BHOPAL: Madhya Pradesh Hockey Academy registered yet another win in the first Junior Boys Inter Academy National Hockey Championship on Saturday. MP academy entered the quarter finals defeating Tamil Nadu Hockey Academy 9-1. This was MP’s third consecutive win in the championship.
MP will face Naval Tata Hockey Academy. Jamshedpur in the quarter finals on October 24. Salute Hockey Academy, Hubli Hockey Academy, Jai Bharat Hockey Academy, SGPC Hockey Academy and Vaidipatti Raja Hockey Academy won their respective matches in the other matches of the day.
The championship is being organized on the newly constructed turf of Major Dhyan Chand Hockey Stadium jointly by Hockey India and Sports and Youth Welfare department of Madhya Pradesh.
MP Hockey Academy defeated Tamil Nadu Hockey Academy by a comfortable margin of 9-1 in their third and final league match. The players of MP Hockey Academy played brilliantly throughout the match. MP Hockey Academy scored two goals in the first quarter. Shreyas Dhupe and Luv Kumar Kanojia scored the goals.
In the second quarter, MP Hockey Academy scored 4 goals. Rajat, Shreyas 1-1 and Himanshu Sanik scored 2 goals. In the third quarter, Luv Kumar scored for MP Hockey Academy and Anantraj scored for Tamil Nadu.
In the fourth quarter, Tellum Priyabart and Abdul Ahad of MP Hockey Academy scored one goal each to give the team a 9-1 victory. The team of MP Hockey Academy is participating under the guidance of head coach Olympian Sameer Dad.
Earlier, in the first match of the day, Salute Hockey Academy defeated Malwa Hockey Academy Hanumangarh by a huge margin of 17-2. In the second match of the day, Hubali Hockey Academy performed brilliantly by defeating Republican Sports Club 2-1. Later, Jai Bharat Hockey Academy registered a thrilling 4-3 win over Tirumalvalvan Hockey Academy.
In the fourth match of the day, SGPC Hockey Academy defeated Maharaja Ranjit Singh Hockey Academy 4-1.
In the fifth match of the day, Vaidipatti Raja Hockey Academy defeated Lakshmi Ammal Sports Academy 16-2.
