Furtado strikes 4 goals in St. Francis Xavier’s win


Willingdon Catholic Gym rink football report

Striker Joshua Furtado struck four goals to power St. Francis Xavier’s, Vasai to a fluent 6-1 win against Holy Family ‘C’, Andheri in a first round Men’s Open match of the Willingdon Catholic Gymkhana organised Inter-Parish 5-a-side Rink Football Tournament – 2022 and to be played under floodlights at the gymkhana’s tennis courts.

Steve Almeida and Alymer Gonsalves got the other two goals for the Vasai outfit, while Holy Family pulled one back through Floyd Mathias.

In another one-sided encounter, Our Lady of Victories, Mahim proved too good and defeated Our Lady of Fatima, Vidyavihar 4-0. Striker Dion Menezes netted a brace of goals while Joshua D’Souza and David D’Souza added one each for the Mahim team.

St. Peter’s, Bandra also enjoyed an easy outing defeating Our Lady of Health ‘A’, Sahar 3-0. Strikers 3 Ryan D’Souza, Curt D’Mello and Gavin D’Souza scored one goal apiece for the Bandra side.

Results (1st round): St. Francis Xavier’s, Vasai 6 (Joshua Furtado 4, Steve Almeida, Alymer Gonsalves) beat Holy Family ‘C’, Andheri 1 (Floyd Mathias).

Good Shepherd, Andheri 2 (Karan Khanna 2) beat Sacred Heart ‘A’, Andheri 1 (Jared Saldanha).

Our Lady of Victories, Mahim 4 (Dion Menezes 2, Joshua D’Souza, David D’Souza) beat Our Lady of Fatima, Vidyavihar 0.

Holy Cross ‘C’, Juhu 3 (Siddesh Batawale, Prathamesh Batawale, Aryan Thaverpurkaz) beat Mount Carmel, Bandra 2 (Yogesh Kadam, Brandon Picardo).

St. Peter’s, Bandra 3 (Ryan D’Souza, Curt D’Mello, Gavin D’Souza) beat Our Lady of Health ‘A’, Sahar 0.

St. Joseph’s ‘A’, Juhu 2 (Tushar Bhosale 2) beat Infant Jesus, Vasai 1 (Vishnu Menon).