8 local teams to vie for Dr Kanti Mukherjee Trophy
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, February 13 2015 :
The fifteenth edition of Dr Kanti Mukherjee Memorial Invitation Hockey Tournament which is the oldest and biggest hockey tournament in the entire northeast will be contested by eight local teams.
Secretary of Hockey Manipur, Th Manihar said on Friday that though the previous editions saw participation of teams from other states, the upcoming event will be an all state affair.
During the pre-tournament press meet at Khuman Lampak Hockey Stadium, he explained that invitation of outside teams was not feasible this time as three such teams had participated at the recent Wahengbam Thoibi Devi Hockey Tournament.
He informed that seven of the eight teams have participated in the tournament before.
The teams which had confirmed their participation are MPSC; COSMO, Wangkhei; Super Sporting Association, Charangpat; SYUC, Kongba; YAC, Yaiskul; BSPA; MEIRA, Bashikhong; and UYC, Salanthong.
The prize money for the tournament has been fixed at Rs 40,000 for the winners, Rs 20,000 for the runners up and Rs 15,000 for the third placed team.
In addition, the best player which will be determined on performance from the quarterfinal stage onwards will be awarded Rs 5,000 .
Keeping up with the tradition of the tournament two prominent hockey players from the past and two coaches will be honoured.
The players are Olympians P Neelkamal and Ksh Thoiba and the coaches are P Inaocha Devi and Chandralekha.