Coaching Camp for the Indian Women Hockey Players commences

New Delhi, 2 October 2015: After a month long Preparatory Camp in Delhi, the Indian Women players are now assembling for the Coaching Camp at Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar, Odisha. The camp, scheduled from 2^nd to 23^rd October 2015, also includes young talents from the Junior Women Team, who recently participated in the 7^th AHF Women’s Junior Asia Cup and Volvo Invitational U-21 (Women) Tournament held earlier this year.

33 players will be part of the coaching camp where they will be trained for 22 days at Kalinga Stadium. The 33-campers consist of 4 goalkeepers, 10 defenders, 9 midfielders and 10 forwards.

The players will work on their skills and team coordination for the upcoming tournaments that are scheduled in the next one year and the all important Rio 2016 Olympics.

Commenting on the Coaching Camp, Indian Women Coach Mathias Ahrens said, “With the team all set to face the challenge of Rio de Janeiro next year, Hockey India is ensuring that the players have all that is required to be ready for the tournament and be a tough team for the opponents. Keeping this in mind we are arranging regular Preparatory camps along with plans to line-up Test series with different international teams in the next 8 months which will help the players to better themselves as a unit.”

The list of 33 Senior Women Players 

GOALKEEPERS

1.         Savita

2.         Yogita Bali

3.         Rajani Etimarpu

4.         Sonal Minj

DEFENDERS

5.         Manjit Kaur

6.         Sunita Lakra

7.         Deepika

8.         Susila Chanu Pukhrmbam

9.         Jaspreet Kaur

10.       Namita Toppo

11.       Deep Grace Ekka

12.       Gurjit Kaur

13.       H. Lalruwatfeli

14.       Rukmani Dodray

MIDFIELDERS

15.       M. Lily Chanu

16.       Renuka Yadav

17.       Ritu Rani

18.       Lilima Minz

19.       Navjot Kaur

20.       Monika

21.       Narinder Kaur

22.       Lalhlunmawii

23.       Navdeep Kaur

FORWARDS

24.       Navneet Kaur

25.       Rani

26.       Poonam Rani

27.       Vandana Kataria

28.       Anupa Barla

29.       Anuradha Devi Thokchom

30.       Ritusha Kumari Arya

31.       Punam Barla

32.       Nikki Pradhan

33.       Jyoti Gupta