Craig Fulton, newly-appointed Chief Coach of the Indian males’s hockey workforce reached India on Friday and shall be becoming a member of the workforce in Sports Authority of India (SAI) Bengaluru on Saturday.
The 48-year-old South African landed in New Delhi the place he met with Hockey India officers. On Friday night, he’ll fly down to Bengaluru the place the continuing nationwide teaching camp is being held at Bengaluru.
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Fulton, who was named the chief coach of the Indian males’s hockey workforce by Hockey India in March 2023, comes with practically 25 years of teaching expertise and has achieved many milestones throughout his affiliation with the Irish Men’s workforce and reigning Olympic Champions Belgium.
His rise to fame began with a stint with the Irish males’s workforce as the pinnacle coach between 2014 and 2018 when the workforce certified for the Rio Olympic Games 2016. This was the Irish workforce’s first Olympic qualification in 100 years. This historic feat additionally received him the FIH Coach of the Year Award in 2015.
Following this, he labored because the assistant coach with the reigning Olympic champions Belgium, the place the Red Lions received the gold medal in Tokyo. He was additionally a part of the Belgian teaching workers when the workforce lifted the World title in 2018, in Bhubaneswar. He was additionally named Belgium’s Coach of the Year 2023 after teaching the Belgium membership which received the nationwide league.
Fulton’s first task with the workforce shall be FIH males’s hockey Pro League 2022-2023 in Europe the place they may take on Belgium, Great Britain, Netherlands, and Argentina within the remaining season of the event.
On his arrival in India, Fulton mentioned, “I’m actually excited to be right here lastly. Look ahead to assembly the squad, hopefully, tomorrow. We don’t have a lot time as a result of the primary FIH hockey males’s Pro League 2022-23 video games are solely simply over three weeks away. There is a lot of hockey within the subsequent few months within the build-up to the Asian Games 2023. So, sure, I’m actually excited and look ahead to getting began.”
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Meanwhile, Indian men’s hockey team captain Harmanpreet Singh said that Fulton’s arrival will instil a new sense of enthusiasm and excitement ahead of the FIH Men’s Hockey Pro League 2022-2023.
“We are looking forward to playing under the guidance of our new chief coach Craig Fulton. His arrival ahead of FIH men’s hockey Pro League matches in Europe is a confidence booster for us. The team will continue to focus on our strength and work on putting up a good show in the upcoming tournaments,” Harmanpreet mentioned.
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