From the desk of President, BJGS.,
The cultural base for the expression of all body movements are titled as "Gymnastics". Interestingly, the Rules of Gymnastics is concerned with education, Training & activities emphasizing the Physical as well as psychological wellbeing of an athlete. "Physical Education" & "Sport" are the two pillars of interest of all the governing bodies for gymnastics.
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Gymnastics is one of the oldest Olympic sports & was first practiced at the ancient Olympic games where the competitors performed variety of events including running. In 1896, with the revival of the Modern Olympic Games, gymnastics was included in the programme of the first Olympic Games.
Artistic Gymnastics is practiced by both men & women. It attracts and captivates crowds around the world, in the sports arena as well as on television. It is one of the most popular sports in the Olympic programme. Gymnastics competitions are the demonstration of strength, beauty & courage.
Bruhanmumbai Jilha Gymnastics Sanghatana was established in 1973. Now it is strongly supported by more than 40 clubs, sports institutions & educational institutions of Mumbai suburban. The great Dr. D.M. Kalyanpurkar, Shri. Ramdas Kalyanpurkar, Shri. Purushottam Sawant, Shri. Suhas Ramnath Pathare, Shri. Bhagwant Madhav Pant, Shri. V.L. Shanbaug, along with other sports lovers founded this district association.
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I am proud to state that the Gymnastics activities are percolated up to grass root level by the network of BJGS.
Mumbai suburban has a long tradition & healthy legacy of Gymnastics activities. It is purely an amateur character of the district body. Gymnastics is promoted with sincere & consistent efforts of its dedicated members which resulted into many qualified National & International Judges, coaches & players during past years.
We wish to bring professional & technological advances in the coaching, training & organization of competitions in future.
Therefore, every one is hereby requested to post comments so that the level of performance of district Gymnasts can be improved.
- We do expect your worthy co-operation,
- We need your complete support to achieve various aims of the BJGS.
- We expect more & more Mumbai based gymnasts for coaching camps that will be conducted by the Government, State sports council, National federation &/or state association for the preparation of forthcoming Commonwealth Games, Asian Games and other international competitions.
- Let us come together to achieve this goal.
Have a Happy Handstand. Inderjeet Singh Rathor
President
Bruhan Mumbai Jilha Gymnastics Sanghatana.
