DSC-A Clinches the Dree Football Tournament 2008 trophy

Though there was only three votes in the Arunachal Diary Poll, but they predicted pretty correctly. DSC-A has clinched the Dree Football Tournament 2008 title by beating AHSA by 1 goal to nil 4-3 in a tie breaker.

The celebration is on full swing with traffic at Hapoli Township being jammed by the supporters and team members, who has taken out procession in their vehicles. Oh! How I wished I had my camera handy with me to capture the moment.

Well, time to join the celebration now.

DSC-A Clinches the Dree Football Tournament 2008 trophy

Though there was only three votes in the Arunachal Diary Poll, but they predicted pretty correctly. DSC-A has clinched the Dree Football Tournament 2008 title by beating AHSA by 1 goal to nil 4-3 in a tie breaker.

The celebration is on full swing with traffic at Hapoli Township being jammed by the supporters and team members, who has taken out procession in their vehicles. Oh! How I wished I had my camera handy with me to capture the moment.

Well, time to join the celebration now.

Dree Football Tournament 2008

AHSA and DSC-A enters final

Despite having decided to cover the Dree Football Tournament 2008 right from the beginning and update about it in the blog, I couldn’t do so. The reason being I came to know about it rather quite late when the tournament was in the midst. Unlike preceding years, perhaps because of ‘Panchayat Polls’ and counting of votes thereafter, this years Dree Football Tournament was not publicized as it were done earlier. Or, may be the Dree Sports Secretary had publicized but I failed to notice it as I was engrossed in Euro 2008. But when I came to know about it, I could have started covering it but for the disruption in broadband connection owing to the landslide due to June 14th torrential rain which cut-off Ziro from rest of the world (more on this in some other post) and still it has not been restored.

This year the total participating teams were the same as that of the last year tournament. However, this tournament saw very interesting ups and downs with ‘Hot Favorites’ being knocked out of the tournament and the ‘underdogs’ making it to the finals.

League Match between HSC and Siiro Sports Club

In the first semi-finals on 25^th June, the ‘underdogs’ AHSA drubbed the defending champions HSC by 1-0 while in second semi-finals played on 26^th of June, DSC-A beat SLSC by 1-0 to enter the finals. The final would be played on 29^th of June.

During the second semi-finals, a tragedy struck. The overcharged crowd, in a zeal to support their teams had climbed up the CGI terrace of nearby building but the CGI terrace collapsed under the weight of 100’s of supporters injuring one seriously and score others with minor injuries.

Going by the performance of AHSA during last year tournament, never in my wilderness I thought that it would reach finals. But this tournament, it was smooth sailing for the team who didn’t even lost a single match till the finals. They even beat their opponent in the finals during the league match. So going by their performance this tournament, my bet is on AHSA.

'The underdogs'-AHSA team warming up

Update: Below is the building that caved in due to the weight of overcharged crowd (the debris had been removed when I took the snap)

Dree Football Tournament 2008

AHSA and DSC-A enters final

Despite having decided to cover the Dree Football Tournament 2008 right from the beginning and update about it in the blog, I couldn’t do so. The reason being I came to know about it rather quite late when the tournament was in the midst. Unlike preceding years, perhaps because of ‘Panchayat Polls’ and counting of votes thereafter, this years Dree Football Tournament was not publicized as it were done earlier. Or, may be the Dree Sports Secretary had publicized but I failed to notice it as I was engrossed in Euro 2008. But when I came to know about it, I could have started covering it but for the disruption in broadband connection owing to the landslide due to June 14th torrential rain which cut-off Ziro from rest of the world (more on this in some other post) and still it has not been restored.

This year the total participating teams were the same as that of the last year tournament. However, this tournament saw very interesting ups and downs with ‘Hot Favorites’ being knocked out of the tournament and the ‘underdogs’ making it to the finals.

League Match between HSC and Siiro Sports Club

In the first semi-finals on 25^th June, the ‘underdogs’ AHSA drubbed the defending champions HSC by 1-0 while in second semi-finals played on 26^th of June, DSC-A beat SLSC by 1-0 to enter the finals. The final would be played on 29^th of June.

During the second semi-finals, a tragedy struck. The overcharged crowd, in a zeal to support their teams had climbed up the CGI terrace of nearby building but the CGI terrace collapsed under the weight of 100’s of supporters injuring one seriously and score others with minor injuries.

Going by the performance of AHSA during last year tournament, never in my wilderness I thought that it would reach finals. But this tournament, it was smooth sailing for the team who didn’t even lost a single match till the finals. They even beat their opponent in the finals during the league match. So going by their performance this tournament, my bet is on AHSA.

