned that to get selected among the best footballers to represent the country was a huge achievement secured by the young talent.
“These kids are examples of the pursuit of excellence and the commitment to achieve big even though hailing from a small corner of the constituency and others should take inspiration from these lads to excel in their respective pursuits,” Mr Gyaltsen said.
He mentioned that the Chief Minister was also very happy with these teens and that he will be taking them to call on the Chief Minister soon.
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