Nagaland Olympic Association held a consultative meeting-cum-felicitation programme in honour of the incoming Advisor S Keoshu Yimchunger on April 3. (DIPR Photo)
Kohima, April 4 (MExN): The Nagaland Olympic Association (NOA) held a consultative meeting-cum-felicitation programme in honour of the incoming Advisor, Youth Resources & Sports, S Keoshu Yimchunger at Talimeren Conference Room, NOA Office Complex, Kohima on April 3.
A DIRP report stated that in his address, the Advisor thanked the NOA and the Department of Youth Resources & Sports for the felicitation, and sought the cooperation of the Department and Association in the activities to be carried out in the coming days.
He urged the Department and Association to work as a team and asked them to render valuable advice and suggestions to uplift the state in sports. Citing the examples of neighbouring states like Assam and Manipur, he was of the opinion that Nagaland too could excel at national and international level if we work hard with renewed spirit.
Secretary General, NOA & Advisor to Chief Minister, Abu Metha while delivering keynote address assured that the Association would give full-fledged cooperation to the new Advisor. Sports have been placed in the front and centre in our society. As such, he urged the representatives of different sports associations to work with renewed motivation on how to create platforms and avenues and win medals at national or international level.
Metha opined on selected sports disciplines and said that prioritising of those disciplines is the key to succeed in winning the medals. We should understand the trends in sports and suggested that Nagas should focus more on weight categories due to our stature. Performance is the bottom line in sports, he added.
He mentioned that six indoor stadiums have been completed in the state which will soon be inaugurated. Stadium should not be confined to badminton stadium alone but it should be a stadium for multi-disciplinary disciplines, he asserted. He also asked the different associations affiliated to NOA to come up with a road-map along with a yearly calendar. He said NOA has commissioned four films on sports which will soon be screening in schools and other events to motivate and encourage sportspersons.
Vote of thanks was proposed by Assistant Secretary General, NOA, Neivikuolie Khatsü. Senior Vice President, NOA, T Meren Paul chaired the programme.
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