Excelsior Sports Correspondent
BUDGAM, Feb 6: With an objective to provide professional training to kids, State Football Academy of Jammu and Kashmir State Sports Council (JK-SSC) launched SFA Budgam unit at Agha Syed Mehdi Stadium, here.
On this Occasion, Deputy Commissioner Budgam, Mohammad Harun Malik inaugurated the SFA unit Budgam and was the chief guest while Additional Deputy Commissi-oner, Mohammad Farooq, Divisional Sports Officer Kashmir, Nuzhat Ara, Member JK SSC, BA Shah, Executive Officer JK SSC, Majid Dar, District Football Association President and Secretary Khurshid Ahmad also graced the ceremony with their presence.
Mr Malik applauded the initiatives of JKSSC and SFA for launching District Football Units in all 22 districts of the state besides providing platform to the raw talent from far flung areas. He also encouraged children by the success stories of iconic players.
Pertinently, the trials in Budgam were conducted in two phases at Dangerpora, Chatergam and Budgam respectively so as to provide platform and equal opportunity to every player of the district.
Around 600 football aspirants attended the trials, out of which 80 probable’s were selected based on merit and talent under 13, 15 and 18 age groups respectively.
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