By Ashwini Darjee
BARGARH: The 4th Dhrubaraj Dang Memorial Football Competition being held at the Bargarh Lengu Mishra Mini Stadium has started today with the final match. In this tournament organised by Bargarh United Sports Club, the final match was held today between Tora Football Club and AJC Mundapda Club. AJC Mundapda Club. The team has earned the title of champion for this year and in the fourth Dhrubaraj Dang Memorial Football Tournament.
In the final match, both the teams mesmerized the audience with their brilliant performance. In this hard-fought final match, the Mundapada team ultimately became the champion by winning 2-1 goals. While Kshiroda Minz and Bhakt Chandan gave one goal each for the AJC Mundapada team, Bulu gave only one goal for the Tora team. Today’s final match was inaugurated by District Athletic Association General Secretary Kishore Kumar Mishra and Football Association of Odisha Vice President Rabi Panda.
Today after the match, in the prize distribution ceremony organized under the coordination of Mr. Sachidanand Panda. Bargarh MLA Debesh Acharya was the Chief Guest, Vice President, District Athletic Association Jugal Prasad Singh, General Secretary Kishore Kumar Mishra, Football Secretary Sk Sabdar, Sports Secretary Hardip Singh. , Council member Dilip Sawadia, Uddhaba Dang, Pintu Dang, former football players and organising Secretary Atish Panda, former football players Gyan Ranjan Pujari were present as guests and presented the prizes to the winners, runners-up teams and players.
The guests presented trophies with cash to today’s winning Mundapada team and runner-up Tora. Today’s Man of the Match was awarded to Bhakt Chandan of Mundapada team. Among others, Pratap Dash, Bablu Dash, Bikash Biswal, Mohan King Ankit Mohanty, Prashant Jena made major contributions.