Well, it looks like the blistering summer heat hasn’t dehydrated the enthusiasm out of the Bandra sports lovers. This summer, Bandra will see one of the biggest hockey tournaments as well as a sports festival.
The 1st of May kicks of with a rink hockey tournament which has teams from all over Mumbai competing for the grand prize. Dereyk Talker, part of the organizing committee, says, “This is the only rink tournament that has such a large cash prize. The winners will be getting a cash prize of Rs. 20,000 and the runners up will be getting Rs.12,000.”
The teams competing will be Indian Oil, Air India, Customs, RCF, Central Railway as well as Maharashtra and State police. Along with the mens matches, there will also be boys under 12 and women’s open matches. While the matches are on there will also be performances by Hart Kaur and Bandra’s very own Elvis Siddharth.
Where: Mt. Carmels Quadrangle, When: May 1st to 7th, 4:15 to 10pm, Entry: Free
Along with the rink hockey tournament, St. Andrews will be hosting a sports festival which will start with an intra parish football tournament. Teams from within the parish of St. Andrews Church will lock heads to beat each other. Followed by this they are also hosting an all Mumbai inter parish football tournament which would definitely be worth a watch.
Where: St.Andrews school grounds, When: Intra- 2nd May 12:30pm – 7pm and 3rd May 7am to 7pm, Inter -10th and 17th May 6:30am to 7pm
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