SPMSS, HS Boarding School crowned as jubilant winners from Pune

SPMSS, HS Boarding School crowned as jubilant winners from Pune defeating Hill Green Hs by 5-0 in the Star Sports Young Heroes final presented by Parle in association with IDBI Federal Life Insurance

~ SPMSS, HS Boarding School defeated Hill Green HS by 5-0 in the Final ~

~ SPMSS, HS Boarding School were crowned as the winners of the Pune leg of the tournament ~

~ Scouted Players from Pune for further training – Neeraj Chavan and Abhishek Suryavanshi ~

~ Star Sports Most Promising Player – Neeraj Chavan ~

~Parle G Genius Highest scorer – Abhishek Suryavanshi ~

~ IDBI Federal Life Insurance ‘Secure Hands’– Luvnish Anandani ~

Pune, 13^th October, 2015: SPMSS, HS Boarding School was crowned as the champions in the Pune leg of the Young Heroestournament as they defeated Hill Green HS by 5-0 and qualified themselves for the National Finals.  In order to identify young talent, the country’s largest student direct contact programme from the very grassroots through scouting program, Young Heroes completes its campaign in Pune where Neeraj Chavan and Abhishek Suryavanshiwere selected through the scouting process at the Police ground over the last two days. They will be a part of 45 selected students who will be mentored by the specialized coaches.

All the 32 shortlisted schools were determined and displayed some enthusiastic talent. There were some standout performances by few teams’ like- J N Petit, St. Bishops, Symbiosis International, and Orbis International School whose footballers played with passion, grit and determination as a unit. 32 selected schools from Pune were divided into 8 groups, where each school played three matches in the group stage followed by the knock-outs, semi-finals and the finals.

Mr. Yan Law, Former Indian U19 footballer (also the youngest licensed coach of the country), “We witnessed some exciting and exhilarating games in the last two days in Pune. The young players played the game with passion, enthusiasm and zeal. Young Heroes’ tournament has boosted up all the young students of the country with optimism and inspiration to perform better and aim to play football for their country, in days to come. My heartiest congratulations to the winning team along with the young footballers selected from Pune, through the scouting process. I am sure they will make the city proud with their skills once they graduate to the elite league of football.”

In its next destination- Shillong, Young Heroes will continue the scouting program. Young Heroes is committed to elevate the level of football at the grassroots with the intent to give birth to the football heroes of future. The tournament will see over 100 days of activation programme across the participating schools. All through the tournament, around 45 boys will get selected to undergo a training camp, after which the best 16 will be handpicked by professional coaches to go on an international exposure trip to Spain.