ANI |
Updated: May 20, 2023 08:38 IST

New Delhi [India], May 20 (ANI): Sarpal Singh, veteran subject hockey participant and celebrated coach, acquired the distinguished Dronacharya Award from Anurag Thakur, Union Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs and Information and Broadcasting.
The Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports (MYAS) conferred Sarpal Singh with the Dronacharya Award within the Lifetime Category in 2021 for his lifelong contribution to subject hockey.

Founding Director of RoundGlass Sports, Sarpal Singh has represented Punjab and India in varied hockey tournaments in his profession and later devoted himself to mentoring gamers and serving to determine and nurture expertise, together with worldwide hockey gamers and Olympians from India. He has coached the Northern Railways groups, which received the Nehru Gold Cup, Bombay Gold Cup and Gwalior Gold Cup.
During his tenure because the coach of the Northern Railways Hockey Team, Sarpal Singh groomed a number of the best hockey gamers India has ever produced. Pirthipal Singh, Mohinder Lal, Harbinder Singh, Chand Singh, Mukhbain Singh, Varinder Singh, Ajit Singh, Inder Singh are among the many nice disciples of Sarpal Singh who was additionally nominated as of one of many coaches for the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics by the Indian Hockey Team.
Speaking in regards to the recognition, Singh mentioned, “I am filled with gratitude on receiving the esteemed Dronacharya Award for my contribution to field hockey. Once again, I extend my heartfelt thanks to the Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports for this acknowledgement and feel truly humbled by it. Being a part of India’s glorious hockey history has been an incredible privilege, and I am honoured to have played a role in it. Through RoundGlass Sports, I continue my dedication to this sport and strive to identify and nurture Indian talent to restore Punjab’s and India’s former glory in field hockey.” (ANI)