Central Railway outplayed Republicans SC scoring an authoritative 6-0 win in an Elite Women’s semi-final match of the 15th Joe Fernandis Memorial Hockey Tournament 2026, organised by the AHWA and played at the St. Stanislaus High School turf ground, Bandra.
Vandana Katariya scored two goals in Central Railway’s 6-0 win
Leading Central Railway’s charge to victory was prolific goal-scorer Vandana Katariya who scored two goals. Vandana’s teammates Khushi Katariya, Anita S., Shashi Prabha and H. Lalrautfeli all contributed with a goal each to round-off the winning margin.
In another match, Western Railway got the better of Union Bank of India by a narrow 1-0 margin. Nikita S. Scored the decisive winning goal.
Results – Elite Women (semi-finals): Central Railway 6 (Vandana Katariya 2, Khushi Katariya, Anita S., Shashi Prabha, H. Lalrautfeli) beat Republicans SC 0.
Western Railway 1 (Nikita S.) beat Union Bank of India 0.
Senior Men (semi-finals): Greater Mumbai Police 6 (Yash Khanaige 2, Rohan Pawar, Sanaram S., Pranil Bankar, Nitin Patil) beat Arctic Super Boys) 0.