TIPS NACE Soccer Challenge 2015

Day 2
Day 2 of the TIPS-NACE Soccer challenge kicked off to a fantastic start. There was a fullyfunctioning snack stall (run by the CAS volunteers of DP Year 1) selling delectable treats and
drinks. The DJ team had gotten up early and gotten the mixing board ready with a full song list for
the rest of the day. The welcoming and registration committee was already at their desk near the
entrance to the venue, ready to welcome all teams that would show up. The MC team was ready
with their microphones set up, and the field had been newly painted and cut for the exciting day
ahead. This day was to be full of action-packed matches, and so it was.

The CAS RDJ Team

The first match was scheduled to be Vidya Niketan vs SBOA. The Vidya Niketan team arrived early
and began to practice. However, the opponent team, SBOA, was unable to make it to the venue and
Vidya Niketan was thus granted a walk-over to the next round.
Match 2 also ended in a similar manner to Match 1. It was to be played between Nava Bharathi and
Shri Nehru Vidyalaya, but the latter team did not show up the former was thus granted a walk-over
to the next round.
For the third scheduled match of the day, both teams showed up at the venue and played one
electrifying match indeed. Both Stanes ICSE and PSBB Millennium came to the venue determined
to win.
Contrary to popular belief, these Under-10 teams played one of the most thrilling matches in the
tournament.
The game started at precisely 11:21 am and both teams came out guns-blazing. For the first twenty
minutes of the match, the ball flew back and forth between both the sides as no team was able to
gain ground on the other.
At 11:45 am, a foul was called and a Stanes player was injured. The injured midfielder subsequently
retired from the match and a substitute player was put it. Despite the injury, Stanes was undaunted,
and one minute later, at 11:46, they scored a goal.

PSBB retaliated back and promptly scored a goal at 11:55 am. With 2 minutes left in the game, both
teams pushed really hard to score the winning goal, but neither could. The match thus ended in a tie
and was pushed into a penalty kick-off.
The penalty kick-off was extremely tense. When one team scored, the other would too and when
one blocked, the other would too. This went on for a while, until PSBB was able to take the lead by
2 goals and maintain it, thus winning the penalties 4-2.
The player of the match award was given to Karan of Stanes, who played extremely well for his
team.

Stanes and PSBB after the match

We played well for the majority of the match but seem to not be so successful at the penalty kick
off. said a Stanes player after the match, But I am happy. We played better than we expected
The fourth Under-10 match of the day saw CS Academy play against TIPS Erode CBSE.
We will definitely win, that is not even a question, said a TIPS Erode player before the match,
We have practiced for the whole of last week
Indeed, his confidence was not totally misplaced. The match started at 12:10 pm and within 10
minutes, TIPS Erode had already scored 2 goals. CS Academy remained undaunted and answered
back with a goal, making the score 2-1. After half-time, TIPS Erode scored another goal, making
the score 3-1. CS Academy swiftly replied with another goal, taking the score to 3-2. CS
desperately tried to make another goal, but time got the better of them and TIPS Erode took home
the match.
Mohit of CS Academy was awarded the best player award.

Mohit receiving the best player of the match

Our opponents were very goods players and we hope to continue our performance and win future
games, said a TIPS Erode player after the match.
We tried our best and we hope to improve our own skills and try again said a CS Academy player.
Match-5 of the day was an Under-12 match between CS Academy and Suguna PIPS. Curiously
enough, both teams had coincidentally worn the same color jersey, so one team was given a TIPS
Hammerhead yellow jersey to wear on top of their own uniforms to avoid confusion between the
players.
The match started at 12:55 pm. CS Academy immediately went on the attack, pushing Suguna PIPS'
defense line all the way to the goal. CS scored three goals before half-time and one after to end the
match 4-0.
Sooryavelu of Suguna PIPS won the best player of the match.

CS Academy after the match

We had a lot of fun and hope to keep up this performance, said a CS Academy player after the
match.
The sixth match of Day 2 say TIPS-A take on Chinmaya. The kick-off took place exactly at 2:24 pm
. Throughout the first half, no one team could gain an advantage on the other. When the second half
of the match started, the tournament saw its first ever hat-trick from Sai Vishwanth of TIPS. He
scored three goals in quick succession merely minutes apart to give TIPS the win 3-0.
Surya of Chinmaya was felicitated with the best player of the match award.
After the match, a Chimaya player said: The TIPS team was a really good opponents but after the
1st half it became tough to keep up with their plays

Surya receiving his award

Match 7 say the Under 12 TIPS Erode CBSE play Yuva Bharathi. During the first half of the
game, Yuva Bharathi claimed a goal and tipped the score in their favor 1-0. After half-time, Yuva
Bharathi scored three continuous goals, with the third one being shot all the way from the half-line:
the longest goal in the tournament. Though they tried, TIPS Erode was unable to score and the
match ended 4-0.
Sri Varshan of TIPS Erode was given the best player award.
We were having trouble keeping up with the plays in the 2nd half resulting in our loss, we hope to
improve grow into better players, said a TIPS Erode player after the match ended.

TIPS Erode taking a shot against Yuva Bharathi

The eighth match scheduled for the day, was between Nava Bharathi and Gopal Naidu, and both
teams were extremely enthusiastic to play against each other. Before half time was called at
4:10PM, Gopal Naidu scored 3 goals against Nava Bharathi, resulting in a score of 3-0 in favour of
Gopal Naidu. The game ended at 4:32PM, with not much action in the second half. The best player
was Dhanush of Nava Bharathi.

Gopal Naidu and Nava Bharathi after the match

The next match was between Vidhya Niketan and TIPS Erode. Both teams scored a goal each,
before half time was called at 5:10PM. The second half was similar to the 8th match, and there were
no goals scored. This caused the game to go into penalty, which ended in a score of 4-3 in favour of
Vidhya Niketan, and the match ended at 5:35PM. The player of the match was awarded to
Niranjan from TIPS Erode.
A player quoted from TIPS Erode said We were able to keep up in the game but during the lost by
a small margin much to our dismay, so we hope to improve a lot for next time
The following match where, PSBB played against BVM, commenced at 5:40PM. PSBB won the
toss and chose to change sides. 2 minutes into the match and PSBB scored a goal and was able to
maintain their lead for the rest of the game. The 'Player of the match' was awarded to Abhijith of
BVM, after the game ended at 6:15PM. This match did not have much happening throughout the
match, but it was an excellent display of coordination and camaraderie.

The eleventh match of the day scheduled to be TIPS Coimbatore Team-B versus Vidhya Niketan
CBSE started at 6:25PM. TIPS scored a goal before half time. TIPS scored repeatedly in the second
half as well, but Vidhya Niketan put up a tough competition with no deterioration in energy level or
confidence. The match ended with the victory of TIPS, at 7:02PM. The award for the 'Best Player'
was awarded to Dhanwanth of Vidhya Niketan.
The last match for the day was unfortunately canceled due to one of the teams withdrawing from
the competition.