Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University Sports Complex

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| fullname = Giri Centre for Students' Welfare & Activities

| native_name = गिरी क्रीड़ा केंद्र

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| othernames = Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University Sports Complex

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| mainvenue = SAI Stadium

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| location = Hisar, Haryana, India

| coordinates = {{Coord | 20 | 8 | 55 | N | 75 | 41 | 57 | E | type:landmark | display= Giri Centre}}

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| built =1978

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| renovated = 2019-20

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| acreage = 8 Acres

| tenants = SAI, HAU

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| website = {{URL|http://hau.ac.in}}

| publictransit = Located on MDR107 highway,
near to Hisar Junction railway station and Hisar Airport.

|years_active=1978-2019, 2020-|city=CCS HAU, Hisar|Etymology=V. V. Giri, 4th President of India}}

Giri Centre, or Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University Sports Complex, is a multi-sports complex in the Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University at Hisar, Haryana. It houses several SAI centres of excellence, stadiums and arenas for a variety of indoor and outdoor sports, and a sports hostel for the visiting and resident sportspersons.{{cite web |title=HAU History HAU Giri Entre facilities |url=http://hau.ernet.in/about/history.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150907175808/http://hau.ernet.in/about/history.php |archive-date=7 September 2015 |access-date=25 August 2015}}{{Cite web |title=Hisar News - jundal steel to change surat of hau sports complex complex {{!}} एचएयू के खेल कॉम्प्लेक्स गिरी सेंटर की सूरत बदलेगा जिंदल स्टील - Hisar News {{!}} Dainik Bhaskar |url=https://www.bhaskar.com/haryana/hisar/news/jundal-steel-to-change-surat-of-hau-sports-complex-complex-032505-3509348.html |access-date=2024-04-22 |website=Hisar News |language=hi}}

It is located within the CCHAU campus just inside the CCS HAU Gate No. 3 on the MDR107 Balsamand road. Hisar Junction railway station (2.8 km), Hisar Airport (presently domestic, 7.3 km), Indira Gandhi International Airport (182 km), Chandigarh Airport (249 km) and NIS, Patiala (176 km) are the nearest major access points.

Etymology

The sports complex is officially named as the Giri Centre which is named after the India's fourth president, Varahagiri Venkata Giri.

History

The construction of Giri Centre started in 1975 and completed in 1978. A sports college was established here in 1978 which was disbanded in 1991 when SAI opened a regional sports training centre here.

In December 2018, the DSW of HAU Students' Welfare signed a partnership agreement with the JSW Group (Jindal Group) under which the Jindal Group will spend {{INRConvert|100|m|currency_formatting=c|lk=on|to=USD EUR|year=2018}} for the enhancement of sports infrastructure and appointment of the technical sports support experts to identify, nurture and develop the sports talent at the Giri Centre in Public–private partnership (PPP) mode.

SAI Sports Training Centre

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SAI Sports Training Centre, HAU Hisar (SAI STC, Hisar), was established in 2001.{{Cite web |title=साक्षी मलिक के नाम पर बनेगा हकृवि में एक्सीलेंस सेंटर - |url=https://www.jagran.com/haryana/hisar-excellence-center-in-the-name-of-sakshi-malik-14575465.html |access-date=2024-04-22 |website=Jagran |language=hi}}{{Cite web |title=एचएयू, साई और लुवास मिलकर उठाएंगे कदम अंतरराष्ट्रीय स्तर का बनेगा खेल केंद्र |url=https://www.amarujala.com/haryana/hisar/luvas-hau-sai-sport-center-international-facilities-hisar |access-date=2024-04-22 |website=Amar Ujala |language=hi}} To train sports persons, the Sports Authority of India (SAI) has established a "Sports Training Center" at HAU with the following "Centres of Excellence": {{Cite web |title=Major activities of the Sports and Youth Affairs |url=http://haryanasports.gov.in/pdf/sportsactivity.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111003055028/http://haryanasports.gov.in/pdf/sportsactivity.pdf |archive-date=3 October 2011 |access-date=20 June 2012 |publisher=Department of Sports and Youth Affairs, Govt. of Haryana}}{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMQcxKhZkEw |title=Khil Haryana: SAI's Hisar centre will not Stop |language=en |access-date=2024-04-22 |via=www.youtube.com}}

Centre of Excellence for Athletics
Centre of Excellence for Boxing
Centre of Excellence for Hockey
Centre of Excellence for Judo
Centre of Excellence for Table Tennis
Sakshi Malik Centre of Excellence for Wrestling, named after the Olympic medalist Sakshi Malik

Facilities

The complex has the following facilities.

= Outdoor stadiums and grounds =

Combined athletics track and hockey ground with spectators stands and synthetic track of international standards set by the International Association of Athletics Federations and International Hockey Federation
Cricket ground
Football ground
Outdoor Olympic-size swimming pool with dive platforms of 3 varying heights

= Indoor stadium and arena =

Two badminton courts with spectators stands of 600 seating capacity
Two squash courts
Two multipurpose halls
Two gymnasiums
Multiple hobby rooms

Events

On 11 November 1975, the stadium hosted a first-class match during the Ranji Trophy tournament at the cricket stadium here between Haryana cricket team and Jammu and Kashmir cricket team.{{Cite web |title=The Home of CricketArchive |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/14/1031_f.html |access-date=2024-04-22 |website=cricketarchive.com}}

From 1 to 10 February 2019, the national senior women's hockey championship was held at Giri Centre astroturf ground for the selection of the national team.{{Cite web |title=इंडियन वुमन हॉकी टीम का हिसार में होगा चयन, मुंबई, मिजोरम, हिमाचल की टीम पहुंची - Indian women hockey team will be selected on Hisar Astroturf |url=https://www.jagran.com/haryana/hisar-indian-women-hockey-team-will-be-selected-on-hisar-astroturf-18902820.html |access-date=2024-04-22 |website=Jagran |language=hi}}

Notable sports persons

Numerous HAU students and other non-HAU sports person who trained at Giri Centre has achieved fame at international level in the Asian Games, Commonwealth games and Olympic Games.

=HAU student sportspersons=

The HAU students who trained here and became internal medal winners include:

Gyan Singh
Harcharan Singh
O.P. Bhadu
Uday Chand
Jutsi
Vijay Pal

=Other sportspersons=

Sportspersons who were not HAU students but trained here include:

== Boxing ==

== Hockey ==

Poonam
Savita Malik

== Wrestling ==

References

External links

[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/ground/58131.html Giri Centre Cricket Ground] information from ESPNcricinfo