By Jagpreet Sandhu ,Panchkula, Febuary 9 : A single day Golf Clinic and coaching camp was conducted at the Panchkula Golf Club on Wednesday . This was a Government of India initiative where 250 children from schools in Haryana participated in this camp.
The Haryana School Shiksha Pariyojna Parishad which is under the Rashtriya Madhyamic Shiksha Abhyan organised this event for class 9 & 10 students . Four coaches were appointed by Panchkula Golf Club to conduct this exercise, European certified coach Ajay Gujral, Somnath, Raman and Darshan.
The children were trained the finer nuances of the game, rules of the game, technicalities of the game, chipping, bunker shots, a brief description of the course for 3 hours and were given demonstrations by all the coaches so as to get a complete perspective about the game.
Heading this initiative Mr. Pankaj Yadav (IAS), General Manager of PGC Brig. IS Punia and Course Manager of PGC Col. Dogra were also present to motivate the children and encourage them to take up the game.