Action during the state level hockey tournament 
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Central Excise win state level hockey tournament

Central Excise beat Income Tax 3-0 to win the second DS Rajamanickam memorial men’s state level hockey tournament at the MRK Stadium here on Saturday.

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John, Balaji and Hassan Basha were the scorers for Central Excise. The winning team won a purse of Rs. 1,00,000 while Income Tax were richer by Rs. 70,000. Later, in the third place play-off, University of Madras beat Indian Bank 4-0. T Arun Kumar, Veera Thamizhan, Senthil Nayagam and Saravana Kumar scored for the university team. 

Special awards: 

Best goalkeeper- Arun Prasad (Income Tax). Best full-back - Sathish (Central Excise, Best half-back - A Aravinthan (Southern Railway), Best forward - Veera Thamizhan (University of Madras), Best all-rounder - Albert John (Wesley Hockey Club).

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