Town High School Sundergarh won the 30th Nehru Sub-Junior title, beating hard-working Govt. Sr. secondary School, Ladowala in the hotly contested final on Sunday evening.

Sushil Ekka lit up the floodlit turf with two goals including golden goal after two sides shared four goals in the regulation time.

Sushil Ekka was adjudged the ‘best player’ and presented Rs.5,000. Dilpreet Singh of the Punjab team was declared the ‘most promising player’ and presented Rs.5,000.

The champion team received Rs.96,000 and its coach S. J. Milton Bilung was given Rs.8,000. The runner-up received Rs.64,000 and its coach Gurdev Singh was given Rs.5,000.

Birsa Munda Vidyapitha, Rourkela, beat Baba Gurmukh Singh Uttam Singh Senior Secondary School, Khadoor Sahib, 3-1 in the match for the third place, and bagged RS.32,000. The coach Bijay Kumar Lakra was presented Rs.3,000.

The results:

Final: Town High School, Sundergarh, Orissa, 3 (Sushi Ekka 2, Tekei Kujur) bt Government Senior Secondary School, Ladowala, Jalandhar, 2 (Navjot Singh, Inderjit Singh).

Third place: Birsa Munda Vidyapitha, Rourkela, Orissa, 3 (Rasanand Khalkho 2, Suren Lakra) bt Baba Gurmukh Singh Uttam Singh Senior Secndary School, Khadoor Sahib, 1 (Amanpreet Singh).

The golden team: