Cambodia National Games 2018
Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2018 12:42 pm
The 2018 edition of the National Games is set to be held between May 25 and June 5.
National Games stage set
January 9, 2018
- This year’s biennial National Games will be bigger and better according to organisers tasked with planning the premier Cambodian sports spectacle. Also announced was a much larger share of prize money on offer for athletes.
A gold medal will now be rewarded with up to $200 (800,000 riel), up from the reported $37.50 (150,000 riel) from the 2016 games.
The news comes following the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports reporting it had allocated budgets for 34 national sport federations across Cambodia for 2018.
The 2016 games, the kingdom’s first, was heralded a resounding success, although there were murmurs of dissatisfaction after it was revealed the paltry prize money dished out to medallists.
More than 2,700 athletes from across the kingdom competed on behalf of their provinces in 15 sports in preparation for Cambodia’s hosting of the prestigious regional sporting spectacle the SEA Games in 2023...
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50100657/na ... stage-set/
National Games stage set
January 9, 2018
- This year’s biennial National Games will be bigger and better according to organisers tasked with planning the premier Cambodian sports spectacle. Also announced was a much larger share of prize money on offer for athletes.
A gold medal will now be rewarded with up to $200 (800,000 riel), up from the reported $37.50 (150,000 riel) from the 2016 games.
The news comes following the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports reporting it had allocated budgets for 34 national sport federations across Cambodia for 2018.
The 2016 games, the kingdom’s first, was heralded a resounding success, although there were murmurs of dissatisfaction after it was revealed the paltry prize money dished out to medallists.
More than 2,700 athletes from across the kingdom competed on behalf of their provinces in 15 sports in preparation for Cambodia’s hosting of the prestigious regional sporting spectacle the SEA Games in 2023...
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50100657/na ... stage-set/