Mumbai Schools Sports Association (MSSA) President Fr Jude Rodrigues was all reward for the professionalism with which women from eight faculties competed within the mid-day Ranis of Rink 2024 on the Neville D’Souza turf, Bandra, final week.
“This is the third yr that mid-day is organising this inter-school women soccer competitors, and it’s an exquisite initiative by them. The expertise on view was incredible. These women have been taking part in like professionals. Some of their strikes and abilities have been unbelievable. They have been even passing the ball again to their goalkeeper which speaks numerous their confidence ranges and coaching strategies,” stated Fr Rodrigues, who was the chief visitor for the third version of the match and introduced the winners trophies and medals.
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mid-day Ranis of Rink 2024 runners-up Rustomjee Cambridge (Dahisar) obtain their trophy and medals from Udayan Banerjee (seventh from left), Hon Treasurer of the Mumbai Football Association
Rustomjee Cambridge (Dahisar) head coach Sunny D’Souza was appreciative of the distinctive expertise that mid-day Ranis of Rink provided. “I’ve coached this group of ladies for the final seven years however now we have performed 5v5 rink soccer on an inter-school stage for the primary time. It’s an altogether completely different and thrilling format and is nice publicity for the ladies. We knew that AVM [Juhu] could be robust competitors and proper sufficient they emerged champions,” he stated.
mid-day Ranis of Rink 2024 bronze medallists AVM (Bandra) with mid-day Infomedia Ltd MD & CEO Vikas Joshi (left)
Bombay International (Babulnath) head coach Jyoti Alva was delighted with the graceful conduct of the match. Her crew didn’t start the match nicely, shedding tamely to Dhirubhai Ambani International School (Bandra) and Apostolic Carmel, however bounced again to place up a troublesome 2-3 struggle towards eventual bronze medallists AVM (Bandra). Jiya Mehta and Jianna Shah scored a objective every for Bombay International and Alva stated her women can solely profit from this expertise. “This is a good alternative for the ladies and I’m very grateful to mid-day for organising this match so nicely annually,” stated Alva.
Sandeep Mehta, father of Rustomjee Cambridge defender Alisha, was additionally all reward for the match. “Firstly, there isn’t any entry payment and all of the groups are supplied refreshments. There can be a physiotherapist to take care of accidents. Our women are undoubtedly handled like Ranis right here,” stated Mehta.
Source: www.mid-day.com
