Striker Leah Poonawalla was in the best of scoring form as she scored a fine hat-trick in leading Bodyline FC to a convincing 5-0 win against St. Jude’s SC in a women’s first round match of the 25th Bandra Gymkhana Open Rink Football Tournament and played under floodlights at the Demonte Park Recreational Ground, Bandra. Besides Leah’s brilliant efforts her teammates Kimberly Fernandes and Riya D’Souza netted netted one each to round off the winning tally.
Striker Leah Poonawalla was in action during a women’s first round match of the 25th Bandra Gymkhana Open Rink Football Tournament.
In another match, Football School of India rode on Pooja Dhumal’s lone strike to overcome Companeroes SC by a narrow 1-0 margin to advance to the second round.
In a men’s veterans first round match, Golden Boys, Malad proved too good as they blanked Holy Cross, Vakola 3-0. For the Malad outfit, Karan Sawant scored a brace of goals and Kunal Nagvekar got one to seal the win.
Results – Men’s Open (1st round): Mean Machine SC 2 (Clinton D’Souza, Karan Khanna) beat Celtic FC ‘A’ 0;
Macabbi SC 3 (Merick Fernandes 2, Jason Miranda) beat Skylarks SC 0;
Trashers SC 2 (Abu Sheikh 2) beat Companeroes SC 0;
Bombastic SC 5 (Franco Salian 2, Vally Pereira 2, Ranjit Singh) beat Young X1 1 (Nakul D.);
Autonomous SC 4 (Winston Dsilva 2, Dwig Armarkar, Alaister Mendes) beat Stephenites SC 3 (Sumesh, Ryan, Adrian).
Veteran men’s (2nd round): Golden Boys, Malad 3 (Karan Sawnd 2, Kanal Nagvekar) beat Holy Cross, Vakola 0;
Chinai SC 4 (Kingsley R. 2, Rakesh Yadav, Edward Abajo) beat Companeroes SC 2 (John D’Souza, Bharat Mane).
Women (1st round): Football School Of India 1 (Pooja Dhumal) beat Companeroes SC 0.
Bodyline SC ‘A’ 5 (Leah Poonawalla 3, Kimberly Fernandes, Riya D’Souza) beat St. Jude SC 0.