Alagendra retains AHF post

19/12/2002

TAN Sri P. Alagendra whipped challenger Annabel Dhillon of Singapore to retain the post of secretary of the Asian Hockey Federation (AHF) during its elections in Kuala Lumpur yesterday.
Alagendra was elected to the post for a third term when he received 40
votes to Annabel's two.
Sultan Azlan Shah was returned unopposed as president as was treasurer
Fumio Ogura of Japan.
The five vice-presidents elected yesterday were M. Ueda of Japan (41
votes), K.P.S. Gill of India (40), Shin Bark Jae of South Korea (31), Brig
Mussarat Ullah Khan of Pakistan (40) and P. Raj Kumar Singh of India (16).
After the elections, a number of tournaments were awarded to member
countries. Malaysia was handed the task of hosting the Men's Asia Cup
2003.
"We received backing to host the Men's Asia Cup on Sept 11 next year
while a number of other tournaments were awarded to the rest of the member countries but the dates have yet to be fixed," said Alagendra.
To host the Asia Cup, Malaysia beat bids from Bangladesh, Taiwan and
India.
The 2003 Women's Asia Cup was awarded to India, the Junior Men's AHF Cup to Singapore, the Junior Women's AHF Cup to Taiwan and the Junior Men's Asia Cup 2004 to Pakistan.
However, for the 2004 tournament, Malaysia and Oman have been placed on standby because Pakistan has pulled out of hosting previous tournaments.
"For the 2004 Asia Cup, we have set June 2003 as the deadline for Pakistan to make a commitment. If they can't host it, Oman are the first reserves while Malaysia are second," said Alagendra.
Asian Hockey Federation Line-Up - President: Sultan Azlan Shah;
Secretary: Tan Sri P. Alagendra; Vice-Presidents: M. Ueda (Jpn), K.P.S.
Gill (Ind), Shin Bark Jae (Kor), Brig Mussarat Ullah Khan (Pak), P. Raj
Kumar Singh (Ind).
Council Members: M. Lukshumayeh (Sin), Dawood Ahmed Ali Al-Raisi (Oman), Choi Ki Soo (Kor), Prof Dr Primadi (Indo), Tayyab Ikram (Macau), Shamsul Bari (Ban), Anil Sharma (Nep).
Appointed members: Jayatissa Herath (SL), Nematpour (Iran).
Heads of committes - Competitions Chairman: M. Ueda (Jpn), Secretary: S. Satgunam (Mas).
Development and Coaching - Chairman: F. Ogura (Jpn), Secretary: Tayyab Ikram (Macau).
Equipment Committe - Chairman: Dhillon (Ind), Secretary: Jyothi Kumaran (Ind).
Finance Committee - Chairman: Shin Bark Jae (Kor), Secretary: A.F.M.
Conway (HK).
Media - Chairman: S. Thiyagarajan (Ind), Secretary: Frankie D'Cruz
(Mas).
Medical - Chairman: Dr Ramlan Aziz (Mas), Secretary: Dr M. Chandran.
Protocol - Chairman: K.P.S Gill (Ind), Secretary: Kyaw Naing (Mya).
Umpiring - Chairman: Brig Mussarat Ullah Khan (Pak), Secretary: Masako Kamisuki (Jpn).
Athletes Panel - Chairman: M. Lukshumayeh (Sin), Secretary: Islahuddin Saddiqui (Pak).
Disciplinary Committee - Chairman: Vidya Stokes (Ind), Secretary: Roy
Rajasingam (Mas).
Marketing Committee - Chairman: Shim Bark Jae (Kor), Secretary: Kim Sung Hee (Kor).
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