Poonch remembers Hockey coach Sham Lal

Players, dignitaries and family members of Hockey Coach Late Sham Lal Sharma posing during an exhibition match between Sham Lal Hockey Club and Khelo India Hockey Centre Poonch at Synthetic Hockey AstroTurf Poonch on Monday.
Players, dignitaries and family members of Hockey Coach Late Sham Lal Sharma posing during an exhibition match between Sham Lal Hockey Club and Khelo India Hockey Centre Poonch at Synthetic Hockey AstroTurf Poonch on Monday.

Excelsior Sports Correspondent

POONCH, Feb 5: An exhibition match between Sham Lal Hockey Club and Khelo India Hockey Centre Poonch in the memory of Sham Lal Sharma at Synthetic Hockey AstroTurf Poonch, here today.
Vishal Deep Chandan Deputy Registrar Cooperative Society Poonch was the chief guest, who witnessed the match and later presented sports suits and hockey stick covers and certificates to the national level participants on behalf of Sham Lal Hockey Club Poonch.
The chief guest praised Sham Lal for his dedication and contributions in taking the game of hockey to new heights, especially among the women.  Narinder Singh President DGPC, Mohd Qasim DYSSO Poonch and Nirdosh Kumar IC Sports Stadium Poonch were guests of honour. Other prominent present were Narinder Singh, Manjeet Singh, Rajinder Songh (ZPEO’s), Narjeet Singh Retd ZPEO, Gurcharan Singh,Nanak Singh, Ramesh Kumar, Jasbir Singh, Kewal Krishan, Rajinder Singh Toofan, Parvinder Singh (Pamma), Sanjay Misri, Naresh Kumar,Gurmeet Singh (Happy), Sarla Devi and Ruchika Sharma,Harmik Singh, Sunil Raina.
His family members Vimla Devi, (wife), Kamli Devi Sister, Dr Busbishan Kumar, Mukesh Kumar (son’s), Vijay Kumar, Pankaj Sharma and Vishal (nephew), Dr Sampada and Pratibha Ranyal (Daughter in Law) were also present.  The event was organised by Sham Lal Hockey Club Poonch and Power House Club, technically supervised by Narjeet Singh and Mukesh Kumar.