Indian Hockey-Printed articles-19-Nov-08

TOI-Hyderabad:
Royal Club in semis Royal Hockey Club and GHMC Amberpet Playground moved into the semifinals of the GHMC Annual Open Hockey Tournament for Juniors at Gymkhana grounds. In the quarterfinals, Royal Club blanked Bisthiwadi Playground 5-0 while Amberpet outplayed Tadban Hockey Club 5-1.
Indian Express:
Children's Academy, Dolours prevail
¦ Children's Academy (Malad) and Our Lady of Dolours kicked off their campaigns with impressive wins as the MSSA Inter School hockey tournament got under way at the Mumbai Hockey Stadium on Tuesday. Our Lady of Dolours beat St. Joseph's, Malad 9-0, as Anoop Valmiki, Sooraj, Nikhil and Atish scored a brace each, while Ankeet completed the rout. Children's Academy beat Hind Vidhya Bhavan, Marine Lines 4-0 with Abhishek Mondal, Abdul, Rajat Sharma and Anurag Sharma scoring for the winners. —
Western Railway in quarters

¦ Western Railway stunned favourites Namdhari XI 3-2 to book their spot in the quarter-final league of the Nehru hockey tournament on Tuesday. After the teams were tied 2-2 at the end of regulation time, Manish Saini scored the winner in the 76th minute. Western Railway took the lead twice in the match through Hardeep Singh and Chadrakesh Kumar, but Sardara Singh equalised for Namdhari. In the other match of the day, India Colts qualified for the quarter-final league, defeating Karnataka XI 4-1. Diwakar Ram scored a hat-trick while Innocent Kullu scored once for the colts while Nilesh KA score the consolation goal for Karnataka.

HT-Chandigarh:
Mata Gujri College score easy win
Fatehgarh Sahib

MATA GUJRI College, Fatehgarh Sahib, defeated Government Rajindra College, Bathinda, 6-0 in the Punjabi University InterCollege Hockey Tournament in Fatehgarh Sahib on Tuesday . In other matches, Government Rajindra College, Bathinda scored a 10 win over Government College, Ropar, while Khalsa College, Patiala, got a walkover against Government College, Ropar.
In the most thrilling encounter of the day Government Rajindra College, Bathinda, defeated Government Ranbir College, Sangrur, 4-3 via penalty shoot out.

Results: Government Ripudaman College, Nabha bt Physical College, Bhogamajra 3-2; Government Barjindra College, Faridkot bt Govt. Mohindra College, Patiala 2-1; Government Barjindra College, Faridkot w/o Government College, Malerkotla; Mata Gujri College, Fatehgarh Sahib bt Govt. Rajindra College, Bathinda 6-0; Government Rajindra College, Bathinda bt Government College, Ropar 1-0; Khalsa College, Patiala w/o Government College, Ropar.

