7 A side summer football tornament started

Sat, 29 June 2013. The second 7-A-Side Summer Football Tournament started at  Green Valley Educational Institute(GVEI) , Buchpora Srinagar.The tournament was inaugurated by the Chairman of  GVEI Mohammad Yousuf Wani. This is for the first time that the tournament on 7-a-side U-17 age group is being conducted. The tournament is organized by Football Players Welfare Association in collaboration with the GVEI and under the aegis of Football Players Association of India (FPWAI) in which 24 teams across the valley will be participating in the tournament. President of FPWAI and ace soccer player Mehraj ud din Wadoo said that there was a need to promote the football at grassroot level and more importantly develop the football culture in the schools.“Green Valley Institute is the ideal place from where we have taken initiative to organize these kids of tournaments/seminars and the authorities have given us all support and cooperation. We are highly thankful to the Chairman and the other supporting staff of Green Valley for helping us in the cause,” he said.On the first day six matches were played.In the first match Green Valley-Blues thrashed Minto Circle by 6-3 goals.  Vamiq Shafi of Green Valley scored the first hattrick of the tournament and was judged the man of the match.In the second match Allochibagh defeated Green Valley Reds by 1-0. Imran Dar of Allochibagh was the only goal scorer of the match.In the third match Ethihad Football Academy defeated JK Football Academy by 2-1 in tie breaker.The fourth match was won by Burnhall School against Al-Saher Chattergam FC by 3-1goals.The fifth match was won by Alfateh FC by 2-1 against Challenger Football Academy, Natipora and in the last encounter of the day Star Chanapora thrashed Peace Football Academy Rainawari by 7-1. Asif Malik was declared man of the match for his brilliant display.