Olympian Vivek Singh Academy score revenge win

Pune, 1 October 2022: Olympian Vivek Singh Academy, Varanasi won an exciting eight-goal thriller against Army Boys Sports Company, Bengaluru in an encounter that settled old scores on a day when goals rained in the 6th SNBP All-India Hockey Tournament (Boys’ Under-16) at the Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Balewadi, on Saturday.

On a day that witnessed 54 goals scored, the Olympian Vivek Singh Academy and Army Boys Sport Company (ABSC) encounter that stood out for reasons enough to be a cracker.

The Pool-F encounter to begin was a repeat of the 2nd Hockey India Sub Junior Men Academy National Championship 2022 wherein ABSC emerged champions at the expense of their Varanasi rivals in the shootout.

The match began with the Varanasi side trailing early after ABSC, Bengaluru struck through Nitesh Sharma (5^th). However, Vivek Yadav (11^th) levelled through a penalty corner conversion to go into the half time 1-1.

On resumption, Rahul Yadav (42^nd) converted a penalty corner to put the Varanasi side ahead, but then three minutes later ABSC’s Daya Ram (45^th) gained success off a penalty stroke to make it 2-2.

The match thereafter saw both teams level again. Arjun Chauhan (50^th) off a penalty corner for Varanasi and Daya Ram (51^st) for ABSC.

However, Olympian Vivek Singh Academy gained control to net two goals Sonu Patel (52^nd) netting off a penalty corner and Ajay Kumar Gond (59^th) to record avenge their loss at Gumanhera, New Delhi early this year.

Earlier, Pool-G recorded the biggest win of the tournament since inception with Agra based Sukhjeevan Sports Academy notching up a 23-0 win over a hapless Olympian Baskaran Hockey Academy after leading 11-0 at the half way stage.

The highlight of this big win was a 10-goal effort by Manish Kumar (2nd – penalty corner, 25th, 31st, 35th, 37th, 41^st – penalty corner, 49th, 58th, 58th, 59th – penalty stroke).

Other winners of the day included; R.K. Roy, Patna who downed Tamil Nadu Hockey Academy 6-0 in Pool E, Ritu Rani Hockey Academy, Varanasi completing a 9-0 rout over Mumbai School Sports Association, Mumbai in Pool-C and Grassroot Hockey overcoming Bharatiya Vidhya Bhavan, Kodagu, Kerala 7-1 in Pool-H.

RESULTS

Pool E: R.K. Roy, Patna: 6 (Ashutosh Pal 12th; Nicolas Topno 16th, 58th; Nitin 34th, 51st; Shashank Kumar 39th) bt Tamil Nadu Hockey Academy: 0. HT: 2-0

Pool G: Sukhjeevan Sports Academy, Agra: 23 (Manish Kumar 2nd (pc), 25th, 31st, 35th, 37th, 41st (pc), 49th, 58th, 58th, 59th (Ps); Akash Rajbhar 6th, 20th; Divyanshu Sharma 7th, 27th, 47th; Anurag Yadav 9th; Kunal Singh 14th, 47th; Nitin 16th (Ps), Ayush Bhatt 26th, 43rd; Dinesh Sharma 29th; Ankit Pippal 55th) bt Olympian Baskaran Hockey Academy: 0. HT: 11-0

Pool F: Olympian Vivek Singh Academy, Varanasi: 5 (Vivek Yadav 11th (pc); Rahul Yadav 42nd (pc); Arjun Chauhan 50th (pc); Sonu Patel 52nd (pc); Ajay Kumar Gond 59th) bt Army Boys Sports Company, Bengaluru; 3 (Nitesh Sharma 5th; Daya Ram 45th (Ps), 51st (pc). HT: 1-1

Pool-C: Ritu Rani Hockey Academy, Varanasi: 9 (Sunil 2^nd; Amandeep 6^th, 16^th (pc), 28^th (pc); Nitin 29^th (pc); 37^th; Aakash 39^th (pc); 41^st (pc); Sahil Motte 45^th) bt Mumbai School Sports Association, Mumbai: 0. HT: 3-0

Pool-H: Grassroot Hockey: 7 (Suraj Kumar 4^th, 39^th (pc), 48^th (pc); Virendra Koranga 16^th (pc) ; Rohit Airy 44^th, 45^th, 50th) bt Bharatiya Vidhya Bhavan, Kodagu, Kerala: 1 (Yashwin Bopaiah 24^th (pc)). HT: 1-1