The tournament was inaugurated by social worker Ranjit Singh Libra while SGPC Director Education Dr Gurmohan Singh Walia was guest of honour.
The Hindu:
Vinod stars in BEML’s win
BANGALORE: Vinod scored a brace in BEML, Bangalore’s thumping 5-0 win over Young Star, Hubli in a State ‘C’ division hockey league match at the KSHA stadium here on Tuesday.
Charmanna, Rajan and Anil added to the score sheet.
Narrow win for DYSS
BANGALORE: DYSS, Bangalore, snatched 3-2 win over Vidyaranyapura HC in the 13th BEL State-level hockey topurnament at the BEL stadium here on Tuesday.
Vasu, Swamy and Azaruddin scored for the winners before Srinivas and Vivek struck two late goals for the losing side.
Other results: Jain College 4 (Pradeep, Pambavasan, Chengappa, Avinash) bt Aristocrat HC 0.
East India 4 (Deepak 2, Mohan, Richard) bt Leo HC 0.
BCYA ‘A’ 2 (Dyan Bopaiah, Prabhu) bt Kaveri SC 1 (Mithun).
Manish Saini’s strike puts out Namdhari XI
GURGAON: Manish Saini struck the winning goal in extra-time as Western Railway pipped Namdhari XI for a berth in the super league of the Jindal Steel 45th Nehru hockey tournament at the Nehru Stadium here on Tuesday.
Hardeep Singh had put the Railway team ahead in the first minute and Chandrakesh Kumar had consolidated the position with another goal in the 53rd minute. However, the seasoned Sardara Singh scored two goals in the space of two minutes, including a penalty stroke conversion in the 65th minute to keep the Namdhari XI in the fray.
In extra-time, Manish Saini converted a penalty corner to seal the fate of the Namdhari team.
India Colts was the other team to gain a berth in the super league, and did so in style with an emphatic 4-1 victory over Karnataka XI.
Diwakar Ram was the hero of the Colts as he converted three penalty corners and the fourth goal also came through a penalty corner conversion by Innocent Kullu.
K.A. Nilesh pulled one back for the Karantaka team.
Chennai: Reuben, Mahesh shine
Reuben and Mahesh scored twice each as Homely HC thumped Rajamanickam Memorial 6-0 in a CHA first division hockey match here on Monday.
The results: Star of Mackey 3 (U.G. Ram, R. Suresh, Deena Dayalan) bt Iqbal RC 1 (Rajasingam); Homely HC 6 (Reuben 2, Pradeep, Mahesh 2, Rajiv) bt Rajamanickam Memorial 0; Paramanu HC 2 (Karthick, M. Soori) bt AGORC 1 (Anbu).

TOI-Mumbai:
GIRLS’ HOCKEY ACADEMY
Negi launches academy
TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Mumbai: For a major part of his life, Mir Ranjan Negi has lived, and relived, nightmares. Starting from that 1982 Asian Games (7-1) defeat to Pakistan where he was the goalkeeper, to being branded a fixer and traitor after that loss, to his 19-year-old son’s tragic death in a road accident a few years back... He’s been through it all. Then, ‘Chak De’ happened. Suddenly, he was the toast of the nation. Nightmares were passe. He’s been living a dream since. But unlike others, he’s making his dreams turn into reality. On a balmy Tuesday afternoon, at the hallowed turf of the Brabourne Stadium, one of his dreams took shape, in the form of a women’s hockey academy. The Salaam Bombay Hockey Academy, for now, will be based in the premises of Guru Nanak School, Sion Koliwada. “I have been dreaming about this for the last three years. But it involved a lot of things. First and foremost was the tough task of motivating the parents to send their girls to the academy. Opening an academy is easy, but sustaining it is difficult. So I approached an NGO, the Salaam Bombay Foundation, and they have been a great help,’’ says Negi. Though it was officially launched on Tuesday, the academy began its activities about a month back. “As many as 60 girls from three schools are currently training at the academy. Even after persuading their parents, the more difficult task was to motivate the girls, to instil the passion for the game. I showed them ‘Chak De India’, I narrated them my own story, I called the actors who had acted in ‘Chak De’ to talk to the little girls. I want them to eat, drink, live hock ey,’’ adds the former India goalkeeper and coach. And this is only the beginning. “I plan to open at least 20 such academies in and around Mumbai over the next one year. Many corporates have shown interest to support the initiative. I will involve Bollywood too. In these trying times, hockey surely could do with a dose of glamour,’’ he chuckles.

