Hockey in limelight again
Neeraj Bagga
Tribune News Service
Amritsar, August 3
Even as India lost to Belgium in the hockey semifinals in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics on Tuesday, hockey lovers are upbeat that the national game has regained the limelight once again after decades. Now, Indian men hockey team will take on Germany for a bronze medal on Thursday.
Members of the Amritsar Vikas Manch (AVM) congratulated both men and women hockey players for bringing laurels. Members of the AVM especially congratulated five sportspersons of the border district — Dilpreet Singh, Harmanpreet Singh, Gurjant Singh Virk, Shamsher Singh and Gurjit Kaur.
They said Gurjit, who scored a goal, which catapulted Indian women hockey team into the semis, proved the world that women of this district were no less than others. She has become a role model for numerous other girls, they said.
Khalsa College Àmritsar—nursery of hockey— must be provided with sufficient funds by the Sports Authority of India (SAI) to lay an AstroTurf at the earliest, said the AVM members.
Members of the Punjab Sudhar Sabha, lauded youngsters for showcasing their prowess at international level. “These youngsters have set a benchmark for youngsters to shun drugs and participate in games.”
Both NGOs said in order to polish hockey skills in Amritsar, the Sports Authority of India should sanction sufficient funds required to fix the AstroTurf on hockey ground situated at Guru Nanak Dev University.
