Kohima, July 15 (MTNews): The Phek District Sports Association (PDSA) is gearing up to participate in the forthcoming 2nd edition of the Nagaland Olympic and Paralympic Games 2022 which will be held from August 22- 27, 2022 in Kohima.
A meeting in this regard was held at Hotel URA, Kohima near Red Cross Building Kohima on Friday.
A press release from the PDSA stated that the meeting was attended by the various affiliated associations and have decided to participate in the same with the players from the district and have preparatory camp ahead of the event which will be held at Pfutsero.
President of PDSA, Nezosa Tetseo in his introductory speech, urged the various sports associations seeking affiliation to set up grassroots teams for the 13 areas under the PDSA in order to have greater participation in the future PDSA meets. He also asked the associations to conduct open tournaments for trails and selection of players to represent the district in various disciplines.
For archery, he announced that from the next PDSA meet it will be introduced, although there are only two areas – Chokri Area and Chozuba Area – playing this sport at moment. He stated that coaching will be held under the aegis of the district archery association and in this regard he asked the various area leaders to get in touch with the association for coaching of the players.
During the meeting, various representatives also shared and updated their preparations for the Nagaland Olympic, which was presided by PDSA General Secretary, Solomon Ritse.
