Skip to main content
19th IBSA National Sports Meet for the Blind -2014
New Delhi, 13th December, 2014: Shri Sarbananda Sonowal, Hon’ble Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Youth Affairs & Sports Government of India will inaugurate the 19th National Sports Meet for the Blind at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday the 13thDecember, 2014 at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi.  and Smt. Meenakshi Lekhi Hon’ble Member of Parliament will be theGuest of Honour.  Over 60 teams of blind sports persons from 14 states will participate in the 4 day event.  The meet is the largest national Sports event for the blind in the country and is held every two years.  These meets are organized by the Indian Blind Sorts Association with the support from the Blind Relief Association, Delhi.  The last meet (18th) was held at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (New Delhi in December 2012).

The 19th meet will have about 600 participants, including officials, from such far off places as Manipur, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.  The meet will continue till 16th December, 2014 and will witness the budding and some of the finest totally blind and low vision athletes from across the country, several of them with international exposure and medal winners, vying for medals and creating new meet and National marks.  The meet will be divided into Intermediate (14 to 17 yrs and Open (not below 14 yrs) age sections, with separate competitions for male and female athletes under the three sight classifications, namely, B-1 (totally blind), B-2 and B-3 (low vision/partially blind) athletes.  The track events include 100, 200, 400, 800, 1500 and 5000m and relay races.  Field events will have long jump, shot put, javelin and discus throws.  The Chess competition will also form part of the meet and will be held at the premises of the Blind Relief Association, Delhi.

All the competitions will be conducted in accordance with international norms for blind sports as stipulated by International Blind Sports Federation.  To ensure highest level of professionalism and fair conduct of competitions services of professional and experienced judges and other technical officials from Athletic Federation of India, Chess Federation and IBSA are being taken.

Elaborate arrangements for free boarding, lodging and transportation of the participants coming from different parts of India are being made at the premises of the Blind Relief Association.  In the evening cultural programmes are being arranged for the entertainment of the participants.

The 19th meet is especially significant as performance in this meet will form the basis for short listing athletes for participating in the 5th World Championships and Games for the blind scheduled to be held in May 2015 in Seoul, Korea.
Posted  by 

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Highlights from the local media of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka June 27th, 2016 | Volume: 2 - 17/6 TOP STORIES​ Afghanistan Still World’s Largest Opium Producer by Far: Report Daily Outlook Afghanistan| 27 th  June Afghanistan is by a long way still the world's largest opium producer, accounting for some 70 percent (3,300 tons) of global opium production, according to the United Nations World Drug Report of 2016.Myanmar is the second largest producer of the drug at 14 per cent (650 tons) of global production. According to the UN report, the total value of the illicit opiate economy in Afghanistan was $2.8 billion USD in 2014 — equivalent to 13 percent of the country's gross domestic product (GDP). Maiden joint meeting of Nepal-India EPG next week The Himalayan Times| 26 th June The first joint meeting of the Eminent Persons Group on Nepal-India Relations (EPG-NIR) would be held in Kathmandu on coming Jul...
Post a Comment
Read more
ch-,l-ih- }kjk tkjh izsl foKfIr&fnukad 12-09-2016 1-    ch-,l-ih- dh jk"Vªh; v/;{k] lkaln ¼jkT;lHkk½ o iwoZ eq[;ea=h] mÙkj izns'k lqJh ek;korh th }kjk bZn&vy&vt+gk ¼cd+jhn½ ds R;ksgkj ij leLr ns'kokfl;ksa o [+kkldj mÙkj izns'k ds eqfLye lekt ds yksxksa dks gkfnZd c/kkbZ o fnyh 'kqHkdkeuk;saA 2-    bl eqckjd ekSds ij gt dk Q+jht+k vnk djus okys ifjokj ds yksxksa dks [k+kl c/kkbZA ubZ fnYyh] 12 flrEcj] 2016 % cgqtu lekt ikVhZ ¼ch-,l-ih-½ dh jk"Vªh; v/;{k] lkaln ¼jkT;lHkk½ o iwoZ eq[;ea=h] mÙkj izns'k lqJh ek;korh th us leLr ns'kokfl;ksa o [+kkldj mÙkj izns'k ds eqfLye lekt ds yksxksa dks bZn&vy&vt+gk ¼cd+jhn½ ds R;ksgkj dh gkfnZd c/kkbZ o fnyh 'kqHkdkeuk;sa nsrs gq;s dgk fd okLro esa nqfu;k Hkj ds eqlyekuksa dk ;g R;ksgkj vYykg dh jkg esa ml vt+he ¼egku½ dqckZuh dh ;kn esa euk;k tkrk gS vkSj mlh ijEijk dks fuHkkus dh dksf'k'k dh tkrh gS ftldh cqfu;kn gt+jr bczkfge ¼vy-½ vkSj muds csVs gt+jr bLekby ¼vy-½ ...
4 comments
Read more
Udaipur: Royalty is in the air ! JULY 16, 2016 |  EDIT The Sagar Daily HEADLINES LEISURE ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE BUSINESS WORLD SPORTS #RAJASTHAN #INDIAN MORE Saturday, Jul. 16, 2016 Next update in about 19 hours Archives Explore the Modern Data Center Shared by Ramon Alvarez educast.emc.com  – Today, businesses are challenged to develop new and innovative offerings at ever-increasing speed. Consumers no longer tolerate waiting for businesses to introduce new products or services every 2+… Liberalisation Silf meet yday: Momentum grows, group of 7 law firm leaders to finalise stance by month-end Shared by Shanu Sahota legallyindia.com  – The Society of Indian Law Firms (Silf) meeting held in Delhi yesterday (11 July) to discuss its response and position to the Government proposal to liberalise the legal market, has seen the body se… Luxe getaways to make the most of Indian monsoons | Th...
4 comments
Read more