Jalandhar school clinch hockey title

Sunit Dhawan

Tribune News Service

Gurgaon, November 15

The Lyalpur Khalsa Senior Secondary School, Jalandhar, won the ATS Nehru Junior Hockey Cup-2008 by defeating Birsa Munda Vidyapeeth, Rourkela (Orissa), by 1-0. The final match of this championship was played in Nehru Stadium here last evening. The Haryana finance minister, Birender Singh, gave away the prizes.

Both finalists played well, but the Lyalpur Khalsa team took the lead by opening their account in the first half of the match, which remained intact till the end. Gagandeep successfully turned a penalty stroke into goal for Lyalpur Khalsa and the lead was maintained throughout the match. The Rourkela team made several attempts, but failed to score any goal.

In this tournament, Government Senior Secondary School, Ladowali, Jallandhar, stood third. Birender Singh presented the Nehru Junior Hockey Cup-2008 title, along with a cheque of Rs 96,000 to the winning team. He also presented a cheque of Rs 64,000 to the runners-up team and of Rs 32,000 to the third team.