Lakshmi Ammal Memorial 10th All India Hockey Tournament - 2018 Sponsored by K.R.Medical Educational and Charitable Trust Organized by K.R.Educational Institutions and Lakshmi Ammal Sports Academy K.R.Nagar, Kovilpatti - 628 503 May 17 - 27, 2018 Kovilpatti May 07, 2018: Press Meet Press meet was held at K.R.Nagar, National Engineering College on May 07, 2018 at 11.00 am conducted by Director Dr.Kn.K.S.K.Chockalingam. He said that, under the auspices of K.R.Medical Educational and Charitable Trust, K.R. Educational Institutions and K.R. Medical Educational and Charitable Trust. The Lakshmi Ammal Memorial All India Hockey Tournament has been conducted for the past nine years. This year 10th All India Hockey Tournament will be conducted from May 17 – 27, 2018. All India Hockey tournaments is to be held for 11 days, 16 different states best teams are heading to play. The teams are LASA - Kovilpatti, Canara Bank - Bangalore, Army XI - Bangalore, Indian Navy - Mumbai, ONGC - New Delhi, Central Secretariat - New Delhi, South Central Railway - Secunderabad, Tamilnadu Police, Chennai, Indian Postal - New Delhi, Union Bank - Mumbai, Ghaziabad Sports Academy - UP, R.C.F. - Kapurthala, Indian Bank - Chennai, I.C.F. - Chennai, IOB - Chennai and Southern Railway - Chennai Matches will be held by league system up to quarter final and knockout system to be followed for quarter finals, semi finals and final under flood lights. The Winners will get Rs.1,00,000/- along with rolling trophy and the second, third and fourth places will get Rs.75,000/- Rs.50,000/- and Rs.30,000/- respectively along with rolling trophy. In addition to that four consolation prizes of Rs.20,000/- each will be awarded. The Players who excel in the tournament will be honoured with the ‘Best Forward Player, Best Upcoming Player, Best Defender Player, Best Mid-Field Player, Best Goal Keeper and Best Player of the Tournament’. Boarding, Lodging and TA will be provided for the players and officials which are sponsored by K.R.Medical Educational and Charitable Trust. Transportation facilities to venue have been arranged for the local people (in and around Kovilpatti) at free of cost. No entry fee for the tournament. Everyday four matches will be held during 6.30 am, 5.00 pm, 6.30 pm and 8.00 pm. The inaugural function of the tournament will be held on May 17, 2018 at 7.00 pm. This function will be presided by Thiru.P.Balakrishna Reddy, Hon'ble Minister for Youth Welfare and Sports Development, Tamilnadu, will be inaugurated by Thiru.Kadambur C.Raju, Hon'ble Minister for Information and Publicity, Tamilnadu and Thiru.K.R.Arunachalam, Managing Director, K.R. Educational Institutions. Under the guidance of Dr.S.Shanmugavel, Principal, National Engineering College, Dr.AN.Kannappan, Principal, K.R.College of Arts and Science and Prof.A.Rajeshwaran, Principal, Lakshmi Ammal Polytechnic College, the tournament arrangements are taken care by Dr.K.Manisekar, Mr.R.Rajamani, Coordinators, Physical Directors, and staff members of K.R.Educational Institutions, K.R.Nagar. 