SRINAGAR Oct,20, 2023 : In a first of its kind, ELFA International in collaboration with the Directorate of School Education, Kashmir and supported by SIDBI, organised “Kashmir T20 Regional Knockout Cricket Tournament – 2023”. The inaugural ceremony of the event was held today at Amar Singh College, Srinagar. School children under the age of 18, drawn from the government/private schools of all 10 districts of the Kashmir region are participating in this mega-tournament. Those present on the inaugural ceremony included Dr. Tasaduq Hussain Mir (JKAS), Director School Education, Kashmir; Shri Balbir Singh,General manaer SIDBI, Mr. Mohammad Shabir, Chief Education Officer, Srinagar, Mohammad Adil Ahsan, Branch Manager, SIDBI, Srinagar; Dr. Sheikh Ajaz Bashir, Principal, Amar Singh College, Srinagar; Mr. Mehran Khan, CEO ELFA International, senior management from ELFA International and other dignitaries.
The event stands testimony to ELFA international’s commitment to sports for development & youth
leadership and represents a milestone in the overall sports-scene of the valley in terms of its reach out and regional inclusion and integration. ELFA International is committed to the cause of sports for development & youth leadership and has been organising such events frequently to fight the menace of drug addiction & depression among youth and to promote in them the spirit of leadership & sportsmanship. The event is a part of the larger ideal whereby ELFA International aspires to project and present the local talent on national and international sports-scape. The players participating in the tournament were drawn after a thorough screening and were given a class mentorship & coaching to scale up the nail-biting competition. Starting with the initial count of around 2000 students, 140 students constituting ten teams and representing each district of Kashmir have made it to the tournament.
Dr. Tasaduq Hussain Mir (JKAS), Director School Education, Kashmir said that these occasions are becoming the need of the day both in view of growing social evils and to polish and showcase the talent embedded in Kashmiri youth. He applauded the efforts ELFA International has been making in this direction by involving youth across the length and the breadth of the UT and engaging them in sports activities of different kinds.
Pertinent to mention that ELFA International has been actively promoting sporting spirit among the youth and has contributed to this end enormously in terms of the number of events held and the growing number of youth included in these programs.
