Catholic Gym Rink Football
Mumbai: Bishow Thapa drilled in a late winner which enabled Sellebrity FC snatch a 4-3 win against Shalom United Blue in a 7-goal thriller in a Men’s Open round of 16 match of the Men’s Open first round match of the Catholic Gymkhana Rink Football Tournament 2019, played under floodlights at the Catholic Gymkhana’s artificial turf, Marine Drive. The tournament is being conducted under the auspices of the MDFA.
Both Sellebrity FC and Shalom United fought hard and tried to gain the ascendancy. With the two teams going on the offensive from the start there was a keen tussle for supremacy and the scores ran level till the end before Thapa from a last ditch effort unleashed a rasping grounder which found its way past a hosts of legs and into the Shalom United goal to trigger celebrations in the Sellebrity camp. Earlier, Ralston Miranda, Yamik Holkar and Shane Menezes, all scored one each for Sellebrity while Shalom United scored through a brace from Glakson M and one from Sushant D.
In another match, St. Jude SC rode on the strikes from Ajay Mangela and ’Vicky Mangela to overcame FC Lucas 2-1. Ashwin D. netted the lone goal for the losers.
Earlier in a veteran’s first round match, Tarun FC overcame Sea View SC by a comfortable 6-2 margin. Strikers Shib Thapa and Gaston D’Costa netted two goals each while Kala Gajant and Arvind Meher netted one each to secure Tarun FC’s win while Ootty Rosario scored both the goals for Sea View.
Results – Veterans (1st round): Tarun FC 6 (Shib Thapa 2, Gaston D’Costa 2, Kala Gajant, Arvind Meher) beat Sea View SC 2 (Ootty Rosario 2).
St. Joseph’s, Juhu 4 (Trevor Fernandes 2, Sheldon Ferro 2) beat Val 7 2 (Saby Caldeira, Kishore S.).
Men’s Open (Round 16): Sellebrity FC 4 (Ralston Miranda 2, Yamik Holkar, Shane Menezes, Bishow Thapa) beat Shalom United Blue 3 (Glakson M. 2, Sushant D.).
Companeroes SC 1 (Prathamesh B.) beat Dadar XI 0.
St. Jude 2 (Ajay Mangela 2) beat FC Lucas 1 (Ashwin D.).