Trials for national hockey meet today

Hamirpur, February 14

Trials for sub-junior national championship will be held at Astroturf hockey ground at Una on February 15. This was stated by Arjuna awardee Romesh Pathania, general Secretary of Himachal hockey association here today.

He said that girls and boys players from Himachal Pradesh could participate in the trials for sub junior girls and boys state teams. The selected teams would participate in the 11th Hockey India Sub Junior girls and boys national championship to be held at Simdega in Jharkhand and Narwana and Jind in Haryana.

Pathania said the championships would be organized from March 10 to 21 for sub junior girls and March 17 to March 28 for boys.

He said the participants should be born after January 01, 2005. It is mandatory for player to be registered on the hockey India portal. Players would also be required to bring age proof, medical and bona fide certificate of Himachal Pradesh, he added.

Pathania said that international players Suresh Thakur, Didhar Singh, Ajit Kumar, Anil Khantwal, Sumanpuri, Tawi Chauhan, Sushma Sharma, Ashis Sen and Parkesh Diman would be members of selection committee for men and women teams. — OC