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Roundglass win hockey meet

Roundglass Hockey Academy (RGHA) have won the 18th All India S Balwant Singh Kapur Memorial Hockey Tournament. The side outplayed Odisha Naval Tata High Performance Centre, Bhubanesswar, 5-2 at the Olympian Surjit Hockey Stadium in Jalandhar. RGHA took an early...
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Roundglass Hockey Academy (RGHA) have won the 18th All India S Balwant Singh Kapur Memorial Hockey Tournament. The side outplayed Odisha Naval Tata High Performance Centre, Bhubanesswar, 5-2 at the Olympian Surjit Hockey Stadium in Jalandhar.

RGHA took an early lead in the 4th minute through a penalty corner conversion by skipper Jarman Singh. Odisha equalised in the second quarter through Adrohit Ekka, but only to concede another goal. Mandeep Singh gave the lead for RGHA through a well worked field goal. Odisha once again levelled the scores in the 34th minute as Bilkan Oram converted a penalty corner.

Junior international Gursewak Singh then took the game away from the opponents, scoring twice in the third quarter in the space of one minute. Amandeep converted a penalty corner in the 59th minute to walk away with the trophy.

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Gursewak was adjudged Player of the Tournament, while Om Rajneesh Saini won the Best Midfielder Award. RGHA qualified for the finals after beating National Centre of Excellence, Sonepat, 8-6 in the semifinals, with Gursewak scoring a hat-trick.

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