Flamboyant striker Alister D’Souza scored four of the five goals in St. Blaise ‘B’, Amboli fluent 5-0 win against Our Lady of Good Counsel, Sion, while Yash Solanki brace ensured St. Paul’s ‘A’, Dadar 5 -0 win over St. Joseph’s ‘D’, Mira Road in the ongoing Men’s Open first-round match of the 44^th Willingdon Catholic Gymkhana Annual Rink Football Tournament 2024, Inter-Parish 5-a-side Rink football Tournament, being played at the WCG courts in Santacruz (West), Mumbai.

On the other hand Joshua D’Souza’s twin strikes were the highlight of Mahim based Our Lady of Victories convincing 2-0 win against St. Joseph’s ‘B, Mira Road.

Earlier, in an absorbing contest, St. Joseph’s ‘C’, Juhu snatched a hard-fought 4-3 win against St. Francis Xavier’s ‘A’, Vile Parle. St. Joseph’s striker Ajay Mangela scored two goals while teammates Sahil Verma and Sandeep Jagade struck one each to secure the win. St. Francis Xavier’s reduced the margin based on Tanmay Gadekar brace of goals while Denston Chettair chipped in one.

In a well-contested encounter, St. Joseph’s ‘D’, Juhu snatched a tight 3-2 win against Our Lady of Rosary, Mazagaon. St. Joseph scored through a brace of goals from Ralston Creado and one from Sujal Dabhole, while Kurt Baptista scored both goals for Our Lady of Rosary, Mazagaon.

In a closely contested encounter, Our Lady of Assumption, Kandivali got the better of Holy Cross ‘C’, Juhu 1-0. Striker Bazil D’Cunha scored the match winning goal.In a well-contested encounter,

Results – Men’s Open (First Round): St. Blaise, Amboli 5 (Alister D’Souza 4, Shreyas Zele) beat Our Lady of Good Counsel ‘A’, Sion 0; St. Paul’s ‘A’, Dadar 5 (Yash Solanki 2, Lance Fernandes, Merwyn Steven, Francisco Salin) beat St. Joseph’s ‘D’, Mira Road 0; Our Lady of Victories, Mahim 2 (Joshua D’Souza 2) beat St. Joseph’s ‘B’, Mira Road 0; Don Bosco, Virar 4 (Dhiraj Ladd 2, Jake D’Mello, Aniket Kanojia) beat Sacred Heart, Santacruz 0; Infant Jesus, Vasai 2 (Sriraj Nair, Ronith Jain) beat St. Anthony’s ‘C’, Vakola 0; St. Joseph’s ‘D’, Juhu 3 (Ralston Creado 2, Sujal Dabhole) beat Our Lady of Rosary, Mazagaon 2 (Kurt Baptista 2); St. Francis Xavier, Kanjurmarg 4 (Shoaib Baig 2, Pruthvi More, Atharva Nikam) beat Our Lady of Egypt ‘A’, Kalina 2 (Keegan Carvalho, Akshay Jadhav); Don Bosco, Virar 4 (Dhiraj Ladd 2, Jake D’Mello, Aniket Kanojia) beat Sacred Heart, Santacruz 0; Infant Jesus, Vasai 2 (Sriraj Nair, Ronith Jain) beat St. Anthony’s ‘C’, Vakola 0; St. Joseph’s ‘D’, Juhu 3 (Ralston Creado 2, Sujal Dabhole) beat Our Lady of Rosary, Mazagaon 2 (Kurt Baptista 2); St. Francis Xavier, Kanjurmarg 4 (Shoaib Baig 2, Pruthvi More, Atharva Nikam) beat Our Lady of Egypt ‘A’, Kalina 2 (Keegan Carvalho, Akshay Jadhav); St. Joseph’s C’, Juhu 4 (Ajay Mangela 2, Sahil Verma, Sandeep Jagade) beat St. Francis Xavier’s ‘A’, Vile Parle 3 (Tanmay Gadekar 2, Denston Chettiar); Our Lady of Gloria ‘A’, Byculla 2 (Nigel Marshall, Joshua Jadhav) beat St. Francis Xavier, Vasai 0; Our Lady of Assumption, Kandivali 1 (Bazil D’Cunha) beat Holy Cross ‘C’, Juhu 0.

Photo Joshua D'Souz0a: Joshua D'Souza twin goals ensured Mahim based Our Lady of Victories emerge victorious against St. Joseph’s ‘B, Mira Road