St Joseph’s from Orlem (Malad) won the boys under-16 trophy, beating St Lawrence (Borivali) 4-3 via tie-breaker in the final of the Poinsur Gymkhana 8th Inter-School Football Tournament, here on today. However, in spite of Orlem boys getting more opportunities, but their attempts to score were foiled by the alert St. Lawrence goalkeeper time and again. With the regulation time failing to break the deadlock, the outcome of the final was resolved by penalty kicks, in which St. Joseph boys prevailed 4-3.
Under-16 champions St. Joseph (Orlem), receiving the trophy from Mr Mukesh Bhandari, president of the Poinsur Gymkhana. Others in the picture are Vice-president Karunakar Shetty (extreme right) and other officials
Gundecha Foundation sprang a surprise when they got the better of last year’s winners Don Bosco (Borivali) via tie-breaker in the boys under-14 section. Bosco boys got in the lead in the first half, but Gundecha equalized soon after the break. Thereafter both tried their best, but failed to find the target. And the resultant tie-breaker saw Gundecha prevailing 4-3 in the end.
Results of the finals:
Chief guest Municipal Corporator Mrs Anjali Khedkar presenting the trophy to the Gundecha boys, the under-14 winners (Kandivali). Also seen are Poinsur Gymkhana vice-president Karunakar Shetty (extreme right) and other officials.
Boys Under-16: St Joseph (Orlem) 4 (Yash Sanke, Yash Koli, Joy Banerjee and Om Arone ) bt St. Lawrence (Borivali) 3 (Utsav Parekh, Path Shah and Dhairy Shah) – via tie-breaker 4-3 (Full Time: 0-0).
Boys Under-14: Gundecha Foundation 4 (Abhedya Gupte( 1) , Aarav Bamgudi, Aryan Negi and Parth Sanghavi) bt Don Bosco (Borivali) 3 (Carwyn D’Souza (1) , Ashton D’Souza, Ethan Fernandes.