32 teams to participate in Abhijit Kadam football tourney

Pune: Thirty-two teams from various schools in the city will participate in the third edition of Abhijit Kadam Youth Invitational Interschool Football Tournament for boys under 17 which will get underway at the Bharati Vidyapeeth Educational complex ground at Dhankawadi from December 3 to December 10, 2008, Vishwajeet Kadam, vice president of Western India Football Association and president of the Poona District Football Association, said.

The tournament is being organised by the Abhijit Kadam Memorial Foundation under the aegis of the Poona District Football Association. Last year's winner Krida Probodhini, runner-up Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Military School, Symbiosis School, Gurukul, J N Petit, Loyola, Sardar Dastur Coed School, Abhinav School – are amongst some of the top teams will be see in action, Vishwajit Kadam, who is also the managing trustee of AKMF, stated.

“This being the third year of the tournament and with all the leading schools in and around the city participating, we expect closely fought matches under ideal turf ground conditions provided for the tournament”, Kadam said.

The matches will be played on a 100 by 70 meter ground marking of the international sized green top football stadium—the only such ground available in the entire Pune region. The winner will be awarded Rs 20,000 in cash a glittering trophy and certificates while the runners will be entitled for Rs 15,000 prize.

Among the other attractive prizes offered are Branded Track suits for each member of the winning and runner-up team. Besides the best player and best goalkeeper of the tournament will also be offered the Branded track suits, Kadam said adding that all the participating teams will be awarded certificates.

The tournament will be inaugurated on December 3 at 10 am by Chandrakant Mokate, deputy mayor of Pune Municipal Corporation and Vijaymala Kadam will preside over the function. Matches will be held between 10 am and 5 pm every day.

Krida Probodhini was the last year's winner and Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Military School was the runner-up. While last year Rana Chaudhari of Delhi Public School was adjudged the Best Player of Tournament, the Best Goalkeeper trophy went to Yogiraj Sankpal of the SSPMS School.

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