Excelsior Sports Correspondent
JAMMU, Oct 27: As a part of its efforts to tap hidden talent at the grass root level among boys and girls in sport climbing Mountaineering Association of J&K has selected 8 climbers including 2 girls of St Xavier Convent Higher Secondary School, Barnai, for further coaching.
The climbers were selected on the basis of their performance during the day long coaching cum competition held at the Tenzing Norgay Sport Climbing Wall in the Sprawling Buds School complex, Chinore today.
Since the selection is part of the series of competitions being held for individual school as a precursor to the final selection of the State team for the 1st Sub Junior North Zone Sport Climbing Championship to be hosted by the State from November 20 to 22.
Vishav Partap Singh, Deepak Kumar, Bhaskar Digra and Summanyu Singh who topped the 40ft high fibre glass wall were automatically selected. Imran Ghani, Vansh Gupta, Siya Suryavanshi and Kashish Sharma also displayed good power and climbing skills to facilitate their selection for the next round of coaching.
The camp was held under the supervision of Sonam Sidharth and Shashikant, both experienced and qualified climbers, Aman Arora and Hardev Singh, both champion sport climbers.
Among others present were general secretary of Mountaineering Association of J&K Ram Khajuria, Rahul Sharma, Director of Sprawling Buds School and teachers of St Xavier Higher Secondary School, Updesh Kaur and Dharmender Kumar.
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