Sports Academy session deferred
By Our Sports Reporter
IMPHAL, Jun 30: Commencement of session of the ambitious sports development project - National Sports Academy being established within the sprawling Khuman Lampak Sports Complex has been put on hold for the time being with the Youth Affairs and Sports Dept citing non-completion of ‘certain for- malities’ for the deferment.
Contrary to previous announcement setting July 2 as the day of the Academy’s inauguration, a statement circulated by the Department has re-fixed the com- mencement date to July 24.
When contacted Director (YAS) Bobby Waikhom explained time constraints in the development of infrastructure of the Academy and slack response from candidates of other States as the main factor in delaying the session’s inauguration.
the academy is to accommodate student sports persons from atleast three other States of the country besides the host Manipur but till date response from States concerned had been very lukewarm, according to the official who further contended that prior intimations had already been aired to States in the eastern and North Eastern region.
Despite the initial hiccup, the YAS department is informed to have chalked out a plan for deputing one representative each of the Department and functionaries of sports bodies of five disciplines to visit/contact their counterparts in the States of Sikkim, West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram and Assam.
The disciplines listed for the Academy’s curriculum beginning July 24 concerns judo, archery, taekwondo, wrestling and boxing.
With a total intake capacity of 60 students out of which 50 percent would be from Manipur, enrolment processes like fitness, skill and medical tests had already been conducted regarding the host State but declaration of the final result scheduled to be ann- ounced today had been withheld owing to non-completion of tabulation.
Within July 2 the result could be confirmed, expressed the Director.

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