By Paritosh Pramanik
NAGPUR, Apr 12, 2016
ALREADY on the decline the hockey scenario in Vidarbha seems to be touching nadir, especially in the women’s
section.
After refusing to send the sub-junior girls’ hockey team to Assam for the nationals in January, Vidarbha Hockey Association (VHA) has once again failed to find 18 girls for the Hockey India’s 6th National Championship to be held at Bengaluru.
The tournament begins on April 18 and Vidarbha team was supposed to leave on 15th. But with police recruitment under way in the city, most of the players have decided to opt for that and skip the important national tournament.
Surprisingly, VHA has not declared the team and informed the girls about the selection, a practice never heard before.
“Most of the players whom we contacted said they would be giving preference to police recruitment and could not go for the national,” said Pramod Jain, VHA Joint Secretary.
“We have done all the paper work and the railway concession letters are also ready. But with 10 out of 18 girls refusing to accompany the team we decided not to send the team,” Jain added.
Roshni Khobragade (GK), Shraddha Nakhale, Nirmala Dhurve, Neelam Nishad, Sunita Yadav, Sangita Meshram, Monali Khewale, Monu Uikey, Damini Sakhare and Almas Pathan were the 10 selected players out of 18.
The police recruitment drive will continue till April 19. Vidarbha, placed in Pool A along with Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Chandigarh, Dadra and Nagra Haveli and Madhya Bharat, have their match scheduled for April 18. The decision of these 10 players will affect the remaining eight who lost a chance to earn national certificates.
“We also know it’s harsh on them (the other eight girls). But we are helpless,” said secretary DS Karunashankar.
In January VHA did not send the team as it was ‘under-prepared’ and would have attracted ignominy.
Jain said that around 40 players appeared for selection trials which included mostly from Nagpur, a couple from Bhandara and Yavatmal and none from Amravati.
The episode once again highlights the poor condition of women’s hockey in the district. VHA has its task cut out to reach the affiliated districts, too, which usually are touched only during election period.
NAGPUR, Apr 12, 2016
ALREADY on the decline the hockey scenario in Vidarbha seems to be touching nadir, especially in the women’s
section.
After refusing to send the sub-junior girls’ hockey team to Assam for the nationals in January, Vidarbha Hockey Association (VHA) has once again failed to find 18 girls for the Hockey India’s 6th National Championship to be held at Bengaluru.
The tournament begins on April 18 and Vidarbha team was supposed to leave on 15th. But with police recruitment under way in the city, most of the players have decided to opt for that and skip the important national tournament.
Surprisingly, VHA has not declared the team and informed the girls about the selection, a practice never heard before.
“Most of the players whom we contacted said they would be giving preference to police recruitment and could not go for the national,” said Pramod Jain, VHA Joint Secretary.
“We have done all the paper work and the railway concession letters are also ready. But with 10 out of 18 girls refusing to accompany the team we decided not to send the team,” Jain added.
Roshni Khobragade (GK), Shraddha Nakhale, Nirmala Dhurve, Neelam Nishad, Sunita Yadav, Sangita Meshram, Monali Khewale, Monu Uikey, Damini Sakhare and Almas Pathan were the 10 selected players out of 18.
The police recruitment drive will continue till April 19. Vidarbha, placed in Pool A along with Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Chandigarh, Dadra and Nagra Haveli and Madhya Bharat, have their match scheduled for April 18. The decision of these 10 players will affect the remaining eight who lost a chance to earn national certificates.
“We also know it’s harsh on them (the other eight girls). But we are helpless,” said secretary DS Karunashankar.
In January VHA did not send the team as it was ‘under-prepared’ and would have attracted ignominy.
Jain said that around 40 players appeared for selection trials which included mostly from Nagpur, a couple from Bhandara and Yavatmal and none from Amravati.
The episode once again highlights the poor condition of women’s hockey in the district. VHA has its task cut out to reach the affiliated districts, too, which usually are touched only during election period.
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