BOC

The Bhutan Olympic Committee would like to announce the following short-listed candidates for the post of electrician:

The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) has established a series of Fun Run+Learn and Asian Games Youth Reporter Project around the continent, not only to achieve these aims but also to create awareness of and promote the 17th Asian Games, which will be held in Incheon, Korea, in 2014.

The much awaited artificial football turf is now ready and was officially inaugurated on the 15th of December. The ground was inaugurated by HRH Prince Jigyel Ugyen Wangchuck, Gyaltshab and the President of the Bhutan Olympic Committee.

Pelkhil School will be organizing an open Judo Class from December 2012 to February 2013.

The Bhutan Basketball Federation is in the process of registering basketball clubs, interested clubs may register with Mr. Tashi Norbu @ 17702548 during office hours. For registration forms please click the link below. Last date of registration is on the 30th of November. BASKETBALL CLUB REGISTRATION FORM

Hanoi has been selected to host the Olympic Council of Asia’s showpiece event, the Asian Games, in 2019 following a ballot of delegates at the 31st OCA General Assembly in Macau on Thursday.

Ziwang Gurung of Bhutan won the first Faldo Series Nepal Championship by two shots at Gokarna Forest Resort in Kathmandu.

The President of the 2014 Incheon Asian Games Organising Committee, Kim Young Soo, said the attention of the sports world had switched from London to Incheon now the dust has settled on the 2012 Olympic Games. Speaking at the 5th OCA Coordination Committee meeting for the 17th Asian Games in Incheon, Korea, on Friday, the IAGOC President said his organising team had learned a lot from observation visits to the London Olympics and 3rd Asian Beach Games in Haiyang, China, in June.

SONAM TSHERING impresses in the 18th Annual Moab 24 Hour XC Race that was held in Utah, USA. Sonam Tshering (winner of 2nd Tour Of the Dragon & the first one to receive the title “Dragon Conqueror) is the first Bhutanese

For cyclists seeking the ultimate challenge in the ultimate destination, the third annual “Tour of the Dragon” mountain bike race, taking place in Bhutan on September 1, 2012, provides participants an opportunity to test their mettle in a destination unlike any other in the world.