ST. ANTHONY'S HIGH SCHOOL HOSTS THE SESQUICENTENNIAL CUP FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT

The Sesquicentennial Football Cup, St. Anthony's High School's maiden Inter-School Football Tournament was held on 7th September 2013 at St. James' School Ground as part of the school's celebrations of the 150th year of its foundation. Twelve schools from the city enrolled their players' names for the Tournament, which began at 9 a.m. sharp.  Neutral referees from the Football Federation of Bengal were invited to oversee the games' proceedings to ensure fair play. The event was Co-Sponsored by Viva Education.The Tournament was organised by the Sports Committee of St. Anthony's High School. The Headmaster, Fr. Devraj Fernandes, was present on the occasion and sat through the matches with rapt attention. The first match of the day was played between the host school and the team from Meghmala Roy Education Center. The host team won the match with a goal taking them to the next lap of the tournament. The next match was cancelled owing to the non- appearance of their opponents and and St. Mary's School got the benefit of a walkover. In the third match between St. Peter's School and Apeejay School, Park Street, the former defeated the latter with a 3-0 score. St. Lawrence High School defeated Apeejay School, Salt Lake, and reserved a berth for them in the next round. Albany Hall Public School defeated St. Aloysius Day and Orphanage School and went to the next round. The last match of the first round went in favour of Loyola High School whose players outplayed Ratnakar North Point School.  In the second round the host team came crashing out of the tournament when St. Mary's convincingly scored two penalty shots and made a place for themselves in the semi finals. St. Lawrence High School scored the solo goal of the next match and prevented St. Peter's High School form proceeding further in the tournament. Albany Hall Public School also moved to the semifinals with a convincing win against Loyola High School. The first Semi- Final Between Albany Hall Public School and St. Mary's School turned out to be a non scoring one and a penalty shootout became inevitable to decide the fate of the match. Ultimately St. Mary's School, whose players had been demonstrating excellent football skills, got the advantage and edged out their opponents from the competition. St. Lawrence High School moved into the final by virtue of their high score in the preliminary matches. The final match was an excellent showcase of football skills as the players of both teams used every nuance in the book to outdo their opponents, But since the match yielded no result a penalty shootout decided the winner. St. Lawrence High School managed to come out victorious and lifted the Sesquicentennial Cup Champions Trophy. St. Mary's School was adjudge Runners Up. The trophy for highest goal scorer was given to Abdul Ejaz of Albany Hall Public School.

The Officials

Highest Scorer, Abdul Ejaz (Albany Hall Public School)

Winners, St. Lawrence High School

Runners-Up, St. Mary's School