'The underdogs'-AHSA team warming up

Update: Below is the building that caved in due to the weight of overcharged crowd (the debris had been removed when I took the snap)

Hari Sports Club Lifts Dree Football 2007 Trophy

The 2007 Dree Football Tourney began and ended with a style-the tournament was kicked off by Hari Sports Club and Diibo Sports Club and the title was fought between these two teams at the end to conclude the tournament.

The match started at around 2.05 pm. No sooner had the match entered its second minute Hari Sports Club took the lead when Tadu Opo converted the through ball to goal. The match went on with Diibo Sports Club trying to equalize the score, however, in the 18^th minute Hari Sports Club concreted their lead with a goal by Gyati Obing. The gathered crowd was greatly entertained by the teams and by the commentator who would not hesitate to just hype about the numbers of spectators, the temperature, which according to him was 40 degrees, about the timer watch which he claimed to be specially imported from Switzerland for the match and not to forget the medicos hired from Holland. It was quite fun listening to his commentary. No doubt the temperature was quite hot today, but I wondered if the temperature of Ziro ever crossed 33 degrees. The first half ended with Hari Sports Club leading with 2-0.

The second half started with both the teams trying to score and the 90^th minute elapsed without a goal. However, during the 3 minutes injury time, a hand ball by Diibo Sports Club defender in the D-box awarded a penalty kick to Hari Sports Club. Gyati Opo took the penalty shot and converted it to goal to make the final score to 3-0. With this Hari Sports Club finall took hold of Dree Football Trophy once again which was eluding the team when it lost the trophy after holding it for record 12 (or was it 13-someone correct me) times.

Poll Results-Dree Football Tournament

When I started this poll-"Which team do you feel would steal away the Dree Football 2007 Trophy?", I didn't expected that 183 votes would be polled. Since, today is the finals of the game I'm summing up the poll results. Out of 183 votes polled 75% voter feels that Hari Sports Club would be the ultimate winner, followed by Sojang Lapang Sports Club at 16%, followed by Diibo Sports Club at 7%. AHSA and 1948 Sports Club got 1% vote each.

Thank you all for participating in the poll. Do watch the space for a new poll and do keep voting.

Hari Sports Club Lifts Dree Football 2007 Trophy

The 2007 Dree Football Tourney began and ended with a style-the tournament was kicked off by Hari Sports Club and Diibo Sports Club and the title was fought between these two teams at the end to conclude the tournament.

The match started at around 2.05 pm. No sooner had the match entered its second minute Hari Sports Club took the lead when Tadu Opo converted the through ball to goal. The match went on with Diibo Sports Club trying to equalize the score, however, in the 18^th minute Hari Sports Club concreted their lead with a goal by Gyati Obing. The gathered crowd was greatly entertained by the teams and by the commentator who would not hesitate to just hype about the numbers of spectators, the temperature, which according to him was 40 degrees, about the timer watch which he claimed to be specially imported from Switzerland for the match and not to forget the medicos hired from Holland. It was quite fun listening to his commentary. No doubt the temperature was quite hot today, but I wondered if the temperature of Ziro ever crossed 33 degrees. The first half ended with Hari Sports Club leading with 2-0.

The second half started with both the teams trying to score and the 90^th minute elapsed without a goal. However, during the 3 minutes injury time, a hand ball by Diibo Sports Club defender in the D-box awarded a penalty kick to Hari Sports Club. Gyati Opo took the penalty shot and converted it to goal to make the final score to 3-0. With this Hari Sports Club finall took hold of Dree Football Trophy once again which was eluding the team when it lost the trophy after holding it for record 12 (or was it 13-someone correct me) times.

Poll Results-Dree Football Tournament

When I started this poll-"Which team do you feel would steal away the Dree Football 2007 Trophy?", I didn't expected that 183 votes would be polled. Since, today is the finals of the game I'm summing up the poll results. Out of 183 votes polled 75% voter feels that Hari Sports Club would be the ultimate winner, followed by Sojang Lapang Sports Club at 16%, followed by Diibo Sports Club at 7%. AHSA and 1948 Sports Club got 1% vote each.

Thank you all for participating in the poll. Do watch the space for a new poll and do keep voting.

Hari Sports Club and Diibo Sports Club move to the Finals

The local favorite Hari Sports Club and the very strong contender for this year’s Dree Football Trophy-Diibo Sports Club are through to the finals. And these teams would be battling out for the trophy on 30^th of this month.

