The Fr. Eddie Memorial Football Tournament holds immense significance for the participating schools in Belagavi city, akin to the FIFA World Cup. 55TH Fr. Eddie Memorial Knock-Out Football Tournament 2023-24 Inter School (Under 17) For Boys is being organized by the Paulites of Belgaum Worldwide (St.Paul’s School Alumni Association), in Association with St. Paul’s High School Belagavi and is Sponsored by Big Ventures Broadband from September 1 to 5th of September.
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Results 55th Fr. Eddie Memorial Knock-Out Football Tournament 2023
Quarter Finals
4th Quarter Final Match
Date: 3rd September, 2023.
Time: 01:30 pm
Officials: Refree: Vishnu Dhavane
Assistants: Ameen Peerzade, Imran Bepari and Royston James.
Sant Meera High School V/S Lovedale Central School.
Lovedale Central School won the match by 7-1 against Sant Meera High School,
Goal Scorers of this Match:
i) Ronaldo Singh of Lovedale Central School scored another Hat-Trick goals in the 14th, 25th and 34th Minute.
ii) Venus Ningthoujam scored 2 goals for Lovedale Central School in the 16th and 26th Minute.
iii) Rohit Singh Scored a goal for Lovedale Central School in the 17th Minute.
iv) Jogesh Singh scored a goal for Lovedale Central School in the 37th Minute.
v) Pranav Desai of Sant Meera scored the Only goal for the team in the 50th Minute.
3rd Quarter Final Match
Date: 3rd September, 2023.
Time: 12:00 pm
Officials: Refree: Ameen Peerzade
Assistants: amarth Bandekar, Vishnu Dhavane and Imran Bepari.
St. Paul’s High School V/S Sarvodaya High School.
St. Paul’s High School won the match by 1-0 against Sarvodaya
Goal Scorers of this Match:
i) Shanon Kolkar of St Paul’s High School scored a goal in the 22nd Minute.
2nd Quarter Final Match
Date: 3rd September, 2023.
Time: 10:30 am
Officials: Refree: Imran Bepari
Assistants: Ameen Peerzade, Samarth Bandekar and Royston James.
Marathi Vidyaniketan School V/S St. Xavier’s High School.
St. Xavier’s High School won the match by 3-1 against Marathi Vidyaniketan School.
Goal Scorers of this Match:
i) Pranav Chougule of Marathi Vidyaniketan scored a goal in the 7th Minute.
ii) A self goal was scored in the 10th Minute which was in favour of St. Xavier’s.
iii) Ruzain Uchgaonkar scored a goal for St. Xavier’s in the 11th Minute.
iv) Siddarood Sanikoppa scored a goal for St. Xavier’s in the 19th Minute.
1st Quarter Final Match
Date: 3rd September, 2023.
Time: 09:00 am
Officials: Referee: Samarth Bandekar
Assistants: Vishnu Dhavane, Royston James and Ameen Peerzade
St. Mary’s High School V/S KLS English Medium High School.
KLS English Medium High School won the match by 4-2
Goal Scorers of this Match:
i) 2 Goals by Shreyas Biradar of St. Mary’s High School in the 40th and 50th Minute.
ii) Kshitij C of KLS English Medium High School Scored a goal in the 8th Minute.
iii) Chaitanya R of KLS English Medium High School Scored a goal in the 25th Minute.
iv) Shrey K of KLS English Medium High School Scored a goal in the 34th Minute.
v) Neel B of KLS English Medium High School Scored a goal in the 41st Minute.
12th Match of 55th Fr. Eddie Memorial Football Tournament on the Second Day
Match Time 04:00 pm
Officials: Referee: Abhishek Cherekar
Assistants: Vishnu Dhavane, Samarth Bandekar and Ameen Peerzade
Marathi Vidyaniketan School vs Phoenix Public School
Marathi Vidyaniketan School won the Match by 3-0 against Phoenix Public School
Goal Scorers of this Match from Marathi Vidyaniketan School.
i) Jeet Harer Scored Hat-trick goals for Marathi Vidyaniketan School in the 5th, 47th and 49th Minute.
11th Match of 55th Fr. Eddie Memorial Football Tournament on the Second Day
Match 03:00
Officials: Referee: Samarth Bandekar
Assistants: Vishnu Dhavane, Abhishek Cherekar and Ameen Peerzade
Sarvodaya High School vs Cantonment Board School
Sarvodaya High School won the Match by 1-0 against Cantonment Board School
Goal Scorers of this Match from Sarvodaya High School.
i) Steven scored a Goal in the 19th Minute.
