Hoshiarpur- Special Olympics India Punjab Chapter, District Special Olympics Association organized a state trial selection camp for cycling and boccia for special children. Cycling trials were organized at Maharaja Palace on Hoshiarpur-Tanda Road.
In which students of JSS Asha Kiran Special School Jahankhela as well as children from other districts also participated. Coach Anjana, resource person Harman Gill, coach Kavita, Mani Kumar, Anmol Singh, volunteers of Fit Biker Club, Asha Kiran School participated in this camp which started at 5 am.
Giving information about the cycling event for special children, Area Director of Special Olympics Punjab Paramjit Singh Sachdeva said that 22 athletes from Punjab participated in it who came from districts like Ropar, Hoshiarpur, Ludhiana, Amritsar, Mohali, Pathankot, Fatehgarh Sahib etc.
In this event, trials were conducted for 1 and 2 km, 5 km, 25 km and 40 km. Similarly, trials for Buchi were conducted in JSS Asha Kiran School under the supervision of resource person Surat Singh Duggal, coach Anjana, Gurmeet Singh, Miss Reena, Pawan Singh in which 27 athletes participated. Program manager Uma Shankar played an important role in the results and management of the program.
At this time, SSP Sandeep Kumar Malik arrived as the chief guest and in his address said that sports are important for the development of special children. He said that seeing the spirit of victory in these children makes the heart happy and it is our duty to provide opportunities to special children to move forward so that they too can experience every color of life and move forward with the society.
He said that we also salute the patience of the trainers who train special children and congratulate all the people who instill the spirit of sports in children. Colonel Gurmeet Singh, Joint Secretary of District Special Olympics Association, thanked SSP Sandeep Kumar Malik and all the trainers, players and volunteers. On this occasion, Harmesh Talwar, Lokesh Khanna, Anjana, Harish Chandra Airy, Malkit Singh Maheru, Mastan Singh Grewal, Ram Asra, CA Taranjit Singh, Principal Shaili Sharma, Smriti etc were also present.