Ampati, July 29: The South West Garo Hills Deputy Commissioner Cyril V D Diengdoh today in the presence of Additional Deputy Commissioner P K Boro and District Sports Officer J P Marak kicked off the 9th Monsoon Football Tournament at Ampati Mini Stadium near here. Thirty teams from in and around the district are participating in the tournament which is being organized by the District Administration in collaboration with the District Sports Office and the Ampati Youth Welfare Club.
With an aim to promote football in the region the tournament is organized every year during the run up to the Independence Day celebration and culminates on 15 August.
Addressing the gathering during the kick off ceremony the Deputy Commissioner stated that such tournaments were ideal platforms for athletes to hone their skills. He informed that these tournaments were small steps undertaken by the district administration to promote football in the region and promised the gathering to hold such events more often in the future.
Meghalaya is a football crazed state and as such there are several talented players from the region playing for the national team he said and urged the participants to give their best with the one exception that the outcome of the tourney was a positive one in all aspects,
The first match of the tourney was played between Bugara FC and Kumaligaon FC in which the former scoed 3-0 to beat the latter.
