Kathmandu- The Third National Tug-of-War Championship is to take place on February 28 and 29. Nepal Tug-of-War Association is organizing the national competition. Players from all seven provinces will participate in the Championship to be held at SOS Hermann Gmeiner Secondary School, Sanothimi, Bhaktapur, said Association president Bhawani Poudel. According to him, 10 teams including seven province teams and three departmental teams of the three security bodies towards men and eight teams including five province teams and three departmental teams are competing in the Championship. Sudurpaschim Province and Karnali Province are not sending their women teams, according to the organizers. One hundred and sixty-two players from a total 18 teams will take part in the competition. The winning team in the male category will bag Rs 100 thousand while the first runner-up team will receive Rs 50 thousand, Association’s International Representative, Ananda Kumar Yadav, said. He added that the winner team in the women category will receive Rs 60 thousand while the first runner-up team will get Rs 40 thousand. Yadav said that the national level tug-of-war competition has been organized to promote and preserve this game which remained neglected for long time in spite of being Nepal’s one of the old and indigenous sports. The Association has estimated that the Championship will cost Rs 3.1 million. —