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March 16, 2010 | Snow baseball championship held in Gulmarg | Gulmarg: Young and enthusiastic baseball players participated in a snow baseball championship held in picturesque Gulmarg from March 13 to March 15. Gulmarg experiences heavy snowfall during winter and remains covered with
snow for about six months, offering an excellent playground for winter sports,
including snow Rugby and skiing. The snow baseball championship was organised
by the Jammu and Kashmir Baseball Association (JKBA) in collaboration with
Amateur
Baseball Federation of India ( ABFI ), New Delhi and Jammu and Kashmir State
Sports
Council (JKSSC). Six teams of the state including men and women participants took
part in the triangular snow baseball championship, held at an altitude of 8500
feet. This action-packed sport, requiring a lot of courage and determination from
the participants fascinated the local youth, who expressed hope that snow baseball
would be taken to the national and international level. "We are feeling really
good and want teams from other states also to come and play here. We hope that
the sport (snow baseball) is taken to the national and international level also,"
said Zulifkar Ali , a participant. Excited participants were hopeful of round
the year activity in the game. “The championship has started this year and we
are hopeful it would go a long way. This year we saw that we can play baseball
on snow also and it would be good if we can play next year also as students are
showing keen interest," said Rehana, a girl participant. Fida Hussian, member
of the organising committee, said that the sport would give a fillip to the already
booming tourism sector of the state. “This is quite beneficial for our economy,
which will boost winter tourism and tourists from many countries are interested
to visit places where it snows. Besides, a new sports culture would also be evolved
that in snow apart from skiing, there are other sports also, which can be played,"
said Hussain. |
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