Residential sports camp begins at Melli Gumpa School

GANGTOK, 02 Jan: A month-long residential Winter Sports Camp began today at Melli Gumpa Secondary School of Melli Dara Paiyong GPU in South Sikkim. The sports camp is aimed at assisting holistic development of children and is being offered to those aged between 10 to 15 years. A staggering 101 children have enrolled for the camp.

The enrolled children have the option to choose any two sports from a bouquet offering coaching in cricket, football, volleyball, badminton and boxing. A team of well trained and experienced coaches will be giving training to the children, informs a press communiqué received from the GPU.
The special camp was inaugurated today by the area MLA, Tulsi Devi Rai, who recorded her appreciation for the efforts of the organizing committee in arranging this camp for children during the long winter break.
The long break, she commented, often leads children to unhealthy indulgences because of the lack of better ways to spend their time. The sports camp, she welcomed, addressed this issue well apart from also honing the sporting skills of the children.
Meanwhile, the president of the organising committee, NB Pradhan, in his address, urged people of the area to cooperate with the initiative and help make it a success.