Director General Sports and Youth Affairs Punjab Khizar Afzaal Chaudhry has said that the prime objective of SBP Summer Sports Camps is to save our youth from negative effects of mobile phone and incline them towards healthy sports activities. He said that participation in Summer Sports Camps is the best use of extra time for students during summer vacations.
Director General Sports and Youth Affairs Punjab Khizar Afzaal Chaudhry expressed these views while talking to media at National Hockey Stadium on Monday. Director Admin Dr M Kaleem, Director Sports Rana Nadeem Anjum and other officials were also present on this occasion.
Director General Sports and Youth Affairs Punjab Khizar Afzaal Chaudhry expressed his hope to find several highly talented athletes out of Summer Camp participants. “These budding youngsters will be further trained so that they can serve the country at national and international level”.
Director General Sports and Youth Affairs Punjab Khizar Afzaal Chaudhry informed that the Summer Sports Camps will start on June 24 (Tuesday) in all districts of the province. “On the first day, the young participants and their parents will take part in orientation session in which important information will be shared regarding training schedule of Summer Sports Camps”.
Director General Sports and Youth Affairs Punjab Khizar Afzaal Chaudhry further said that more than 3,300 players will participate in Summer Sports Camps across all districts of province. “More than 900 players are participating in Summer Sports Camps being organized at different venues of Nishtar Park Sports Complex (NPSC)”.
Director General Sports and Youth Affairs Punjab Khizar Afzaal Chaudhry said that a record number of male and female athletes have been registered this year for Summer Sports Camps which reflected young athletes’ immense interest in healthy sports activities. “As many as 1,800 athletes were registered for Summer Sports Camps last year”.
Director General Sports and Youth Affairs Punjab Khizar Afzaal Chaudhry said that sports shirts and other essential facilities will be provided to players and their parents during Summer Sports Camps. “The Summer Sports Camps are being organised in 14 sports disciplines including swimming, tennis, table tennis, badminton, football, hockey, taekwondo, boxing, wushu, athletics, archery, cricket, squash and yoga this year”.
Sharing more details, Director General Sports and Youth Affairs Punjab Khizar Afzaal Chaudhry said that there will be four-day training of athletes in a week during the 45-day Summer Sports Camps being conducted from June 24 to August 7. “Certificates will also be awarded to all participants of Summer Sports Camps”.
Earlier, Director General Sports and Youth Affairs Punjab Khizar Afzaal Chaudhry also chaired a meeting at National Hockey Stadium to review the preparations of Summer Sports Camps. Besides, Director Admin Dr M Kaleem, Director Sports Rana Nadeem Anjum, all administrators and coaches also participated in the meeting.
Addressing the meeting, Director General Sports and Youth Affairs Punjab Khizar Afzaal Chaudhry said that all the preparations of Summer Sports Camps have been completed. “Expert coaches will impart modern training to all participants of 5 to 19 years age during Summer Sports Camps”.