by Punjabnewswire4u (Balbir)
LUDHIANA, MARCH 9
Punjab National Bank defeated Chandigarh XI by 3-2 in the opening match of the Mahavir Real Estate All-India Prize Money Sahibzada Ajit Singh Hockey Championsship at the Punjab Agriculture University here today.
The Bankmen opened their account through Navdeep Singh by scoring a field goal in the seventh minute. Gurjant Singh of Chandigarh XI equalled the score with a field goal in the 25th minute. Keeping their pressure, Chandigarh gained 2-1 lead through Gagandeep who scored in the 31st minute by converting a penalty corner.
However, on resumption Damandeep tilted the table in favour of PNB by scoring two goals , a field goal in 65th minute and a penalty corner conversion in the 68th minute. PNB won by 3-2.
Oil and Natural Gas Commission defeated Delhi XI by 4-1. The first goal was scored by Vikas Topo of ONGC in the 18th minute. Diwakar Rana of ONGC soon brought the score to 2-0 by converting a penalty corner into goal.The third goal for ONGC was scored by Pramod Kumar in 52nd minute.
Manish from Delhi XI scored the solitary goal for his team in the 57th minute. Diwakar Rana scored his second goal of the match in 64th minute by converting a penalty corner.
This tournament is being played in league -cum- knockout basis and the winners of
men category would be given a prize money of Rs 2 lakh, while the first runners up
would be given Rs 1 lakh as prize money.
The winner of the women category would be given a prize money of Rs 75,000 and first runners up would get Rs 50,000. Besides, they would also be given Prof Nirpjit Kaur Gill Memorial Trophy by her family members.
Man of the match in each game will get Rs 1,500 as prize money.
Earlier, the tournament was inaugurated by Olympian Surinder Singh Sodhi and Dr Pushpinder Singh Aulakh, Director, Students Welfare at PAU presided over the function.
Sports Council of Ludhiana President Pirthipal Singh Batala informed that on Thursday, a total of four matches in men category would be played. “ONGC would be pitched against Indian Air Force, Punjab and Sindh Bank against Punjab National Bank, Namdhari XI against Delhi XI and Chandigarh XI against Singal XI,” he informed.
Prominent among those present were, Olympian Balbir Singh Grewal (Advisor), Olympian Hardeep Singh Grewal (Chairman of Organizing Committee), Prof Gurbhajan Gill (Patron), Dr Kulwant Singh (Chief Organizer), Dr Baldev Singh Aulakh (Patron), S. Tarlochan Singh Gill (Patron), Jagbir Singh Grewal (Sr VP), Didar Singh (Hockey Olympian), Pavittar Singh
Grewal (Sr VP), Indermohan Singh Qadian (Sr VP), Harvinder Singh Gill (Sr VP), Sh. Rajnish Dhawan (Org Sec), Gurinder Singh Sandhu (Sr VP), Ajaypal Singh Punia (Gen Sec), Sukhwinder Singh Railway (Fin Sec), Tejdeep Singh Bhalla (Org Sec), Bhupinder Singh Dimple (VP), Gurpreet Singh (VP), Bhupinder Singh Haibowal (VP), Kamaldeep Singh Ladian, Harbant Singh Raju, Gurcharan Singh, S. Gurnam Singh, S. Lakhwinder Singh (Org Sec), besides others.
No comments:
Post a Comment