India's longest Baby League, Jamshedpur Golden Baby League completes 20 weeks in action
The Jamshedpur Golden Baby League has completed Week 20 since its return on 26th February 2023, with as many as 959 students participating across the five existing age categories in what is the longest Baby League in the country.
The Jamshedpur Golden Baby League has completed Week 20 since its return on 26th February 2023, with as many as 959 students participating across the five existing age categories in what is the longest Baby League in the country.
HALFWAY THERE! 🏁
— Jamshedpur FC (@JamshedpurFC) July 10, 2023
The Jamshedpur Golden Baby League has completed 20 weeks and is on course to do a full 40 weeks, making it the longest Baby League in the country. 💪🏼@IndSuperLeague@ril_foundation @IndianFootball #JamKeKhelo #GoldenBabyLeague pic.twitter.com/NhXhKd38N1
This is a significant number in Jamshedpur FC’s pursuit to establish the biggest and most advanced grassroots program in the country, with an even higher number of students expected to join the ever-expanding Baby League.
The second edition of the Jamshedpur Golden Baby League 2023, hosted by Jamshedpur FC in conjunction with Jharkhand Football Association (JFA), Jharkhand Sporting Association (JSA), and backed by Reliance Foundation has been divided into U5, U7, U9, U11 and U13 categories for the benefit of kids across the city.
The 10-month long tournament is being 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 Jamshedpur FC during the week after school hours.
A total of 686 students turned up for the Baby League this Sunday, with 113 students participating in the U5s, 174 students in the U7s, 159 students in the U9s, 130 students in the U11s, and 110 in the U13s.
The U5s and U7s played 14 matches each, while 6 matches each were played by the U11s and 5 matches by the U13s. The U9s played 10 matches this Sunday.
The following are the results from this week’s Baby League action:
U5 category:
Hill Top School Little Stars 5-2 Blue Rangers
Black Panthers 2-5 DAV Blasters
Hill Top School Blasters 3-0 Target FC
Mardi Angels 0-6 Wakanda ki Sena
Hill Top School Little Stars 2-0 Jamshedpur Fighters
Blue Rangers 1-1 Target FC
Barbie Girls FC 0-3 Black Panthers
Hill Top School Blasters 0-8 Jamshedpur Fighters
Three Star 1-4 DAV Blasters
Sagar Star 5-0 Rocky Star
Veer Star 2-5 Barbie Girls FC
Three Star 4-1 Loyola Tik-Tok
Sagar Star 3-0 Girls United
Mardi Angels 8-1 Jamshedpur Colts
U7 category:
Biswajit Manimela Tigers 3-0 JPS Jaguars
Rolling Thunder 0-4 Jharkhand Tigers
LPS Tigress 0-1 Biswajit Manimela Tigers
Fearless Girls 0-0 Young Guns
Hill Top School Little Challengers 0-3 JPS Jaguars
Fighting Ducks 0-3 PJP U7
Queens FC 0-4 Seven Stars Club
White Ninjas 1-3 Hill Top School Little Challengers
Girls Soccer 2-2 Rolling Thunder
LPS Panthers 0-2 Fighting Ducks
LPS Tigress 1-1 PJP U7
Red Head Busters 1-1 Girls Soccer
Golden Boys 2-0 DAV Geniuses
Black Dragons Loyola 0-3 DAV Pro FC
U9 category:
Carmel Warriors 0-5 Carmel Fighters
Carmel Eagles 0-2 JPS Juniors
Loyola Avengers 1-2 Mountain Lions
Loyola Panthers 0-3 Loyola Soccer Army
Loyola Power Rangers 3-0 Biswajit Manimela Tigers
JPS Warriors 0-0 Return Back 49
Messi FC 1-2 Red Devils
Return Back 49 0-1 German XI
Messi FC 1-2 DAV FC
DAV Dark Horses 0-8 Red Devils
U11 category:
Loyola Fighters 2-2 Fire Giants
Loyola Platoons 1-0 Red Dragons Loyola
JPS Kings 0-5 Dimna Boys FC
PJP Young XI 2-0 JPS Lions
Red Dragons Loyola 0-1 Hill Top School Greenwood
Dalma Hill Top 3-0 Biswajit Manimela Tigers
U13 category:
Dobo FC 3-0 LPS Tsunami FC
LPS Tufan FC 4-0 DAV Boca Juniors
Undefeatable FC 3-0 Bhalubasa FC
I-N FC 3-0 Thunder FC
Jamshedpur Super Kings 0-7 Asra XI