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Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Modern School to represent Sikkim at Coca Cola Sub-Junior National Football Tournament

GANGTOK, 06 May: Modern Secondary School will be representing Sikkim in the Coca Cola Sub-Junior National Football Tournament 2013 to be held from 14 to 23 May at Kalyani, West Bengal.
Playing the final match of the interschool U-15 boys football tournament here at Paljor Stadium today, Modern School thrashed Tashiding Senior Secondary School 7-1 and with this victory, qualified to represent the State in the next level.
Modern Secondary School was the winner of Gangtok leg while Tashiding SSS topped the Pelling leg of the tournament. The tournament recorded the participation of 28 schools in the Gangtok leg and 30 schools in the Pelling leg.
For Modern SS, Roman Subba scored four goals in the 25th, 36th, 52nd and 68th minutes, while a brace was scored by Navin Gurung in the 16th and 60th minute and one goal netted by Rinzing Ongdup Lepcha in the 19th minute. The face saver for Tashiding SSS was scored by its substitute player, Keshav Pradhan in the 62nd minute.
In the Coca Cola Sub-Junior National Football Tournament, Sikkim has been slotted in Group-D with Uttrakhand, Gujarat and Arunachal Pradesh. Sikkim will play its first match against Arunachal Pradesh on 14 May followed by Gujarat on 16 May and finally Uttrakhand on 18 May.
The semi-final match is scheduled for 21 May followed by the finals on 23 May.
The Modern School boys are scheduled to leave for the tournament on 11 May.
The Tashiding SSS team was accompanied by the school PET, Kiran Khaling and Namgyal Bhutia. Mr Bhutia expressed that despite the loss in the final match, all players were extremely happy for having played at Paljor Stadium for the first time. He expressed his gratitude towards Sikkim Football Association and Coca Cola for providing an opportunity to players from rural West Sikkim to play in such a big tournament. He mentioned that the tournament has boosted the morale of the players.

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