Indian netballers under Lankan coach

Bernard PERERA

India's Netball Federation has recruited former Sri Lankan national coach Lourdes Jayasekera as its foreign coach. She has been given the task of finding new talent for the Indian pool as they host the forthcoming Commonwealth Netball Championship in October.

It is understood that Indian Netball Federation wants to make a big challenge to other Commonwealth countries.

At present the team has to undergo specialised training and with this view the Federation has decided to use her services for the team.

In fact she has been entrusted the full power to find new players from various parts of India which she has done up to now. According to Jayasekera a youthful set of 30 girls ranging from the age 19-23 are undergoing training. She says the girls average height is 5' 10" and few are above six feet.

She also said that more will be introduced to the pool soon and will be brought to Ahamedabad where the poolists are housed at the moment.