President of South Asian Olympic Council/ President of NOC/ Member of Parliament Honorable Jeevan Ram Shrestha chaired the SOAC Executive Board meeting on Saturday, Nov 9, 2019. After the program there the Chef De Mission Seminar was also conducted on Yak and Yeti Hotel.
In the program Delegates from all the South Asian countries were present.
In the South Asian Olympic Council Meeting following Delegates were present:
Sno.
Coutnry
Name
Post
1
Bangladesh
Mr. Syed Shahed Raza
Secretary General
2
Bangladesh
Mr. Syed Tasadeque Hossian
Representative
5
Bhutan
Mr. Sonam Karma Tshering
Secretary General
7
India
Mr. Rajeev Mehata
Secretary General
12
Maldives
Mr. Hussain Rasheed
Treasurer
13
Maldives
Mr. Thamooh Ahmed Saeed
Program Coordinator
15
Pakisthan
Mr. Imran Ahmad Khan
Manager
16
Sri Lanka
Mr. Maxwell De Silva
Secretary General
17
Sri Lanka
Mr. Asanga Senevirate
Vice President
In the SAOC Executive Meeting along with the Chief Guest Hon Shrestha, Member Secretary of NSC Mr. Ramesh Silwal and Secretary General of NOC Mr. Nilendra Raj Shrestha represented Nepal.
In the meeting confirmation of the dates of 13th South Asian Games from 1st to 10th December, 2019 was decided. Hon. Shrestha assured the delegates about the preparations about the Games. In the meeting it was also decided that Pakistan will host the next SAG and if in case Pakistan are not able to host the Games Srilanka and Maldives will host the 14th SAG together.
91Kg category Event was added in the Boxing games, 2 participants from each country were also added from each country and 4 additional participants of each country was added to cycling games (Road Rage and Mountain Biking)
The 13th SA Games features 27 sports disciplines and 17 of them will be held in and around Kathmandu. Pokhara will host nine disciplines, while Janakpur was included as the host of wresting recently.
In the Chef De Mission meeting following Delegates were present:
Sno.
Coutnry
Name
Post
1
Bangladesh
Mr. Asaduzzaman Kohinoor
CDM
2
Bangladesh
Mr. Mohammad Habibur
Deputy Manager
3
Bangladesh
Mr. Abhijit Sarkar
Deputy CDM
4
Bhutan
Mr. Jigme Thiniey
CDM
5
India
Mr. Dushyant Sharma
CDM
6
India
Mr. Digvijay Sharma
Deputy CDM
7
Maldives
Mr. Ibrahim Nahid
CDM
8
Maldives
Mr. Ismall Razeen
NOC Representative
9
Pakisthan
Mr. Hafiz Imran Butt
NOC Representative
10
Sri Lanka
Major General Dampath
Chef De Mission
11
Sri Lanka
Mr. Gamini Jayasinghe
Deputy CDM
In the Chef De Mission Meeting Vice- President of NOC Mr. Chaturananda Raj Baidhya and coordinator of National Team Preperation Mr. Rim Ranabhat represented Nepal. A presentation was showed to the participants about the location, accommodations and different facilities.
After the meeting all the delegates went on a site visit to Pokhara and returned the next day. They also did a site visit of major Stadiums in Kathmandu.
