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Subroto Cup Under-17: Kings School from Mugali, Sao Jose De Areal fly to New Delhi





Margao: The Junior girls Under 17 team of Kings School from Mugali, Sao Jose De Areal, South Goa left for New Delhi on Saturday to take part in the Subroto Mukerjee tournament which is taking place from Aug 5 to 14 in New Delhi.

The tournament is conducted in three age categories viz. Sub Junior Boys (U-15), Junior Girls (U-17) and Junior Boys (U-17).

Goa will be represented by Perpetual Succour Convent High School Navelim in the Under -15 tournament in Bengaluru, which will take place from August 19 to 28.

The Junior Boys (U-17) is set for September 2 to 11 in New Delhi. The champions Under-17 school from Goa is yet to be decided as the tournament is ongoing, officials of Directorate of Sports and Youth Affairs informed.

The ‘Subroto Mukherjee Sports Education Society’ conducts the prestigious Subroto Cup International Football Tournament every year under the aegis of Air Force Sports Control Board. This is a unique tournament wherein only the champion school teams from the States and Union Territories of India participate.

The inaugural Subroto Cup Football Tournament was played in 1960. The tournament was conceptualised in the memory of late Air Marshal Subroto Mukerjee, the first Indian Chief of Air Staff, by the then Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru. In the last 62 years, generations of school children, probably more than 20 million in all, have participated in this tournament. It is an endeavour of the Subroto Society to improve the overall standard and quality of the tournament, under the aegis of the Air Force Sports Control Board.

The Subroto Cup International Football Tournament 2024 is scheduled to be held from 05 August to 11 September 24 this year. In order to increase the outreach of the tournament, this year also the Sub Junior Boys (U-15) category will be conducted at Bengaluru.

The Sub Junior Boys (U-15) will take place from August 19 to 24 in Bengaluru, while the Junior Boys (U-17) is set for September 2 to 11 in New Delhi.

Boys born on or after 01 January 2010 are eligible to represent their school team in the Sub Junior Boys Under-15 years category.

 Photo Caption: (Left to right) Malaka Pathan - The King’s School PE Teacher & Team Manager, Melvin Pereira - Chairman, Ligia Pereira - Director, Wilson Varghese - Headmaster, Mr. Gaddhi – Directorate of Sports and Youth Affairs Official, Tanuja Dessai - Principal

 

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