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Jammu and Kashmir: Sports Council Academy win Youth Football League Championship
Srinagar: An eventful initiative of the Sports Council, Youth League Football Championship-2022 played at TRC Synthetic Turf Srinagar concluded yesterday with Sports Council Football Academy lifting the Trophy by maintaining their position atop the points table.
Inclement weather conditions during the past couple of days resulted in therescheduling of cricket events however, the football matches played on thesynthetic turf went ahead as scheduled.
The final match of the league played between J&K Bank and Sports CouncilFootball lived up to all the expectations as both teams took to the field all gunsblazing.
While it was a must-win game for the J&K bank colts to lay their hand on thecoveted trophy and all Sports Council FA had to do was deny their opponents anysuch chance.
The Sports Council FA defense guarded their goal post and shrank allthe chances of their opponents taking to earn an extra point from the game.
Sports Council FA stuck to their game plan and settled for a draw which meantthat the effort was enough to hand them over the championship badge.
It was asecond straight championship title for SCFA colts this season who have beentraining under the watchful eyes of JavedSofi, Football Coach J&K Sports Council.
Earlier in the evening, the penultimate match of the league between SCFABandipora and SCFA Baramulla went into the kitty of the latter, claiming thevictory by a solitary goal.
Baramulla SCFA colts by this win were placed in thirdplace in the league.
The Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, Pandurang K Pole presided over thefunction as the Chief Guest.
He interacted with the players before the start of thematch, stayed there till the end of the final match, and gave away prizes to theparticipants. While appreciating the efforts of the Sports Council he said, “conducting suchactivities and providing ample opportunities to the youth, enabling them toshowcase their talent is a welcome step and need of the hour”.
He added thatFootball is a widely loved sport in J&K and has a huge potential to produce manybest players for the national team.
He congratulated all the teams, players, and officials for taking part in the sportsactivities and hoped for them to turn again for more similar events in the future.Joint Secretary J&K Sports Council, Bashir.
Ahmad Bhat, Divisional Sports OfficerKashmir, Nuzhat Farooq besides many other officials from Sports Council alongwith other government departments were also present on the occasion.
Divulging the details of the League, Bashir Ahmad Bhat Joint Secretary, SportsCouncil said that 12 top teams across the valley participated in the league whichfeatured more than 300 players and officials as well.
He added that the leaguewas played in two venues, with Gani Memorial Stadium downtown hosting 12matches while 6 matches were played on Synthetic Turf TRC under floodlights. Hesaid, more such football leagues shall be organized in the future.
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