9th National Games: Gandaki state-level tournament to begin today

KATHMANDU: The Gandaki provincial-level tournament is taking place from today onward as part of the 9th National Games.

As many as 3,223 participants, including the players, coaches and managers of all 11 districts of Gandaki are attending the national games.

The Gandaki State has started a selection-round tournament for the ninth National Games to be held in the state on Oct 14-20.

The selection tournament is taking place in Pokhara Stadium. According to member-secretary of State Sports Council Tej Bahadur Gurung, women and men players, coaches and managers from 11 districts are taking part in the state-level tournament.

After the state-level selection of players, they would be taken to the closed-door training.

Membe-Secretary Gurung said as many as 5,677 players who had participated in the district-level selection are also participating in the state-level screening.

Each sport has one coach and one manager. Kaski is participating in all 35 games in the state selection round while Manang is only competing in five games.

A total of 673 players were selected from Kaski for state-level tournaments from the district-level screening held on August 24-30.

According to the Council, 166 players from Mustang, 283 from Myagdi, 361 from Baglung, 223 from Parbat, 347 from Syangja and 303 from Tanahun have been selected for the state-level tournament.

Likewise, 213 from Lamjung, 230 from Gorkha, 46 from Manang and 378 from Nawalpur districts are contesting in the state-level tournament.

Gandaki state is participating in all 38 games including 36 sports and two processions in the 9th National Games.

Hosts shared that the winning players would be awarded with medals, certificates and trophies.

As many as 709 players are participating in the National Games from Gandaki State alone.