GURGAON: For a city whose boys and girls, hailing from each rural and concrete neighbourhoods, continue to succeed in in game, the lack of quality wearing infrastructure is obvious. This week in TOI, promising swimmer Shivani Kataria mentioned she is forced to visit Delhi for coaching because the facilities in Gurgaon are "not up to the mark".
Back in February, in several corners of the district may well be noticed two events that had game as a not unusual thread, but were as other from each other as 'desi' is from cosmopolitan. In the village of Mohammadpur Jharsa, just a little way off NH-8, there was an all-day 'Haryana style' kabaddi contest. In an area larger than that generally utilized in a kabaddi bout, the action happening in a slight saucer-like dip within the floor, groups battled it out for supremacy, watched through an engrossed crowd (which grew in measurement because the day wore on).
On the same day, at the other facet of the highway, at the Gurgaon Polo and Equestrian Club (inside the Golden Greens Golf Club), a sleepy Sunday afternoon got here to existence when height names from the Sport of Kings strutted their stuff within the Royal Roosters Polo Cup.
Earlier that month, the country's first ever baseball diamond was inaugurated, at the border of Gurgaon and Delhi. Golf, meanwhile, took root right here two decades back; as of late, its following is not just restricted to those with dollars. While the members-only DLF Golf & Country Club has hosted global events, and is the Indian sport's world face, there are a handful of facilities in and around the city where you can pay to play (and get good worth to your cash).
Besides, for a lot of the year, out of doors of the recent months, part marathoners (and recreational runners) as well as cyclists cram the city's streets on weekend mornings. Throw within the NCR's only all-season skating rink, and you have a city with an attractive mix of wearing custom and aspiration.
Yet, for a place of such ambition, the absence of a world-class enviornment - an area to host a national athletics meet, a soccer fit, a sport of cricket, or 3 units of tennis - is obvious. The Tau Devi Lal stadium is the only all-purpose sports venue in Gurgaon, but its condition leaves so much to be desired. The stadium can host large, as it did (with much good fortune) nationwide wrestling in early 2016, but it is in most cases given brief shrift through the politicians.
Come November, and world golfing returns to the town, within the type of the Indian Women's Open. For all its infrastructural bottlenecks, the 'Millennium City' can have the benefit of a top-drawer world match, or a successful local workforce (or two) this is embraced through Gurgaonites. But what it wishes urgently are quality coaching facilities, because private academies are beyond the reach of all but a few.
So long because the allure of big-time game doesn't overshadow conventional pursuits like kabaddi and kushti, an emergent wearing culture can only give a boost to the attraction of a city, and provides tourists one more reason to forestall over. Sport, for Gurgaon, gives existence beyond funky gastronomy and a startup scene that struggles for inspiration.
Back in February, in several corners of the district may well be noticed two events that had game as a not unusual thread, but were as other from each other as 'desi' is from cosmopolitan. In the village of Mohammadpur Jharsa, just a little way off NH-8, there was an all-day 'Haryana style' kabaddi contest. In an area larger than that generally utilized in a kabaddi bout, the action happening in a slight saucer-like dip within the floor, groups battled it out for supremacy, watched through an engrossed crowd (which grew in measurement because the day wore on).
On the same day, at the other facet of the highway, at the Gurgaon Polo and Equestrian Club (inside the Golden Greens Golf Club), a sleepy Sunday afternoon got here to existence when height names from the Sport of Kings strutted their stuff within the Royal Roosters Polo Cup.
Earlier that month, the country's first ever baseball diamond was inaugurated, at the border of Gurgaon and Delhi. Golf, meanwhile, took root right here two decades back; as of late, its following is not just restricted to those with dollars. While the members-only DLF Golf & Country Club has hosted global events, and is the Indian sport's world face, there are a handful of facilities in and around the city where you can pay to play (and get good worth to your cash).
Besides, for a lot of the year, out of doors of the recent months, part marathoners (and recreational runners) as well as cyclists cram the city's streets on weekend mornings. Throw within the NCR's only all-season skating rink, and you have a city with an attractive mix of wearing custom and aspiration.
Yet, for a place of such ambition, the absence of a world-class enviornment - an area to host a national athletics meet, a soccer fit, a sport of cricket, or 3 units of tennis - is obvious. The Tau Devi Lal stadium is the only all-purpose sports venue in Gurgaon, but its condition leaves so much to be desired. The stadium can host large, as it did (with much good fortune) nationwide wrestling in early 2016, but it is in most cases given brief shrift through the politicians.
Come November, and world golfing returns to the town, within the type of the Indian Women's Open. For all its infrastructural bottlenecks, the 'Millennium City' can have the benefit of a top-drawer world match, or a successful local workforce (or two) this is embraced through Gurgaonites. But what it wishes urgently are quality coaching facilities, because private academies are beyond the reach of all but a few.
So long because the allure of big-time game doesn't overshadow conventional pursuits like kabaddi and kushti, an emergent wearing culture can only give a boost to the attraction of a city, and provides tourists one more reason to forestall over. Sport, for Gurgaon, gives existence beyond funky gastronomy and a startup scene that struggles for inspiration.
City youngsters shine in sports but facilities to build on success few
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Reviewed by Kailash
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October 24, 2017
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