Results of the Semi-Finals

Semi-Finals-I on 25^th, the Diibo Sports Club downed Siiro Sports Club by 2-0.

Semi-Finals-II on 26^th, Hari Sports Club beat Sojang Lapang Sports Club by 1-0

Hari Sports Club and Diibo Sports Club move to the Finals

The local favorite Hari Sports Club and the very strong contender for this year’s Dree Football Trophy-Diibo Sports Club are through to the finals. And these teams would be battling out for the trophy on 30^th of this month.

Results of the Semi-Finals

Semi-Finals-I on 25^th, the Diibo Sports Club downed Siiro Sports Club by 2-0.

Semi-Finals-II on 26^th, Hari Sports Club beat Sojang Lapang Sports Club by 1-0

Last league Match

The last match of the league would be played today at 1300 hrs between AHSA and Bulla Sports Association.

Update: All Hija Sports Association beat Bulla Sports Association by 5 -4.

Last league Match

The last match of the league would be played today at 1300 hrs between AHSA and Bulla Sports Association.

Update: All Hija Sports Association beat Bulla Sports Association by 5 -4.

Day 6 Matches

1. Diibo Sports Club V/s 1948 Sports Club at 1300 hrs.
2. Sojang Lapang Sports Club V/s Siiro Sports Club at 1515 hrs.

Update: Sojang Lapang Sports Club beat Siiro Sports Club by 2-0 2-1. Result of DSC V/s 1948 Sports Club awaited Diibo Sports Club beat 1948 Sports Club by 12 goals.

Day 6 Matches

1. Diibo Sports Club V/s 1948 Sports Club at 1300 hrs.
2. Sojang Lapang Sports Club V/s Siiro Sports Club at 1515 hrs.

Update: Sojang Lapang Sports Club beat Siiro Sports Club by 2-0 2-1. Result of DSC V/s 1948 Sports Club awaited Diibo Sports Club beat 1948 Sports Club by 12 goals.

Day 5 Matches

1. AHSA V/s Siiro Sports Club
2. Hari Sports Club V/s Diibo Football Association

Updates: Both the matches today were crucial. In the first match AHSA had to go all out against Siiro Sports Club in order to remain in the tournament and to make berth in the next stage i.e., Semi Finals of the tournament. The team had to atleast draw with Siiro Sports Club if not registering a win. The match started with AHSA almost dominating in the first half and almost securing a goal but for the off-side and the first half ended goal less. In the second half, Siiro Sports Club had an edge over AHSA and was able to register their first goal, which the AHSA could not equalize. The final score 1-0. With this Siiro Sports Club registered their berth for Semis and knocked out AHSA off the tournament.

The second match was do or die situation for both DFA and Hari Sports Club, as only win could have secured them berth to the Semis. However, Hari Sports Club still had advantage over DFA as even a draw could take them to Semis but a defeat could knock them out from the tournament. Both the teams attacked and counter attacked to make a lead and to have an edge over the other but couldn’t score any goal in the first half. The game was into 2 minute of the second half when Hari Sports Club scored its first goal. But Hari Sports Club couldn’t maintained it’s lead for long and DFA equalized in the 20^th minute of second half. The rest of second half elapsed with both the teams trying to score a goal but without a result. The final score was 1-1. With this Hari Sports Club entered the Semis and DFA had to leave from tournament.

Day 5 Matches

1. AHSA V/s Siiro Sports Club
2. Hari Sports Club V/s Diibo Football Association

Updates: Both the matches today were crucial. In the first match AHSA had to go all out against Siiro Sports Club in order to remain in the tournament and to make berth in the next stage i.e., Semi Finals of the tournament. The team had to atleast draw with Siiro Sports Club if not registering a win. The match started with AHSA almost dominating in the first half and almost securing a goal but for the off-side and the first half ended goal less. In the second half, Siiro Sports Club had an edge over AHSA and was able to register their first goal, which the AHSA could not equalize. The final score 1-0. With this Siiro Sports Club registered their berth for Semis and knocked out AHSA off the tournament.

The second match was do or die situation for both DFA and Hari Sports Club, as only win could have secured them berth to the Semis. However, Hari Sports Club still had advantage over DFA as even a draw could take them to Semis but a defeat could knock them out from the tournament. Both the teams attacked and counter attacked to make a lead and to have an edge over the other but couldn’t score any goal in the first half. The game was into 2 minute of the second half when Hari Sports Club scored its first goal. But Hari Sports Club couldn’t maintained it’s lead for long and DFA equalized in the 20^th minute of second half. The rest of second half elapsed with both the teams trying to score a goal but without a result. The final score was 1-1. With this Hari Sports Club entered the Semis and DFA had to leave from tournament.

