NAGPUR’S duo of Yash Bamnel and Maitree Thakare have been selected in Maharashtra squads for the Sub-Junior National Championships. Yash, a student of Madan Gopal Agarwal School and supportedbyAnjaniHockey Academy will represent Hockey Maharashtra at the Sub-Junior Men’s Hockey Championship to be heldin Rajgir, Bihar, from April 1-12. Yash attended the team’s training camp organised in Pune fromMarch 19 toApril 1. After the training camp, the team will depart for Rajgir on April 2. Maharashtra team has been placed in Pool A and will begin their campaign against Punjab on April 5 and then play Chandigarh on 7th. The support team includes Deepak Khobragade, Umesh Yadav, BabluNeware,GauravRaut, Kishore Jichkar, Satish Fulshuge,ShahnawazKhan, Vivek Syria and Raju Reddy. Yash has been congratulated by school, academy, coaches and family for his inclusion in team. Maitree,astudent of Ira International School is selected for 16th All India Sub-Junior Women’s NationalChampionships to beheldatRanchi, Jharkhand from April 1-12. Her good performance in thePunecamp thatwasheld at Pimpri-Chinchwad from March 21-31, Maitree got selected in the team of 18. TeamMaharashtra will play their matches with Hockey Jharkhand, and Hockey Bihar. Team Maharashtra’s matches will start from April 5. The promising player has been trained by coach Shahid Bux. Maitree has beensupportedbyPrincipal ManishSathe andPresident of IIS Rimple Lohia.