Climbing, diving campaign for PON

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)