43rd All India Railway Women’s Hockey Championship at Ranchi

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Kolkata: 43rd All India Railway Women’s Hockey Championship organized by South Eastern Railway Sports Association (#SERSA), Ranchi Division was inaugurated at Astroturf Hockey Stadium, Hatia on 20.12.2022.

Atulya Sinha, Additional General Manager, South Eastern Railway was the Chief Guest at the inaugural ceremony. Ignace Tirkey, Ex Olympian, Padmashri and Arjun Awardee were the guest of honour, while Pradeep Gupta, Divisional Railway Manager, Ranchi presided over the function.

The Championship will conclude on 26.12.2022.

Altogether, 8 Zonal Railways and Production Units are taking part in the Championship. The participating teams are South Eastern Railway, Northern Railway, North Central Railway, East Central Railway, Central Railway, North Eastern Railway, Western Railway and Rail Coach Factory (Kapurthala).

The Legendary Women Hockey Players who are being seen in action during the championship are Vandana Katariya (Padmashri, Arjun Awardee & Olympian), Sushila Chanu Pukhrambam (Olympian), Gurjeet Kaur (Olympian), Navneet Kaur (Olympian), Rajni Etimarpu (Olympian), Nikki Pradhan (Olympian), Salima Tete (Olympian), Neha Goyal (Olympian), Nisha Varsi (Olympian), Reena Khokhar (Olympian), Lalrem Siami (Olympian), Najot Kaur (Olympian), Renuka Yadav (Olympian), Preeti Dubey (Olympian), Feli  (Olympian) and Sangita Kumari (FIH International Women’s Hockey Championship).

In the opening match, South Eastern Railway defeated East Central Railway by 10-0.

Photo Caption(top): Hockey Match played between South Eastern Railway and East Central Railway at Astroturf Hockey Stadium, Hatia on 20.12.2022 during 43rd All India Railway Women’s Hockey Championship.

Photo Caption: Hockey Match played between Northern Railway and East Central Railway at Astroturf Hockey Stadium, Hatia on 21.12.2022 during 43rd All India Railway Women’s Hockey Championship.