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Chennai: The ad-hockey committee of Tamil Nadu Hockey Association, which met here on Wednesday, decided to put a system in place to give talented players from the State their due. The ad-hoc committee’s first task is to select a fair Tamil Nadu team for the National Games in Jharkhand (hockey events in Ranchi) in the second week of February.

“We all felt we would be able to do a fair job in selecting the side,” said Aziz, the convener of the committee. Olympian V Baskaran and women’s association secretary Renuka Lakshmi are the other members.

Aziz said the committee met in the presence of the Tamil Nadu Olympic Association officials to chalk out a clear work schedule for hockey in the State. “The problem was that even some of the districts did not have a proper association in place,”said Aziz.

“The TNOA felt the ad-hockey committee is the right choice as two associations claimed majority in the State and cases were going on in the courts. Until such time they are over and proper elections held, the TNOA felt the ad-hockey committee should run the affairs of the body.”