Excelsior Sports Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec 17: KCIS hosted an Invitational Football Tournament, where six schools of the city participated.
The tournament’s aim was to use sports to foster friendship among the youth of the city. All the teams competed well and displayed their outstanding performances.
The tournament was bestowed by the chief guest, Narender Gupta, former member of J&K Sports Council, member of J&K Football Association, Chairman of three football Clubs, Vice Chairman, Chaitanya Chowdhary, Principal Maya Mishra, Headmistress Kesar Patel and the parents.
On the first day, the matches were played under Pool A and Pool B categories where Jodhamal Public School and KCIS qualified for the finals.
The match started with a tough competition, but soon KCIS got a penalty shootout and they scored their first goal. After a tough battle between the two teams, KCIS emerged the winner as Jodhamal was not able to score any goal. The last few minutes of the game were nail biting when Jodhamal was able to grab a penalty kick, but the goalkeeper of KCIS well defended and prevented a goal.
The mementos were presented to Narender Gupta, Chetan Sharma and Narender Singh who were the guests for the day. Mementos were presented to the parents also for their continuous and unflinching support.
To cheer the team and wish them luck, Principal Maya Mishra sported the same jersey which team KCIS was wearing while participating in the tournament.
The team members Rudish Salathia (Captain), Monik Khan, Faizaan Chowdhary, Suryansh Chowdhary, Praful Singh, Aniket Singh, Shivam Jandyal, Aarav Bhari, Manik Gupta, Rudraksh Sharma, Pranav Salotra, Subal Syal, Naman Modi, Kritarth Suri and goalkeeper Aditya Manhas.
Monik Khan was declared as the best player by scoring three goals during the tournament.
Principal, Maya Mishra presented the vote of thanks.
Coach Rattan Singh and Manjeet Singh, the teacher incharge Sonam Manotra and the players were present on the occasion.