Oil & Natural Gas Corporation are the Champions of the 91st MCC Murugappa Gold Cup Hockey Tournament

Ten days of on-ground action at the Mayor Radhakrishnan Stadium in Chennai, culminated in seventy minutes of non-stop attack and defense in the Final match between Oil & Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) and Bengaluru Hockey Association. After many near misses and hard-fought attempts at the goal, the Oil & Natural Gas Corporation team were crowned Champions of the 91^st MCC Murugappa Gold Cup Hockey Tournament. They scored 4 goals against Bengaluru Hockey Association’s 2 goals.

91st MCC Murugappa Gold Cup Hockey Tournament

The match seemed to be a fight among equals right up to the half time with two goals to each side, after which the competition got hotter by the minute. As the winning team, Oil & Natural Gas Corporation takes home the prize money of INR 5.00 lakhs and the runner-up team Bengaluru Hockey Association receives INR 2.50 lakhs.

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In addition to the above team prizes, the following individual awards were also given away to the top performing players. Each of these players were given a bicycle from TI Cycles and cash prize of INR 10,000.

Mr. Manish N Gour had officiated as the Tournament Director and was assisted by a team of outstation and local officials.

The Final match was a well-attended affair, with Mr. A Vellayan, Executive-Chairman of the Murugappa Group giving away the awards to the players and the officials. The Madras Cricket Cub was represented by the President Mr. Srivatsan Subramaniyam and Organising Secretary Mr. C N Shanmugham among others. Past Olympians, sports enthusiasts and hockey aficionados cheered the teams from the stands.

About MCC and the Tournament

The Madras Cricket Club is one of the premier sports institutions in the country, which organizes major national level tournaments in the disciplines of Tennis, Squash, Cricket, Badminton, Billiards and Hockey.

Originally started as the Madras Challenge Cup in 1901 and later named the A.M.M Arunachalam Challenge Cup after the first Indian President of Madras Cricket Club, this is the 89th edition of the tournament that along with Murugappa group in the mid 90’s was named MCC – Murugappa Gold Cup. From the early days, this tournament has been the premier hockey event in South India and one of the major competitions in the country attracting the top teams and talent. This tournament has beenkeenly observed by coaches and administrators for picking talent to represent the country at the National level.

About Murugappa Group

Founded in 1900, the INR 300 Billion Murugappa Group is one of India's leading business conglomerates. The Group has 28 businesses including eight listed Companies traded in NSE & BSE. Headquartered in Chennai, the major Companies of the Group include Carborundum Universal Ltd., Cholamandalam Investment and Finance Company Ltd., Cholamandalam MS General Insurance Company Ltd., Coromandel International Ltd., Coromandel Engineering Company Ltd., E.I.D. Parry (India) Ltd., Parry Agro Industries Ltd., Shanthi Gears Ltd., Tube Investments of India Ltd., and Wendt (India) Ltd. Market leaders in served segments including Abrasives, Auto Components, Transmission systems, Cycles, Sugar, Farm Inputs, Fertilisers, Plantations, Bioproducts and Nutraceuticals, the Group has forged strong alliances with leading international companies such as Groupe Chimique Tunisien, Foskor, Mitsui Sumitomo, Morgan Advanced Materials, Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile (SQM),Yanmar & Co. and Compagnie Des Phosphat De Gafsa (CPG). The Group has a wide geographical presence all over India and spanning 6 continents. Renowned brands like BSA, Hercules, Montra, Mach City, Ballmaster, Ajax, Parry’s, Chola, Gromor, Shanthi Gears and Paramfos are from the Murugappa stable. The Group fosters an environment of professionalism and has a workforce of over 32,000 employees.

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