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The Bhutan Olympic Committee in partnership with Pelkhil School is pleased to announce the following scholarships for the academic year 2013:

The Royal Thimphu College (RTC) and the Bhutan Olympic Committee (BOC) jointly announces the availability of 6 Sports Scholarships (2- basketball, 2- football and 2 open) for the academic year 2013. The scholarship will cover all tuition and boarding costs for 3 years.

The latest winner of the Olympic Council of Asia’s Fun Learn quiz is 16-year-old Sonam Choden from Dechencholing Middle Secondary School in Thimphu. Sonam emerged victorious from a starting field of 120 students packed into the main hall of Lungtenzampa Middle Secondary School on Friday morning – the first day of the OCA’s two-day Fun Learn and Youth Reporter Project, held in conjunction with the 2014 Incheon Asian Games Organising Committee (IAGOC) and Bhutan Olympic Committee.

The Olympic Council of Asia’s Fun Run + Learn series has moved on to Bhutan to promote the 17th Asian Games in Incheon, Korea, in 2014. Having already hosted a Fun Run two years ago, the Bhutan Olympic Committee will hold just two elements of the series this time – a Fun Learn quiz on Friday and the Asian Games Youth Reporter Project on Saturday.

In what is a big boost to football in the country, a grassroots football program ‘Play for Life’ attended by the Prince of Jordan, Ali Bin Hussein, kicked off yesterday.

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