Manali: The ninth national women’s ice hockey championship starts at Kaza’s jelen from the Himachal Pradesh Spital Valley on Sunday with six team participation.
Minister of Justice Jai Ram Thakur inaugurated the event.
The team of Himachal Pradesh, Ladakh, Delhi, Chandigarh, Telangana, and ITBP will compete for a cup at a height of 12,000 feet.
Himachal Pradesh is the host for the first time.
The tournament starts with the traditional welcome from the players and folk dances on ice.
In the opening match, Delhi beat the hosts 4-0, while Chandigarh beat Telangana 1-0 in a close match.
Kaza is under -20 degrees Celsius at night and below -5 ° C during the day, the perfect setting for winter sports.
The minister’s chairman said the arrival of the national ice hockey championship and development camp to the state would increase tourism in the region, while attracting the younger generation to winter sports.
He said: “Popular ice hockey in the Himalayan area in Ladakh, Undarakhand, and Kashmir.
The first basic ES Hockey Training Camp is arranged in Kaza in 2019.
The State Department has collaborated for it with the Ladakh Ice Hockey Foundation.
Children from Spiti and other districts have learned the basics of ice hockey.
“Two years ago, the local government prepared an ice hockey 50×35 meter in Kazato made local children move in winter when there were no other games in the valley.
He said the government would build a high altitude sports center in Kaza for RS 16 Crore, get Skate worth RS27 lakh for the players, and developed a small arena in Lid, Sagnam, and Hikmi.