St. Blaise ‘A’, Amboli clinched their maiden title defeating Sacred Heart ‘A’, Andheri 3-1 via the tie-breaker in the final of the 32nd Willingdon Catholic Gymkhana Inter Parish Rink Football Tournament, played under floodlights at the WCG ground.
The victorious St. Blaise ‘A’, Amboli players are in a jubilant mood as they pose with the WCG Inter-Parish trophy.
The summit clash witnessed a absorbing tussle for supremacy as both sides played an open attacking game. However, both team failed to find the back of the net during regulation period. As a result, the match was extended to the penalty shootout duel and the Amboli side proved to be better marksmen as they converted three of their five attempts while Sacred Heart managed to score only one and finished as the runners-up.
St. Blaise successfully scored through Merick Fernandes, Jason Miranda and Danzel Fernandes while only Akshay Chavan scored for the Andheri team.
Jason Miranda of St. Blaise was later named as the ‘Player of The Final’, while Sacred Heart’s Declan Gonsalves was declared as the ‘Player of the tournament’.
St. Blaise received the Champions Trophy and a cash prize of Rs 60,000 from Chief Guest Surendra Kumar, a former junior international and Tata Sports Club player, while Sacred Heart received the runners-up trophy and a cash award of Rs 30,000.
Results – Men’s (final): St. Blaise ‘A’, Amboli 3 (Merick Fernandes, Jason Miranda, Denzel Fernandes) beat Sacred Heart ‘A’, Andheri 1 (Akshay Chavan).