KATHMANDU, March 18: Gotikhel Janahit Club of Gotikhel, Lalitpur, is organizing a three-day Special Sports Meet to mark its silver jubilee celebration from April 8 to 10 in Gotikhel, the southern part of the district.
Organizing a press conference in the capital on Tuesday, the club’s President Niranjan Ghimire informed that the event will feature three different sports event including volleyball, chess, mini marathon and other entertainment programs.
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The three-day volleyball tournament will be a national-level event while chess and mini marathon are district-level events. However, departmental teams and players belonging to departmental teams will not be given entry in the tournament. “We have decided to bar participation of departmental teams and players in the tournament because they have been dominant forces in volleyball winning all the titles of national volleyball. We wish to make the tournament a platform for other emerging teams and players,” said Shyam Sharma Bajagain, the treasurer of Lalitpur Sports Development Committee.
The winner and the runner-up of the tournament will bag purse of Rs 100,000 and Rs 50,000 respectively with trophies, medals and certificates. The two semifinalists will get Rs 25,000 each.
The chess tournament to be played on April 9 will feature around 60 players. The top three finishers will get purse of Rs 10,000, Rs 5,000 and Rs 2,500 respectively. Meanwhile, the 6 km mini marathon will be held on the following day. Around 100 runners are expected to compete in the event. The top three finishers will walk home with purse of Rs 10,000 Rs 5,000 and Rs 2,500 respectively.
