Abhay Amin grabbed the opening day’s honours by notching a fine hat-trick to power Karnatak Amateurs SC to a comfortable 6-0 win against Shree Krishna SC in a first round match of the 10th Late Adv. A.R. Kudrolli Memorial Knockout Football Tournament 2016, conducted by The Karnatak Sporting Association and played at the KSA ground, Cross Maidan.
Narayan Jathan, former Central Bank of India footballer kicks off the 10th Late Adv. A.R. Kudrolli Memorial Knockout Football Tournament 2016 conducted by The Karnatak Sporting Association. Also seen in the picture are Executive Committee members (left to right), Jayant Kunder, Ravi Anchan, Premnath Kotian, Nagraj Shetty, M.P. Shetty, Govind Puthran and Salvador D’Souza.
Amin received good support from his teammates Clayton D’Souza who struck a brace of goals and Nimesh Shetty with one to complete the margin of victory.
In the second match of the day, Mogaveera Sports Club got the better of Uchil United Sports Club by a 5-4 margin via the tie-breaker after the match finished in a goalless draw. Hetan Kalsetkar, Vinil Poojary, Hitesh Karkera, Prakyath Shetty and Bloecher Mendes successfully converted from the penalty spot for Mogaveera, while Uchil managed to score through Sudarshan Kamat, Tejas Kanchan, Sachin Shettigar and Surendra Belchada.
Earlier, Narayan Jathan, former Central Bank of India footballer and Rajesh Josh, Chief Manager, State Bank of India, Mumbai, presided as Chief Guest at the inaugural match.
Results: Karnatak Amateurs 6 (Abhay Amin 3, Clayton D’Souza 2, Nimesh Shetty) beat Shree Krishna SC 0.
Mogaveera Sports Club 5 (Hetan Kalsetkar, Vinil Poojary, Hitesh Karkera, Prakyath Shetty, Bloecher Mendes) beat Uchil United Sports Club 4 (Sudarshan Kamat, Tejas Kanchan, Sachin Shettigar, Surendra Belchada) via the tie-breaker. Full-time: 0-0.