JALANDHARH: Government Model School Chandigarh and Shaheed Udham Singh School Tarn Taran entered the semi-finals of the 16th All India Balwant Singh Kapur Hockey Tournament here today. Two quarter finals were playedat the local Olympian Surjit Hockey Stadium.
The semi-final matches will be played on January 21. In the first semi-final Government Model School Jalandhar will compete against Kishtiz Public School Jamshedpur and in the second semi-final Government Model School Chandigarh will compete against Shaheed Udham Singh School Tarn Taran.
In the first quarter final played today, Government Model School Chandigarh was given a tough fight by Dudial Khalsa School Patiala in the first half of the game. Patiala's Krishna Mohan scored a goal in the fourth minute of the game to make the score 1-0.
The score remained the same till half-time but in the third quarter, Chandigarh Raman scored in the 35th minute, captain Surinder Singh in the 37th and 39th minutes, Harpantpreet Singh in the 46th minute and Paramveer Singh in the 49th minute to make the score 5-1 and entered the semi-finals.
In the second quarter-final, Shaheed Udham Singh School Tarn Taran defeated Government Model School Mohali by 2-1 in a tight contest to enter the semi-finals. In the 21st minute of the game, Tarn Taran's Swaraj Singh scored a field goal to make the score 1-0. Tarn Taran's Ramit Saini scored in the 26th minute to make the score 2-0. Prabhjot Singh of Mohali scored a goal in the 57th minute of the last quarter of the game to make the score 1-2.
Chief Guest Olympian Rajinder Singh, former coach of the Indian hockey team, Olympian Baljit Singh Dhillon and international player Sarabjit Singh Bahia introduced with the teams. On this occasion, Olympian Harpreet Singh Mander, tournament committee president Harbhajan Singh Kapur, Gursharan Singh Kapur, Manjit Singh Kapur, Tirth Singh Kapur, Hardeep Singh Kapur, Gundeep Singh Kapur, Dapinder Singh, Kirat Singh, Daljit Singh Dhillon, Dr. Manu Sood, Gurinder Singh Sangha, Ashfaq Ula Khan, Ripudaman Kumar Singh, Paramjit Singh, Kanchan, Harinder Singh Sangha, Kush Kumar, Jasdeep Singh, Balbir Singh Beera, Gagandeep Singh, Darspal Singh, Ashok Walia, Mohinder Pal Singh, Olympian Sanjeev Kumar, Ramandeep Singh, Dharminder Singh and Sarbtej Singh were specially present.
January 21 matches (Semi-Finals)
Government Model School Jalandhar vs Kishtiz Public School Jamshedpur – 12-00 hrs
Government Model School Chandigarh vs Shaheed Udham Singh School Tarn Taran – 2-00 hrs