Sialijoda win Kick Boxing championship
Keonjhar: The Sialijoda team was given a warm welcome in their village for winning the Odisha Kickboxing Championship recently. Jindal supported Sialijoda team bagged 21 medals in the 19th State Kickboxing Championship ( Biju Pattnaik Memorial Cup ) held from December 13 to 14 at Jharsuguda. Altogether 230 kickboxers were participated in the two day long event. The 21 members of Sialijoda team won 11 gold, six silver and four bronze medals in different categories. Raj Kumar Munda, Dhiren Munda, Purna Munda and Bablu Munda, Madhusudhan Munda, Uchuba Purty, Pushpa Munda, Arti Gope are among the gold medal winners. They were accompanied by the Coach Pankaj Kumar Mahanta (represented the country in Asian Games) with Team Manager Purander Giri and Sitaram Munda.
KISS win CHSE Rugby Champions Trophy
Rugby Football has introduced for the first time in Council of Higher Secondary Education (CHSE), Odisha. In this occasion the “CHSE Inter College Rugby Boys and Girls Tournament-2014-15 was organised at KIIT Stadium on Thursday. As many as 15 colleges in boys category and seven colleges in girls category were participated in the tournament. In the boys final match, Kalinga Institute of Social Science (KISS) edged out Biju Pattnaik College 10-5 points and bagged the boys title. Similarly in girls final, KISS thrashed Maharshi Junior Women’s College by 20-0 and grabbed the champion title. Baranga College achieved third place in both boys and girls categories. The Champion trophy was distributed to the winner teams in presence of Bhubaneswar North MlA Priyadarshee Mishra, MlA. Among others, Chintan Brahma, Sports Officer, CHSE, Prashanta Kumar Routray, CEO, KISS, Gaganendu Dash, Director of Sports, KISS and KIIT, Upendra Kumar Mohanty, Secretary, Odisha Rugby Football Association. The CHSE Odisha team has been selected from different colleges participated in this tournament. The team will participate in the National U-19 Rugby Tournament-2014-15 scheduled to be held at Nagpur in the month of January-2015.
WB emerge National Sub-jr Football champion
Bhubaneswar: West Bengal on Wednesday prevailed over Jharkhand to win the East Zonal Finals of The Coca-Cola Cup (Under-15 Sub Junior Football Tournament), in a riveting match held at Barabati Stadium in Cuttack. Arnab Neogi draw the first blood in the 18th minute and after the change of sides his-mate Abhijit Mondal nailed the final goal in the 36th minute. The officials who conducted the match were M latif All, Sumanta Dutta, NI Metei and MI Qureshi. Sd Bin Abdul Kadir of Jharkhand was adjudged as the best Goal Keeper, Rahim Alli of West Bengal was adjudged as the Player of the Final Match and Tarak Hembram of West Bengal was adjudged as the Player of the Tournament. Before the final match a one minute silence was observed by teams, officials and all other people present and black ribbon was worn by both the teams and the officials in a mark of respect to the innocent killings of School Students which happened on Tuesday in Pakistan. In the awarding ceremony, the winning team West Bengal was felicitated by Ashirwad Behera, Secretary of the Olympic Association of Odisha and Secretary, Odisha Cricket Association, along with Subrato Das, match commissioner, AIFF and Pradip Pandey, Zonal Vice President, Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt ltd. The tournament saw participation from seven States which included West Bengal, Odisha, SAI, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Sikkim and Bihar to see West Bengal emerge as the champion from East Zone and qualify for the National finals to be played in Goa.
BJEM Annual Athletic meet held
Bhubaneswar: Buxi Jagabandhu English Medium (BJEM) School-II Satyabhamapur celebrated its inaugural day of 9th Annual Athletic Meet on Wednesday in a unique and remarkable way. Condemning the inhuman act of terrorism that rocked the sentiments of the whole World, the meet started with the observation of silence for two minutes for the students who died in Pakistan. BJEM Chairman Gagan Chandra Das declared the meet open after receiving the torch and hosting the flag as chief guest of the opening ceremony. Among others, Manager of school Pratap Kumar Jena, KK Dutta, principal Khyanika Das were present. The school captains and vice-captain were honored by the chief guest.