Shyama Prasad Intermediate College from Jamshedpur city have qualified for the finals of the Reliance Foundation Youth Sports Initiative. The school showed exceptional resilience and determination to qualify for the final stages of the competition. The kids are from a village in Jamshedpur and have come up the ranks through a lot of hardship.
They cleared the City championship which they won the finals by defeating Jusco School located in Kadma by 5-1. They proceeded to the National qualifiers of the East Zonal Bhubaneswar at two venues, KISS (Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences) and KIIT (Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology) where they had 2 wins and 1 draw respectively - against Kalinga Institute of Social Science School, they won 2-0, against Gustia Kshetranath High School, they won 2-1, and against Imphal Wangoi HR Secondary School, they drew 1-1.
They have qualified for the final stages where more than 7 teams will be coming from different cities such as Bangalore, Goa, Chandigarh, Delhi, Shillong, Kozhikode and Ahmedabad.
Team list:
1. Jhujhar Hansda
2. Chuutai Tudu
3. Doctor Tudu
4. Raghunath Hembrom
5. Suraj Hembrom
6. Jagmohan Hembrom
7. Sukhlal Hembrom
8. Gunay Hembrom
9. Sangram Soren
10. Kariya Hansda
11. Mangal Munduia
12. Mohan Soren
13. Sameer Barda
14. Sona Ram Besra
15. Nitish Alda
16. Laxman Sorne
Mukul Choudhari, CEO - Jamshedpur FC, expressed his views on the spectacular achievement, "Most of them are going to Mumbai for the first time and all of them are boarding a flight for the first time. I am thankful to the Reliance Foundation for giving them such a good platform and it's a good initiative because all of these kids are from villages of Jamshedpur. It's a great success and we are proud as Jamshedpur FC and as Jamshedpur FC, the team will stand behind them and cheer for them."
Jamshedpur FC Reserve Team Head Coach, Kundan Chandra said, "I would like to congratulate the team at Shyama Prasad Intermediate College. This team has been improving every year and we all know they have potential. So, I wish them best of luck for the upcoming tournament."
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