The 5th Sub-Junior National Women Hockey Championship Division A and B will be held at Astroturf Hockey Stadium in Morhabadi this month. The B Division matches are scheduled from May 18 to 26. While, the matches of Division A would be held from May 24 to 31.
“The Jharkhand team created a history in the 5th Senior and Junior National Women Championships organised recently at UP and Chhattisgarh. They qualified for final and bagged the runner up position. We hope our sub-junior girls will maintain the same record,” said Hockey Jharkhand president Bhola Nath Singh during a Press conference on Monday.
As many as 16 teams, including Jharkhand are participating in Division A and 25 teams are participating in Division B.In order to enhance the performance of the state contingent, Hockey Jharkhand is presently holding training camps for the sub-junior girls.
Health Minister Ramchandra Chandravanshi will inaugurate the tournament at Astroturf stadium on May 18. “Chief Minister Raghubar Das and Hockey India president Narinder Dhruv Batra are expected to attend the concluding ceremony of the tournaments,” Singh said.