5 Haridwar players make it to basketball c’ship

HARIDWAR: Five players of different schools in the city have made it to the Junior National Basketball Championship to be held in Puducherry in May

Updated At : 06:15 AM Apr 29, 2016 IST

The Selected players being felicitated at The Wisdom Global School in Haridwar on Thursday. Tribune photo: RAMESHWAR GAUR

Tribune News Service

Haridwar, April 28

Five players of different schools in the city have made it to the Junior National Basketball Championship to be held in Puducherry in May.

The players include two girls – Shivangi Rajput, Ashmita Vadhva – and three boys – Vaibhav Chaudhari, Vaibhav Singh and Hriyadangam Shah. They were felicitated at a function at Wisdom Global School here today.

They have been selected for their good performance in the recently held 16th Uttarakhand Basketball Championship in Haridwar.

Sanjeev Chauhan, secretary organising committee of the championship, said 25 players in total had been selected from the state, of which seven were from Haridwar district. The championship would be organised from May 1 to 7 in Puducherry, for which special coaching would be given to the players, he added. Assistant coach Shivam Ahuja said the five players had immense talent and potential.

Shivangi Rajput, a Class 12 student of DAV Centenary School, Jagjeetpur, said it was hard work, and guidance of parents and school principal PC Purohit that made it possible for her to achieve the feat.

Industrialist UC Jain assured the basketball association and coaches of full support in providing basic infrastructure and other facilities to the city players.