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 2nd to 23rd October 2015, also includes young talents from the Junior Women Team, who recently participated in the 7th 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
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