Giridharijew win School Hockey league
Bhubaneswar: Giridharijew Vidya Mandir, Holipur emerged champion by defeating Odisha Police High School by 3-0 in the final game of the Subhendu Patra Memorial Cuttack School Hockey league at Satyabrata Stadium in Cuttack, being organised by Poonam Youth Welfare Organisation in association with Krida Bharati, Cuttack.Soumyajit Samal scored the first goal in the 10th minute of the game followed by Sashikanta Mohanty in the 20th minute and Susanta Behera in the final minute for the Giridharijew Vidya Mandir. Rajesh Bisoi, the captain of Giridharijew Vidya Mandir received the trophy from Preetilata Patra, wife of late Subhendu Patra on behalf of the entire team from Holipur. Suraj Sahoo of OPHS was awarded the best forward and Soumyajit Samal from Holipur was the best goal scorer in the tournament. The closing ceremony and presentation party was conducted by Gyanesh Kanungo (former Odisha player and coach of PYWO). The dignitaries present were Preetilata Patra wife of late Subhendu Patra, RP Das president of lion Mahanadi and Rashmi Ranjan Samantaray, District sports officer of Cuttack. Among others Jyotish Acharya (Asst. Secy PYWO), Biswaranjan Sarangi (International hockey technical staff, Hockey India), Ranjan Das (Coach, Indian railways), Chiranjibi Pati and Bastab K Parida (Sports commentators) and all other members associated with the organisation were present during the closing ceremony. Ranjan Das presented the vote of thanks. A special announcement was made by Gyanesh Kanungo in the end is that the Poonam Youth Welfare Organisation is going to conduct a special Umpires’ practical workshop on September 19at Satyabrata Stadium for 10 junior and new umpires. International technical staff of Hockey India, Biswa Ranjan Sarangi will conduct the seminar and workshop for new aspiring umpires.
Odisha claims Dhruv Pandove U-19 Cricket Trophy
Bhubaneswar: After Odisha’s brilliant opening partnership, Ashutosh Das scalped five wickets and guided the Odisha U-19 team to beat Vidarbha by massive 118 runs and claimed the Dhruv Pandove Trophy at IS Bindra Stadium in Mohali on Saturday. Winning the toss Vidarbha elected to field first, Odisha opener Priyatam Singh and Rajesh Dupper stitched 130 runs for the opening wickets. Priyatam and Rajesh scored 50 and 84 runs respectively and put a nice platform for the team. Odisha scored 248 runs in 50 overs for the loss of nine wickets. In reply, Ashutosh scaled five wickets by giving only 29 runs, Subham Nayak and Jamela Bhanja Mohapatra joined with Ashutosh and bagged two wickets each and restricted Vidarbha for 13o runs in 37.5 overs. OCA secretary Asirbad Behera expressed his heartiest congratulation to the captain, coach, support staff and especially the players of the Odisha U-19 Team for being the champion in the Dhruv Pandove Trophy 2015. It is a matter of great joy for all of us to win a trophy defeating four State teams, like Tripura, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and Vidarbha in a row for the first time. We are proud of the Team for their outstanding performance that brought laurels for the State. He wishes the same spirit, confidence and performance to be replicated by the team during the forthcoming BCCI Domestic Tournaments: 2015-16 (Vinoo Mankad Trophy and Cooch Behar Trophy). He announced the price money of Dhruv Pandove Trophy `1,00,000 to be shared among all the team members equally. Brief Score: Odisha 248/9 in 50 overs ( Priyatam Singh 50, Rajesh Dhupper 84, Sandeep Pattnaik 47; Darshan Nalkande 2/40, Parth Rekde 2/47) beat Vidarbha 130/10 in 37.5 overs (Barun Palandurkar 30; Ashutosh Das 5/29, Subham Nayak 2/25, Jamela Bhanja Mohapatra 2/21) by 118 runs.
Odisha bag 3 gold in Powerlifting meet
Bhubaneswar : Odisha powerlifters bagged three gold, two silver, one bronze and total of six medals in the National Powerlifting Championship in unequipped category at Kasipur in Uttarakhand.
laxmimani Singh and Debi Singh bagged gold medal each in the 47kg and 52kg girls events respectively. laxmimani lifted 95 kg in squad, 47 kg in bench press, 130kg in deadlift and total of 272kg. Similarly, Debi lifted 105 kg in squad, 62.5 kg in bench press, 147.5 kg in deadlift and total of 315kg and claimed the gold medal each in their respective event. In men 105 kg event, Sanjay Kumar Nayak lifted 255kg in squad, 180 kg in bench press, 285kg in deadlift and total of 720 kg and grabbed the gold medal. Pradip Kumar Patra and Priyadarsini Bisio won silver medal each in the men 66kg and 72kg events respectively. K Dora received bronze medal in the men 83 kg event
DAV, Vikash enter MCl Cup Football quarterfinals
Bhubaneswar: DAV Unit-8 and Vikash School entered the quarterfinals by winning their respective matches in the MCl Cup Inter School Football Tournament at Unit-6 High School Ground here on Saturday. Partha Sarathi Padhi of the DAV school scored the all important goal in the 16th minutes and the team defeated Venketeswar English Medium School by 1-0 goal. Odisha Veer Mahasangha president Prakash Srichandan gave away the man of the match award to Partha Sarathi of the winning team.In another pre quarterfinal match, Vikash School pipped Prabhujee English Medium School by 2-0 goals. Anurag Naik and Sampad Patro scored a goal each in the 4th and 45th minutes respectively. Former athlete Pranati Mishra gave away the man of the match award to sampad Patra of the winning team. Rajendra Barik, Prakash Das, Durga Routray, Sudipta Das and Amit Naik were conducted the match as referees. Mother’s Public School and DPS Kalinga would meet Times Gurukul and DAV Kalinga Nagar on Monday.
Gati Krushna Memorial Football league begins
Bhubaneswar: The 12th Gati Krushna Memorial Football league for “B Division” teams kicksstarted at Unit-1 High School Ground here on Saturday, being conducted by Bhubaneswar Athletic Association (B.A.A). Suresh Kumar Routray, President B.A.A, and Bishnu Prasad Panda son of late Gati Krushna Panda were inaugurated the meet. The Tournament started with 20 teams in four groups and the matches will be played on league-cum-knockout basis. The inaugural match was played between Tech. Mahindra Football Team and Xavier’s Premier lOC ended in 1-1 goal draw. Tech Mahendra got the lead in the 17th minute through the goal by Vickey Sharma. Godan Biswal of Xavier Premier scored the equalizer in the 32nd minutes. Chandrakanta Barik, Sekhawat Khan, Pradeep Kumar Nayak and Manoj Soren conducted the match as referees. The function was conducted by the General Secretary (B.A.A) Dr. S R Parija, Ashok Kumar Pattnaik , Football Secretary, attended by Monoranjan Mohanty, Santosh Ku. Das, Nabaranjan Patnaik, Narendra Sethi, lalatendu Pattnaik, Madhu Madhab Jena, Priyanath Mishra, Radhakanta Mohapatra and tournament committee chairman Arabinda Mitra, Co-Chairman Raghunath Panda, members of technical committee R K Mandal and Nilamadhav Deo.