In recognition of outstanding performance in the TokyoOlympic by the Hockey players, the Hockey Punjab led by Punjab Sports MinisterPargat Singh on Saturday felicitated Olympic medal winner players here at Gymkhana Club.
The Minister assured that the State Government would makeall out efforts to ensure requisite coordination between education and sportsdepartment so as to get budding players, who could become players of nationaland international repute in future.
During the lunch hosted by Hockey Punjab, Pargat Singh saidthat channelising the untapped potential of players towards right direction wascall of the day, which could not only increase the medal tally at national andinternational events but also help in creating a healthy society. The needfulpractice, training and sports facilities can also improve the performance ofour players in Olympic and other events as they are fully competent andtalented, said Pargat Singh.
The Minister also pointed out that the synergy betweenEducation and Sports sectors would also help in producing more starts inrespective sports. The meticulous coordination between these sectors will proveto be inculcated the significance of sports too amongst students right from theprimary classes, said the Minister adding that this synergy could convertbudding players to stars of sports arena.
On this occasion, Olympic medal winner player HarmanpreetSingh (vice captain of Indian hockey team), Rupinder Pal Singh, Mandeep Singh,Gurjant Singh, Simranjit Singh, Varun Kumar, Shamsher Singh, Dilpreet Singh,Hardik Singh, Krishna Bahadur Pathak and memer of India women hockey teamGurjit Kaur’s sister Pradeep Kaur was also honoured. The captain of IndiaHockey team can not attend the function due to his prior fixed meeting with theIndian Olympic Federation President Narinder Batra at New Delhi while GurjitKaur was at Bengaluru for coaching camp of Indian hockey team.
Earlier, the President of Hockey Punjab Nitin Kohli, VicePresident Harpreet Singh Mander, Secretary Jalandhar Gymkhana Tarun Sikkawelcomed the Sports Minister. Prominent amongst those present on the occasionincluded ADC Amarjit Singh Bains, Mayor Jagdish Raj Raja, Navjot Singh Mahal,Ramesh Mittal, Naresh Mittal, Olympians namely Davinder Singh Garcha, RajinderSingh, Baljit Singh Dhillon, Balwinder Singh Shammi, Sanjit Kumar. Apart fromthese Surinder Singh Bhapa, Daljit Singh (Custom), Ripudaman Kumar Singh,Sukhjit Cheema, Baldev Singh Bajwa, Amrik Singh Puar, Lakhwinder Singh Khaira,and industrialists of Jalandhar were also present.