Mumbai: Friends United girls hockey team
created waves in Dubai by winning the Lusitanians' Ladies
Invitation Hockey Tournament for the third time in a row.
The Mumbai team outplayed Dubai Hockey Club 3-0 in the
final on Sunday at the Dubai Scholars Ground to win the
eight-team league-cum-knockout competition, according to a
release today.
In the run-up to the final, Friends United beat
Lusitanians 6-0 in the opening match, before routing Cambridge
High School 9-0 and Sharjah Tigers 5-0 in the following league
encounters.
In the semi-finals, the Mumbai club, promoted by former
player Hillary Gomes and trained by former India captain
Dhanraj Pillay, beat Dubai Scholars 4-0.
In the final, Vishakha Dodke scored a brace while
14-year-old Jemima Monteiro scored once to emerge as the
team's highest scorer, while Nimmy Nair of "Chak De India"
fame was adjudged the 'Best Player' of the tournament.
PTI
First Published: Tuesday, February 08, 2011, 19:27