Excelsior Sports Correspondent
JAMMU, May 20: Udhampur and Reasi District Sport Climbing Competitions will be organized by Mountaineering Association of J&K in collaboration with Sprawling Buds ICSE School, Bantalab, Jammu on May 26.
Udhampur District competition is likely to have a participation of about 100 climbers, while the Reasi District competition may attract around 60 climbers only.
The Udhampur and Reasi district competitions to be conducted on the pre fabricated fiber glass 40ft high Tenzing Norgay Sport Climbing Wall in Sprawling Buds ICSE school premises will be held in only six categories of Boys, Girls (born in 2002, 2003 & 2004); Sub Junior Boys/Girls (born in 2005 and 2006) and Mini Boys/Girls (born in 2007 and after).
For registration and further information interested climbers, institution and clubs should contact Sonam Sidharth, an executive member of Mountaineering Association of J&K, on Mobile Number 9622396960. On the spot registration will also be done at Sprawling Buds ICSE School from 7.30 am to 8 am on May 26.
Shawetica Khajuria, an international judge in sport climbing will be the President of the Jury of the competition, Sonam Sidharth is the Organizing Secretary. Other technical officials include Shashi Kant Sharma (Route Setter & Belayer), Ambreen Fatima (Judge & Belayer), Sakshi Magotra, Himani Choudhary, Deepika Dutta (all Judges) Mrigank Kaushal, Sunil Chakharia and Sourav Deep Singh.
The technical and logistic support will be provided by Indian Mountaineering Foundation North Zone Committee, New Delhi. The championship has been sponsored by J&K State Sports Council.