The second day of the first Prof. Joe Ezekiel memorial Inter-School Hockey Cup 2015 saw some raw and neat performances by the young lads in the four-day tournament at Shivaji Satium in New Delhi.

With the organizers devising a two way format in which each teams plays the other twice, the intensity of the matches have gone up, with nail baiting finishes and hot temper moments.

In the first game of the Morning, OTHL XI outclassed Government Boys Senior Secondary School (GBSSS) Ashok Nagar 4-2 to register an easy victory. In the second match GBSSS Saket held GBSSS Mahrauli on an exciting 1-1 draw. Even new team GBSSS, Ghitorni did well to edges over GBSSS ShahpurJat 1-0 to go ahead in the four-day tournament.

In the other game of the morning, Govt Sarvodaya Bal Vidyalya Bankner got-past OTHL XI 2-0, followed by VC Agri thrashing the hosts Citizen XI 5-0 in the final game of the morning session.

Evening’s first saw Shahpurjat beat Sarvodaya Bal Vidyalya Ashok Vihar by 1-0 margin.

Government Sarvodaya Bal Vidyalya Bankner who defeated OTHL XI at the first session in morning, had to struggle in the repeat match.

Though Evening was showed some different and tough hockey by both the teams as some hockey with few players having a go at each other forcing the Umpires to take care of the situation. Bankner was leading 1-0 till the last minute of the game but OTHL XI scored thanks to the Penalty corner conversion in the last minute of the game by Kanaiya Kumar to end 1-1.

This hotly contested match also witnessed tense moments and heated exchanges minutes before the halftime but umpires brought the scene under control before the first gets out of hand.

The 8-team event is the idea of Gulu Ezekiel, son of late Prof Joe Eziekiel. Sports historian and senior journalist Gulu has also sponsored the tournament. The 4-day event is organized by the Hockey Citizen Group, which runs the universally popular One Thousand Hockey Legs project.

Day Two results of Prof. Joe Ezekiel Memorial Inter-School Hockey Cup

Results:

OTHL XI edge past GBSSS Ashok Nagar 4-2

GBSSS Saket hold GBSSS Mahrauli 1-1

GBSSS Ghitorni beat GBSSS Shahpurjat 1-0

Govt SBV, Bangner outshine OTHL XI 2-0

VC Agri blanks Citizen XI 5-0

ShahpurJat 1 defeat SBV Ashok nagar 1-0

OTHL XI draws Govt SBV Bangner 1-1