British hockey players set world record in Nepal
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Kathmandu : British hockey players have set a world record in hockey by playing the game at 5,020 meters above sea level in Nepal.
The venue for the game was Thorangla of Mustang. Out of 34 professional hockey players, 31 played hockey for an hour at Thorangla on July 16.
The Visit Nepal Year Secretariat honored the British hockey players amidst a function here on July 21.
National Program Coordinator of the Visit Year Campaign, Suraj Vaidya, handed the players Nepali dhaka-topi and the logo of Visit Nepal Year.
Stating that the Visit Nepal Year Campaign prioritizes sports tourism, he said preparations have been made to organize hockey championship at Gokyo Lake of Solukhumbu district in near future.
Similarly, Chairperson of the Hockey Association Nepal Umesh Lal Shrestha said that the hockey game played by British hockey players in Nepal has been successful in making Nepal known to the world as well as in establishing Nepal as an adventure and safe tourism destination, according to RSS reports.
Lincolnshire Today reported recently –
Between July 10th and 23rd Lincoln Minster School will undertake Operation Olympus, where 20 pupils from Years 9 to Year 12 and one member of staff will take hockey to new heights.
The pupils will be joined by the CEO of Hurricane Sports Foundation Gary Johnson, Andy Halliday the GB Men’ Manager, and 10 members of the Hockey for Heroes organisation, including Managing Director, Joel Forrester.
The group are trekking up the Annapurna Range to climb approximately 5,200m. Once at the pre-arranged location, the party will play a 40-minute game of Hockey that will set a World Record for the highest game of Hockey ever played.
En route, pupils from Lincoln Minster School, Andy Halliday, Gary Johnson and colleagues from Hockey for Heroes, will be visiting schools and communities to coach fun, engaging Hockey games to children and young adults.
The most important and fundamental aim of the trip is to leave a legacy of Hockey for the Nepalese people , a country that has low levels of Hockey participation.
July 21, 2019
Photo courtesy: Lonely Planet
