{"id":6426,"date":"2021-06-15T02:36:05","date_gmt":"2021-06-15T02:36:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yultimate.org\/?p=6426"},"modified":"2021-08-10T23:22:57","modified_gmt":"2021-08-10T17:52:57","slug":"singngat-ultimate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yultimate.org\/team-stories\/singngat-ultimate\/","title":{"rendered":"Singngat Ultimate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Singngat is a small village in the conflict affected area of Manipur. Football is a popular pastime in Singnat but it is very much a boy\u2019s game, roughing it out on the field to win.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Nilay,<\/strong> one of our many peer-leader coaches, made a trip to Singngat. Our objective was to introduce Ultimate as part of the educational curriculum set by Sunbird. Nilay spent two weeks introducing Ultimate in 3 schools. He also identified and mentored a peer leader, Boigin Haokip, who would continue to lead practice sessions. In a short span of time, children were so gripped by the sport that despite a lack of proper gear, they were not willing to miss out on practice sessions. This was also followed by a lot of stories of good spirit and exemplary behaviour on the field influenced by the ethos of the sport. After 2.5 months, we went back to Singngat and organized a tournament kicking off the second phase of interventions. The tournament was a success. The village chief, impressed by the development, pledged more support to use Ultimate as a development platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n