TEAM HERALD
CANACONA: Minister for Sports and Tribal Welfare Ramesh Tawadkar has announced an ambitious plan to organise a national tribal sports festival in the State.
“Organising a national tribal sports festival in the State will be a dream for the community. If we can achieve this, we will be able to send our tribal sportsmen to participate in international games,” Tawadkar stated.
Tawadkar was addressing a news conference at Amone-Poinguinim for the prestigious three-day Lukosthav-XV at Adarsh Gram. Tawadkar is the organizing chairman of the Lukosthav-XV organized by Adarsh Yuva Sangh in its 15th year.
Stating that the Lukosthav will have national level teams from Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and Karnataka playing exhibition matches with the winners of 12 participating state-level teams in kabaddi, kho-kho and volleyball.
He said plans are set rolling to explore possibility of holding national level tribal sports festival in the State in future.
Presently, 12 talukas after holding selections and organizing camps of a minimum period of eight days will participate in the tribal tournaments organized during Lukosthav in these three disciplines, and the same concept can be applied to hold national level tribal sports festival in future.
Sports Authority of Goa (SAG) is organizing the 4th edition of Tribal Sports Festival from January 9 to 11 at Adarsh Gram in coordination with the Adarsh Yuva Sangh organized three-day Lukosthav festival.
