The 24th J&K UT SportClimbing Championship shall be conducted by Mountaineering Association ofJ&K (MAJK) at Sprawling Buds ICSE School, Bantalab, here from October 25.
About 300 climbersincluding national medalists from the Anantnag, Badgam, Kishtwar, Shopian,Kulgam, Pulwama, Reasi, Srinagar, Samba, Kathua, Rajouri, Doda, Ramban andUdhampur besides Jammu are likely to compete in this two-day event.
Since the selection of theJ&K UT team for the 28th North Zone Sport Climbing Championship due to beheld at Delhi in the third week of November, shall be made on the basis of performanceof climbers in this competition, the event shall be held in the age groups whichare included in the zonal competition, a handout issued by the Association heretoday informed.
Accordingly, there will beonly six categories of men, women (born in 2007, 2006 and earlier, Junior Boys/Girls (born in 2008, 2009 and 2010)
and Sub Junior Boys /Girls (born in 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014).
The competition shall beconducted strictly as per IFSC rules and only fresh international standardclimbing equipment shall be used.
Whereas the specializedequipment is to be arranged by Mountaineering Association of J&K, theIndian Mountaineering Foundation (IMF) North Zone Committee shall provideadequate technical support.
While Mitra Ghosh, aninternational Judge in Sport Climbing shall be the President of Jury, the othertechnical committees shall also be headed by officials from IMF North Zone Committee.
Meanwhile, Sonam Sidharth,general secretary of District Mountaineering Association, Jammu has beennominated as the organising secretary and has been entrusted with theresponsibility to form various committees for the smooth conduct of theprestigious championship.
The Championship is beingorganized by Mountaineering Association of J&K under the aegis of IndianMountaineering Foundation North Zone Committee and sponsored by J&K Sports Council.
For further details ShaweticaKhajuria can be contacted on Mobile No: 7006099855. The registration closes on October22.
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Caption: Sonam Sidharth,Organising Secretary of the Championship.
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