WCG football report:
St. Michael’s ‘A’, Mahim worked hard for their narrow 2-1 win against St. Anthony’s, Malwani in a tense and exciting Men’s third round match of the Willingdon Catholic Gymkhana, 32nd Inter-Parish Football Tournament, played under floodlights at the Willingdon Catholic Gymkhana (WCG) grounds.
The Mahim outfit managed to scrape through thanks to the efforts of Ashish D’Souza and Calvin Nazareth, both scoring a goal each which helped them to find success. St. Anthony’s scored the lone goal through Andrew Buthello.
In another well-contested encounter, Bryce Miranda notched up a fine hat-trick to guide Our Lady of Salvation ‘A’, Dadar to a fighting 4-2 win against Sacred Heart ‘B’, Andheri. Scott D’Souza scored the fourth goal for the Dadar side while Nathan Saldanha and Melron Saldanha got the goals for the losing team.
Earlier, in a Veteran’s second round clash, Bandra Packers ‘A’ romped to a comfortable 6-2 win against Tarun Sporting. Ranzie Kallicharan and Roy Lewis both scored two goals each for Packers while Jeff Bathija and Coswil Cardoz netted one each for Packers, while Munna Khan and Salim Shaikh scored th goals for Tarun Sporting.
Results – Veterans (2nd round): Bandra Packers ‘A’ 6 (Ranzie Kallicharan 2, Roy Lewis 2, Jeff Bathija, Coswil Cardoz) beat Tarun Sporting 2 (Munna Khan, Salim Shaikh).
Men’s (3rd round): St. Joseph’s, Umerkhadi 7 (Denzel Colaco 2, Austin Fernandes 2, Gavin Vaz 2, Aldridge Samuel) beat St. Vincent Pallotti, Marol 1 (John Fernandes).
St. Michael’s ‘A’, Mahim 2 (Ashish D’Souza, Calvin Nazareth) beat St. Anthony’s, Malwani 1 (Andrew Buthello).
Our Lady of Salvation ‘A’, Dadar 4 (Bryce Miranda 3, Scott D’Souza) beat Sacred Heart ‘B’, Andheri 2 (Nathan Saldanha, Melron Saldanha).
Immaculate Conception ‘A’, Borivali 3 (Collin Abranches 2, Agnelo P.) beat St. Joseph’s ‘A’, Juhu 1 (Kenneth Fernandes).