New Delhi, April 9 (IANS) Hockey India on Tuesday unveiled a brand new initiative, the Nationwide Ladies’s Hockey League 2024–25 — the primary home hockey league for girls in India — which is structured into two phases, with the inaugural section set to happen in Ranchi, Jharkhand, from April 30 to Could 9.
All matches throughout this section might be hosted on the Marang Gomke Jaipal Singh Astroturf Hockey Stadium the place the current FIH Olympic Qualifiers and the Ladies’s Asian Champions Trophy have been held.
The Nationwide Ladies’s Hockey League, which guarantees an exhilarating showcase of expertise and abilities, goals to offer a platform for rising athletes and elevate the stature of ladies’s hockey within the nation. The league will witness fierce competitors among the many high state groups that completed within the high eight on the marquee 14th Hockey India Senior Ladies’s Nationwide Championships.
Following the conclusion of the 14th Hockey India Senior Ladies’s Nationwide Championship, Hockey Haryana, Hockey Maharashtra, Hockey Jharkhand, Hockey Madhya Pradesh, Hockey Bengal, Hockey Mizoram, Manipur Hockey, and Hockey Affiliation of Odisha certified because the eight state groups.
Notably, the league can even open its doorways to younger expertise, with gamers underneath the age of 21 eligible to take part. This inclusion of youth gamers underscores Hockey India’s dedication to nurturing expertise and fostering growth on the grassroots stage, Hockey India knowledgeable in a launch on Tuesday.
The Nationwide Ladies’s Hockey League holds immense promise not solely in elevating the usual of ladies’s hockey but in addition in inspiring the following technology of athletes throughout the nation. By means of this initiative, Hockey India reaffirms its dedication to selling gender equality in sports activities and creating pathways for girls to excel in hockey.
Moreover, the Nationwide Ladies’s Hockey League will function an important scouting platform for the nationwide staff, offering selectors with the chance to establish and nurture expertise for future worldwide competitions.
Hockey India President Dr. Dilip Tirkey expressed his enthusiasm for the league. “The Nationwide Ladies’s Hockey League marks a watershed second for Indian hockey, significantly for our girls athletes. This league is a testomony to our unwavering dedication to girls’s sports activities and can function a catalyst for the expansion and growth of ladies’s hockey within the nation.”
Hockey India Secretary Normal Bhola Nath Singh added, “We’re thrilled to introduce the Nationwide Ladies’s Hockey League, which represents a big leap ahead in our efforts to bolster girls’s hockey at each the regional and nationwide ranges. This league is not going to solely present a platform for elite competitors but in addition encourage younger women to pursue their ardour for hockey.”
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