Gangpur enter National Jr Div-B Hockey semis
Bhubaneswar: Hockey Gangpur Odisha taking on Assam Hockey dominated and beat the latter by 15-0 in the 5th edition of Hockey India Junior Men National Hockey Championship 2015 being played at Mysore, Karnataka on Thursday. In the last league match on Friday Gangpur would meet Hockey Patiala. But after the victory against Assam our team topped the group-D table and qualified for the semifinals, said Hockey Gangpur Odisha secretary Debasis Gouda.
Hockey Gangpur Odisha maintained the attack in the complete game and started their goal scoring spree in the 5th minute as Sushil Ekka scored through a field goal. Next minute the lead was doubled by Rasananda Khalkho and he scored another goal in the 8th minute taking the team’s score to 3-0. This was followed by Hockey Gangpur Odisha adding another 5 goals and ending the first half with 8-0 lead.
Hockey Gangpur Odisha continued the same game plan in the second half as they attacked and scored goals. 37th minute and they scored the 9th goal which Sudeep Kerketta converted cleanly. Two minutes later Sanjay Xalxo scored goal no. 9 and by now almost sealing the fate of Assam hockey. Adding another 6 goals before the match ended, Hockey Gangpur Odisha won the game 15-0. Pool D - Hockey Gangpur Odisha 15 Sushil Ekka (5 min-FG), Rasananda Khalkho (6 min-FG, 8 min-PC), Abhishek lakra (11 min-PC, 66 min-PC), Arbin Kujur (21 min-FG), Sanjay Xalxo (27 min-FG, 32 min-FG, 39 min-FG), Sudeep Kerketta (37 min-FG, 46 min-FG), Sibren lakra (43 min-FG, 48 min-FG), Andand Ekka (52 min-FG, 54 min-FG) Bt Assam Hockey 0
Ravenshaw beat Cambridge in Murthy Cricket
Bhubaneswar: A five wickets haul by Sai Prasad Acharya of Ravenshaw Collegiate School guided the team to beat Cambridge School by nine wickets and enter the quarterfinal rounds of the 10TH PVR Murthy Memorial Inter-School Cricket Tournament at BOSE Engineering Ground in Cuttack on Thursday. Winning the toss, Ravenshaw elected to field first, Sai Prasad scalped five wickets by giving only 15 overs and restricted Cambridge innings for 81 runs in 24.4 overs. In reply, Puneet Banarjee smashed 49 runs and the team reached the winning target in 13.3 overs by losing one wickets. Debi Prasad Mohapatra and Santosh Jena officiated the match as umpire. Ranji Trophy player Santosh Jena awarded the man of the match to Sai Prasad Acharya for his brilliant bowling. DPS Kalinga of Phulnakhara would meet Ratnakar Vidyamandir of Biribati on Friday. Brief Score: Cambridge School 81/10 in 24.4 overs (Arundaya Sabat 28; Sai Prasad Acharya 5/15, Ramachandra Rath 2/25) lost to Ravenshwa Collegiate School 81/1 in 13.3 overs (Puneet Banarjee 43, Ashutosh Behera 16 n.o;) by 9 wickets.
5 share top place in State Senior Chess
Bhubaneswar: Five players scored four points each by the end of fourth rounds in the laxmi Priya Memorial 56th Odisha State Senior FIDE Rating Chess Championship at Gopandhu Ayurveda Mahavidyalaya in Puri, being organized by District Chess Association of Puri (DCAP).
Rakesh Kumar Nayak, Janson Sahoo (both of Khurda), Sumit Kumar Banarjee, Baivab Mishra (both of Puri) and Ashirwad Swain (Nayagarh) scored four points each. Nilsu Pattnayak of Cuttack, Manoj Panigrahi of Postal, Rajesh Nayak of Puri and Dasarathi Sahoo of Khurda scored 3.5 points each and placed in the second place jointly.