Jalandhar boys clinch U-17 Nehru hockey title

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, November 15

Jalandhar’s Sain Dass AS SR Sec School won a tight final to clinch the U-17 title of the Nehru Hockey Tournament in New Delhi on Monday.

The Jalandhar school boys, who are trainees of the Surjit Academy, beat CRZ Sr Sec School, Sonepat, 3-2 in the final. 

The Jalandhar school had beaten Sri GTB Khalsa Sr Sec School, Baba Bakala Sahib (Punjab), 5-3 in the semifinals. 

In the pool stage, they had thrashed Directorate General NCC-Red 9-5 and Shah Satnamji Boys School, Sirsa, 10-1.

The champion team’s Dilpreet Singh — who was part of the Indian team that won the U-18 Asia Cup title in Dhaka last month — was adjudged the best player of the tournament.