Dhurwesh Nijap’s twin strikes helped Siddharth College of Commerce and Economics upstage Byramji Jeejibhoy College of Commerce 5-3 in a tense college boys qualifying match of the Reliance Foundation Youth Sports football tournament.
Reliance Foundation Youth Sports Football Tournament 2017, Qualifier Match of College boys Category played Between Wilson College (yellow bib) & Guru Nanak .
BJCC took the early initiative finding goals through Porus Sidhwa (7th minute) and Hormazd Banaji (11th min) at Priyadarshini Park. Dhurwesh triggered Siddharth’s fightback finding the target in the 23rd minute and five minutes later he was once again in the thick of action scoring from the spot after his team was awarded a penalty. Having gone into the break at 2-2, Siddharth
stepped up a gear after resumption with Richesh Patil, Govind Rathod and Hemant Shaikh netting goals to steal a march over their rivals. Tabrez Hamdulay managed to reduce the margin in the closing stages after BJCC earned a penalty but it did not affect the result at all.
It was another busy day in the Mumbai-leg of the national-level tournament with 26 matches scheduled at six venues across three categories. Over 150 goals were scored with St Paul English School, Junior College & Degree College’s 17-1 victory over Seva Sadan College of Arts, Science & Commerce, Ulhasnagar in a college boys qualifier at All Saints School, Bhiwandi being the highest of the day.
RESULTS (Qualifiers)
Junior Boys: Udyanchal High School lost to Holy Cross High School, Kurla1-5; GPP High School & AVVP Junior College lost to Cardinal Gracias High School 3-5; JB Chatrabhuj Narsee Memorial School bt Childrens Academy School 8-0; St Sebastian High School bt Vani Vidyalaya 6-4; Padua High School lost to PG Garodia School 0-3; Swami Vivekanand High School & Junior College bt Mulund Vidya Mandir High School & Jr College 16-0; Amrita Vidyalam lost to Dnyan Pushpa Vidya Niketan 0-3; Sri Saraswathi Vidya Mandir bt Friends Co-operative English School 13-0; City International School w/o CP Goenka International High School; The BJPC Institution w/o Suffah English School
Senior Boys: Fr Agnel Multipurpose School beat Tilak Public School 14-1; Friends Co-op Education Society School & Junior College lost to Hiranandani Foundation School, Powai 0-9; Tilak Junor College, Nehrul bt SIES Junior College of Commerce 7(3)-5(3); Bhavans Hazarimal Somani College lost to Sydenham 2-3;
College Boys: BR Harne College of Engineering beat Satish Pradhan Dnyanasadhana College 5-0; KJ Somaiya Institute of Engineering & Infotech lost to International Institutional of Sports Management 1-4; Seva Sadan College of Arts, Science & Commerce, Ulhasnagar lost to St Paul English School, Junior College & Degree College 1-17; Siddharth College of Commerce and Economics bt BJCC 5-3; Model College lost to Birla College, Kalyan 0-4; JVMS Mehta Degree & Juniour College bt Karamveer Bhaurao Patil College 4-0; Gurunanak College lost to Wilson College 5(2)-6(2); Vidya Vikas Universal College lost to St Rocks College of Commerce and Science 0-5; SICES Degree College, Ambernath (W) w/o RK Talerja Junior College, Ulhasnagar; Sydhenham College of Commerce & Economics w/o SIES College of Commerce and Economics