Around 50 footballers attend ‘Talent Hunt Camp’ on Day 1 at Khel Gaon Jammu

Jammu, Aug 24 (UNI) Nearly 50 footballers, including girls, participated on the opening day of a week-long Talent Hunt Camp at Khel Gaon Nagrota, here in the city outskirts.
As per handout issued, the ‘Talent Hunt Camp' is an initiative of famous footballer of J&K, Arun Malhotra and organised by a team of qualified coaches and senior players at the newly constructed Football Astroturf by the Department of Youth Services and Sports (DYSS).
Organised by the Sports Saviour Football Club (SSFC) and supported by the DYSS, Sports and Social Welfare Trust (Regd) and Sportsline, the camp was inaugurated by former footballer and Additional Commissioner Revenue, Jammu, Rakesh Dubey in the presence of Vipan Gupta, a tall footballer, who has represented J&K 12 times in prestigious Santosh Trophy.
Mr Dubey in his address quoted examples of how champions are made with hard work and focused attention.
He advised football enthusiasts to grab the opportunity on their door step learn as much as they can during this week-long camp.
The first 90-minute session turned out to be an eye opener for most of the young football enthusiasts, who were divided into different groups so as to give them personalised attention thus maintaining the social distancing in view of the Covid-19 guidelines.
Except for a symbolic group photograph with the special guests, the participants remained scattered around the modern football Astroturf.
“Such a response from the rural youth in the outskirts of the city really motivated me to look into the talented stuff around the rural belts of Jammu. These young boys seem to be strong enough to take up the game of football in a big way. I'm sure enough that with the upcoming facilities at the Khel Gaon by DYSS, the day is not far when Nagrota would become a hub of sports,” said Mr Arun Malhotra.