Tambukutheera won the Highlanders Cup Hockey tournament and Kaliyanda won the Warriors Cup, at Highlanders Invited Cup Hockey tournament and Warriors Champion Cup, held at General K S Thimayya Stadium in Napoklu on Sunday.
In the Highlanders hockey tourney, Tambukutheera notched up a victory against Mukkateera by a score of 2-0. The winning team won a cash prize of Rs 50,000 and a trophy while the runners up received Rs 25,000 in cash and a trophy.
In the match, Sukesh scored a goal within the ninth minute of the match. Deepu secured another goal in the 10th minute. In spite of three penalty corners, Mukkateera team could not convert them into goals.
In the Warriors Cup, Kaliyanda edged past Cheppudira by 4-3 in the tiebreaker. Both the teams could not score a goal by fulltime.
Speaking on the occasion, entrepreneur Maleyanda C Nanaiah called upon the people to save nature for the future generation.
MLC Veena Acchaiah, former Hockey players Paradanda Sadananaiah, Areyada Babychinnappa and Cheppudira Cariappa were felicitated.