Motor Supercross rives into gear in Kohima

KOHIMA, JUNE 2: The two-day Nagaland Adventure Club (NAC) Open Supercross, a motor event, commenced at the Local Ground in Kohima town on Thursday. The event is under the Federation of Motor Sports Clubs of India (FMSCI). This is the first ever supercross event in the state and has competitors from Meghalaya, Assam, Mizoram, Haryana, Bengaluru, and Delhi. The qualifying rounds of the four categories: Novice, Open, Local and Expert were held on Thursday while the final rounds would be held tomorrow. The Parliamentary Secretary for Youth Resources and Sports, Khriehu Leizietsu, flagging off the competition said “sports play an important role in nation building, social cohesion and a healthy lifestyle”. “A true athlete can only reach his limit and even go beyond those limits only if he possesses good technical skills and physical fitness,” he said, while also encouraging the bikers to display true technical expertise with sporting spirit. He acknowledged the NAC for taking important steps to promote and encourage adventure sports and for opening the doors to all the adventure and motor sports lovers from the grassroots in spite of the lack of proper infrastructure. “NAC is one of the flag bearers of adventure sports for infusing the feeling and spirit of adventure amongst the youth of the States, thereby giving birth to new era of Adventure sports in the state as well as the northeast region,” he added. Following are the bikers who have qualified for the final rounds: LOCAL CATEGORY SL.NO NAME COMPETITOR NO. 1 IMDANGLEMBA 82 2 SUHAIL AHMED 10 3 AKHOTUO CHUZHO 3 4 MONJUR ALI 99 5 NAYLIN CHOWHIN 23 6 B LALRUATSANGA 18 7 EUGENE NIANGTI 6 8 PAOMINTHANG R VAIPHEI 55 9 LALRINDIKA 39 10 DIPAK BORO 4 11 DANNY THANGKHIEN 24 12 SK MD IRFAN BASHA 14 13 DIGANTA BARUAH 20 14 AMARJIT SINGH 44 15 ABDUL SAHID 1 16 AJIT SHARMA 25 17 MESAVILIE 7 18 ASHOK CHETRI 32 19 AMOU SUOHU 46