Punjab is conducting trials to look for sporting talent.

Chandigarh, February 10 (H.S.): To set up a sports wing schools in different districts, the Punjab Sports Department is conducting selection trials for various games for under-14, 17 and 19 age-group boys and girls in all the districts on February 12 and 13, 2020, while trials for the swimming will be held on April 6.

Divulging further, Deputy Director (Sports)  Kartar Singh said that desirous players of under-14 should be born after January 1, 2007, under-17 after January 1, 2004, while players of the under-19 age group should be born after January 1, 2002. He informed that the trials for various games are to be conducted in Guru Nanak Stadium Amritsar, Sports Stadium Bathinda, Sports Stadium Barnala, Nehru Stadium Faridkot, Sports Stadium, Jalalabad (Fazilka), Shaheed Bhagat Singh Stadium Ferozepur, Baba Banda Singh Bahadur Engineering College, Sports Stadium Fatehgarh Sahib and Sports Stadium Gurdaspur.

Deputy Director further informed that on both the days, the trials will also be conducted at Outdoor Stadium Hoshiarpur, Hans Raj Stadium, Jalandhar, Olympian Surjeet Hockey Stadium, Guru Nanak Stadium, Kapurthala, Sri Mukatsar Sahib Sports Stadium, Nehru Stadium Mansa, Guru Nanak Stadium Ludhiana, PAU Ludhiana, Vero-drum of PAU Ludhiana, Guru Nanak College Moga, Multi-purpose Sports Stadium Sector-78 SAS Nagar. ITI Sports Stadium, Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar, Raja Bhalindra Sports Complex, Polo Ground, Patiala, Multi-purpose Sports Stadium Pathankot, Nehru Stadium Rupnagar, War Heroes Stadium Sangrur and Sports Stadium, Tarn Taran.

He said that players from all the districts can take part in the trials for admission in the State Sports School, Jalandhar, whereas only concerned districts’ players can take part in admission in sports wings trials.

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