Jalandhar, Oct. 15: Air India, Mumbai clinched the title of 28th Indian Oil Servo Surjit Hockey Tournament by beating Holders Indian Oil Mumbai  by 4-2 at Olympian Surjit Hockey Stadium here today. Air India Mumbai won this title for the first time. The winners bagged 2.50 Lakh, Trophy and One quintal Almonds where as Runners up bagged 1.50 Lakhs and Trophy. Affan Yousuf of Indian Oil Mumbai declared the best player of the tournament and awarded Gold Medal.. Cheif Guest Tikshan Sud Cabinet Minister Punjab gave away the prizes. Surjit Hockey Society facilitate Pargat Singh with Life time achievement award with One lakh rupees. Pargat Singh donated this money for the upliftment of Junior Hockey in the State.

In the Final Match of the Tournament both teams played controlled hockey. In the 8th minute of the play Deepak Thakur of Indian Oil missed the chance to score. IN 10th minute of the play Air India’s Sammed Dad not able to convert a golden chance. In the 18th minute of the play Dharamvir singh of Indian Oil put their team ahead with field goal from left flank (1-0). At half time Indian Oil was leading by 1-0. After the lemon break Air India Put pressure on Indian Oil and scored the equalizer in the 45th minute of the play, when Joga Singh netted the ball from the top of the circle (1-1).  In the 49th minute of the play Air India took the lead when Rahul Shilpkar converted the penalty corner (2-1).  In the 52nd minute of the play Indian Oil’s Affan Yousuf converted the penalty corner to equalize (2-2). Three minutes later Air India earned the penalty corner. This time Rahul Shilpkar converted the second penalty corner (3-2).In the 67th minute of the play Rahul Shilpkar converted the third penalty corner for Air India (4-2).

Jalandhar,  Oct. 14: Holders Indian Oil will clash swords with Air India in the finals of the 28th Indian Oil Servo Surjit Hockey Tournament ay Olympian Surjit Hockey Stadium on Saturday at 7-00 PM at Olympian Surjit Hockey Stadium here.  Today in the semi finals Experienced Star Studded Air India Mumbai beat Namdhari XI by 2-0 where as Indian Oil edged out Bharat Petroleum by 6-3. Last year also both teams clashed in the finals.

In the first semi finals of the tournament Air India Mumbai not gave any chance to Namdhari’s. In the 5th minute of the play Air India took the lead when lalit Upadhyay scored the field from the pass of Joga Singh (1-0). After that Namdhari XI wasted penalty corner in the 9th minute of the play. In the 30th minute of the play Lalit Upadhyay struck once again, when Ajmer Singh gave a lovely cross from right flank (2-0). At half time Air India was leading by 2-0. After the lemon break Air India again put pressure on Namdhari’s but their defenders not allow them to took lead. In the 55th minute of the play Namdhari’s Sukhchain Singh wasted a golden chance to reduce the margin.

The Chief Guest Parminder Singh Dhindsa Cabinet Minister Punjab gave away Rs 2 lakhs to the organizing committee.

In the second semi final Holders Indian Oil and Bharat Petroleum displayed good and fast hockey. In the 3rd minute of the play Bharat Petroleum Mumbai took lead with penalty corner conversion by Gurpreet Singh (1-0). In the 15th minute of the play Indian Oil’s Affan Yousuf scored the equalizer (1-1). In the 17th minute of the play Bharat Petroleum once again took the lead when Jarnail Singh scored the field goal (2-1). In the 23rd minute of the play Didar Singh of Indian Oil converted the penalty corner ( 2-2). In the 26th minute of the play Indian Oil’s Captain Deepak Thakur sounded the board (3-2). In 29th minute Didar Singh converted the penalty stroke to consolidate (4-2). In the 33rd minute of the play Affan Yousuf scored the fifth goal for Indian Oil (5-2). At half time Indian Oil was leading by 5-2. In the second half’s 42nd minute Gurpreet Singh of Bharat Petroleum converted the penalty stroke to reduce the margin (3-5). In the 56th minute of the play Deepak Thakur scored the field goal (6-3).

Jalandhar, Oct. 13: Spirited Namdhari XI entered the Semi Finals of the 28th Indian Oil Servo Surjit Hockey Tournament after beating Oil and Natural Gas Commission Dehradun by 4-1 at Olympian Surjit Hockey Stadium here today. Where as Air India Mumbai beat Punjab & Sind Bank by  2-1to reserve their berth in the semi finals. In First semi finals Namdhari XI will take on Air India, where as Holders Indian Oil will take on Bharat Petroleum in second semi finals.

In Pool B's Last league match Namdhari XI boys combined well from the word go. Namdhari XI took lead in the 35th minute of the play when Manjinder Singh netted the ball from penalty corner (1-0). In the second half Namdhari’s conrolled the game. In the 52nd minute of the play Sukhchain singh scored the field goal to consolidate (2-0). In the 62nd minute of the play Gurpreet Singh scored the field goal from the lovely pass of Jasjeet Kular (3-0). In the 66th minute of the play Lakhwinder Singh scored the goal after dodging goal keeper (4-0). In the 69th minute of the play ONGC able to reduce the margin, when Diwakar Ram converted the penalty corner (1-4).

The second match of day played in the Pool D between Air India Mumbai and Punjab & Sind Bank. Air India took lead in the 14th minute of the play when Rahul Shilpkar converted the penalty corner (1-0). In the 33rd minute of the play Vikramjit Singh equalized with the penalty corner conversion (1-1). In the 36th minute of the second half Air India once again took the lead with penalty corner conversion by skipper Sameer Dad (2-1). PTC Channel will telecast live both the semi finals from 5:15 PM.

Semi Finals
Namdhari XI V/s Air India - 5:15 PM
IndianOil V/s Bharat Petroleum - 7:00 PM

Famous Punjabi and Hindi Singer and Actor Mr. Jasbir Jassi honoured