St Anthony HS Monte de Guirim reign supreme in girls U17 hockey

 

·         Defeat Holy Cross HS Bastora 7 – 1 to earn a ticket to Delhi

·         The boy’s Under-15 team have also qualified for the tournament in the national capital

·         Janata High School Mapusa is the third school from Goa which will make the trip to Delhi on account of their hockey achievement

Margao Sept 23

St Anthony High School Monte de Guirim defeated Holy Cross High School Bastora 7 – 1 in an exciting final of the Nehru Hockey tournament for Under-17 girls of Directorate of Sports & Young Affairs at Peddem ground yesterday.

Riddhi Hadfadkar scored a hat-trick for St Anthony High School Monte Guirim, while Krislyn Menezes and Riddhi Shejwadkar scored 2 goals apiece, whereas Sherya found the net for Bastora.

St Anthony Monte de Guirim will now represent the state at the Nehru Hockey Tournament in Delhi.

Besides the girl’s Under-17 team, the boys of the same school are Under-15 champions in the Nehru hockey and will also make the trip to Delhi.

The third school from Goa which will make the trip to Delhi on account of their hockey achievement will be Janata High School Mapusa the boys Under-17 winners.

In the earlier matches, Monte de Guirim coasted defeated Shri Bhumika Higher Secondary School 7-0 to book a place in the final.  

St Anthony High School Monte Guirim netted 4 goals through Riddhi Hadfadkar, while Krislyn Menezes, Riddhi Shejwadkar, Deantha Pacheco scored a goal each, while in the quarterfinals they won trounced Holy Cross High School Siolim 25-0.

On the other hand, the Bastora school walked their way into the final after their opponents Damodar English High School Gudi Paroda failed to turn up for the match. in the opening round match, Holy Cross HS bastora trounced St Jude High School Betalbatim 4-0.

The winners struck in the 8^th and 26^th minutes with goals from Rujuta Mukbhar and Neha Karapurkar.

Dimple Dichholkar made it 3-0 in the second half and with four minutes left for the final whistle Varshitha Shetty made it 4-0.

 Earlier in the other quarter-final, the clash between two Sattari Taluka institutions, a lot was at stake for the girls of both the teams, it was Higher Secondary girls which won.

The school girls, trained by Father George Nandiyala of the Pilar Fathers, gave their much older counterparts a run for the money, but in the ultimate analysis the super body power and the age difference finally counted in the ultimate analysis.

For the records most of the Honda HS girls who took the field were eight and sixth standard students compared to their opponents who are now studying in the Higher Secondary section.

Parye opened the scoring in the 16^th minute with Mayusha Gawas getting her name on the scorers list with a field goal. Thereafter Tanui Gawas scored a brace in the 33^rd and 50^th minute to complete the score line.

In the other quarter-final, Damodar English HS defeated Immaculate Heart of Mary High School, Goa Velha 2-1 in the tie breaker.