Central Railway continued with their impressive winning form to derail arch-rivals Western Railway by charging to a comfortable 4-1 win in the Women’s final of the 41st Willingdon Catholic Gymkhana rink hockey tournament, played at the WCG floodlit courts.
Champions… Central Railway players are seen in a jubilant mood as they pose with the ‘Champions’ trophy along with Chief Guest, Lorraine Martin (centre), Assistant Joint Secretary, WCG.
The Central Railway outfit, who won all their league matches and the semi-finals, by convincing margins looked the better of the two teams. The Western side also did not face much opposition in their earlier outings but could not match the performance of the dominant Central girls who were quick to pounce on the openings and showed good finishing.
Showing good coordination and understanding Central Railway scored at regular intervals through the efforts of Ranjita Chanu, Renuka Yadav, Kanchan Tirki, and Anuja Singh, all contributing a goal apiece to seal their win and complete their triumph. For Western Railway who found the going tough, the lone consolation goal came from Rakhi Prajapati’s stick.
Champions… The victorious Don Bosco schoolboys are all smiles as they proudly pose with the ‘Champions’ trophy
Earlier, the Boys final was surprisingly a one-sided affair with Don Bosco, Matunga proving to be too strong for an uncharacteristic St. Stanislaus, Bandra romping to a 6-0 win.
Leading Don Bosco’s charge to the big win was Shraddhesa Khamkar who scored two goals while his teammates Swayam Gangurde, Rishi Jathan, Suhaan Pawle, and Ratnesh Chile, all chipped in with one goal each to round off the winning margin.
Results (all finals) – Boys: Don Bosco, Matunga 6 Shraddhesa Khamkar 2, Swayam Gangurde, Rishi Jathan, Suhaan Pawle, Ratnesh Chile) beat St. Stanislaus, Bandra 0.
Women: Central Railway 4 (Ranjita Chanu, Renuka Yadav, Kanchan Tirki, Anuja Singh) beat Western Railway 1 (Rakhi Prajapati).