Naval Tata Hockey Jharkhand Junior State Hockey Championship kicks -off

Jamshedpur, August 5: The most anticipated Naval Tata Hockey Jharkhand Junior State Hockey Championship 2024 (Men) under the aegis of Hockey Jharkhand commenced on Sunday at Naval Tata Hockey Academy, Jamshedpur.

The opening ceremony was graced by Mukul Choudhuri, Chief of Sports Tata Steel & CEO JFC along with Chandreyee Majumdar, Vice- President Hockey Jharkhand and  Gurmeet Singh Rao, Project Director NTHA. A total of 8 teams participated in the Junior Category (Under 19).

The inaugural match was played between Team NTHA vs Team Bokaro. By a dramatic scoreline of 12-0 Team NTHA defeated Team Bokaro. Player Akshay Aind from Team Bokaro was the Player of the Match for his exceptional performance. In the Second Match, Team Khunti beat Team Ramgarh by 19-0 where Sachin Bhengra from Khunti emerged as Player of the Match.

In the 3^rd clash between Ranchi vs Hazaribagh, Ranchi scored 7 goals to beat Hazaribagh. Player Francis from Team Hazaribagh was the player of the match. The last match played between Team Gumla and Team Simdega where Simdega scored 6 goals. Player Abhishek Tirkey from SImdega was the Player of the Match.

Team Names:

Pool A-

1. NTHA
2. Ranchi
3. Hazaribagh
4. Bokaro

Pool B-

1. Simdega
2. Gumla
3. Khunti
4. Ramgarh