Players of Madhya Pradesh State hockey team returned as winners from New Delhi on Thursday. The team met Director Sports and Youth Welfare SL Thoussen at TT Nagar Stadium.
The Chief Coach of the Academy, Rajinder Singh and Assistant Instructor Mangal Ved were also present on the occasion.
Sports Director Thoussen encouraged and congratulated the players of the winning team for their great victory. He said that the boys players of the under-15 category of the academy have proved that Madhya Pradesh Hockey Academy players are champions in all junior hockey.
He appreciated the players and said that we are proud of our players. He encouraged the players to maintain similar performances and improve talent. The Director of the game discussed with the Chief Instructor of Hockey Academy, Rajinder Singh, and got the necessary information regarding the performance of the players and the upcoming competitions.
It is noteworthy that the players of Madhya Pradesh State Hockey Academy team won the title match of 37th Nehru Sub Junior Under-15 Hockey Tournament held in New Delhi. The winning team was awarded a trophy and an honor fund of one lakh sixty thousand rupees.
Academy player Ankit Pal was awarded the Best Player of the Tournament award and was awarded an honorarium fund of Rs 25,000. Similarly, honorary fund of Rs 15 thousand was also given to Rajinder Singh, Chief Instructor of Madhya Pradesh Hockey Academy.
On the occasion of Madhya Pradesh Foundation Day, a blood donation camp has been organized at Sports Science Center at Nagar Stadium from 11 am to 3 pm. In the blood donation camp organized in collaboration with Bhopal Memorial Hospital, Director Sports and Youth Welfare SL Thoussen, sports coaches and players will donate blood.
Sports Director Thoussen described blood donation as a donation and said that any citizen in this blood donation camp can present and donate blood at the scheduled time.