POONCH: Hockey Poonch organised a friendly match to mark the celebrations of National Sports Day at Sports Stadium, here on Monday.
In this under-17 age group competition, Stadium XI defeated District XI 4-2 via tie-breaker. Earlier, in the stipulated time the match ended in a 1-1 draw. Shobit took the first lead for Stadium XI in the 25th minute. The lead was equalised by Akash in the 40th minute. However, in penalty shootouts, Stadium XI emerged winner.
Principal Boys Higher Secondary School, Ram Saroop Sharma was Chief Guest while Madan Lal Sharma was Guest of Honour. Others present were Nirdosh Kumar, Mustaq Ahmed and Ram Prakash.
Matches were officiated by Mukesh Kumar, Pawan Kumar, Harmik Singh and Rishev.