It was double delight for Jamal Mohamed College and Khajamian Higher Secondary School in the Unified Tiruchi District Hockey (UTDH) league for 2017-18.
Jamal Mohamed College won the men’s and women’s titles, while Khajamian Higher Secondary School emerged the winner in the schools league for boys and kiddies’ league (under-14 boys).
A total of 25 teams participated in the men’s event. The teams were split into four pools and the topper of each pool qualified for the super league. Jamal Mohamed College, Central Zone Police, and Sports Hostel were tied for the top spot, with a win and two draws each, at the end of the super league.
However, Jamal Mohamed College with a superior goal difference was adjudged winner. Central Zone Police finished runner-up.
In the women’s category, Jamal Mohamed College and Kongunadu College of Engineering and Technology finished with four wins and a draw each at the end of the six-team league. But the former with a better goal difference was declared winner.
Meanwhile, R.C. Higher Secondary School finished runner-up in both the schools league and kiddies’ league.
At the valedictory function here recently, A. Mohamed Yunus, chairman, M.I.E.T. Institutions, and M. Renukalakshmi, general secretary, Hockey Unit of Tamil Nadu, gave away the prizes in the presence of K. Pari, patron, UTDH.
