In a proud moment for all involved with the Jamshedpur Golden Baby League, an all girls team played for the first time in the U13 category of the tournament, losing 3-2 but opening doors for many other girls in the process.
Thunder FC was the girls team participating for the first time in U13s, and they took a 2-0 lead in the match against the boys of Super Stars, but could not hold on to their lead in the end.
The second edition of the Jamshedpur Golden Baby League 2023, hosted by Jamshedpur FC in conjunction with Jharkhand Football Association (JFA) and Jharkhand Sporting Association (JSA) has been divided into U5, U7, U9, U11 and U13 categories for the benefit of kids across the city.
The 10-month long tournament will be held every Sunday morning at the Archery ground at JRD Tata Sports Complex to nurture development and add to the existing grassroots schools program run by the club during the week after school hours.
A total of 272 students turned up for the Baby League on Sunday, with the numbers increasing dramatically as interest in the league grows with each passing week.
The highest number of students was witnessed in the U13s this week, as 65 students participated, while 61 appeared in the U11s, 62 in the U9s, 46 in the U7s and 38 students in the U5 category.
The U5s, U9s and U7s played four matches each while U11s and U13s played three matches each.
The highlight, however, was the high participation of girls this week, with the PJP Rebel Girls team also participating in the U9 category.
The following are the results from this week’s Baby League action:
U5 category: Little Rockers HTS 4-0 Barbie Girls FC
U5 category: Blue Ranger 5-5 Jamshedpur Colts
U5 category: HTS Stars 6-0 Rocky Star
U5 category: Black Panther 3-0 Royal FC
U7 category: Golden Boys 3-0 PJP U7s
U7 category: LPS Panthers 0-6 Seven Stars
U7 category: Red Head Busters 6-1 LPS Tigress
U7 category: Queen FC 0-5 White Ninjas
U9 category: Messi FC 7-0 PJP Rebel Girls
U9 category: Mountain Lions 0-3 Loyola Soccer Army
U9 category: Biswajit Manimela Tigers 2-2 Return Back 49
U9 category: German Eleven 6-2 PJP Little Star
U11 category: Sniper FC 1-2 Ronak FC
U11 category: JK Sangh 4-3 LPS Cyclone FC
U11 category: JMS United 4-2 CR7 Boys
U13 category: Asra 11 2-1 LPS Tufaan FC
U13 category: Undefeatable FC 5-0 LPS Tsunami FC
U13 category: Super Stars 3-2 Thunder FC
