State qualify for National Hockey
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, September 14 2012:
Manipur sealed its berth in the final qualifying round of the national hockey championship with a comprehensive 5-1 victory over Arunachal Pradesh in the summit clash of the 64th Senior National Men's Hockey Championship for North East Zone at Khuman Lampak Hockey Stadium today.
The final qualifying round matches of the national championship would be held at New Delhi next month.
In today's match, P Adeva (17th, 21st, 26th) scored three of the host State's goals with P Priyokumar (29th, 67th/P) sounding the rival board twice.
S Happy scored the lone goal for Arunachal Pradesh in the 62nd minute.
The final match of the zonal competition hosted by Hockey Manipur was played with MLAs Dr I Ibohalbi Singh and K Sarat Singh as the chief guest and president respectively.