Climbing, diving campaign for PON

JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Diving Association (POSSI) and the Indonesian Climbing Federation (FPTI) will continue to campaign for their inclusion in the 2000 National Sports (PON) in Surabaya, East Java.

POSSI's executive chairman Bahder I. Sitepu and FPTI's chief of the competition division Lt. Col. Lodewijk Paulus said the sport bodies will hold national tournaments as part of the campaign.

Bahder said POSSI would hold a four-day national championship in September in Pasir Putih, Surabaya. It would also select divers for the Asian championships in China in October.

Lodewijk said the national championship had been scheduled for Aug. 20 in Menado, North Sulawesi.(ivy)