Ice hockey training camp begins at Kaza in Lahaul and Spiti

Tribune News Service

Mandi, December 17

An ice hockey training camp started for children of the Spiti valley at Kaza in tribal district of Lahaul and Spiti today. This camp will continue till December 24.

Sakaljung Dorje, in charge, Youth and Sports Services Department, Kaza, said 395 children had been registered for the camp. This year, more children were registered as compared to the last year.

“The camp is divided into three categories. These include beginner, basic and advanced categories. Children have been placed in different groups and national coach Amit Belwal is teaching them basics of ice hockey,” he said.

The National Women’s Ice Hockey Development Camp will start from December 25. The National Women’s Ice Hockey Championship 2022 is proposed to be held in Kaza on January 16. “It is for the first time that a national-level competition is being organised at Kaza,” said Dorje.

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