
PUNE, Sept 22: Goodwill Sports Club beat Kids XI 1-0 with a goal by Gunashekar Thambi to enter the final of the Sacchianand Gandham Memorial hockey tournament being played at the PCMC Poligras Stadium, here today.
The inside-right controlled left-half Jayendra Subaramaniam8217;s forward pass, got round the goalkeeper before gingerly slotting into an open goal.The winners now meet either Priyadarshini B8217; or St Joseph8217;s Pride A.
Pune City triumph
Pune City claimed the Pune University Zonal hockey championship title by rounding off their round-robin campaign with a 2-1 win over Pune District at the Rural Police Ground, Pashan, today. Centre-forward Jayesh Rajput and inside-right Sachin Pawar scored for the winners while Amit Sapkal found the boards for District who finished runners-up.
Ahmednagar and Pune District drew 3-3 earlier in the day while Pune City ran up a huge 7-1 win over Nashik. P Atul with two goals and Bhupinder Singh scored for Ahmednagar while Vijay Chavan with two and Amit Sapkal netted for District.
Jayesh Rajput struck three goals, Clement D8217;Souza two and Rahul Sonawne and Abbas Tinwalla one each for City. Ahmednagar beat Nashik 3-1 with goals by Ramesh Patare 2 and Bhupinder Singh. J Sonawne reduced the margin.