BFI invites 25 players for U18 Girls National Training Camp in Gujarat

To sort out the good from the great, the Basketball Federation of India (BFI) has invited 25 of the most talented junior Indian girls for the U18 National Training Camp in Gandhinagar, Gujarat. The camp began on Thursday, November 7th, and is scheduled to be held at the SAI Training Center in the city until November 26, 2013. The next two and a half weeks will help to give an early idea about the roster for India for the U18 FIBA Asia Championship for Women, tentatively scheduled for June 2014.

SAI Punjab's coach Harjinder Singh will be leading the camp, along with former star player/referee and coach Shiba Maggon. India's Senior Women's team coach Francisco Garcia - back after leading the squad to a best-ever 5th place finish at the FIBA Asia Championship for Women in Bangkok - will also attend the camp.

Here are the probables invited to the camp:

• Sangeeta Kaur (Chhattisgarh)
  
• Sangeeta Das (Chhattisgarh)
  
• Saranjeet Kaur (Chhattisgarh)
  
• Soumya Babbar (Delhi)
• Suman Pannu (Haryana)
  
• Supriya MS (Karnataka)
  
• Poojamol KS (Kerala)
  
• Elizabeth Hilarious (Kerala)
  
• Vinaya Joseph (Kerala)
  
• Arathi Vimal (Kerala)
  
• Aayushi Lakhotia (Madhya Pradesh)
  
• Princy Singh Rathode (Madhya Pradesh)
  
• Pooja Laddha (Madhya Pradesh)
  
• Shruti Menon (Maharashtra)
  
• Ishwari Pingle (Maharashtra)
  
• Rajashree Swain (Odisha)
  
• Kulwinder Kaur (Punjab)
  
• Arshpreet Kaur (Punjab)
  
• Nisha Sharma (Rajasthan)
  
• R. Sharmila (Tamil Nadu)
  
• R. Selva Mithra (Tamil Nadu)
  
• P. Hemlatha (Tamil Nadu)
  
• K. Devi Rajalakhsmi (Tami Nadu)
  
• P. Mathuravaani (Tamil Nadu)
  
• Preeti Kumar (Uttar Pradesh)
  
• Head Coach: Harjinder Singh
  
• Coach: Shiba Maggon
  
• Foreign Coach: Francisco Garcia
  

BFI announces national training camps for U16 Girls & U18 Boys

The Basketball Federation of India (BFI) has announced that they will be hosting training camps over the next month for both India's U16 girls' and U16 boys' national squads starting from Monday, September 30th. In addition, the BFI has also released the list of probables who will be attending both these camps.

U16 Girls

The U16 Girls' camp is scheduled to be held from September 30 - November 3, 2013, at the SAI Training Center in Gandhinagar, Gujarat. 16 probables have been called up for this camp, out of which 12 will be chosen for India's U16 team that will take part in the 3rd FIBA Asia U16 Championship for Women in Colombo, Sri Lanka, from November 18-25. Upon completion of their training camp in Gujarat, the squad will be traveling to Dongguan, China on 6th November to participate for an exposure trip to compete against various Chinese Club teams.

Here are the probables called up for India's U16 Girls' camp, chosen based on their performances at the 30th Youth National Basketball Championship in Kolkata in May:

• Vandana Arya (Chhattisgarh)
  
• Vimmy Varkey (Kerala)
  
• Riya Verma (Chhattisgarh)
  
• Bhandavya HM (Karnataka)
  
• Lopamudra TK (Karnataka)
  
• Anreeta PV (Kerala)
  
• Sandhya CR (Karnataka)
  
• Gagandeep Kaur (Punjab)
  
• Sakshi Pandey (Madhya Pradesh)
  
• Sakshi Arora (Maharashtra)
  
• Mayukha KT (Kerala)
  
• Mughda Amraotkar (Maharashtra)
  
• V Srividhya (Tamil Nadu)
  
• R Selvamithra (Tamil Nadu)
  
• MG Shinu (Tamil Nadu)
  
• Pallavi Kumar (West Bengal)
  Head Coach: TD Biju
  Coach: Abhay Chawan
  Foreign Coach: Francisco Garcia
  

U18 Boys

The U18 Boys' national camp is scheduled to be held at the SAI Training Center in Aurangabad (Maharashtra) from September 30 - October 19. 25 probables have been called up for this camp, which is being held in preparation to build India's U18 boys roster that will take part in SABA Qualifiers in 2014 to attempt to qualify for the 23rd FIBA Asia U18 Championship next year.

Here are the probables called up for India's U18 boys' camp, chosen based on their performances at the 64th Junior National Basketball Championship earlier this month in Cuttack:

• G Sai Sri Harsha Reddy (Andhra Pradesh)
  
• Kanipi Shiv Kumar (Chhattisgarh)
  
• Tarendra Kumar Yadav (Chhattisgarh)
  
• Rajesh (Chhattisgarh)
  
• Gaurav Ohlan (Delhi)
  
• Narender (Delhi)
  
• Nilesh Chaudhary (Delhi)
  
• Pradeep Chauhan (Haryana)
  
• Sourav Kumar Sinha (Jharkhand)
  
• Sowkin Shetty (Karnataka)
  
• Akhil AR (Kerala)
  
• Sugeeth Nath A (Kerala)
  
• Bhrigendra Pratap Singh (Madhya Pradesh)
  
• Lalit Singh (Madhya Pradesh)
  
• Samon Stephen Sandhu (Maharashtra)
  
• Mihir Manoj Joshi (Maharashtra)
  
• Dildar Singh (Punjab)
  
• Hemant Sabharwal (Punjab)
  
• Anmol Singh (Punjab)
  
• Gurwinder Singh Gill (Punjab)
  
• Devendra Kumar Khatik (Rajasthan)
  
• Nikhil Pandian (Tamil Nadu)
  
• M Harish (Tamil Nadu)
  
• Sagar Joshi (West Bengal)
  
• Jowakim Lakra (Odisha)
  
• Head Coach: Jora Singh
  
• Coach: Paramdeep Singh
  
• Foreign Coach: Scott Flemming