Preparatory Camp of the Senior Women Core Probables for the FIH Champions Challenge 1 kicksoff today at Patiala

• A 33 Senior Women Core Probables team to be part of a three week long camp
• FIH Champions Challenge 1 to kick-start at Glasgow from 27 April – 4 May 2014

New Delhi, 24 March 2014: A 3 week preparatory camp for the Senior Women Core probables for the FIH Champions Challenge 1 is all set to commence at NSNIS, Patiala from today 24th March and will go on till 12th April 2014. The FIH Champions Challenge 1 is scheduled to be held at Glasgow from 27th April – 4th May 2014.

India is placed in Pool A with Korea, Belgium alongwith the host Scotland while USA, South Africa, Spain and Ireland are placed in Pool B. The opening match for India is against Korea on 27th April 2014.

Indian Senior Women team will depart for Ireland on 10th April 2014 to play a three match test series against their national side for preparations and acclimatization ahead of the Champions Challenge 1.
The FIH Champions Challenge 1 is a crucial tournament for Indian Senior Women team as post that they will play for other major events like Commonwealth Games in Glasgow (Scotland) and Asian Games in Incheon (Korea).

Dr. Narinder Batra, Secretary General, Hockey India said, “the preparatory camp is set to take off today and we are expecting to create the finest of the Senior Women squad for the upcoming championship and future challenges as well. The team has got a strong squad lined up and the preparatory camp is going to smoothen out the rough edges. This Preparatory Camp of the Senior Women Core Probables will help deliver bigger and better results for team India.”
The 33 senior women core probables for the preparatory camp are given below-

 GOALKEEPERS

1.     Yogita Bali
2.     Savita
3.     Rajni Etimarpu

 DEFENDERS

4.     Deep Grace Ekka
5.     Deepika
6.     Kirandeep Kaur
7.     Sunita Lakra
8.     Sandeep Kaur
9.     Manjit Kaur
10.  Monika Malik
11.  Sushila Chanu
12.  M. N. Ponnamma
13.  Asunta Lakra
14.  Joydeep Kaur
15.  Jaspreet Kaur

 MIDFIELDERS

16.  Ritu Rani
17.  Namita Toppo
18.  Chanchan Devi Thokchom
19.  Lilima Minz
20.  Liliy Chanu
21.  Navjot Kaur
22.  Amandeep Kaur
23.  Renuka Yadav
24.  Soundarya Yendala

FORWARDS

25.  Vandana Katariya
26.  Rani
27.  Poonam Rani
28.  Ritusha Arya
29.  Navneet Kaur
30.  Jaswinder Kaur
31.  Neha Goyal
32.  Anupa Barla
33.  Anuradha Devi