Inspired by the brilliance of striker Pranav Nambiar, who scored both the goals in leading Divine Mercy Parish, Bhayander get the better of St. Blaise ‘C’, Amboli by a 2-0 margin in a first round match of the 45th Willingdon Catholic Gymkhana Rink Football Tournament 2025, played under floodlights at the WCG tennis courts on Tuesday night.
In another first round encounter, Our Lady of the Sea, Madh Island proved too strong for St. Joseph’s ‘C’, Juhu and charged to a facile 5-1 victory. Strikers Aryan Bhandari and Sunny Koli played the lead roles, both scoring a brace of goals each. Teammate Divyesh Landhe scored the fifth goal to complete the winning margin. St. Joseph’s scored a consolation goal through Nehar Tirki.
Results (round 1): St. Joseph’s, Umerkhadi 4 (Austin Fernandes 2, Dixit Bhoj 2) beat Holy Family ‘A’, Andheri 1 (Rohan Kanojia). Divine Mercy, Bhayander 2 (Pranav Nambiar 2) beat St. Blaise ‘C’, Amboli 1 (Anas Baig). Our Lady of the Sea, Madh Island 5 (Aryan Bhandri 2, Sunny Koli 2, Divyesh Landhe) beat St. Joseph’s ‘C’, Juhu I (Nehar Tirki).
St. Louis, Dahisar 4 (Allan D’Souza, Nirmal D’Souza, Ethan Rosario, Deepak Irmali) beat St. Joseph’s Blue, Juhu 0.
