Times of India: VHA Inter-School Hockey tournament to begin on Monday

NAGPUR: The stage is set for the Inter-School Hockey Championship for boys and girls which will get underway on Monday with a league game between the boys team from Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Ashti taking on Royal Gondwana Public School at the Vidarbha Hockey Association ground.

Seventeen school teams will vie for a winners’ prize of Rs 15,000 along with a glittering trophy. The runners-up team will get Rs 10,000 and a trophy while the third placed team will have to satisfy with a prize of Rs 7,500. Apart from this, individual prizes will also be given to outstanding players.

Teams are divided in four pools. Top two teams from each pool will qualify for the quarterfinals which will be held on October 13. The semifinals will be played on October 14 while the hard-liner and the mega final will be played on October 15.

POOLS

Pool A: Bhavan’s Ashti, Royal Gondwana Public School, Dinanath High School, Swaminarayan School, South Point, Omkar Nagar.

Pool B: Railway Janmandal, Tidke Vidyalaya, Jaibai Chaudhary, Ramesh Chandak.

Pool C: St John’s High School, School of Scholars, Vinalaya Convent, St Joseph’s, Jaitala.

Pool D: Vimaltai Tidke Convent, St Michael’s High School, St Anthony’s High School, St Francis de Sales.