Indian Railways is the champion of the 90th MCC Murugapa Gold Cup Hockey Tournament
Beats defending champions IOC team 2-1
Chennai, 11 September July 2016: Ten days of on-ground action at the Mayor Radhakrishnan Stadium in Chennai, culminated in seventy minutes of non-stop attack and defense in the Final match between defending champions Indian Oil Corporation and Indian Railways. After many near-misses and hard-fought attempts at the goal, the Indian Railways team were crowned Champions of the 90th MCC Murugappa Gold Cup Hockey Tournament. They scored 2 goals against defending champions Indian Oil Corporation’s 1 goal.
The match seemed to be a fight among equals right up to the half-time with one goal to each side, after which the competition got hotter by the minute. At the 60th minute, with just ten more minutes to go, Kush JP of the Indian Railways team scored the second goal. The next ten minutes were spent with the IOC team trying to break into the strong defense put up around the Railways goalpost.
As the winning team, Indian Railways takes home the prize money of INR 5.00 lakhs, and the runner-up team Indian Oil Corporation receives INR 2.50 lakhs.
In addition to the above team prizes, the following individual awards were also given away to the top performing players. Each of these players were given a high-end bicycle from TI Cycles and cash prize of INR 10,000.
| Special prize |
Awarded to |
Team |
| Best Forward |
AffanYousuf |
Indian Railways |
| Best Midfielder |
Amit Rohidas |
Indian Railways |
| Best Goal keeper/ Defender |
Jugraj |
Indian Railways |
| Most Promising Player of the tournament |
Joshua |
Hockey Unit of Tamil Nadu |
| Man of the Match of the Finals |
Malak Singh |
Indian Rilways |
Mr. Manish N Gour had officiated as the Tournament Director and was assisted by a team of outstation and local officials.
The Final match was a well-attended affair, with Mr. A Vellayan, Executive Chairman of the Murugappa Group giving away the awards to the players and the officials. The Madras Cricket Cub was represented by the Vice President MrDhananjaya Das, Hony Secretary Mr R Ramesh, Hony Treasurer Mr B Vijay
Kumar, Organising Secretary Mr CN Shanmugham and others. Past Olympians, sports enthusiasts and hockey aficionados cheered the teams from the stands.
About MCC and the Tournament
The Madras Cricket Club is one of the premier sports institutions in the country, which organizes major national level tournaments in the disciplines of Tennis, Squash, Cricket, Badminton, Billiards and Hockey.
Originally started as the Madras Challenge Cup in 1901 and later named the A.M.M Arunachalam Challenge Cup after the first Indian President of Madras Cricket Club, this is the 89th edition of the tournament which along with Murugappa group in the mid 90’s was named MCC – Murugappa Gold
Cup. From the early days, this tournament has been the premier hockey event in South India and one of the major competitions in the country attracting the top teams and talent.This tournament has been keenly observed by coaches and administrators for picking talent to represent the country.
About Murugappa Group
Founded in 1900, the INR 295 Billion Murugappa Group is one of India’s leading business conglomerates.
The Group has 28 businesses including nine listed Companies traded in NSE & BSE. Headquartered in Chennai, the major Companies of the Group include Carborundum Universal Ltd., Cholamandalam Investment and Finance Company Ltd., Cholamandalam MS General Insurance Company Ltd., Coromandel International Ltd., Coromandel Engineering Company Ltd., E.I.D. Parry (India) Ltd., Parry Agro Industries Ltd.,Shanthi Gears Ltd., Tube Investments of India Ltd., and Wendt (India) Ltd.
Market leaders in served segments including Abrasives, Auto Components, Cycles, Sugar, Farm Inputs,
Fertilizers, Plantations, Bio-products and Nutraceuticals, the Group has forged strong alliances with leading international companies like GroupeChimiqueTunisien, Foskor, Mitsui Sumitomo, Morgan Crucible and SociedadQuímica y Minera de Chile (SQM). The Group has a wide geographical presence spanning 13 states in India and 6 continents.
Renowned brands like BSA, Hercules, Ballmaster, Ajax, Parry’s, Chola, Gromor and Paramfos are from the Murugappa stable. The organization fosters an environment of professionalism and has a workforce of over 32,000 employees.
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