All set for state level hockey competition

Rajnandgaon (Team Newsbuddy): The organizing committee is working day and night to prepare for the state level hockey competition of the sub-junior category to be held from June 21 under the joint aegis of Chhattisgarh Hockey and District Hockey Association Rajnandgaon. At the same time, the teams have also started arriving.

District Hockey Association President Firoz Ansari said that the 5th Sub Junior Boys / Girls Hockey Competition is being organized from 21 June 2024 to 24 June 2024 at the International Hockey Astroturf Ground in Rajnandgaon, the sports capital of Chhattisgarh, which has earned a name as Sanskardhan and nursery of hockey in the country. Players will be selected from the said competition for the second Hockey India Junior Boys-Girls West Hockey Competition to be held in the coming month of July.

In a press release, Organising Committee Secretary Virendra Singh Bhatia said that in the girls category of this competition, Hockey Korba, Hockey Janjgir Champa, Hockey Bilaspur, Bastar Hockey Association, Hockey Bemetara, Hockey Durg, Hockey Balod, Hockey Dhamtari, Sai Rajnandgaon, Sports Hockey Academy Raipur, Hockey Kabirdham and host Hockey Rajnandgaon and in the boys category, Hockey Kabirdham, Hockey Korba, Hockey Durg, Hockey Balod, Hockey Mahasamund, Hockey Janjgir Champa, Sports Hockey Academy Raipur, Hockey Raigarh, Hockey Dhamtari, Hockey Bilaspur, Hockey Bemetara, Bastar Hockey Association, along with host Hockey Rajnandgaon The participants will showcase their sporting skills. Various committees have been formed for the preparation of this event and the work has been divided among the members. Cooperation is expected from all, keeping in mind the glorious traditions of the city. The teams participating in the competition have started arriving in the city. On reaching the city, these teams are being welcomed by the members of the organizing committee by presenting flower garlands and bouquets.