Alymer Gonsalves struck a decisive lone winning goal which helped St. Francis Xavier, Vasai record a narrow 1-0 win against St. John the Evangelist in a first round match of the 45th Willingdon Catholic Gymkhana Rink Football Tournament 2025, played under floodlights at the WCG tennis courts on Wednesday night.
Later, in a closely fought first round encounter, Our Lady of Health, Versova pulled off a narrow 2-1 victory against Our Lady of Gloria to advance into the second round. Strikers Chetan Solanki and Pratik Vapilkar were bang on target scoring a goal each for the winners. Our Lady of Gloria pulled one back through Nathan Nessiah.
Meanwhile, Keegan Carvalho’s double strikes enabled Our Lady of Egypt, Karina defeat St. Joseph’s ‘E’, Juhu 3-2 in an exciting encounter. Carvalho’s teammate Anthony Machado scored the third goal, while Gerard Pereira scored both the goals for the Juhu outfit.
Results (round 1): St. Francis Xavier, Vasai 1 (Alymer Gonsalves) beat St. John the Evangelist, Marol 0.
Our Lady of Health, Versova 2 (Chetan Solanki, Pratik Vapilkar) beat Our Lady of Gloria 1 (Nathan Nessiah).
Holy Cross ‘B’, Juhu 3 (Prathmesh Batawale 2, Jason D’Souza) beat St. Joseph’s ‘D’, Juhu 1 (Sujal Dabhole).
Our Lady of Egypt 3 (Keegan Carvalho 2, Anthony Machado) beat St. Joseph’s ‘E’, Juhu 2 (Gerard Pereira 2).