Zonal finals at Chandigarh. 24th & 25th January, 2009.
The 2
Finalists-The
2
finalists-St.
Stephens and
St. Soldiers
with Chief
Guests-Mr.
Anwar Ali-JCT
Captain and
Indian
player, Mr.
Sanjiv
Maria-Mohun
Bagan and
current
Indian
player, Mr.
Jamshid
Nassiri-Head
Scout and
Mr. R Bakshi-Gen
Sec. CFA.
The winners
of the
Chandigarh
leg-St.
Stephen’s
School.
The Runners
Up-St
Soldier’s
School.
Highest Goal
Scorer-Aeshdeep
Singh, St
Soldiers
High School.
The zonal
finals of
Tata Tea
Jaago Re
Soccer Stars
was held in
Chandigarh
on January
24 and 25 at
Chandigarh
Football
Stadium.
More than 35
teams
participated
in the two
day
tournament
fighting to
win the
zonal
finals.
St.
Stephen's
School
emerged as
winners
defeating
St.
Soldier's
School by 2
goals. This
will take
them to the
national
finals to be
held in
Kolkata mid
this year.
Some of the players who came
to lime light during these
two days were,
Tao Shinga
from S D
High School
was
recognized
as
Chandigarh’s
most
valuable
player.
Dhaneshwar
of St.
Stephen' s
School was
declared the
best
goalkeeper.
Aeshdeep
Singh of St.
Soldier’s
School came
out as the
highest goal
scorer
during the
zonal
matches.
Best Goalkeeper-Dhaneshwar,
St Stephens school.
Golmei
Mariamdum,
Samandram
Luwang and
Umakanta
Kiyam from
St.
Stephen's
School, and
Amardeep
Singh Gill
of DAV
Sector 8
were
selected for
coaching by
Arsenal
coaches at
Kolkata from
Chandigarh.
Jamshid
Nassiri,
Head Scout,
observed the
tournament
for the most
promising
kid showing
exceptional
talent in
the game.
Most Valuable
Player-Tao Shinga,
S.D. High School.