Bandra schools Carmel of St. Joseph’s and St. Stanislaus, both registered contrasting victories and emerged supreme in the Girls’ U-14 and Boys’ U-14 competitions respectively in the Bandra Gymkhana Annual Rink Hockey Tournament 2023 and played at the Gymkhana’s turf.
The victorious Carmel of St. Joseph’s schoolgirls are in a jubilant mood as they pose with their trophy along with Sharon Pinto, Social Secretary, Bandra Gymkhana.
The Carmel of St. Joseph’s girls slugged it out with Don Bosco, Borivali in a keenly contested final encounter. The Bandra schoolgirls did well to find the target through hard-work of consistent goal-scorer Isha Patel to snatch a narrow 1-0 win and grab the top honours.
The victorious St. Stanislaus players are in a jubilant mood as they pose with their trophy along with Bruce Fernandes, Sub-Committee member, Bandra Gymkhana
Later in the day, St. Stanislaus lads showed good understanding and combined perfectly as a team to steamroll past Children Academy, Malad winning by a massive 11-0 margin. The star performer for St. Stanislaus was their energetic and skillful forward Jordan Desmond who once again hogged the limelight by scoring six goals. Jordan was well-supported by teammates Zidane Fernandes, Skye D’Costa, Dylan Pinto, Ryan D’Souza and Keegan Bantu all scoring a goal each to complete the emphatic win over the Children’s Academy boys.
This was the second title success for St. Stanislaus youngsters, who had earlier defeated Don Bosco, Matunga 6-4 in the Willingdon Catholic Gymkhana final.
Results (finals) – Girls’ U-14: Carmel of St. Joseph’s, Bandra 1 (Isha Patel) beat Don Bosco, Borivali 0.
Boys’ U-14: St. Stanislaus, Bandra 11 (Jordan Desmond 6, Zidane Fernandes, Skye D’Costa, Dylan Pinto, Ryan D’Souza, Keegan Bantu) beat Children’s Academy, Malad 0.