Goals are galore at Bandra Rink Hockey on Day One.
Goals were galore on Day One of the Carmel Rink Hockey Tournament that got underway today at Bandra, Mumbai.
The Durello Convent girls beat St Pauls Convent with a tall score of 8-0. Also the boy’s under-14 category, St. Stanislaus edged out a resilient St. Andrews 5-2 in an encounter that saw the fortunes of both sides swung unpredictably. At half time, Stanislaus led with a comfortable three-goal margin only for St. Andrews to pump in four quick goals early into the second half. However, Stanislaus held their nerve to emerge winners by the thinnest of margin. Mukul Knilnani was the top scorer for the winners with four goals.
The matches played under the women’s league between KNK Nasik and MMK College saw MMK college to a victorious win of 6-2 with Sharmin Bassha from MMK College being the top scorer with 4 goals. The next match between Central Railway Versus Remix saw Central Railway taking the winning edge with 8 – 1. Not forgetting the goal keeper for Central Railway Helen Marie is an international player with a Bharat Bhushan award to her credit .
In the Club League Matches Union Bank Sports Club beat Bombay Republic to a 8-2 win with Devinder Walmiki from Union Bank being the top scorer with 4 goals. Also the match between F-united and Freunds saw F-united to a clean win with 7-4 with Nitin from F-united being the top scorer of 6 goals leading F-United to a victorious triump.
The most awaited match of the evening between Mumbai Customs and Central Railway saw Mumbai Customs winning with a score of 9 – 6 and Stanley Fernandes being the hero scoring 6 goals.
It was heartening to see a good spectator turnout despite that the fact that the Mumbai Indian’s were to play their first game of the already popular Indian Premier League (IPL).