CHAK DE: Former India goalkeeper and coach Mir Ranjan Negi leads the girls of his Salaam Bombay Hockey Academy, which was launched at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai on Tuesday

Children’s Academy, Dolours prevail: Children’s Academy (Malad) and Our Lady of Dolours kicked off their campaigns with impressive wins as the MSSA Inter-School hockey tournament got underway at the Mumbai Hockey Association Stadium on Tuesday. Our Lady of Dolours beat St Joseph’s, Malad, 9-0 as Anoop Valmiki, Sooraj, Nikhil and Atish scored a brace each, while Ankeet completed the rout. Children’s Academy beat Hind Vidhya Bhavan, Marine Lines, 4-0 with Abhishek Mondal, Abdul, Rajat Sharma and Anurag Sharma scoring.
TOI-Bangalore:
BEML claim ‘C’ Division title
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Bangalore: BEML, Bangalore registered a thumping 5-0 victory over Young Star, Hubli to clinch the state ‘C’ Division hockey league title on Tuesday. Playing as a well-knit unit, the Earth Movers opened their account via Vinod in the 16th minute. Two minutes later, Charmana AG added to the tally. Rajan M (37th) and Anish Illappa (48th) too scored in the subsequent minutes before Vinod got his second goal (60th) to round off the tally. BEML, Bangalore, Young Star, Hubli, Jain College and Naveen HC have been promoted to the ‘B’ Division next year.

TRIUMPHANT: BEML, Bangalore, winners of the State ‘C’ Division hockey league on Tuesday

Jain College, East India score: Jain College trounced Aristocrat HC 4-0 in the BCYA 13th state-level hockey tournament on Tuesday. In the other matches, East India mauled Leo HC by a similar margin, DYSS, Bangalore defeated Vidyaranyapura HC 3-2 and BYCA ‘A’ outplayed Kaveri Sports Club 2-1.

The Hindu:
Sports Minister releases book on hockey legend Dhyanchand
New Delhi (PTI): Sports Minister M S Gill on Wednesdayreleased a book on hockey legend Dhyanchand, penned by the three-time Olympic gold medallist's daughter-in-law Meena Umesh Dhyanchand.
The book named — 'Hockey ke Jadugar Major Dhyanchand: Kahani Apno ke Jubani' — chronicles the hockey legend's personal life, his relationship with family members, his lifestyle, the last days of his life and his playing days.
"Everybody in our family is mad about sports, so I thought why shouldn't I write a book on sports and then I made up my mind to write the book on Babuji (Dhyanchand)," Meena Dhyanchand told reporters at the release of her book in New Delhi.
"The entire family supported me in my endeavour but the main inspiration behind the book was my father-in-law," she added.
The author also said that in his last days, the Padma Bhushan awardee was so disappointed with the state of the game in the country that it eventually had a telling effect on his health.
"He (Dhyanchand) used to think about hockey day in and day out. Even lying in his death bed he used to enquire about the game.
"His last wish was to see Indian hockey regain its lost glory." said Meena Dhyanchand, a lecturer of history by profession.
Dhyanchand's son, Ashok Kumar, who represented India in 1972 and 1976 Olympics, hoped the book would inspire youngsters to take Indian hockey forward.
"In our playing days we had nothing except the motivation to excel for the country, to win gold for the country. This book will act as an inspiration to the future players," he said.
Meanwhile, Gill described Dhyanchand as the biggest sports icon of the country and said, "In the nation's sports history, Dhyanchand's name is there at the top and will be there irrespective of we earn any more Olympic medal in hockey or not."
The Minister also urged educational institutions to make sports a mandatory part of the syllabus.
"Sports is as important as education. I feel the stereotypical educational system in our country should change. Now-a-days students only run after marks and percentage but see in western world the education system is different," said Gill.
He also sympathised with Dhyanchand's fight with poverty and said it's high time that the nation gives due respect to sportspersons other than cricketers.
"Today only cricket is getting money. So, think about the past. He (Dhyanchand) died in 1979, that means he stayed in independent India for about 35 years but he spent his days in economic distress," the Sports Minister said.
"I am trying and will continue my efforts to change the conditions for the better. Cricket is every Indian's passion, but hockey is the inner feeling of their heart."
He also said that he will request the Education Ministry to celebrate the National Sports Day (Dhyanchand's birthday, August 29) in every educational institution of the country from next year.
"I will personally write to the Education Minister to celebrate the day on a big scale from next year."