Gilgit Baltistan Team win. All set for final of winter sports gala on Shandur Top. Media Vision Production House
The final of the Shandur Ice Sports Challenge will be held among the teams from Gilgit-Baltistan at the Shandur Top
Organised by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Tourism Authority (KPCTA), Winter Sports Federation, District Administration Upper Chitral, and Chitral Scouts, the event earlier showcased the ice hockey, curling and speed skating competitions in Harchin.
A total of 119, including 46 female players, from Lower Chitral and Upper Chitral districts participated.
On this occasion, KPCTA Director General Tashfeen Haider was the chief guest. He was accompanied by Upper Chitral Deputy Commissioner Haseebur Rahman, KPCTA Director Admin and Finance Umar Arshad Khan, vice chairman of Harchin Village Council and a large number of local residents attended the event.
Matches of ice hockey, speed skating and curling were played among male and female participants.
Tashfeen Haider said that they were, for the first time in history, organising ice hockey, curling, and speed skating competitions on the frozen lake of Shandur Top.
He expressed his happiness at the large number of participants from Chitral, saying that efforts will be made to hold these competitions on an even wider scale next year.
For the past three years, the KPCTA in collaboration with the Winter Sports Federation has not only been providing equipment for winter sports activities but also organising training sessions and regular games for these athletes.
The organisers said that actually, Shandur ground was internationally famous for the Shandur Polo Festival held in the summer, but this was the first time in the province’s history that ice hockey, curling, and speed skating competitions were being held on the frozen Shandur Lake during the ongoing winter.
