Hockey Jharkhand’s player Nutanbela Tiru, is the emerging ‘lead’ face of her team. The girl, who belongs to a Below Poverty line (BPl) family, helped her team enter the semi-finals (Division-A) of the ongoing 4th Hockey India (HI) Junior Women National Championship at Mysore on Monday.
She has proved to be the backbone of her team in 3rd HI Senior Women National Championship held at lucknow in April last year as well as in 2nd HI Sub Junior National Championship in 2012. Tiru is presently a class 11 student of Bariatu Government Girls High School where the State hockey association imparts training for teenage girls aspiring to establish a career in hockey. As many as 11 girls out of the 18 team members representing Jharkhand in 4th Junior Women National meet belong to this training academy.
Describing Tiru’s background, her Coach Pulckeria Nag said, “She is under my supervision since 2008. Her efficiency is worth appreciating. Her parents involved in agriculture at Khunti district’s Saridkel village are often unable to manage daily meals. Even her elder brother who was a bright hockey player could not grab a Government job and is assisting his parents as unemployed son. She and her elder sister Dilasi are undoubtedly ‘future stars’ of Hockey Jharkhand and the only ‘hope’ of their family.” In the Monday’s match of Pool C, Jharkhand defeated Maharashtra by 6-2 goals. It was Nutanbela’s hat-trick which made the team win the game. She struck her first goal in the fourth minute when the team got a penalty corner opportunity which she converted successfully.
In the 12th minute the team got a penalty strike which was taken by this player and pounded past the goalkeeper giving the team a 2-0 lead. Within six minutes and in the 18th minute she converted yet again through penalty corner. The semi-final matches are scheduled on March 22 followed by finals on March 23. Jharkhand will play against Haryana in the former match. Similar to Tiru, the efforts of Kanti Pradhan, Rajni Soreng, Subhashi Hemrom, Nisharani Aind and Suman Saru are being admired by Hockey Jharkhand officials. Also, the officials are predicting Jharkhand to perform in the finals.
Savitry Purty, the Secretary General of Hockey Jharkhand in a telephonic conversation from Mysore on Tuesday said, “This time our players need to concentrate on their extra performance skills. Haryana was the winner of third HI Junior Women National Championship in Ranchi last year. It is going to be a tough time for our girls. Though, home practice has certainly benefitted them in nurturing the basics.”
However, Coach Nag pointed on Jharkhand team’s constant defeat by Haryana due to various reasons. “Our girls are always incapable to win over Haryana. It is because they are devoid from regular turf practice. Once in a week, the concerned authorities give their consent to play in the Astroturf stadium of Morhabadi. Else, these girls are compelled to practice in the school’s ground which is not advisable as the State, national and international tournaments are conducted on turfs. Moreover, the diet of Haryana girls is far ‘balanced’ and ‘adequate’ than our native girls. In such circumstances ‘State Government’s attention is essential.” Sumedha Chaudhury n Ranchi Hockey Jharkhand’s player Nutanbela Tiru, is the emerging ‘lead’ face of her team. The girl, who belongs to a Below Poverty line (BPl) family, helped her team enter the semi-finals (Division-A) of the ongoing 4th Hockey India (HI) Junior Women National Championship at Mysore on Monday.
She has proved to be the backbone of her team in 3rd HI Senior Women National Championship held at lucknow in April last year as well as in 2nd HI Sub Junior National Championship in 2012. Tiru is presently a class 11 student of Bariatu Government Girls High School where the State hockey association imparts training for teenage girls aspiring to establish a career in hockey. As many as 11 girls out of the 18 team members representing Jharkhand in 4th Junior Women National meet belong to this training academy.
Describing Tiru’s background, her Coach Pulckeria Nag said, “She is under my supervision since 2008. Her efficiency is worth appreciating. Her parents involved in agriculture at Khunti district’s Saridkel village are often unable to manage daily meals. Even her elder brother who was a bright hockey player could not grab a Government job and is assisting his parents as unemployed son. She and her elder sister Dilasi are undoubtedly ‘future stars’ of Hockey Jharkhand and the only ‘hope’ of their family.”
In the Monday’s match of Pool C, Jharkhand defeated Maharashtra by 6-2 goals. It was Nutanbela’s hat-trick which made the team win the game. She struck her first goal in the fourth minute when the team got a penalty corner opportunity which she converted successfully. In the 12th minute the team got a penalty strike which was taken by this player and pounded past the goalkeeper giving the team a 2-0 lead. Within six minutes and in the 18th minute she converted yet again through penalty corner. The semi-final matches are scheduled on March 22 followed by finals on March 23. Jharkhand will play against Haryana in the former match.
Similar to Tiru, the efforts of Kanti Pradhan, Rajni Soreng, Subhashi Hemrom, Nisharani Aind and Suman Saru are being admired by Hockey Jharkhand officials. Also, the officials are predicting Jharkhand to perform in the finals. Savitry Purty, the Secretary General of Hockey Jharkhand in a telephonic conversation from Mysore on Tuesday said, “This time our players need to concentrate on their extra performance skills. Haryana was the winner of third HI Junior Women National Championship in Ranchi last year. It is going to be a tough time for our girls. Though, home practice has certainly benefitted them in nurturing the basics.”
However, Coach Nag pointed on Jharkhand team’s constant defeat by Haryana due to various reasons. “Our girls are always incapable to win over Haryana. It is because they are devoid from regular turf practice. Once in a week, the concerned authorities give their consent to play in the Astroturf stadium of Morhabadi. Else, these girls are compelled to practice in the school’s ground which is not advisable as the State, national and international tournaments are conducted on turfs. Moreover, the diet of Haryana girls is far ‘balanced’ and ‘adequate’ than our native girls. In such circumstances ‘State Government’s attention is essential.”