The Railway Sports Promotion Board (RSPB) has won the V Senior Men’s National Hockey championship 2015 by defeating Uttar Pradesh Hockey by 5-3. The goal scorers for Railways are Amit Rohidas (3), Talwinder Singh (1), and Affan Yusuf (1). From Uttar Pradesh team, the goal scorers are Sunil Yadav (2) and Amir Khan (1). The Player-of-the-match was Amit Rohidas.
In the 3rd Position match, Air India Sports Promotion Board outplayed Hockey Gangpur-Odisha by 5-3.
Individual Awardees of 5th Senior National Hockey Championship 2015
- Best Goalkeeper: Arpit Choudhary (Jharkhand)
- Best Defender: Amit Rohidas (Railways)
- Best Mid-fielder: Jasjit Singh (Railways)
- Best Forward: Lalit Upadhyay (Uttar Pradesh)
- Promising player of the Championship: Vikramjit Singh (Punjab)
- Promising player from Maharashtra: Akash Chikte (Goalkeeper)
Tidbits
- Hockey India is the governing body of field hockey in India.
- Hockey India was formed after Indian Hockey Federation was dismissed in 2008 by Indian Olympic Association.
- Dr. Narinder Dhruv Batra is the current President of Hockey India.
- Sarbananda Sonowal is the present Union Minister of State-Independent Charge for Sports & Youth Affairs.
- Dhyan Chand was an Indian field hockey player, who is widely considered as the greatest field hockey player of all time.
- He is known as “The Wizard” and he scored more than 400 goals during his international career.
- 29 August, Chand’s birthday, is celebrated as National Sports Day in India.
