Leh, March 05: Secretary, Youth Services and Sports, Ravinder Kumar, today met the archery team of UT Ladakh participating in the 41st NTPC National Archery competition to be held at Dehradun from March 7.

The team was accompanied by Manager, Skarma Lotus and Coach, Punchok Angchuk along with other senior executives of the Archery Association of Ladakh. The team has players both from Leh and Kargil. The team consists of Stanzin Delek, Stanzin Wangdus, Deldar Abbas, Issa Ali and Stanzin Nurboo.

The Secretary informed that the administration is focusing on sports that have more potential like ice hockey, archery and football.

He also assured that the administration would support all the Olympics and winter Olympic games in the UT Ladakh and mentioned that many infrastructure projects are coming up within the next few years. He informed that the UT administration is in the process of acquiring various sports equipment besides conducting professional training camps in various sport. 

He further informed that the Department is going to establish all the infrastructure and facilities needed for the archery sports at all the Govt. Higher Secondary Schools under SDP. 

Secretary, Ravinder asked the team to perform their best and wished them good luck.