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In a proud moment for all involved with the Jamshedpur Golden Baby League, an all girls team played for the first time in the U-13 category of the tournament, losing 2-3 but opening doors for many other girls in the process.
Thunder FC was the girls team participating for the first time in U-13s, and they took a 2-0 lead in the match against the boys of Super Stars, but could not hold on to their lead in the end.
The second edition of the Jamshedpur Golden Baby League 2023, hosted by Jamshedpur FC in conjunction with Jharkhand Football Association (JFA) and Jharkhand Sporting Association (JSA) has been divided into U-5, U-7, U-9, U-11 and U-13 categories for the benefit of kids across the city.
The 10-month long tournament will be held every Sunday morning at the Archery ground at JRD Tata Sports Complex to nurture development and add to the existing grassroots schools program run by the club during the week after school hours.
A total of 272 students turned up for the Baby League on Sunday, with the numbers increasing dramatically as interest in the league grows with each passing week.
The highest number of students was witnessed in the U-13s this week, as 65 students participated, while 61 appeared in the U-11s, 62 in the U-9s, 46 in the U-7s and 38 students in the U-5 category.
The U-5s, U-7s and U-9s played four matches each while U-11s and U1-3s played three matches each.
The highlight, however, was the high participation of girls this week, with the PJP Rebel Girls team also participating in the U-9 category.
The following are the results from this week’s Baby League action
U-5 category: Little Rockers HTS 4-0 Barbie Girls FC
U-5 category: Blue Ranger 5-5 Jamshedpur Colts
U-5 category: HTS Stars 6-0 Rocky Star
U-5 category: Black Panther 3-0 Royal FC
U-7 category: Golden Boys 3-0 PJP U7s
U-7 category: LPS Panthers 0-6 Seven Stars
U-7 category: Red Head Busters 6-1 LPS Tigress
U-7 category: Queen FC 0-5 White Ninjas
U-9 category: Messi FC 7-0 PJP Rebel Girls
U-9 category: Mountain Lions 0-3 Loyola Soccer Army
U-9 category: Biswajit Manimela Tigers 2-2 Return Back 49
U-9 category: German Eleven 6-2 PJP Little Star
U-11 category: Sniper FC 1-2 Ronak FC
U-11 category: JK Sangh 4-3 LPS Cyclone FC
U-11 category: JMS United 4-2 CR7 Boys
U-13 category: Asra 11 2-1 LPS Tufaan FC
U-13 category: Undefeatable FC 5-0 LPS Tsunami FC
U-13 category: Super Stars 3-2 Thunder FC
