Irijnalakuda: Christ College, Irinjalakuda is literally on cloud nine. The members of both football and kabaddi teams have moved to the critical D-Zone, after beating their respective opponents. Inter-college competitions are categorised into several zones of which the D-zone contests are highly competitive.
In the football match against Saint Theresa College of Mala, Christ College team trounced its opponent 7-0. Striker Jamsher scored the first, followed by a barrage of goals. The first goal of this one-sided game also happened to be the third in Jamsher's kitty. Jamsher was ably supported by his team mates Nidhin Wilson, Lionel and Lipin Yohannan.
In another match held at the Sree Krishna College ground against MD College, Lipin made Christ College proud by striking a goal in the dying moments and won the match comfortably, 4-0. Sreejith, the Christ College team coach attributed the success of his team to the teamwork and expressed his desire that his team entered into Inter-Zone and becomes the champions.
When it came to Kabaddi, the Christ College team trounced the Kerala Varma College 49-11. Led by Anoop Krishnan, the team was in its elements and played an outstanding match. Bintu Kalyan, the coach of the team, said, "We had a solid defence and that had helped our raiders attack and break the cordon of the opponent's defence and score more points and eventually win the game."
Father Joy, the head of the Physical Education Department, said, "After several months of practice, our team could employ the right kind of strategies and played with excellent tactics, which paid rich dividends. This is the first time our Kabaddi team is winning, that too with an excellent record."
