Hockey Citizen Group, which runs a unique schools hockey programme, One Thousand Hockey Legs, has announced its combined team for the 5th Hockey India Sub-Junior Nationals Championship to be held in Jammu from 6th to 17th May.

Sushil Chauhan of Govt Boys Senior Secondary School, J Block, Saket will lead the 18 member team that has boys from as many as seven govt schools from Delhi. Pawan, 14, of Sarvodaya Bal Vidhyala, Khanpur, is the youngest of the team.

Citizen XI is in Group B along with teams from Tripura, Bengal, Patiala and Gujarat. Citizen XI will meet Tripura on 9th in their opener.

Hockey Citizen Group, founded in 2008, has been introducing hockey at schools with volunteers support through an innovative project One Thousand Hockey Legs. This project has recently been decorated with Hockey India President’s Outstanding Achievement Award in March 2015.

Hockey Citizen XI team took part in the last year Nationals too at Vadodara, Gujarat.

The team: Mohd Zaseem (GBSSS, J Block, Saket)
Sandeep Kumar(GBSSS, J Block, Saket)
Sonu(GBSSS, J Block, Saket)
Sushil Chauhan(GBSSS, J Block, Saket)
Mohd Rehan (Anglo-Arabic Sr. Sec School, Ajmeri gate)
Mohd Parvez Alam (Anglo-Arabic Sr. Sec School, Ajmeri Gate)
Amit Prasad (GBSSS, J Block, Saket)
Sunil Kumar (GBSSS, J Block, Saket)
Kishore Arya (GBSSS, Begumpur),
, Abhisek Rana (GBSSS, Begumpur)
Parshant (SBV, Ashok Vihar)
Rahul Gharai (Modern School Barakhamba Road)
Rohit Gharai (Modern School, Barakhamba Road)
Sharvan Nigam (GBSSS, J Block, Saket),
Siraj Ahmad (GBSSS, J Block, Saket)
Pawan (GBSSS, No1. Khanpur)
Ram Kumar (Govt Co-Ed Sarvodaya Bal Vidyalaya, Shahpurjat)
Vicky Kumar (Govt Co-Ed Sarvodaya Bal Vidyalaya, Shahpurjat).
Coach: Parshant, Manager: Sachin Pal.