Powered by a hat-trick from Ponnanna, Kokkanda registered a comfortable 4-0 win over Cheeranda in a Pool C first-round match of the 13th Kodava Hockey Festival for the Mandepanda Cup at Ammathi in Kodagu on Wednesday.
Ponnanna found the target in the 11th, 22nd and 24th minutes of the match after Dheeraj put Kokkanda in the lead in the ninth minute.
Results: Pool A: Moodera: 2 (Dhanu 14th, Ganapathy 23rd PC) bt Allapanda: 0; Cheppudira: 4 bt Averemadanda: 1; Chendhanda: 8 bt Neravanda: 7. Via-tiebreaker. FT: 0-0.
Pool C: Mundotira: 2 bt Kalengada: 1; Kokkanda: 4 (Dheeraj 9th PC, Ponnanna 11th, 22th, 24th) bt Cheeranda: 0; Sullimada: 2 bt Mukatira: 1; Chendira: 2 bt Kuttanda: 1.
Published 06 May 2009, 17:54 IST