A spirited St. James, Virar produced a strong fighting performance to register a deserving 4-2 win against Holy Family ‘C’, Andheri in a Men’s Open second round match of the 45th Willingdon Catholic Gymkhana Rink Football Tournament 2025-26 and played under floodlights at the WCG tennis courts on Saturday evening.
Stephen Crasto’s double strikes, Aries Alphonso and Roswell Pereira one each scored the goals for the winning team. Holy Family scored through Nash Henriques and Gavin D’Souza.
In a closely contested match, Our Lady of Health ‘A’, Sahar pulled off a narrow 2-1 win against St. Anthony’s A’, Vakola to progress to the second round. For Our Lady of Health strikers Shafan Solkar and Anish Kukna were bang on target scoring a goal each, while St. Anthony’s lone goal was scored by Valton Fernandes.
Later in the evening, St. Blaise ‘A’, Amboli were in prime form and blanked St. Joseph’s Green, Juhu 4-0 in a one-sided second round clash. Merick Fernandes, Harold Fernandes, Jayesh Sutar and Conroy Concessio combined well to score a goal apiece to complete the big win.
Results Men’s Open (second round): St. James, Virar 4 (Stephen Crasto 2, Aries Alphonso, Roswell Pereira) beat Holy Family ‘C’, Andheri 2 (Nash Henriques, Gavin D’Souza).
Our Lady of Health ‘A’, Sahar 2 (Shafan Solkar, Anish Kukna) beat St. Anthony’s A’, Vakola 1 (Valton Fernandes).
St. Blaise ‘A’, Amboli 4 (Merick Fernandes, Harold Fernandes, Jayesh Sutar, Conroy Concessio) beat St. Joseph’s Green, Juhu 0.
Veteran’s Men 40+ (first round): Royalers SC 2 (Puthur S., Ceasar Fernandes) beat Friends United 0.
Veteran’s Men 50+ (first round): Maccabi SC ‘B’ 6 (Ryan Cardoz 3, Clint Fernandes, Dominic D’Souza, Custodio Fernandes) beat Weekenders SC 0.