Phnom Penh: June 27, 2022, the Cambodia Wheelchair Basketball Federation (CCF) opened its first meeting and presented the Cambodian national wheelchair basketball team preparing for the 12th in 2023(ASEAN Para Game 2023 ) that Cambodia will be hosted this most important event.

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This event was held at the headquarters of Prince Holding Group with the participation of around 200 national and international guests. Including members of The Royal Government, representatives of ministries/institutions from the Foreign Trade Chamber of Cambodia, local business owners, and other organizations in civil society.

On that occasion, the Cambodian Wheelchair Basketball Federation has shown great changes and the Cambodian Wheelchair Basketball team was full of ability and skill, there was training world-class, especially with the attention of Federal leaders at all levels and coaches from Team USA Basketball Gold USA Supported by Prince Holding Group Charitable Foundation. Cambodian Wheelchair Basketball Team has strong willing and belief to win the championships and othernational awards for Cambodia.

The Prince Foundation is pleased with the federation's decision to appoint Mr. Ly Thuch, First Vice President of the Cambodian Authority for Mine Action and Mine Action (MINA) as President of the Football Federation. Throw the wheelchair of Cambodia with the responsibility of managing mine action and rescuing people with disabilities from landmines in Cambodia, where this appointment deserves because many athletes both men, and women are accident survivors.

Landmines and explosive remnants of war Mr. Ly Thuch said: “I would like to express my deep gratitude to the decision of the Board of the Wheelchair Basketball Federation of Cambodia to help to develop and promote sports for the disabled in Cambodia. I would like to appreciate the dedication hard work and strong will of those with disabilities and the determination to contribute to the promotion of national sports and stand as a strong resource to help society, Family national development as I have always valued and considered that a disability body is not a disability. ”

Prince Holding Group, under the leadership of President Chen Zhi, has been focused very much on human resource development to support economic growth in the Kingdom of Cambodia. Gabriel, Head of Communications, Prince Holding Group, said: “In the past, we have contributed a lot to the promotion of local sports such as volleyball and football. This is our first participation in empowering people with disabilities.

He added: We are honored to participate in the promotion of social work by organizing the presentation of the Cambodian wheelchair basketball team to the 12th ASEAN Para Games 2023.

Mr. Michael Tuon, a Cambodian-American coach, was accredited by Team USA Basketball Gold, and the National Wheelchair Basketball Association (NWBA) was certified that this Joining will be an exciting event as he is a leader of the Cambodian wheelchair basketball training.

He continued to say that Many wheelchair athletes have overcome the barriers of not allowing their disabilities to stop their dreams, I believe that this train for winning was adopted from long-term athlete development - LTAD will create the best training structure for our success. . When the athletes play next year, they all will wear the new blue, red and white uniforms that reflected the national colors of the Kingdom of Cambodia with the new national mindset. The new ones include Cambodian cultural symbols such as the ROM dual flower and Angkor Wat temple.

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