Hosts Campion School and Apostolic Carmel High School emerged champions, winning the boys and girls under-14 crowns respectively in the Campion School Platinum Jubilee Celebrations Inter-Schools football tournament and played at the schools playground, Back Garden, Colaba.
The Apostolic Carmel girls’, winners of the girls’ under-14 title of the Campion School Platinum Jubilee Celebrations Inter-Schools football tournament, pose with their medals, certificate and trophy along with Chief Guest, Anil Jayaraj, Vice-President of Star Sports and his wife; Dhananjay Rawal, Brand Head, Sportobuddy and Paul Machado, Principal, Campion School.
In the final, Campion School prevailed over St. Mary’s ICSE 4-3 via the tie-breaker after the match finished in a 1-1 draw. Campion goalkeeper Shaurya Gupta played a key role making two crucial saves in the penalty shootout to help his School come out trumps. For Campion the goals were scored by Shivam Kandelwal, Aman Hussain, Mustafa Pardewala and Shayaan Bilawala. St. Mary’s managed to score through Arjun Jalan, Joshua D. and Shams M.
The girls’ final was a one-sided affair with Apostolic Carmel romping to a 3-0 win over Bombay International with Riya D’Souza scoring a brace and Mmehak Lobo getting one.
The St. Stanislau boys’, winners of the boys’ under-12 title, pose with their medals, certificate and trophy
St. Stanislaus rode on Vivian Sanghvi’s twin strikes to overcome Bombay Scottish 2-0 to win the boys’ under-12 title, while NSS Hill Spring outplayed Convent of Jesus & Mary 5-0 to bag the girls’ under-12 title. Manushree Shah struck four goals and Diti Kanungo got one to complete the triumph.
Chief Guest, Anil Jayaraj, Vice-President of Star Sports and his wife presided over the prize distribution function and presented the trophies, medals and certificates to the winners, runners-up and the individual award winners.
“Campion School has always been on the forefront of academic and sporting excellence. In the wake of the 75 Year Platinum Jubilee Celebrations, we realised the importance of reaching out to not just the kids, but their coaches and parents too. By hiring the services of Sportobuddy, we facilitated convenience with online registrations, match and fixture updates and a one of its kind live stream feature of the matches from the ground. It’s a unique digital initiative, and I’m glad that Campion has been able to capitalise on it,” said Paul Machado, Principal of Campion School.
Dhananjay Rawal, an ex-Campionite and Sportobuddy Brand Head and spokesperson, assisted the school with the logistics and also to live stream the matches from the ground. Sportobuddy delivered a unique sporting experience for students, teachers and parents alike.
The event received an overwhelming participation of 700 students from 26 schools across the city.
Final results – Boys Under-14: Campion School 4 (Shivam Kandelwal, Aman Hussain, Mustafa Pardewala, Shayaan Bilawala) beat St. Mary’s ICSE 3 (Arjun Jalan,
Best Player: Kyle Justin (St. Stanislaus), Best Goalkeeper: Hasan Birya (St. Mary’s ICSE).
Boys Under-12: St. Stanislaus 2 (Vivian Sanghvi 2) beat Bombay Scottish 0. Best Player: Justin Fernandes (St. Stanislaus), Best Goalkeeper: Hanzala Kapadia (Christchurch).
Girls Under-14: Apostolic Carmel 3 (Riya D’Souza 2, Mmehak Lobo 1) beat Bombay International 0. Best Player: Riya D’Souza (Apostolic Carmel), Best Goalkeeper: Kimaya Vaid (Bombay International).
Girls Under12: NSS Hill Spring 5 (Manushree Shah 4, Diti Kanungo) beat Convent of Jesus & Mary 0. Best Player: Diti Kanungo (NSS Hill Spring), Best Goalkeeper: Rhea Shah (NSS Hill Spring).