No Asian or African is among the 12 Chairpersons of Committees announced by the FIH today. The New FIH under the leadership of Spaniard Leondro Negre overhauled the composition of various committees, which is officially announced. Two continents — Asia and Africa – are not represented in the list of leaders of these committees. As only expected, the list is surfeit of Europeans, seven of them, three from Australia and 2 from Pan America.

Since there are so many enlightened Europeans head these committees, we hope hockey becomes a leading sport in Europe at least.

Four Indians are in the various committees as members. S. Thyagarajan in the Communications and IT committee, Md.Aslam in the Equipment Committee, Pargat Singh in Hockey Rules Board and Shakeel Qureshi in the Umpiring Committee.

The Complete List of Chairman of FIH Committees

Appointment Committee: Sue Neill (CAN)

Athletes Committee: Renita Garrard (AUS)

Communications and IT Committee: Aaron Sher (USA)

Competitions Committee: Ken Read (AUS)

Development and Coaching Committee: Anne Ellis (WAL)

Equipment Committee: Jean-Claude Le Clef (BEL)

Finance Advisory Committee: Fernando Riba (ESP)

Hockey Rules Board: David Collier (ENG)

Judicial Committee: Don Davies (AUS)

Marketing Committee: Peter-Paul Lathouwers (NED)

Medial Committee: Peter Wefers Bettink (NED)

Umpiring Committee: Ermanno Silvano (ITA)