1 of 20 Lakshmi Ammal Memorial 10th All India Hockey Tournament - 2018 The reporters from Daily Thanthi, Dinamani, Dinakaran, Dinamalar, Dinaboomi, The Hindu - Tamil, Malaimalar, Malaimurasu, Thanthi TV, Makkal TV, News 7, Jaya TV, Vasanth TV, Puthiyathalaimurai and Tamilan TV reporters participated in this press meet. Inaugural Function: Kovilpatti May 17, 2018 @ 7.00 pm The inaugural function of the tournament was held on May 17, 2018 at 7.00 pm. The function was presided by Thiru.P.Balakrishna Reddy, Hon'ble Minister for Youth Welfare and Sports Development, Tamilnadu and inaugurated by Thiru.Kadambur C.Raju, Hon'ble Minister for Information and Publicity, Tamilnadu, in the presence of Thiru.K.R.Arunachalam, Managing Director, K.R. Educational Institutions, District Collector Thiru.N.Venkatesan, Thirumathi.Vijila Sathiyananth, M.P., Dr.Kn.K.S.K. Chockalingam, Director, National Engineering College, Dr.S.Shanmugavel, Principal, National Engineering College, Dr.AN.Kannappan, Principal, K.R. College of Arts and Science and Prof.A.Rajeshwaran, Principal, Lakshmi Ammal Polytechnic College, District ADMK Secretary Thiru.C.T.Chellapandian, Ex. MLAs Thiru.Mohan and Thiru.Chinnappan. 1st day (17.05.2018 Thursday) 1st League Match @ 8.00 pm: The first league match was between Lakshmi Ammal Sports Academy (LASA), Kovilpatti and Indian Postal, New Delhi. Indian Postal, New Delhi (3-Goals) beat LASA, Kovilpatti (1 -Goal) Team Minutes Name Action Indian Postal, New Delhi 31 K.T.Ramesh Field Goal Indian Postal, New Delhi 49 Vinayak Bijawad Penalty Stroke LASA, Kovilpatti 50 Raja Perumal Field Goal Indian Postal, New Delhi 59 Vinayak Bijawad Penalty Corner Umpires: Dhiraj Wagh & Vignesh Kumar 2 of 20 Lakshmi Ammal Memorial 10th All India Hockey Tournament - 2018 2nd day (18.05.2018 Friday) 2nd League Match @ 5.00 pm: The second league match was between Canara Bank, Bangalore and Southern Railway, Chennai. Canara Bank, Bangalore (3 -Goals) beat Southern Railway (2- Goals) Team Minutes Name Action Southern Railway, Chennai 29 Nambiganesh Penalty Corner Southern Railway, Chennai 37 Ellampari Field Goal Canara Bank, Bangalore 40 D.S.Darshan Penalty Corner Canara Bank, Bangalore 47 D.S.Darshan Penalty Corner Canara Bank, Bangalore 60 Pradhan Somanna Field Goal Umpires: Deepak Kumar & Rajkumar Jha Man of the Match: Subramanian, Goal Keeper, Southern Railway, Chennai. 3rd League Match @ 6.30 pm: The third league match was between ICF Chennai and South Central Railway Secunderabad. South Central Railway, Secunderabad (3- Goals) beat ICF, Chennai (0 -Goal) Team Minutes Name Action South Central Railway Secunderabad 5 Pratap Lakra Penalty Corner South Central Railway Secunderabad 9 Pratap Lakra Penalty Corner South Central Railway Secunderabad 61 Belsajar Horo Field Goal Umpires: Deepak kumar & Rajkumar Jha Man of Match: Pratap Lakra, South Central Railway, Secunderabad. 3 of 20 Lakshmi Ammal Memorial 10th All India Hockey Tournament - 2018 4th League Match @ 8.00 pm: The fourth league match was between Indian Navy, Mumbai and Ghaziabad Sports Academy, UP. Indian Navy, Mumbai (15 - Goals) beat Ghaziabad Sports Academy, UP (1 -Goal) Team Minutes Name Action Indian Navy Mumbai 5 Nitesh Field Goal Indian Navy Mumbai 17 Ajinkya Jadhav Field Goal Indian Navy Mumbai 23 Pawan Rajbhar Field Goal Indian Navy Mumbai 26 Nitesh Field Goal Indian Navy Mumbai 39 C.H.Dayananda Singh Penalty Corner Indian Navy Mumbai 40 Pawan Rajbhar Field Goal Indian Navy Mumbai 46 Nitesh Field Goal Indian Navy Mumbai 47 Nitesh Field Goal Indian Navy Mumbai 50 Bharat Singh Penalty Corner Indian Navy Mumbai 54 Pawan Rajbhar Field Goal Indian Navy Mumbai 58 Nitesh Field Goal Ghaziabad Sports Academy (UP) 60 Juber Khan Field Goal Indian Navy Mumbai 63 Mohit Thakur Field Goal Indian Navy Mumbai 64 P.Singh Field Goal Indian Navy Mumbai 66 Nitesh Field Goal Indian Navy Mumbai 69 Pawan Rajbhar Field Goal Umpires: Sreeram Mahadevan & Vignesh Kumar Man of Match: Rajat Sharma, Indian Navy, Mumbai. 