BHOPAL: Odisha Naval Tata Hockey High Performance Center thrashed Berar Hockey Academy 30-0 in the opening match of the first sub junior boys academy national hockey championship began at SAI on Monday.
On the first day of the tournament, 69 goals were scored by the winning side in four different encounters while the losing sides could score only a single goal.
In the opening match, Odisha centre scored one goal in every two minutes against the opponents. Despite several efforts Berar Academy failed to stop the storm came from the Odisha team.
In the second match, Vivek Singh Hockey Academy defeated Bhai Behlo Hockey Academy Bhagta 12-1. Raja Karan Hockey Academy defeated Cheema Hockey Academy by 8-0 in the third match of the day while Round glass Punjab Hockey Club Academy defeated Citizen Hockey XI by 19-0 which was the last match of the opening day.
Satyajit Sankrit, Regional Director, SAI (Bhopal) was the chief guest of the opening ceremony. Addressing the players, Sankrit said that this competition is the first competition organized after the corona period.
He welcomed all the players, technical officers and coaches who came to Bhopal. He expressed hope that the country will get champion players from this competition.
He appreciated the effort of Hockey India and Sports and Youth Welfare Department. Arjun Awardee and high-performance director of SAI Bhopal, Yashpal Singh Solanki, joint director sports Vinod Pradhan and BS Yadav were present.
