02 October,2015 08:21 AM IST | | Sundari Iyer
After returning from Pune at 11 pm on Wednesday night, Our Lady of Dolours boys beat St Stanislaus Bandra 4-0 in 11 am semi-final
Abhay Tiwari (in blue) of Our Lady of Dolours (Marine Lines) and Ezekial Shetty (in green) of St Stanislaus (Bandra) battle it out in the semi-finals of the MSSA inter-school Ahmed Sailor hockey tournament at the MHAL-Mahindra Stadium, Churchgate yesterda
Our Lady of Dolours Marine Lines registered a 4-0 win over St Stanislaus Bandra to enter the final of the Ahmed Sailor league-cum-knockout boys U-16 hockey tournament after a gap of two years at MHAL-Mahindra Stadium, Churchgate yesterday.
Abhay Tiwari in blue of Our Lady of Dolours Marine Lines and Ezekial Shetty in green of St Stanislaus Bandra battle it out in the semi-finals of the MSSA inter-school Ahmed Sailor hockey tournament at the MHAL-Mahindra Stadium, Churchgate yesterday. Pic/Suresh KK
Our Lady of Dolours coach Marzban -Bawa- Patel lauded the boys for the win, achieved despite not getting enough rest. "The boys reached Mumbai only yesterday night at 11pm from Pune where they lost to Krida Prabodhini 0-4 in final of the boys- U-17 Nehru Cup. They barely got any rest and played in the morning at 11 am. I am glad they won despite being tired," Patel said yesterday.
Dolours took the lead in the 22nd minute via Abhay Tiwari-s field goal. A minute later, their lead was doubled when Arjun Gupta received a pass from Ramshankar Sonkar and promptly scored past St Stanislaus goalkeeper Dale Verhoven. After trailing 0-2, Stanislaus tried to make a comeback in the second half, but they couldn-t convert the two clear chances they got.
Bhim Batala scored the third goal for the Marine Lines school in the 40th minute. Ten minutes later, Tikaram Thakulla made it 4-0, scoring off a penalty corner conversion. The Marine Lines School will now take on defending champions Don Bosco Matunga.
Don Bosco win
Don Bosco beat Children-s Academy Malad 7-4 via tie-breaker in the other semi-final. Ayush Shetty scored two goals, while Aldrin Mascarenhas, Sahil Singh, Paul Fernandes, Clivert Miller and Peter Nadar scored a goal each for Don Bosco. For Children-s Academy, Darshan Gavkar scored a brace while Rahul Patel and Devesh Saddha netted a goal each.
It-s Duruelo vs Joseph-s
In the Panchgani Old Boys Hockey tournaments for girls U-16, Duruelo Convent Bandra will take on St Joseph-s High School Bandra in the final today. Duruelo Convent beat Guru Nanak High School Sion 6-5 via tier-breaker, while St Joseph-s thrashed St Teresa-s Santacruz 5-0.
