Shillong, June 15: A 3 day Five A-Side Day & Night Baghmara Futsal Challenge Cup, 2016 gets underway on Tuesday evening at the District Sports Playground, Baghmara. The Tournament is being organised by the Baghmara District Sports Association in collaboration with the District Sports office, Baghmara, District Administration and Superintendent of Police, Baghmara. The ICFAI, University Tura, Meghalaya sponsored the Tournament. Altogether 23 teams are participating in the tournament.
Deputy Commissioner, South Garo Hills District, Smti S. N. Marak while expressing happiness towards the participating teams for their zeal and enthusiasm said that the motive behind organising the tournament is to improve the skills of footballers as youths have lots of potential for such games.
She also welcomed the teams from West Garo Hills District, North Garo Hills, and East Garo Hills District for taking interest in participating and joining the Futsal Tournament. “Game is not always about winning, it is about participation, we should enjoy the game and let the best team wins”, she added. She also informed the gathering that tournaments like Badminton Tournament, Basketball Tournament etc will also be organized in the coming months.
In the opening day, matches were played amongst Baghmara Police vs Jaksongram Blue Hills, Dopagram vs Nikjagring, Shining Club vs D.C. Matgrik and Rangdokram Club vs Upper Rongdotchi.
