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| Kathmandu Tuesday April 09, 2002 Chaitra 27, 2058. |
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National Basketball from May
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Post Report
KATHMANDU, April 8: The Nepal Basketball
Association (NBA) will organise the 3rd National Men’s Open and 2nd Women’s Open
Basketball tournament in the capital from May11-25, the association said in its press
release issued on Monday.
According to the press release, a meeting
chaired by NBA president Mahesh Kumar Agrawal confirmed the date of the tournament and
formed several subcommittees to carry out the tournament successfully. "This time the
association will encourage the participants outside the valley offering them Rs 1000 each
from quarterfinals onward," the press release quotes Agrawal.
NBA general-secretary Seeta Pandey looks after
the management subcommittee while Mahendra Jung Shakya has been selected as the
coordinator for financial subcommittee. Likewise, for publicity coordination, IM Singh has
been nominated. Hari Narayan Maharjan gained the place of technical subcommittee’s
coordinator while Dr Ajay Rana will take care of medical coordination.
The press release further added that, the
tournament would serve as the selection tournament for upcoming SAARC Basketball
Championship to be held in Bangladeshi capital Dhaka in August. The better 16 teams, if
more than 16 register for the competition, will compete at the tournament, which will run
for 14 days.
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