Times of India: St Johns Ira Intl triumph in VHA inter-school hockey meet

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Times of India: St John’s, Ira Intl triumph in VHA inter-school hockey meet

Oct 16, 2015

NAGPUR: St John’s High School boys and Ira International School girls triumphed in the VHA Inter-School Hockey tournament which concluded at the VHA ground on Thursday.

In the girls’ summit clash, Ira International rode on the solitary goal from Prerna Bodke to pip title favourites Swaminarayan 1-0. The all-important goal came in the 15th minute of play.

In a thrilling boys final, St John’s halted the dream run of Vimaltai Tidke Convent with a 3-1 win to emerge champions.

In the third place match, St Francis de Sales defeated St Joseph’s Jaitala 2-1.

Individual awards

Girls: Best GK: Shreya Singh (Ira International; best defender: Ritu Biswas (Ira International); best half: Aayushi Joshi (Swaminarayan); best forward: Isha Bhattad (Swaminarayan); woman of the final: Varsha Tripathi (Ira International); best player from runner-up team: Oshin Bansod (Swaminarayan); player of the tournament: Prerna Bodke.

Boys: Best GK: Devansh Kanojiya (St John’s), best defender: Raj Somalwar (St John’s); best half: Yash Bhivgade (VTC); best forward: Altamas Khan (St John’s); man of the final: Hashim Raza (St John’s); man of the tournament: Kaustubh Baradiya (VTC); best player from runner-up team: Runeet Dhende (VTC).

RESULTS

Hardline boys final: SFS 2 (Sandesh Menghani 2nd), Tanay Dube (14th) bt St Joseph’s, Jaitala 1 (Aniruddha Nitnaware (11th) 1.

Girls final: Ira International 1 (Prerna Bodke 15th) bt Swaminarayan 0.

Boys final: St John’s HS 3 (Hashim Raza 10th, 29th (PC), Sahil Mamdiwar (49th) bt VT Convent 1 (Aditya Mariche 46th).

Champion teams

Girls: Ira International: Shreya Singh (GK), Ritu Biswas (Captain), Rutika Gaurkar, Varsha Tripathi, Himanshi Gawande, Shaili Gowardhan, Alka Upadhye, Anushka Bansule, Sameera Kamble, Sachi Kamble, Ishika Mandal, Sushma Yadav, Bharti Yadav, Sharvari Kumbhare, Prerna Bodke, Vaisnavi Gulhane, Simran Bhatti, Rani Ilme. Manager: Shahid Bux.

Boys: St John’s HS: Sahil Tambe (GK), Mannu Kumar, Kunal Thakur, Aniket Dharmadi, Hashim Raza (Captain), Altamas Khan, Vinay Katariya, Sahil Mamdiwar, Devanshu Kanojiya, Mohd Sahil, Shrevesh Dhawankar, Brijesh Marshettiwar, Taranjyot Singh, Abid Sheikh, Shubham Gahghate. Coach: Tony Samuel.