Thaimei Guiganpou English School cruise to 28th Nehru Junior Girls Hockey title
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, July 30 2022:
Thaimei Guiganpou English School, Bishnupur were crowned champions of the 28th Nehru Junior Girls State Level Hockey Tournament with a 5-1 thrashing of UNACCO School, Imphal West today in the final.
The tournament was participated by 7 select schools from 7 districts and was organised by the Directorate of Youth Affairs and Sports at Hockey Stadium, Khuman Lampak.
The Bishnupur team who were rampant from the league stage and notched up a 11-0 win over Brilliant Academy yesterday in a semi-final clash, sustained their momentum and enjoyed upper hand from the beginning of the final match against UNACCO School today.
Thaimei found the lead early in the fourth minute with K Reena completing a fine move before Th Dainali made it 2-0 after 7 minutes.
UNACCO pulled back a goal through N Kamala via a penalty comer but it emerged to be their only goal of the final encounter.
The second period saw defence line on both ends disallowing any move and eventually ended goalless but the third quarter witnessed Bishnupur resurge and widening the gap with L Ritu (36') scoring the team's third, Th Dainali completing her double (38) and Th Suchitra adding the fifth (41').Thaimei Guiganpou English School girls then made sure that there was no alteration in the scoreline to round off the game 5-1 and seal the tourney title.