Masters Committee formed by Hockey India state member units

Masters Committee formed by Hockey India state member units
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In March, Hockey India joined 38 other national associations from around the world to be a member of World Masters Hockey (WMH). It is the only masters entity recognized by the International Hockey Federation (FIH). WMH is responsible for organizing international masters hockey globally.

Former captain Pargat Singh, Mir Ranjan Negi and Gurbux Singh have been included in the ‘Masters Committee’. It has been constituted by Hockey India state member units to promote and develop masters hockey in the country, the federation said on Tuesday.

This initiative will provide opportunities to all age groups (male and female) to continue their passion for hockey. It will also enable them to remain active in the sport irrespective of any age barrier, Hockey India said in a release.

The Hockey India Masters Committee will be overseeing all matters

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Hockey India

Hockey India has urged all its state member units to form working committees of former national and international hockey players to lead the state level activity. This will help to carry out further responsibilities at the State level.

The Masters Committee’s first responsibility would be to ensure that masters hockey players of all age groups are registered on the Hockey India member units portal.

The Hockey India Masters Committee will be overseeing all matters related to masters matches and tournaments at the national level in India. It is headed by Harbinder Singh as the chairman and RP Singh as the convener. The members include former India players B P Govinda, Jagbir Singh, A B Subbaiah, Surinder Kaur and M Renuka Lakshmi.

The state memebr units gave an overwhelming response to form Masters Committees. While speaking about it, Hockey India secretary general, Rajinder Singh said, “We are happy to receive great support from our State Member Units who have promptly formed their respectively Committees with some very prominent names of Indian hockey. I am confident with their passion and endeavour, we will be able to develop a platform for former players in the masters category to remain in the sport regardless of their age,“

He further spoke about the goals with which the Masters Committee was formed. “One of the goals of Masters Committee is to encourage players to come back onto the field and play hockey as a recreational activity and to stay in touch with the sport that they have always loved and been passionate about,” he added.

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