State trials for sports hostels begin

The state level trials to select players for admission to state government run sports hostels commenced at various sports centres across UP on Thursday.

The state level trials to select players for admission to state government run sports hostels commenced at various sports centres across UP on Thursday. At Lucknow,hockey (boys),volleyball (girls),athletics (girls) and cricket (boys) under-14 and under-16 trials were organised. Players selected from the district and then the regional trials were entertained in these trials. While hockey,volleyball and athletics trials were conducted at the KD Singh Babu Stadium,the cricket trials were held at Guru Govind Singh Sports College,Lucknow. On day-one of the two-day trials,the physical tests were conducted while skill tests will be on Friday.

As expected,the cricket trials witnessed good attendance with almost 15 players turning up from each of the 18 regions. In hockey,about 180 players reported at the venue while 60 girls turned up for the athletics trials. After these trials,central coaching camps will be organised in June and after that the list of selected players will be announced. However,what was very surprising was that only one player Sakshi Chaudhary belonging to the under-14 age group,reported for the volleyball trials.

The girls volleyball hostel is at KD Singh Babu Lucknow and it has produced a number of national and international level players in the past. The main reason for the poor attendance during the trials is the lack of coaches at this centre. Why should parents send their children to a place where they are not getting any training. The volleyball girls have no coach for more than a year. Leave alone joining,girls are leaving the hostel as they feel that their careers have been ruined due to the absence of a coach, said a sports official on condition of anonymity.

The sports department authorities have to be really serious about the matter if they want an improvement in the state of affairs. The seats are more and the aspirants are very few,he added.

Sudhanshu blasts ton
Sudhanshu Negi blasted a century as his team— ASCA XI (Abhijeet Sinha Cricket Academy) registered a six wicket victory against Paramount Club in their pre-quarterfinal stage match of the Ist Eram Cup Cricket Tournament at Northern Railway Stadium,Lucknow on Thursday.

Choosing to bat first after winning the toss,Paramount Club scored 225 runs losing all its wickets in 29.4 overs. Adil Pasha (81) and Bharat (34) batted well for the team. Rakesh Yadav claimed five wickets while Amardeep and Sandeep took two wickets each.In reply,ASCA was able to attain the set mark in 29.3 overs with six wickets to spare,thanks to a 112 run knock by Sudhanshu Negi. Rajesh Negi also batted responsibly.

In another pre-quarterfinal match of the same tourney played at the Chowk Stadium,Unique Sporting defeated Supreme Club one wicket.

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