“Of course, the goal is to win.”
The Seodaemun-gu Office Women’s Basketball Team, led by coach Park Chan-sook, a legend of women’s basketball, held an inauguration ceremony on the 29th and was officially launched. This is the first time that a women’s business basketball team has been launched in an autonomous district in Seoul.
Coach Park, who was appointed as the first coach of the Seodaemun District Office Women’s Business Basketball Team in January this year, is a silver medalist at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. Coach Park, who has experience as a national team coach, but is the first to take charge of a single club, said at a press conference held at the auditorium of Seodaemun-gu Office that day, “There are many players who played as players in high school or university but are unable to fulfill their dreams after graduation.” “I will work hard to guide them and make them into a basketball team that produces many players who can play on a professional team,” he expressed his aspirations.
The team selected through the entrance test last month consisted of 8 players, including Jung Yoo-jin, Hong So-ri, Kim Hae-ji, and Kang Ju-eun, who were active in domestic professional teams, and Lim Hyun-ji, Jo Eun-jin, Kim Na-rim, and Kang Da-hyun, who were former high school and college players. The training ground uses the Seodaemun Culture and Sports Center and the North Ahyeon Culture and Sports Center, and the athletes’ lodgings are prepared near Hongje Station.
The basketball team will start with the National Unemployment Basketball Federation, which will be held in Gimcheon, Gyeongbuk on May 19-21, the National Men’s and Women’s Basketball Championship (July 25-August 7), and the National Sports Festival (October 13-19). participate When asked about specific goals, coach Park said, “It’s a new team, and we may not have enough stamina to hold our first tournament in May, but we plan to do our best.”스포츠토토
Seodaemun-gu Office is the fifth domestic women’s business basketball team after Gimcheon City Hall, Sacheon City Hall, Daegu Sports Association, and Seoul Basketball Association. In addition, the Seodaemun-gu Office Women’s Business Basketball Team became the only team in the ball game category among the workplace sports departments in Seoul’s autonomous district.
Lee Seong-heon, head of Seodaemun-gu Office, said, “We will strive to promote sports for everyday life by expanding public sports facilities so that residents can improve their health and participate in active social activities based on this.”