Joginder to lead Haryana Athletics team

Chandigarh, Sep 6 (UNI) Junior hammer throw national champion Joginder Singh of Jhajjar district will lead a 78-member Haryana team in the North Zone Junior Athletic Championship to be held at Saharanpur (Uttar Pradesh) from September 20 to 22.

Announcing the team, Haryana State Athletic Association (Abhey Chautala group) secretary H S Bhadu said that selection of the athletes was done during the trials conducted on August 27 at Shah Satnam Ji School, Sirsa. Claiming that the Abhey Group of the HSAA is a recognised unit of the Athletic Federation of India, Bhadu said ''our team will be competining in the all AFI recognised tournaments.'' The team: Boys U-20: Manoj Nain, Sarwan Kumar, Jagdish Chander, Rajesh Kumar, Virenar Pal, Lokendar Singh (all Sirsa), Amit Sharma, Vikrant (Panipat), Sombir, Jagbir, Joginder Singh, Ajay Kumar, Kuldip Singh (Jhajjar), Mohinder Singh (Hisar), Rakesh Kumar, Sandeep Kumar (Jind), Satish Kumar (Bhiwani).

Boys U-18: Baldev Singh, Virendar Singh, Navdeep Singh, Budh Ram, Gurbax Singh, Gurjant Singh, Deepak, Har Kamal Singh (Sirsa), Joginder Singh, Suraj Singh, Sandeep Sharma, Rakesh Kumar, Naresh Malik, Manjit Singh, Navjot Singh, Pawan (Hisar), Pankaj Sharma (Kurukhsetra), Sandeep Kumar (Jind), Rahul (Bhiwani).

Boys U-16: Guinder Singh, Kritmdeep, Punit Kumar, Tejbir (Sirsa), Jitinder Singh (Jind), Amit Kumar, Jagdish Singh (Panipat), Bharti, Anil Kumar, Navin Kumar (Jhjjar), Ram Niwas (Hisar), Vikash (Rohtak).

Boys U-14: Hem Singh, Kushal Pal, Sidharath (Sirsa).

Girls U-20: Sarita, Sandep, Aarti Yadav (Sirsa), Manish Jakhar, Bharti, Manju (Jhajjar).

Girls Under-18: Sumitra, Sonia, Aarti Yadav, Seema, Simranjeet, Gurnam Simran (Sirsa), Anila (Hisar), Poonam, Sushila, Seema Jakhar (Jhajjar).

Girls U-16: Richa, Ritu Sharma, Kanchan, Anju Rathi, Komal Abhilasha (Sirsa), Meenu, Ritu (Jhajjar).

Girls Under-14: Switi, Pawandeep (Sirsa).

Team Manager: Commandant Prithvi Singh (Sirsa), Assistant Manager: Rajiv Khatri and Raj Kumar Mittan (Panipat). Lady manager: Sheela Devi (Sirsa). Coaches: JP Jakhar (Jhajjar) and Krishna Kumar (Panipat).

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