Bengaluru, 10 March 2019: Hockey India on Sunday announced the list of 60 Junior Men campers for the National Coaching Camp to begin from Monday, 11th March 2019 at the Sports Authority of India Campus in Bengaluru. The 21-day fitness and routine Camp will be held from March 11th – March 31st 2019.

A total of six goalkeepers, fifteen defenders, eighteen midfielders and twenty-one forwards have been called up for the National Camp.

The list of Campers consists of Goalkeepers Pawan, Prashant Kumar Chauhan, Akashdeep Singh, Anant Vishwakarma, Rakesh Dahiya and Sahil Kumar Nayak. The Defenders who have been called for the Camp include Mandeep Mor, Parampreet Singh, Suman Beck, Pratap Lakra, Sanjay, Dinachandra Singh Moirangthem, Lugun Cyril, Innocent Munda, Rajinder Singh, Princepal Singh, H. Thrishul Ganapathy, Pankaj, Sharda Nand Tiwari, Akashdeep Singh and Moein Ali.

The Midfielders include Vishal Antil, Yashdeep Siwach, Vishnu Kant Singh, Rabichandra Singh Moirangthem, Niraj Kumar Waribam, Akshay Awasthi, Gopi Kumar Sonkar, Gregory Xess, Jaswinder Singh, Rahul Kumar, Geet Singh Thakur, Sukhman Singh, Manish Yadav, Nabin Kujur, Pinkal Barla, Surya N M, Sundram Singh Rajawat and Vinit.

The list of Forwards includes Gursahibjit Singh, Maninder Singh, Bobby Singh Dhami, Sudeep Chirmako, Rahul Kumar Rajbhar, Dilpreet Singh, Arshdeep Singh, Amandeep Singh, Shivam Anand, Prabhjot Singh, Araijeet Singh Hundal, Gurveer Singh, Kishan Kanojia, Rahul, Poovanna C B, Venkatesh Kenche, Uttam Singh, Ankit Pal, Sunit Lakra, K. Tiras, S. Karthi.

Speaking on the composition of the Campers, Hockey India Secretary General Rajinder Singh said, “This is our first camp of the year and we want to ensure that the Coaching and Support Staff can have a look at the best possible pool of talent . We are confident that this National Camp is going to be highly competitive as all the players have done well in their respective National Championships.” 

The Selection Trials will be held on 17 March 2019 to prune down the strength of the 60 Campers to 33 Core Probables.

Junior Men National Camp List:  

Goalkeepers                                                                      

1          Pawan

2          Prashant Kumar Chauhan

3          Akashdeep Singh

4          Anant Vishwakarma

5          Rakesh Dahiya

6          Sahil Kumar Nayak

Defenders

7          Mandeep Mor

8          Parampreet Singh

9          Suman Beck

10       Pratap Lakra

11       Sanjay

12      Dinachandra Singh Moirangthem

13       Lugun Cyril

14       Innocent Munda

15       Rajinder Singh

16       Princepal Singh

17       H. Thrishul Ganapathy

18       Pankaj

19       Sharda Nand Tiwari

20       Akashdeep Singh

21       Moein Ali

Midfielders

22       Vishal Antil

23       Yashdeep Siwach

24       Vishnu Kant Singh

25       Rabichandra Singh Moirangthem

26       Niraj Kumar Waribam

27       Akshay Awasthi

28       Gopi Kumar Sonkar

29       Gregory Xess

30       Jaswinder Singh

31       Rahul Kumar

32       Geet Singh Thakur

33       Sukhman Singh

34       Manish Yadav

35       Nabin Kujur

36       Pinkal Barla

37       Surya N M

38       Sundram Singh Rajawat

39       Vinit

Forwards

40       Gursahibjit Singh

41       Maninder Singh

42       Bobby Singh Dhami

43       Sudeep Chirmako

44       Rahul Kumar Rajbhar

45       Dilpreet Singh

46       Arshdeep Singh

47       Amandeep Singh

48       Shivam Anand

49       Prabhjot Singh

50       Araijeet Singh Hundal

51       Gurveer Singh

52       Kishan Kanojia

53       Rahul

54       Poovanna C B

55       Venkatesh Kenche

56       Uttam Singh

57       Ankit Pal

58       Sunit Lakra

59       K. Tiras

60       S. Karthi