Hockey India on Wednesday appealed to the Union Sports Ministry to reconsider the decision regarding non-clearance of some of the support staff to go with the team to Incheon.
In a letter addressed to the Sports Authority of India (SAI), the Hockey India Executive Director Cdr. R. K. Srivastava has said, “It is very essential that support staff, which has been deleted from the recommended list be allowed to participate in Asian Games.”
The Ministry had struck off the names of Jude Felix (coach), Matthew David Eyles (Scientific Advisor), Gaurav Mehra (physiotherapist) and Amutha Prakash (video analyst) when clearing the contingent on Tuesday. HI, meanwhile, has pointed out that the tentative support staff list had been submitted in October, 2013. “At no point during the last 11 months has any correspondence been received from SAI or Sports Ministry that HI should be sending less support staff,” said HI in a letter to the Ministry.
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