3rd day (19.05.2018 Saturday) 5th League Match @ 5.00 pm: The fifth league match was between Rail Coach Factory, Kapurthala and Union Bank, Mumbai. Rail Coach Factory, Kapurthala (5 - Goals) beat Union Bank, Mumbai (1 - Goal). Team Minutes Name Action Rail Coach Factory, Kapurthala 15 Karapal Singh Penalty Corner Rail Coach Factory, Kapurthala 20 Sanjaybir Field Goal Rail Coach Factory, Kapurthala 23 Karapal Singh Penalty Corner Union Bank, Mumbai 30 Darshan Gawkar Field Goal Rail Coach Factory, Kapurthala 44 Baljinder Gajjan Singh Penalty Corner Rail Coach Factory, Kapurthala 48 Sandeep Singh Field Goal Umpires: Hassan Ali & Rajkumar Jha Man of the Match: Karapal Singh, Rail Coach Factory, Kapurthala. 4 of 20 Lakshmi Ammal Memorial 10th All India Hockey Tournament - 2018 6th League Match @ 6.30 pm: The sixth league match was between LASA, Kovilpatti and ICF, Chennai. ICF, Chennai (4 - Goals) beat LASA, Kovilpatti (3 - Goals) Team Minutes Name Action LASA, Kovilpatti 23 Sri Kanth Field Goal LASA, Kovilpatti 27 Niranjan Field Goal ICF, Chennai 30 Surindar Field Goal ICF, Chennai 40 Suraj Minz Field Goal ICF, Chennai 44 Alok Barla Penalty Corner LASA, Kovilpatti 64 Niranjan Field Goal ICF, Chennai 70+ Deepak Penalty Corner Umpires: Rajen Ekka & Dhiraj Wagh Man of the Match: Niranjan, LASA, Kovilpatti. 7th League Match @ 8.00 pm: The seventh league match was between Central Secretariat, New Delhi and Army XI, Bangalore. Central Secretariat, New Delhi (1 - Goal) beat Army XI, Bangalore (0 - Goal) Team Minutes Name Action Central Secretariat, New Delhi 5 Manish Yadav Penalty Corner Umpires: Sreeram Madhavan & Deepak Kumar Man of the Match: Naveen Kumar Prasad, Goal Keeper, Central Secretariat, New Delhi. 5 of 20 Lakshmi Ammal Memorial 10th All India Hockey Tournament - 2018 4th day (20.05.2018 Sunday) 8th League Match @ 8.30 am: The eighth league match was between ONGC, New Delhi and Indian Bank, Chennai. ONGC, New Delhi (5 - Goals) beat Indian Bank, Chennai (0 - Goal). Team Minutes Name Action ONGC, New Delhi 4 Diwakar Ram Penalty Corner ONGC, New Delhi 6 Sumit Field Goal ONGC, New Delhi 35 Jagwant Singh Field Goal ONGC, New Delhi 57 Vishal Singh Field Goal ONGC, New Delhi 65 Jagwant Singh Field Goal Umpires: Vignesh Kumar & Hasan Ali Man of the Match: Jagwant Singh, ONGC, New Delhi. 9th League Match @ 5.00 pm: The ninth league match was between Tamil Nadu Police, Chennai and IOB, Chennai. IOB, Chennai (2 - Goals) draw with Tamil Nadu Police, Chennai (2- Goals). Team Minutes Name Action IOB, Chennai 13 D.Muthuselvan Penalty Corner Tamil Nadu Police, Chennai 27 Ragu Penalty Corner IOB, Chennai 64 S.M.Rafeeq Field Goal Tamil Nadu Police, Chennai 70+ Ragu Penalty Corner Umpires: Dhiraj Wagh & Nishan Jyoti Mohanty Man of the Match: V.Veera Thamizhan, IOB, Chennai. 6 of 20 Lakshmi Ammal Memorial 10th All India Hockey Tournament - 2018 10th League Match @ 6.30 pm: The tenth league match was between South Central Railway, Secunderabad and Indian Postal, New Delhi.