Summary:
The five school students selected to play for Tamil Nadu in the national-level School Games Federation of India hockey tournament in three different age group categories. | Photo Credit: L_Balachandarmore-inRAMANATHAPURAMFive students, who were coached at the district sports hostel of the Sports Development Authority of Tamil Nadu (SDAT), were selected for the Tamil Nadu hockey team and they will play for the State in the national-level School Games Federation of India (SGFI) hockey tournament. The SGFI national hockey tournament for Under 14 would be held in Hisar in Haryana during the last week of November, he said. He said while Nithya Prakash was selected to play for Tamil Nadu in the Under 14 category, Sathish and Aravind were selected to represent the State in the Under 17 category and Ganesh Raja and Nishi Deva Arul in the Under 19 category. The students – S.
Nithya Prakash (Class VIII student), B.
Sathish, V.
Aravind (both Class X students) and N.
Ganesh Raja and R.
Nishi Deva Arul (both Class XII students) – all from DD Vinayagar Higher Secondary School, were selected in the State-level selection held in Coimbatore recently, M.