Rampur Centre, Amargarh School set up title clash

Sports Correspondent

Ludhiana, August 7

Rampur Coaching Centre and Amargarh School in the sub-junior section whereas the Jarkhar Academy and Ghwadi Club in the senior section came out winners in their respective semifinals to assure themselves berths in the title clashes in the Seven-a-Side Mata Gurmit Kaur and Gurinder Pal Singh Waraich Memorial Jarkhar Hockey League being organised at Jarkhar village on the Ludhiana-Malerkotla road on Saturday.

In the sub-junior category, Amargarh School survived a scare against the Jarkhar Academy before romping home victorious 2-1 to book a place in the final, Harman and Komalpreet struck for the winning side while Manavdeep Singh found the target for the losers.

In the second semi-final, Rampur Coaching Centre proved too good for Jatana School as the former wrapped up the issue 4-0. Navjot Singh and Anmoldeep Singh pumped in two goals each to help their side emerge winners.

In the senior section, the first semi-final was played between the Jarkhar Academy and Gill Club, Dhamot, in which the former came out triumphant 5-2 whereas in the second semi-final, Gill Club, Ghawadi, defeated Coach Darshan Singh Club of Kila Raipur 4-2 to storm into the final.

Olympian Rajinder Singh, chief coach, Hockey Punjab, was the chief guest today. He interacted with players and shared his experiences how to improve the standard of the game. Appreciating organisers of the Jarkhar Academy for their commitment towards the development of hockey, Singh announced that hockey league for sub-junior players would be organised in the state in near future.

Jagroop Singh Jarkhar, director, Jarkhar Hockey Academy, thanked Rajinder Singh and other dignitaries for their visit to the village. Sweets were distributed to cheer up the Indian team on winning a bronze medal in Tokyo Olympics.

Chief coach with Surjit Hockey Coaching Centre, Jalandhar, Devinder Singh, besides Balwinder Singh, Prof Savinder Singh, Binder Singh (Germany), Jagdev Singh Jarkhar, Dharminder Singh Money, Gurvinder Singh of Kila Raipur, Harkamal Singh and Gursatinder Singh Pargat were among those others present.

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