Ranchi: The Jharkhand Under-17 girls’ hockey team, represented by CM Excellence Girls Senior Secondary School, Simdega, won the Charanjit Rai-32nd Nehru Girls Hockey Championship 2026, defeating Directorate General, NCC, Sonipat, 2-1 in the final on Oct 19.The championship was held from Oct 9 to 19 at Shivaji Stadium in Delhi. Simdega secured its place in the final after beating Kiddy’s Corner Higher Secondary School, Gwalior, 1-0 in the semi-final on Oct 18.The team had also defeated Madhya Pradesh Women’s Hockey Academy, Gwalior, 3-1 in the quarter-final stage. The victory marks a major achievement for the state’s schoolgirls, who represented Jharkhand in the national-level under-17 competition.
