Armenians, CC&FC enter semi-finals

Armenians play Bombay Gymkhana while CC&FC take on Dimbula (Sri Lanka) in the semi-finals tomorrow.

It was against the run of play that Armenians scored a penalty. But GBP equalised within five minutes when Rajesh Tondawalkar converted a penalty. But Tondwalkar’s exit before half-time due to injury made a difference.Vice-captain Emil Vartazarian kicked two penalties for Armenians while Sepooh Mkertechian and Henrik Terchounian scored a try each.

Herman `Bull’ Balsara, also the coach, led CC&FC from the front. He scored two tries while Tony McLuskie, Nicholas Menezes, Niklesh Jigan and Rioman Jeejboy chipped in with a try each.

Jai Ambe stunWenden

Jai Ambe shocked unbeaten Wenden Institute, Central Railway 1-0 in a Chhatrapati Shivaji Trophy first division match organised by MDFA at Xavier’s Ground, Parel today. Nagesh Pujari headed in the winner off a Ashok Yadav flag kick awarded ten minutes before the final whistle. The goalless first half saw rough tackles, and as many as eight yellow cards were flashed.

OTHER RESULTS

Division II-B: Bombay Central Western Rly Institute 2 (Jose, Salim D’Souza) bt Dadar Boys 1 (Dinesh Waghe)

Div III-A: Kalina Strikers 2 (Radhesham Bara, Vinod Rawat) bt BPCL Marketing 0.

MONDAYS’ RESULTS

Div I-A: Fatima Beach Boys A 1 (Hasmukh Baria) drew Miners 1 (Simon Chougule) Div II: Bosco Strikers 4 (Andrew Pinto, Chris Fernandes 2, Ashton Rebello) bt Bandra Packers B 1 (Roy Gomes).

Air-India unbeaten

Air-India struck once in each half to earn a hard-fought 2-0 victory over their neighbours Indian Airlines, their second off as many matches in the inaugural twelve-team Kalina soccerleague organised by Our Lady of Egypt Church sports committee at St Mary’s School, Kalina yesterday. Prem Malhotra and Johnny Fernandes scored for the winners. It was Indian Airlines’ first reverse.

In another match, Nester’s Compound trounced Behind the Church SC 5-0, teenager Pradeep Dube recording the first hat-trick of the league.

RESULTS

Air-India 2 (Prem Malhotra, Johnny Fernandes) bt Indian Airlines 0; Nester’s Compound 5 (Pradeep Dube, Donald Jacinto, Kevin Pinto) bt Behind The Church 0; CST Road (Black & White) 4 (Biju Poonachai 2, Walter Pinto, Stephen Menezes) bt CST Road (Red & Blue) 3 (Neil D’Costa 2, George D’Lima); Kolivery Village, Blue 5 (Sunny Chakalapadth 2, Maurice Galbano 2, Sunil Suvarna) bt Kolivery Village, Red 0; Big Village, Green 6 (Sheldon Sharma 2, Brubeck Dias, Wilson Rebello, Eustace Jacinto, Colin Davis) bt Big Village, Orange 0; Big Village, Matharwar (White ) 1 (Kingsley Rebello) drew Big Village, Matharwar (Red) 1 (Calfur Barretto).

Customs sealplace

Bombay Customs sealed their berth in the Wifa senior division football Super Five league at the Cooperage after they shut out Mumbai Port Trust (MbPT) 2-0. Customs also denied MbPT a place in the top half, as MbPT needed a win to qualify. Raza Rizvi and Nitin Shetty scored for the winners.

In another match, PK Ramesn (2), Bosco Fernandes, Rajesh Pendurkar and Neil D’Costa struck as Income-Tax trounced Rizvi 5-1.

Tolani’s, Ingersoll top

Tolani’s, comprising Deepak Pradhan, Arvind Vaidya, Arun Bapat and R Agarwal, and Ingersoll Rand (Vijay Phatarphekar, Anand Samant, Ajit Chakradeo, P Hegde) were the top finishers after eight rounds among 34 teams in the annual Bombay Contract Bridge Association state-level team event, sponsored by Bombay Contract Bridge Association, at Catholic Gymkhana on Sunday. UBA and Jeroo Mango were the other two qualifiers for the super league.