Special Olympics Bangladesh Organizes Sports Competition & Talent Hunt event at Chittagong
Chittagong (April 4). Special Olympics Bangladesh in Collaboration with their sponsor & partner “GrameenPhone” organized a sports competition & talent hunt event at the BKSP regional center in Chittagong. A total of 405 athletes from 11 districts competed at the event. It was a four day event, providing competition opportunities to athletes in sports like Football, Athletics, Swimming, Cricket, Bocce and Badminton.
Mr. Mohiddin Chaudhary, Mayor of Chittagong City, presided over the opening ceremony of the event on April 1 and officially declared the games open. A brief entertainment program was presented by students of various Special schools that participated at the games. A media conference was held at the Grameen Phone Office to create awareness about the event and several national newspapers carried the stories about the games the following day. On April 1, Football competitions were held followed by training & practice sessions.
Football Competition on Day 1
On April 2nd the Athletics & Bocce Competitions were held at the BKSP regional center.
On April 3rd Cricket & Swimming competitions were held
On April 4th The Bocce competitions were held followed by the closing ceremony. Mr. Ahad Ali Sarkar, Honorable Minister for Youth & sports presided over the closing ceremony as the chief guest
