Jamshedpur: JSA Volleyball League 2017 which began on Monday after a gap of 12 years saw four games being played at two venues on Tuesday.
At the matches played at JRD Tata Sports Complex Ground- SAF Parsudih beat Dimna Club Red by 25 – 17, 23 – 25, 26 – 24 and 25 – 20. In the second game at the same venue NTTF Club beat NUVOCO Vistas Club by 25 – 17, 25 – 13 and 25 – 11.
Two games were played at Ramdas Bhatta Ground. In the first match ADMH Club beat Adivasi Ho by 25 – 16, 26 – 24 and 25 – 12. In the second match Telco Volleyball Club beat R D Bhatta Community Center by 19 – 25, 25 – 22, 25 – 11 & 25 – 13.
No matches are scheduled on 18th and 19th October due to Deepawali Festival. The touranment will resume on October 20.
Earlier, Jiren Xavier Topno, Sr. Manager (Urban Services), CSR, Tata Steel was introduced to the players at Volleyball Court, Ramdas Bhatta Ground. Referees for the matches were S K Rai, P Vijay Kumar and Arshad Ali (JRD) and Kamaljeet Singh, J A Murthy, Balwinder Singh, R K Mishra and Amrick Singh (Ramdas Bhatta).
During the matches, P K Tiwary, Chairman, JSA Volleyball Sub Committee, Ex National Volleyball player Sunil Tiwary, B Marandi, Biroja Shankar Das were present along with many National and ex Volleyball players.