Himachal Pradesh defeats Gujarat 4-0 on the day-1 of the 4th Hockey India Sub-Junior Women National Championship 2014 (Division B)

•  Hockey Bhopal defeats Vidarbha Hockey Association 5-2
• Sports Authority of India beats Uttarakhand 1-0

New Delhi, 15^th May 2014: Himachal Pradesh started with a glorious win as they defeated Gujarat 4-0 on Day-1 of 4^th Hockey India Sub- Junior Women’s National Championship 2014 (Division B) played at Haldwani, Uttarakhand.

In a Pool A match, with a good start in the tournament, Himachal Pradesh girls over shadowed Gujarat’s game play and did not allow them to score even a single goal during the entire match. Though, the first half of the game went completely goalless as both the teams restricted each other from doing any damage, the second half of the game witnessed Himachal Pradesh going all out and pierced in four goals within a span of just 8 minutes.  

Opening the account of the game, Himachal Pradesh’s Madhu converted a penalty corner in the 38^th minute.  Soon after this, another goal came from Madhu , this time a field goal in 40^th minute. Continuing to hold an upper edge on the game, Himachal Pradesh’s Komal Sharma and Nisha stroke two goals in 43^rd and 46^th minute respectively, declaring a clear win.

In another Pool A match, Hockey Bhopal defeated Vidarbha Hockey Association by 5-2.  All five goals which Bhopal bagged came from the immense contribution of Pooja Khushwah all alone.

In the first half, two goals in 12^th and 14^th minute were stroked by Pooja Khushwah without letting Vidarbha Hockey Association to score a single goal. Whereas, as the first half of the match proved to be a disappointment for Vidarbha Hockey Association, without taking much time in the second half, Ashwani Jadhav scored a field goal in the 36^th minute. But, Hockey Bhopal kept on the attack and pierced in two consecutive goals in 39^th and 45^th minute which were again by stroked in Pooja. In the 47^th minute, Vidharbha Hockey Association bounced back with a field goal by the team’s Captain Isha Vhattad taking the scores to 2-4. Bhopal scored a winning goal in the 62^nd minute and finished the game at a score of 5-2.

In Pool B match, Sports Authority of India emerged as the winner of their first match whereas Hockey Uttarakhand lost to 1-0. Both the teams gave a tough fight to each other claiming no goal in the first half. With a completely dry first half, the game turned to be unpredictable until after a long struggling, just 8 minutes before the game finished, Monika Sihag from Sports Authority of India scored a field goal in the 62nd minute, leaving the home turf stunned with the Sports Authority of India’s win.

 

Results of the day:

Pool A: Hockey Himachal Pradesh 4 Madhu (38 and 40 min), Komal Sharma (43min) and Nisha (46min) Vs Hockey Gujarat 0

Pool A: Bhopal 5 Pooja Khushwah (12, 14, 39, 45 and 62 min) Vs Vidarbha Hockey Association 2 Ashwani Jhadav (36 min) and Isha Vhattad (47 min)

Pool B: Sports Authority of India 1 Monika Sihag (62 min) Vs Hockey Uttarakhand 0

 

SCHEDULE FOR TOMORROW –

16^th May 2014 (Friday)

0700 HRS (Pool A) HOCKEY BHOPAL V/s HOCKEY GUJARAT

0830 HRS (Pool A) HOCKEY HIMACHAL PRADESH V/s TRIPURA HOCKEY

1500 HRS (Pool B) MUMBAI HOCKEY ASSOCIATION LTD V/s SPORTS AUTHORITY OF INDIA

1630 HRS (Pool B) HOCKEY UTTARAKHAND V/s HOCKEY ANDAMAN & NICOBAR