Training camps help hone sporting talent in the northeast

Cricket is a less popular sport in the Northeast, but efforts are on to tap the potential. A 10-day long basic cricket camp is being organized by the Jorhat Cricket Coaching Centre in Assam. All together 80 boys and girls from various schools of Jorhat city are taking part in the camp which will conclude on July 19. The main motive behind organizing the camp is to discover the hidden talent and also give more encouragement for taking up cricket. Six coaches are providing training at the camp. In Nagaland's Dimapur city Shaolin Kung-Fu summer Camp was organized by the All Nagaland Shaolin Kung Fu Association (ANSKA). Altogether 18 students took part in the three-day long adventure camp. The students were taught several disciplines of martial arts which many people consider as an "art of self-defence". The man behind the training is Neivo-o Soru, a black belt in Shaolin Kung-fu. Neivo opened the first Kung Fu school in Kohima and has trained more than thousand students.