Director General Sports Punjab Pervez Iqbal said that Summer Sports Camps will explode into action with a grand opening ceremony scheduled to take place at state-of-the-art Punjab International Swimming Complex on June 25 at 5.00pm. “Punjab Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs Malik Faisal Ayub Khokhar will likely to inaugurate the 40-day Summer Sports Camps in the presence of a large number of participating children and their parents”.
Director General Sports Punjab Pervez Iqbal shared this information while presiding over an important meeting at National Hockey Stadium on Monday.
Director Admin M Kaleem, Director Sports Yasmeen Akhtar, Deputy Director Zahoor Ahmed and Ataur Rehman participated in the key meeting. Director Admin M Kaleem gave detailed briefing to DG Sports Punjab about preparations and other key features of Summer Sports Camps.
Addressing the meeting, Director General Sports Punjab Pervez Iqbal said that Summer Sports Camps are starting in all divisions of the province from June 25 (Tuesday). “So far more than 1000 children have been registered for Summer Sports Camps which will continue till August 3, 2024,” he added.
Director General Sports Punjab Pervez Iqbal informed that all the children participating in the Summer Sports Camps will be given certificates. “Expert coaches have been engaged to train the participating children in Summer Sports Camps. These coaches will impart training to camp probable in 12 games including athletics, archery, badminton, table tennis, hockey, football, tennis, swimming, cricket, karate, taekwondo and gymnastics in Lahore and six games in other divisions of Punjab”.
Director General Sports Punjab Pervez Iqbal further said that male and female children aged 5 to 16 years are eligible to take part in Summer Sports Camps during their summer vacations. “Punjab Youth Affairs Department is also conducting yoga classes for parents particularly mothers accompanying their children during the Summer Sports Camps. This initiative will also help a lot in improving the fitness of mothers of young camp participants besides ending their feeling of boredom during the training session of their children”.
Director General Sports Punjab Pervez Iqbal said that the members of our selection committee will attend the summer camp sessions to evaluate the performance of all participants. “The competitions will also be conducted among the participants during the last three days of Summer Sports Camp and the athletes who will be selected on the basis of their performance, will be retained for further grooming and nurturing”.