Kolkata crazy for Inter-college Football Match apart from IPL

April 9, 2012 - PRLog -- This was not at all different in Heritage Institute of Technology Kolkata, when the students’ council of the institute organized Inter-college Football Tournament today. This is a 4 -day tournament which is participated by 11 eminent colleges of Bengal namely Marine Engineering and Research Institute (MERI), Presidency University, St. Thomas Institute of Technology, Heritage, Camellia Institute of technology and Management (CITM), The Heritage Academy, RCC Institute of Information Technology (RCCIT), Techno India Rajarhat, St. Xaviers College, Future Institute of Engineering and Management (FIEM) and Guru Nanak Institute of technology (GNIT).

“This time we have organized an inter-college tournament on our own and we aspire to spark the sense of good sportsman in ourselves,” said Satadri Chanda, the captain, of the football team of Heritage. Moreover during the four days, starting from 7th April to 10th April, there would be 12 matches played in the preliminary rounds in 4 groups and 12 teams. The finals would be conducted on 10th April which would be an exciting day for the youth. Today three matches would be played in the following sequence:-

   MERI Vs St Thomas Institute of Technology
   Heritage- Group A Vs CITM
   Heritage-Group B Vs FIEM

Tomorrow:-

   MERI Vs Presidency University
   Heritage Group A Vs The Heritage Academy
   RCCIT Vs Techno India
   Heritage –Group B Vs GNIT
   Presidency University Vs St Thomas Institute of technology

On 9th April:-

   RCCIT Vs ST. Xaviers College
   CITM Vs The Heritage Academy
   FIEM Vs GNIT
   Techno India Vs St Xaviers College



Moreover it was noted that apart from leading tech institutes in Kolkata, the tournament is actively participated by eminent colleges & universities like St. Xaviers College & Presidency University.

“Planning for this event started well before and our students took the entire initiative to make this event a grand success,” said Mr. Sunil Singh, Sports Head of Heritage Institute of Technology. The students also managed to gather referees from IFA Referee Association.

“Lets see how techies are good at sports,” commented a student of an eminent college.

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