North Zone Inter-University Hockey Championship begins

Amritsar February 25 (Punjab Post Bureau) – Today, in the Guru Hargobind Hockey Stadioum of the Guru Nanak Dev University, North Zone Inter-University Hockey (Men) Championship was inaugurated under the guidance and leadership of Prof (Dr.) Jaspal Singh Sandhu, Vice-Chancellor.

            Dr. Sukhdev Singh, Director Sports said that more than 34 teams comprising about 500 players of different universities are being participating in this championship. Dr. Kanwar Mandeep Singh, Asstt. Director Sports said that this championship is organized under four pools A, B, C and D. Today, under Pool A, matches of Delhi University v/s CSJM Kanpur; CDLU Sirsa v/s PAU Ludhiana; Chandigarh University Mohali v/s Dr. RML Avadh, Ayodhya; Bundelkhand University, Jhansi v/s IIMT University, Meerut were organized.

            Similarly, under the Pool B, matches of SGGS U Fatehgarh Sahib v/s Pros. RS University Prayagraj; CCS HAU Hisar v/s CBLU Bhiwani; MJP Rohilkhand, Bareilly v/s Kumaun University, Nainital; Panjab University Chandigarh v/s MBSPSU Patiala were organized. The mathes of Guru Nanak Dev University Amritsar v/s SSJ University Almora; IGKPTU v/s Cluster University Jammu; University of Jammu v/s SBBS University, Jalandhar; HP University Shimla v/s Dr. BRA University, Agra were organized under Pool C and the matches of University of Lucknow v/s Central University of Haryana; GKV, Haridwar v/s University of Allahabad; CCSU Meerut v/s GKU Talwani Sabo were organized under Pool D. This championship will conclude on March 02.