Shekhar’s Hat-trick helps Apeejay Public School, Noida advance

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Airtel Rising Stars 2013 – Delhi Leg

Shekhar’s Hat-trick helps Apeejay Public School, Noida advance to next Round of Airtel Rising Stars 2013

New Delhi, 27^th August: A display of skillful playing and three well-scored goals by Apeejay Public School’s Shekhar’s powered Apeejay Public School to record a 5 – 0 win over Ryan International School, Noida, in a knock-out match in the Delhi Leg of the 2^nd edition of Airtel Rising Stars, played at Commonwealth Games Village in New Delhi today.

Shekhar displayed spectacular dribbling skills throughout the match and kept the defenders busy at all corners of the ground. He opened the school’s account in the 5^th minute and scored another in the 12^th minute. Teammate Uavand contributed by scoring one goal in the 24^th minute. Proving that he is a player to watch out for, the youngster scored his third and the team’s fourth goal and completed a brilliant hat-trick. Prateek scored the fifth goal to seal a persuasive victory over the boys from Ryan.

In another match played at Ambedkar Stadium, Arjun’s brace helped Delhi Public School, Vasant Kunj drub Modern School, Vasant Vihar 5-0. Arjun scored the first goal in the 19^th minute, followed by Adeeb and Sanata’s goal in 26^th and 28^th minute respectively. Arjun scored his second goal in the 30^th minute and confirmed the win for his team followed by Vatsal’s game ending goal.

In a third match, Ryan International School, Ghaziabad defeated D.A.V. Public School, Noida 4-3 after a 1-1 draw at the Commonwealth Games Village. Both teams were tied 1-1 at full time. Ryan team member Dhruv scored the first goal in the first minute of the match but D.A.V. Public School’s Karan equalised the score in the 5^th minute. Both teams went on to defend well until full time. In the penalty-shootout, Abhishek, Aditya, Badal and Dhruv converted their attempts into goals for Ryan International School. Vishal, Varun and Nitish scored goals for D.A.V. Public School.

RESULTS – Ambedkar Stadium

Delhi Public School, Vasant Kunj (Arjun 19^th, 30^th, Adeeb 26^th, Sanata, 28^th, Vatsal 47^th) bt Modern School, Vasant Vihar 5-0

Chinmaya Vidyalaya, Vasant Vihar (Mayank, Prateek, Pushkar, Sarthak, Anurag) bt Mamta Modern School (Shaurya, Aditya Nath, Rajat, Mukul) 5-4 (0-0)

RESULTS – Commonwealth Games Village

Apeejay Public School, Noida (Shekhar 5^th, 12^th, 26^th, Uavand 24^th, Prateek 31^st) bt Ryan International School, Noida 5-0

Ryan International School, Ghaziabad (Dhruv 1^st; Abhishek, Aditya, Dhruv & Badal) bt D.A.V. Public School, Noida (Karan 5^th; Vishal, Varun & Nitish) 4-3 (1-1)

Father Agnel School, Noida (Cuinkoi 5^th; Brijesh, Kevin & Meingouleng) bt Sahodaya School, Safdarjung (Suresh 24^th; Milian Singh & Rahul) 4-3 (1-1)

Father Agnel School, Noida (Brijesh 12^th, Meinlouw 35^th) bt Cambridge School, Noida (Rituraj 28^th) 2-1

Army Public School, Noida (Satyam 19^th, Anand 22^nd) bt Cambridge School, Indirapuram 2-0

DAV School, Noida (Abhishek 5^th) bt Public School, Mayur Vihar 1-0