All India KD Singh ‘Babu’ Sub-Jr Hockey from Jan 24

The 21st All India Balrampur Chini KD Singh ‘Babu’ Memorial Sub-Junior Invitation Hockey Tournament will be organised at Dhyanchand astro-turf stadium of Guru Gobind Singh Sports College, Kursi Road, Lucknow from January 24 to February 2. The tournament is being held under the auspices of the KD Singh `Babu’ Memorial Society.

Addressing mediapersons, Olympian Syed Ali informed that like last year, this year too the tournament is being sponsored by Balrampur Chini Mills Ltd, Kolkata. A total of 18 teams including Chandigarh Hockey Academy, Uttaranchal, Orissa, Uttar Pradesh,Rajasthan, Bihar, Assam, Chandigarh Stadium, Tamil Nadu, Nagaland, RDT Academy AP, Tamil Nadu Hockey Academy, Haryana, Cheema Academy, Surjeet Singh Academy, Rajasthan Academy, Manipur and West Bengal will be seen in action during the prestigious tourney.

In the last edition of the tournament, UP and Cheema Academy were the winners and runners-up, respectively while Chandigarh had secured the third place.

The 21st All India Balrampur Chini KD Singh ‘Babu’ Memorial Sub-Junior Invitation Hockey Tournament will be organised at Dhyanchand astro-turf stadium of Guru Gobind Singh Sports College, Kursi Road, Lucknow from January 24 to February 2. The tournament is being held under the auspices of the KD Singh `Babu’ Memorial Society.

Addressing mediapersons, Olympian Syed Ali informed that like last year, this year too the tournament is being sponsored by Balrampur Chini Mills Ltd, Kolkata. A total of 18 teams including Chandigarh Hockey Academy, Uttaranchal, Orissa, Uttar Pradesh,Rajasthan, Bihar, Assam, Chandigarh Stadium, Tamil Nadu, Nagaland, RDT Academy AP, Tamil Nadu Hockey Academy, Haryana, Cheema Academy, Surjeet Singh Academy, Rajasthan Academy, Manipur and West Bengal will be seen in action during the prestigious tourney.

In the last edition of the tournament, UP and Cheema Academy were the winners and runners-up, respectively while Chandigarh had secured the third place.

The tournament will be inaugurated by 1964 Olympics gold medallist and Arjuna awardee Harvinder Singh. The UP Team for the above tourney has been announced and is as follows:

The Team: Prashant Kumar, Vikas, Ajay Yadav, Pawan Rajbhar, Vishal Singh, Rajkumar Pal, Deepak Kumar, Rohit Kumar, Vinay Kumar, Rahul Kumar, Puneet Rajbhar, Dharmender Yadav, Rishabh Kushwaha, Dileep Kumar Pal, Suraj Singh, M Idrees. Coach: Rashid Aziz.