CHANDIGARH, AUG 21 :Eleven players of Chandigarh Girls Hockey Academy have been selected to represent Chandigarh in the 21st Sub Junior National Women Hockey Championship to be held at Rourkela (Orissa) from August 22. The academy was launched 10 months ago and it has contributed a lion’s share in formation of Chandigarh team for the sub-junior Nationals..
The academy trainees selected are: Gurpreet (captain), Swati, Navdeep, Sangeeta, Jyoti, Monica, Neha Rawat, Shivani, Reena (vice captain), Sandeep and Ritusha.
ATHLETIC TRIALS: The selection of Haryana State athletic team for men and women will be held at CRA College Sonipat on August 24 at 9.30 am. The selected team will take part in the 48th National Open Athletic Championship to be held at Cochi (Kerala) from September 8 to 11, according to HSAA secretary H S Bhadu.
The interested athletes should report to Rajiv Khatri, Secretary, District Athletic Association Sonipat on August 24 at 9 a.m for registration and trials. Only those athletes will be selected who will qualify the laid down standards of HSAA and Athletic Federation of India.