GSA to host Inter Coaching Centre Football meet in Guwahati

Our Sports Reporter

GUWAHATI: Gauhati Sports Association (GSA) has planned to organize Inter Coaching Centre Football competition in the city. The competition would be held for U-13 and U-16 categories.

Gauhati Sports Association last evening organized a meeting with the Football Coaching Centre of Greater Guwahati where the representatives of 16 Football Coaching Centers took part.

Addressing the gathering the secretary of Gauhati Sports Association Dhruba Jyoti Kalita said that GSA has planned to promote soccer in grassroots level and as a part of this plan the Inter Coaching Soccer Competition will be organized very soon in home and away basis. Later players would be selected from this competition and GSA will arrange training for them and will also select its U-13 inter district teams from these players.

Several other key issues, related to grass-root soccer, were discussed in the meeting. Gauhati Sports Association also received several new proposals from the participants which included promotion of women soccer, facility to practice throughout the season, proper training of soccer coaches etc.

The Vice President of the Gauhati Sports Association Manjit Bhagawati, Treasurer of Assam Football Association Hiren Gogoi, soccer coach Kamalakanta Singh were present in the meeting.

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