GANGTOK, 30 Jan: Kinthup Ongpo Lachungpa and Navin Gurung have been shortlisted for the India U-17 selection camp to be held in Goa from 10 Feb to 02 March, a Sikkim Football Association press release informs.
Both were spotted by the National Selector at the 48th Junior National Football Championship for Dr. BC Roy Memorial Trophy held in Cuttack, Orissa, in the third week of Jan 2012, it is learnt. The Sikkim team had reached the semi-final in Cuttack.
SFA general secretary, Menla Ethenpa, has welcomed the selection as “yet another feather in the cap of Sikkim”.
“Owing to the good performances shown in the Junior National Championship, they are now being picked up for the camp. Both of them have quite a good prospect of selection as they play in the central half,” he adds, while congratulating the entire team which represented the State in the junior nationals. The SFA president, BK Roka, has also conveyed his best wishes to the duo.
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