Haryana women race into quarterfinals

SONEPAT, October 2, 2012: Navneet Kaur scored nine goals as host Haryana raced to 23-0 win against Goa in its concluding Pool E league game and became the first team to enter the quarterfinals of 2nd Hockey India Junior Women National Championship at Motilal Nehru School of Sports, Rai, today.

Navneet Kaur who scored six goals against Maharashtra in Haryana’s first match played an important role in team’s victory. Other goal scorers for Haryana included Navjot Kaur (4), (Malkit Kaur ( 2), Jyoti Gupta (2), Jaswinder Kaur (2), Reena Rani (1), Manjit Kaur (1), Sandeep Kaur (1) and Bharti (1).

Defending champion Madhya Pradesh Hockey Academy pulled off a fine 12-1 victory over Mizoram in its opening Pool A league match. Ramngaihzuali Ralte and Reena Katariya topped the score list with three goals apiece followed by Priyanka Wankhede (2), Reena Rathore (1), Reena Khokhar (1) and Shivani Singh (1) for MPHA. Julie M.S Tluangi ensured that Mizoram would not remain goal-less.

Punjab registered its second win in Pool G when it beat Bengal 18-0 with Gurjit Kaur topping the score list with six goals, followed by Anu Bala (5), Kulwinder Kaur (2), Navjot Kaur (2), Ranjana (2) and Navjeet Kaur (1). In another match of the same pool SAI Bhopal outclassed Uttarakhand 11-0.

In Pool C Chandigarh also registered their second win as its beat Kerala 9-0.

The results:

Pool A: Madhya Pradesh Hockey Academy 12 (Ramngaihzuali Ralte 14, 29, 39; Reena Rathore 19; Reena Katariya 24, 26, 32; Lalruatfeli Hnialum 35; Priyanka Wankhede 38, 47; Reena Khokhar 59; Shivani Singh 69) beat Mizoram 1 (Julie M.S Tluangi 57).

Pool C: Chandigarh 9 (Manjeet Rawal 1, 6, 63; Hardeep Kaur 3, 13; Karishma Singh 37;  Saroj 46, 69; Navpreet Kaur 51) beat Kerala 0.

Pool E: Haryana 23 (Malkit Kaur 5, 36; Navjot Kaur 9, 31, 47, 69; Navneet Kaur 12, 32, 42 46, 56, 57, 60, 64,67; Jyoti Gupta 17, 68; Jaswinder Kaur 22, 59; Reena Rani 35; Manjit Kaur 40; Sandeep Kaur 52; Bharti 68.

Pool G: Punjab 18 ( Gurjit Kaur 2, 25, 25(Ps), 55, 68, 69; Kulwinder Kaur 3, 27; Anu Bala 8, 9, 43, 58, 66; Navjot Kaur 15, 30; Ranjana 28, 33; Navjeet Kaur 52 ) beat Bengal 0. SAI Bhopal 11( Hemlata Yadav 17, 44, 47, 48, 59; Varsha Rawat 24, 26; Mamta Bhatt 35; Meena Badola 40; Anita Maletha 50; Anjali Katariya 69) beat Uttarakhand.

Press release