Though All Saints School and St Felix ensured a new name in the list of winners, it was Chidren’s Academy from Mumbai, who stole the limelight on the concluding day of the fourth edition of DNA inter-school hockey tournament at the Police Ground, Shivajinagar, on Friday.
The Academy team, comprising mainly 11-year-old players, gave a strong fight to their physically stronger team All Saints, Khadki. Despite giving a good performance, the Malad-based team ended up on the losing side with a 0-2 verdict. However, the team got a reason to cheer as they received the tournament’s fair play award.
“The players failed to convert even a single penalty corner out of eight. Otherwise, the picture would have been different,” said Academy team official M Patel. However, he said that he has no complaints. “They did a good job. This was a good exposure for them.”
Results (all finals):
Boys (under-12) SNBP ‘D’ 2 (A Shaikh 5, 16) bt Anglo Urdu: 0; (under-14) All Saint’s High School, Khadki 2 (A Kumar 9, 19) bt Chidren’s Academy, Malad 0
Girls (under-12) Anglo Urdu 1 (S Syyed 12) bt St Anne’s School 0; (under-14) St Felix 1 (T Yadav 18) bt St Clare’s School 0
Best players: Boys (under-12) H Muthana (St Josephs), T Durga (All Saints), S Chitnis (SNBP), A Andhere (SNBP)
U-14: V Rangam (St Josephs), M Shaikh (All Saints), S Deora (Children’s Academy), A Tapkir (SNBP), Y Pitwa (Children’s Academy)
Girls (under-12): S Aiyas SK (Anglo Urdu), S Tur (St Josephs), S Sayyed (Anglo Urdu), V D’souza (St Anne’s),
A Kazi (St Clare’s), V Parke (SNBP)
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