Hoshangabad Red and Hoshangabad Blue won the title of the winner at State Level Inter-Hockey Feeder Center competition.
The competition played at Major Dhyan Chand Stadium that concluded here on Tuesday. Hoshangabad Red won in boys category and Hoshangabad Blue won in girls category. Besides, Shivpuri Red's team boy and Mandsaur Red team were runners-up in the girls category. Jabalpur Red got the third position in the boy and Shivpuri Red in girls category.
Director Sports and Youth Welfare S.L. Thoussen felicitated the winners and runner-up teams and players with trophy and medals. The competition was played from May 4 that concluded on Tuesday.
In the boys section of the final matches played on Tuesday, Hoshangabad Red team defeated Shivpuri Red 3-1 and Hoshangabad Blue defeated Mandsaur Red by 2-1 in the girls section and won the winner title. Jabalpur Red got third place in the shoot-out at Mandsaur Red and Shivpuri Red defeated Mandsaur Blue 4-0 in the girls category for third position in the boys category.
Addressing the concluding programme, Director Sports and Youth Welfare S. L. Thoussen said that at the State Level Inter-Hockey Feeder Center competition, the players performed their talents by performing well at division and state level. The purpose of this event is to give players the opportunity to compete among the Hockey Feeder Center by giving them opportunities to perform and select talented players and prepare national and international players. He informed that for the four-day competition, feeder centers were divided into four zones, in which 256 players from 16 teams of Hoshangabad-Bhopal, Indore-Ujjain, Jabalpur and Gwalior-Shivpuri zones participated.
Sports Director Thoussen congratulated all the participants in the competition and congratulated them.
The players who were felicitated include Best goalkeeper Jatin Shivpuri Red Hoshangabad Parmar Red Hoshangabad, Best Defender Sameer Hoshangabad Red, Ronak Parmar, Best Midfielder Bharat, Simran Dubey Hoshangabad Blue, Best Forward Kuneen Daad, Kashish Pal Mandsaur Red, Player of the tournament Tirtha Mandsaur Blue and Anjali Shivpuri Red.