Three female students of the same institution in Chandpur are going to the USA for basketball training. They will leave for America on June 14 and the training time is one and a half months. Amomg them are Sumaiya Akhtar in 11th-class student, Iti Akhtar, recent SSC passer, and Farhana Akhtar, class Nine . They are all from Bir Pratik Momin Ullah Patwari Academy students, Chandpur Sadar.
They will receive training in youth sports and women's improvement under the Sports Visitor Program 2024 of Sports Diplomacy in Los Angeles, USA. The training will continue from June 15 to July 29.
Five girls, including three from Chandpur, were finalized for higher training in basketball under the management of a private organization named 'Desi Bowlers' from Bangladesh. The other two are Dhaka resident’s Irada Azam and Safrina Zarin. Ibrahim Mohammad will be their Bangladeshi coach.
Manowar Hossain Chowdhury, president of Chandpur Basketball Academy, said, "We train these three students in various courses under the leadership of Academy General Secretary Nurul Amin Akash and send them to multiple competitions in the country. They participated in basketball tournaments in Dhaka, Chattogram, Cumilla, and Jashore. Later Desi Bowlers allowed three of them to travel from Bangladesh to the USA for higher training.
Monika Nasreen, Co-Founder of Desi Bowlers, said that since 2018, they have been providing high-level training to women under 18 in the country in basketball, football, and volleyball. This year they nominated five students from Bangladesh in Los Angeles, USA and Chandpur Basketball Academy cooperates in this. Nominated coaches from Julie Foudy Sports Academy of USA will train them.
Sumaiya Akhter, captain of the team participating in the training, says, "We are three from the village. We never imagined one day we would go to the USA for basketball training from Bir Pratik Momin Ullah Patwari Academy. We are grateful to Bir Pratik Momin Ullah Patwari Academy. We are thankful to Chandpur Basketball Academy.
