St. Francis Xavier’s, Vasai dished out a brilliant combined attacking performance to record a thrilling 5-4 win against a spirited Our Lady of Egypt, Kalina in a Men’s Open third round match of the 45th Willingdon Catholic Gymkhana Rink Football Tournament 2025, and played under floodlights at the WCG tennis courts on Tuesday night.
The Vasai boys showed good understanding and worked in cohesion as a unit to unsettle the opposition defence. Prolific striker Alymer Gonsalves, Stallone Gonsalves, Mark Carvalho, Abner Almeida and Lionel Gonsalves scored a goal each to seal St. Francis Xavier’s win. Our Lady of Egypt got their goals through Melvin Barboza’s double strike, and one each from Anthony Machado and Gaurav Pawar.
In another third round match, Our Lady of the Sea, Madh Island defeated St. Joseph’s, Umerkhadi by a narrow 3-2 margin. Strikers Aryan Bhandari, Sunny Koli and Rishikesh Koli netted one goal apiece to seal the win for the Madh Island boys. St. Joseph scored through Austin Fernandes and Dixit Bhoj.
Results – Men’s Open (round 3): Our Lady of the Sea, Madh Island 3 (Aryan Bhandari, Sunny Koli, Rishikesh Koli) beat St. Joseph’s, Umerkhadi 2 (Austin Fernandes, Dixit Bhoj).
St. Francis Xavier’s, Vasai 5 (Alymer Gonsalves, Stallone Gonsalves, Mark Carvalho, Abner Almeida, Lionel Gonsalves) beat Our Lady of Egypt, Kalina 4 (Melvin Barboza 2, Anthony Machado, Gaurav Pawar).
St. Peter’s, Bandra 3 (Ryan D’Souza, Curt DeMello) beat Our Lady of Dolours, Wadala 2 (Tyson Patel 2).
Men Veteran’s 40+: Ringo Boys 4 (Ryan Rodrigues 2, Ashwin D’Souza, Rakesh Dias) beat United Boys Kalina 3 (Kingsley Rebello 2, Arun Menon).
Men Veteran’s 50+: Everton Boys walkover Tarun Sporting.