who were close on heels with 4 wins followed by Saints with 2 wins in the U-17 boys and U-17 girls category in the rugby tournament played at Duler Stadium, on Friday.
TRYmates began with a bang dominating the morning session with Our Lady of Rosary High School, Dona Paula defeating St Theresa’s High School, St Estevam of the Saints club 1-0 in the U-10 Girls category.
Christmas Touch, tournament is governed by the GTL (Goa Touch League), where each club fielded school players in the U-10, U-13, U-17 and Seniors (Girls, Women, Boys, Men & Mixed) categories.
The schools represented their clubs and battled to come up on top amongst a total of 4 Club franchises, Crazy Pirates (North Goa), CrocoTRYles (South Goa), Saints (East Goa) and TRYmates (West Goa).
TRYmates manages rugby development in Bambolim, Panjim, Miramar, Caranzalem, Taleigao, St Cruz, Merces, Porvorim, etc. The club has educated over 6,000 enthusiasts from villages to schools to seniors. The club conducts over 4 Camps a day across their zone.
CrocoTRYles, the current Goa schools Touch League Champions in the Juniors category made a mark in the U-17 Girls category with Our lady of Desterro High School, Vasco defeating St. Josephs High School, Arpora, who represented Crazy Pirates club with a 1-0 win.
Anita nishad, proved her salt playing well throughout the game. She put a great shift in for her team.
The scene was set for plenty of running rugby. Anita scored to cap an ‘intelligent’ performance. In fact she could have worn a Christmas paper hat and not got it damaged during the game, the swift feeted girl was a constant threat to the opponent. Desterro High School was all in the thick of the action with Anita particularly troublesome in the close quarter skirmishes.
Our lady of Desterro High School and St. Josephs High School, Arpora had an eventful afternoon in both attack and defence, with vigorous tackling being the highlight of their game.
Anthony Fernandes, PE teacher of Our lady of Desterro High School commented “It was fantastic to see some of the younger girls step into the senior environment and also see some familiar faces return to the pitch. We’ve pencilled in this event for next year’s tournament”.
