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| Poonch-Jammu districts in state hockey final | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Mar 29
Making it into the final after a long time, the improved side of district Poonch will be playing against Jammu district in the final of State Hockey Championship organized by Jammu and Kashmir Hockey Association (JKHA) at K K Hakhu Stadium here tomorrow.
While Poonch boys trounced district Baramulla by three goals to one, Jammu managed a victory fighting Kathua district 8-7 only through tie-breaker in the semi-finals. The final has been scheduled for tomorrow at 4 pm.
The young side of Poonch, who usually practice on grassy fields, is now aiming at becoming the state champion. “The boys are confident enough to take on Jammu district tomorrow in the final. In fact, the ongoing day-boarding scheme of the Sports Authority of India (SAI) at the town has helped improve the game. Started only in November last, the scheme has helped the boys reach final of the state championship,” said SAI hockey coach accompanying the team, Sham Lal Sharma. He added that the present team is comprised of eight boys from day-boarding scheme in the age group of 14-17 years.
Earlier, in the Jammu-Kathua semi-final, the rural team fought neck to neck throughout ending the game in a 3-3 draw in the stipulated time. But because of lack of match temperament and concentration Kathua lost in the tie-breaker.
In the stipulated time, Kathua took the first lead through Rahul in the 22nd minute but was equalized by Mandeep Singh in the 27th minute. From Jammu, Jagjeet Singh (Jr) and Arminder Singh scored in the 42nd (PC) and 55th minutes respectively. Harsh Dev Singh 929th) and Sunil Jsrotia (60th PC) were other scorers from Kathua.
Later, in the tie-breaker, Jagjit Singh (Sr), Jagjit Singh (Jr), Arminder Singh, Sukhmeet Singh and Amandeep Singh were successful in penalty shoot-outs from Jammu. Hardeep Singh, Maninder Kumar, Amandeep Singh and Sunny Kumar scored but Varinder Singh missed the target from Kathua district.
In the first semi-final, wherein Poonch defeated Baramulla 3-1, Jamrodh Singh (16th), Parminder Singh 942nd) and Matinder Pal Singh (55th) scored for winners while Inderjit (5th) reduced the margin.
Today’s semi-finals were officiated by Amarjit Singh, Jasbir Singh, Vijay Vaid, Harmanan Singh, S P Singh, Ranbir Singh, G S Bakshi, P P Singh and M S Reen. |
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