Roller skating camp begins

CHANDIGARH, Sept 30: The final natinal coaching camp in preparations for India's participation in the Asian Roller Skating Championship t...

CHANDIGARH, Sept 30: The final natinal coaching camp in preparations for India8217;s participation in the Asian Roller Skating Championship to be held in Shanghai China from October 16 to 23 began at the newly constructed modern skating rink at Kailash Bahl DAV Centenary Public School in Sector 7 here today.

Inaugurating the roller hockey camp, Principal Madhu said that barring a few skaters from Jammu and Kashmir, all members of the Indian team men and women have reported at the camp. Besides the selected skaters, the standbyes have also been invited to the camp.

Four coaches 8212; Harpreet Singh Kirti, Harpreet Singh, Balwinder Singh Johl and Sarbajeet Singh 8212; are attached with the camp.

Inder Pal Singh, Adviser to the president of Roller Skating Federation of India said the artistic and speed skating camps simultaneously began at Gandhinagar Gujarat and Faridabad Haryana, respectively.

He disclosed that respective state associations would foot the bills of their respective players to travel to China as the Indian Government has cleared the team at no cost to the government.8217;

Those attending the camp are:
Women: Radhika Mehta, Sapna Jain, Armeet Kaur goalkeeper, Amrita Singh Chandigarh, Meenakshi Kohli, Indu, Priyanka, Heena GK, Shreya and Sonia Yadav all Haryana. Standbyes: Shweta Uthappa Karnataka, Rishu Haryana.
Men: Arvind Chaudhary, Abhishek Ratanpal, Parminder Kamboj Chandiarh, Paramvir Singh Bhatia, Harinder Singh, Rajesh Anand GK Jammu and Kashmir, Atul Sharma Delhi Gurpreet Singh GK, Gautam Kamboj, Munish Kumar Punjab. Standbyes: Navdeep Singh, Swaranjit Singh Punjab, Mohd Hafiz UP, Saurabh Kakkar, Bhupinder Johal and Vishal Bakshi Chandigarh.
Coaches: Harpreet Singh Kirti, Harpreet Singh.
Assistant coaches: Balwinder Singh Johal and Sarabjeet Singh.Inder Pal Singh presented a bouquet to Madhu Bahl on behalf of the Roller Skating Federation of India.

Kho-kho meet today
The Chandigarh Inter-School kho-kho meet under the aegis of the Chandigarh Sports Department will commence tomorrow at 4 p.m., at the Sector 42 Sports Complex.