WCG football report:
Immaculate Conception, Borivali put up a determined display and managed to get the better of Bandra Packers ‘B’ by a fighting 1-0 margin in a Women’s Open quarter-final match of the Willingdon Catholic Gymkhana’s 32nd Inter-Parish Football Tournament, played under floodlights at the WCG grounds.
Tracy Monis scored Immaculate Conception’s winning goal in a Women’s Open quarter-final match of the Willingdon Catholic Gymkhana’s 32nd Inter-Parish Football Tournament.
In an evenly balanced and closely contested encounter striker Tracy Monis scored the all-important goal to secure Immaculate Conception’s victory and a passage to the penultimate round.
Later, in a Men’s last 16 round encounter, St. Blaise ‘B’, Amboli sent defending champion St. Gonsalo Garcia, Vasai crashing out by romping to a 3-1 victory. St. Blaise scored their goals through Harold Fernandes, Joel Fernandes and Jayesh Sutar, while St. Gonsalo Garcia scored one through Sriraj Nair.
In the second match, Holy Cross ‘B’, Juhu got the better of St. Joseph’s, Umerkhadi by a narrow 2-1 margin. For Holy Cross striker Melvin Fernandes and Gilton Vaz netted a goal each while St. Joseph’s pulled one back through Austin Fernandes.
Results – Women Open (quarter-finals): Immaculate Conception, Borivali 1 (Tracy Monis) beat Bandra Packers ‘B’ 0.
Veterans Men (pre-quarter-finals): Immaculate Conception, Borivali 3 (Ephraun Andrews, Wilfred Fernandes, Conrad Correa) beat Spartans FC 2 (Ralphson David, Apparao Chiman).
Men’s (pre-quarter-finals): Holy Cross ‘B’, Juhu 2 (Melvin Fernandes, Gilton Vaz) beat St. Joseph’s, Umerkhadi 1 (Austin Fernandes).
St. Blaise ‘B’, Amboli 3 (Harold Fernandes, Joel Fernandes, Jayesh Sutar) beat St. Gonsalo Garcia, Vasai 1 (Sriraj Nair).