Andro School Girls Soccer Festival
May 26 2016
Andro School Girls Soccer Festival
12 BIHAR Regiment of 9 Sector Assam Rifles under the aegis of HQ IGAR (South) is pleased to announce the “Andro School Girls Soccer Festival” for the first time which was held at Santhei Park Football ground in Andro, Imphal East (Manipur) on 26 March 2016.
The festival was organized to inculcate and celebrate National Integration through the spirit of sports. 20 students each from 12 Schools from Manipur and a team from Pune (BHARAT FC) attended the Andro Soccer Festival. The event was inaugurated by Brigadier JS Bainsla, Commandar HQ 9 Sector Assam Rifles and it was organised alongwith 6 Assam Rifles & Andro Mahila Mandal Association FC (AMMA FC). The Soccer Foundation’s coaches conducted short training camps in the partner schools.
Assam Rifles believes that through sports, especially football, the school girls would experience friendship, fun, gender equality and empowerment in life skills. 12 BIHAR will also be organising a local visit for the Bharat FC team from Pune, which will be the first experience for the guest team to see the natural and scenic beauty of Manipur, understand Manipuri culture the tradition and the customs.
Andro Soccer Festival provides an opportunity to all the younger generation from across the regions to interact, share and learn the values of true sporting spirits and celebrate the diversity and rich heritage of India and bring about National Integration.
It is a first of its kind endeavour, wherein rather can taking children to city outside Manipur, children from Pune were brought to Manipur, thus strengthening National Integrated. In the end, prizes and certificates were given to the participating teams & the coaches. Also a lunch was organised for all the players.
All who were present appreciated the efforts put in towards National integration by the Assam Rifles. 05 Girls from Manipur have been selected for the DANA cup at Denmark, which is an International youth football tournament, wherein these girls will be representing the Nation.
* This Press Relese was sent to e-pao.net by PROcell HQ IGAR(s), Imphal who can be contacted at procelligarsouth(AT)gmail(DOT)com
This Press Release was posted on May 27 2016
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