Double crown for Kolhapur school
Girls, boys bag title in WZ CBSE hockey
Kolhapur Public School, Kolhapur bagged twin title in the recently held CBSE West Zone Hockey Tournament 2008-09 at DAV Public School, Airoli and RPF Ground, Mulund.
In the under-19 girls, the school defeated HE Vikram Public School, Piplani, Bhopal 3-0, while in under-14 boys, they outclassed Divine Child High School, Mehasana. Meanwhile, in under-14 girls, Divine Child High School, Gujurat defeated Swami Narayan School, Nagpur and in under-19 boys, Jawaharlal Nehru School, Habibganj, Madhya Pradesh beat SVM School, Jaipur 3-1.
The three-day event which concluded on Monday witnessed participation of over 500 students and 29 teams from Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Daman and Diu. The winning teams from the tournament will participate in the CBSE Inter-school National level Hockey Tournament 2008-09 to be held at Springdale School, Fategargh Road, Punjab from November 29.
“The tournament was really good as most of best teams across the country participated here. It also gave an opportunity of our players to watch good matches,” an official from DAV, Airoli said.