Bhubaneswar: The All India Sainik Schools Inter Zonal Hockey Championship was inaugurated at Sainik School Bhubaneswar, here on Monday. State sports director R Vineel Krishna inaugurated the Championship torunaments.

The winner teams of the East Zone Sainik School Goalpara, West Zone Sainik School Satara, Central Zone Sainik School Tilaiya, North Zone Sainik School Kapurthala and the winners of South Zone Amaravathi Nagar will be seen in action on the Sainik School ground in the next four days. The final of the Championship will be held on August 15, 2019.

The inaugural ceremony today was graced by Gp Capt S Dominic Rayan, Principal, Sainik School Bhubaneswar, Cdr Pritika Sharma, Administrative Officer, Wg Cdr Amitabh Ranjan, Vice-Principal, B Pradhan, Senior Master, all staff members and six hundred cadets. This Championship will be closed on 15 Aug 2019.

Its worth mentioning that recently Sainik School Bhubaneswar cadets were the Champions of the Central Zone Football Championship held at Sainik School Ambikapur, Chhattisgarh.