Hockey Odisha wins Sub-Jr men Hockey title
Bhubaneswar: Hockey Odisha emerged as the champions and ended the tournament by winning over Haryana 3-1 in the 4th Sub Junior National Hockey Championship 2014 Men (Division A) being played at Ranchi, Jharkhand. Whereas, Punjab finished 3rd place by defeating Jharkhand with a score of 3-1 on board.
Odisha lifts the title and defeated Haryana with a mere goal margin of 3-1. The winning team showed their superiority scoring three consecutive goals in the entire match not letting Haryana to score a single goal in the first half of the game. Hockey Odisha’s Sudhir Kujur gave two back to back goals to his team pushing a penalty corner in the 5th minute and a field goal in the 18th minute of the game. Closing the first half, Hockey Odisha had a massive advantage with a 2-0 lead.
In the second half, Hockey Odisha did not lose its pace and scored another field goal in the 40th minute pierced by Nitin Mukesh Tigga. It seemed as if Haryana denied to enter Hockey Odisha\\’s D until, with just five minutes to go in the match, Haryana’s Satnam scored an excellent field goal in the 55thminute. But it was too late for Haryana to open its account as the game as the victory moved to Hockey Odisha with a score of 3-1 on board.
Result: Finals; Hockey Odisha 3 Sudhir Kujur (5 and 18 min), Nitin Mukesh Tigga (40 min) bt Hockey Haryana 1 Satnam (55 min).
U-14 cricket camp concluded
Bhubaneswar: The junior boys under-14 cricket camp concluded at OCA Conference Hall in Cuttack on Sunday. The camp inugurated on May 8 at Ravenshaw University Ground. Altogether 80 buding talents of Cuttack took part in the camp which aws conducted by Cuttack District Athletic association. Experienced cricketers of the State Kulamani Parida, Daniel Rout, Pravat Nayak, Kaling Das and Mahesh Malla guided the campers. On the closing ceremony Odisha Cricket Association (OCA) secretary Asirbad Behera distributed the prizes in presence of Anjan Khuntia and Santosh Das.
Hockey Gangpur eves lift Sub-jr Hockey title
Bhubaneswar: Hockey Gangpur-Odisha defeated Sports Authority of India and emerged champions of the 4th Sub Junior National Hockey Championship 2014 Women (‘B’ Division) by 2-1 played at Haldwani, Uttarakhand on Sunday. Punjab finished at 3rd place by defeating Bhopal by a huge margin of 13-0.
In an exciting finals match, Hockey Gangpur Odisha fully dominated the first half of the match and did not let Sports Authority of India to score a single goal. Hockey Gangpur Odisha looked pumped up from the initial minute of match and kept on attacking the opponent. In the 7th minute of the match, Namrata Jasmin Bara opened the account for Hockey Gangpur- Odisha and helped the team to take an early lead 1-0 over Sports Authority of India. For the next twenty minutes both the teams defended pretty well against each other and no further goals were scored. In the 28th minute Janhabi Pradhan scored another goal for Hockey Gangpur- Odisha and took the lead to 2-0 till the half time.
In the second half, Sports Authority of India gave a tough fight and did not let Hockey Gangpur- Odisha to score any further goals. In the 61st minute of the match Sports Authority of India got a penalty corner and Mudita successfully converted the stroke into a goal to narrow the lead to 2-1. Sports Authority of India tried to level the score by Hockey Gangpur Odisha defended well till the end and won the match by 2-1 on the scoreboard.
Rinki Kujur of the champion team bagged the best player of the tournament award and received a trophy along with Rs 1,000.
Results: Finals; Hockey Gangpur Odisha 2 Namrata Jasmin Bara (7 min), Janhabi Pradhan (28 min)bt Sports Authority of India 1 Mudita (61 min).