Excellent and talented participants of the two month long sports summer camp were felicitated by Director Youth and Sports Welfare Department Upendra Jain on the completion of the summer camp organized at the TT Nagar stadium.
The summer camp started on April 15 had 27 different games and witnessed participation of 5000 participation who not only participated in the games but also taught the details of the game.
The summer camp 2016 was seen under the campaign ‘Gramuday se Bharat Uday’ as instructed by Sports and Youth Welfare Minister and efforts to provide platform for the children in rural areas were done during the summer camp which was organized from April 14 to May 23, 2016 and it proved successful as 1.8 lakh children across the state participated in the summer camp.
Director Youth and Sports Welfare Department Upendra Jain said that the sports are meant to inculcate the habit of winning and helps in winning at every front of life leading to a successful life.
He said that through summer camps national and international talents have emerged. In the field of sports state is making its strong presence and he encouraged the participants to become role model and set examples for others.
Kalpana Tiwari was awarded best female coach for lawn tennis and JP Singh was awarded with best male coach football at the occasion.