Lynette Lobo of has been appointed as the captain of the Mumbai Girls’ team, that will participate in the Hockey India conducted 6th Sub-Junior Girls’ National Hockey Championship to be played at Nagaon, Assam from January 5 to 13, 2016.
The Mumbai players, coach and manager team is seen along with MHAL Vice-President Gurdip Singh Chandhok and Hon. Secretary Ram Singh Rathor and other Executive Committee members before a training session on Wednesday.
The 18-member Mumbai squad was selected after the probable candidates were put through long and strenuous selection trials, which was conducted and supervised by renowned coaches at the MHAL Stadium over the past couple of weeks.
Sharmin Bassha of N.M. College will be the chief coach of the Mumbai team while Yeshoda Patil will accompany the team as manager.
The Mumbai team is currently playing some practice matches before their departure onJanuary 1, 2016.
The team: Shikha Yadav, Kimberley Lobo (both Carmel of St. Joseph); Akansha Singh, Priya Dubey, Sneha Naik, Mini Bajwa (all Guru Nanak H.S., GTB Nagar); Pooja Ruke, Pranali Patil, Payal Sawant, Manvi Jadhav, Shruti Ruke (all Durelo Convent H.S., Bandra); Jessica Fernandes, Rajeshwari Chavan (both St. Theresa’s H.S., Bandra); Leena Koli (St. Sebastian School, Chembur), Chryshelle Fernandes (St. Andrew’s College, Bandra), Lynette Lobo (Capt), Tiann D’souza (both St. Xavier’s College); Vaishnavi Rane (N.M. College).
Coach: Sharmin Bassha (N.M. College).
Manager: Yeshoda Patil.