Day 4 Matches

1. Diibo Football Association V/s Diibo Football Club at 1300 hrs.
2. Sojang Lapang Sports Club V/s Bulla Sports Association at 1515 hrs.

Update: Diibo Sports Club beat Diibo Football Association with 9 goals to 1 and Sojang Lapang Sports Club beat Bulla Sports Association with 3 goals to nil.

Dree Football Tourney 2007 kicks off

The much awaited event of the year-'Dree Football Tournament' kicked off on 16^th with inauguration by the Chief Guest for the occasion, Shri Nani Ribya, Hon'ble MLA of Ziro-Hapoli Constituency. The people, however, resented him for being the Chief Guest, when he is the Chairman of the CDFC Ziro by default, being local MLA.

As was expected, the shifting of tournament venue from 'Subansiri Stadium' Hapoli to 'Dree Ground' Old Ziro had it's toll on the turn out of spectators. But, nevertheless, crowd of around 5000 gathered at Dree Ground braving the drizzly weather, which could have turned to heavy downpour, to witness their 'Hot Favourite'-Hari Sports Club and the 'Hot Contender' for this year's trophy-Diibo Sports Club battling out in the inaugural match.

Inaugural Match-16^th June 2007

The match started at around 2.30 pm instead of the scheduled 2.00 pm and both the teams could not break the deadlock till the end of the game and match ended in a draw.

Day 2-17^th June 2007

Match 1

The second game of the event was played between Diibo Football Association and the club of yesteryear players-1948 Sports Club. The veterans couldn't match their pace with the youngsters and was beaten by Diibo Football Association with a final score of 6-0.

Match 2

The second match of the day was battled out between the defending champions-Sojang Lapang Sports Club (SLSC) and All Hija Sports Association (AHSA). SLSC downed AHSA by 3-0.

Players of AHSA and SLSC in action

Day 3-18^th June 2007

Match 1

Bulla Sports Association (BSA) was beaten by Siiro Sports Club by three goals to nil.

Match 2

Hari Sports Club downed 1948 Sports Club by three goals to nil.

Update: The final of the tournament has been rescheduled to 30^th June.

Day 4 Matches

1. Diibo Football Association V/s Diibo Football Club at 1300 hrs.
2. Sojang Lapang Sports Club V/s Bulla Sports Association at 1515 hrs.

Update: Diibo Sports Club beat Diibo Football Association with 9 goals to 1 and Sojang Lapang Sports Club beat Bulla Sports Association with 3 goals to nil.

Dree Football Tourney 2007 kicks off

The much awaited event of the year-'Dree Football Tournament' kicked off on 16^th with inauguration by the Chief Guest for the occasion, Shri Nani Ribya, Hon'ble MLA of Ziro-Hapoli Constituency. The people, however, resented him for being the Chief Guest, when he is the Chairman of the CDFC Ziro by default, being local MLA.

As was expected, the shifting of tournament venue from 'Subansiri Stadium' Hapoli to 'Dree Ground' Old Ziro had it's toll on the turn out of spectators. But, nevertheless, crowd of around 5000 gathered at Dree Ground braving the drizzly weather, which could have turned to heavy downpour, to witness their 'Hot Favourite'-Hari Sports Club and the 'Hot Contender' for this year's trophy-Diibo Sports Club battling out in the inaugural match.

Inaugural Match-16^th June 2007

The match started at around 2.30 pm instead of the scheduled 2.00 pm and both the teams could not break the deadlock till the end of the game and match ended in a draw.

Day 2-17^th June 2007

Match 1

The second game of the event was played between Diibo Football Association and the club of yesteryear players-1948 Sports Club. The veterans couldn't match their pace with the youngsters and was beaten by Diibo Football Association with a final score of 6-0.

Match 2

The second match of the day was battled out between the defending champions-Sojang Lapang Sports Club (SLSC) and All Hija Sports Association (AHSA). SLSC downed AHSA by 3-0.

Players of AHSA and SLSC in action

Day 3-18^th June 2007

Match 1

Bulla Sports Association (BSA) was beaten by Siiro Sports Club by three goals to nil.

Match 2

Hari Sports Club downed 1948 Sports Club by three goals to nil.

Update: The final of the tournament has been rescheduled to 30^th June.