Tenth Match of 55th Fr. Eddie Memorial Football Tournament on the Second Day
Match Time 01:30
Officials: Refree: Ameen Peerzade
Assistants: Vishnu Dhavane, Abhishek Cherekar and Royston James
Sant Meera High School V/S Jain Heritage School
Sant Meera High School won the Match by 5-0
Goal Scorers of Sant Meera High School for this Match
i) Swayam Kakatkar Scored two goals in the 31st and 34th Minute.
ii) Aditya Sani scored a goal in the 17th Minute
iii) Soyam Tashildar scored a goal in the 19th Minute
iv) Pranav Desai scored a goal in the 36th Minute
9th Match of 55th Fr. Eddie Memorial Football Tournament on the Second Day
Match Time 12:00
Officials: Referee: Abhishek Cherekar
Assistants:Ameen Peerzade, Royston James and Samarth Bandekar
Dnyan Prabodhan Mandir School V/S KLS Eng High School
Full time ended in a tie 1-1 for both teams.
KLS Eng High School won the Match in Penalty Shootouts.
i) Shashank R scored the Goal for KLS Eng High School in the 2nd Minute.
ii) Nischet Kshatriya Equalised the score by scoring for Dnyan Prabodhan Mandir School in the 14th Minute.
8th Match of 55th Fr. Eddie Memorial Football Tournament on the Second Day
Match Time 11:00
Officials: Referee: Ameen Peerzade
Assistants: Bandekar, Vishnu, Royston James
St. Xavier’s High School V/S Jyoti Central School
St. Xavier’s High School won the Match 1-0
Goals for St. Xavier’s High School:
i) Gourang Uchukar Scored a goal in the 59th Minute
7th Match of 55th Fr. Eddie Memorial Football Tournament on the Second Day
Match Time: 09:00 am
Officials: Referee: Shreyash Bandekar
Assistants: Abhishek Cherekar, Vishnu Dhavane and Royston James
St. Paul’s High School V/S Kendriya Vidyalaya High School.
St. Paul’s High School won the match by 7-0
Goals for St. Paul’s High School scored by:
i) 4 Goals by Captain of the Team Joshua Vaz in the 24th, 29th, 31st and 59th Minute.
ii) Shannon Kolkar Scored a goal in the 19th Minute.
iii) Ishan Devgekar Scored a goal in the 20th Minute.
iv) Amanulla Ashekhan Scored a goal in the 32nd Minute.
6th Match
Officials: Referee: Shreyash BandekarAssistants:, Ameen Peerzade, Royston James, Imran Bepari
Love Dale School vs KLS Public School
Love Dale School won the Match by 7-0 against KLS Public School
Goal Scorers of this Match for Love Dale School
1. Rohit Singh scored 4 goals 1, 4, 13, 16th minute
2. Ronaldo Singh 7th and 24th minute
3. Jogesh Singh 23rd Minute
5th Match Time 03:30
Officials: Refree: Ameen Peerzade
Assistants: Shreyash Bandekar, Vishnu Dhavane, Royston James
St. Mary’s School V/S Angadi MVM School
St. Mary’s School won the Match by 3-0 against MVM School
Goal Scorers of this Match for St. Mary’s School
i) Sunny Pitake scored the Goal in the 12th and the 45th Minute
ii) Raheel Makandar scored the Goal in the 38th Minute
4th Match Time 02:00
Officials: Referee: Imran Bepari
Assistants: Abhishek Cherekar, Vishnu Dhavane, Royston James
Phoenix Public School V/S Angadi International School
The Match ended with a Tie Both Teams Scored 1-1
Phoenix Public School won the Match in Penalty Shootouts
Goal Scorers of this Match
i) Prajwal Y scored the Goal in the 14th Minute for Phoenix Public School
ii) Aaryan Bisht scored the Goal in the 57th Minute for Angadi International School
3rd Third Match Time 01:00
Officials: Referee: Imran Bepari
Assistants: Abhishek Cherekar, Vishnu Dhavane, Royston James
Bharatesh English Medium School V/S Jain Heritage School
Jain Heritage School won the Match 1-0
i) Atharva Akki scored the Goal for Jain Heritage School
2nd Match Time 11:30
Officials: Refree: Ameen Peerzade
Assistants: Bandekar, Vishnu, Royston James
Cantonment Board School V/S Bharatesh Central School
Cantonment Board School won the Match 5-0
Goals for Cantonment Board School:
i) 3 Goals by Isa Saraf in the 15th, 24th and 39th Minute
ii) 2 Goals by Rahman in the 4th and 35th Minute.
1st Match Time: 10:30 am
Officials: Referee: Abhishek Cherekar
Assistants: Ameen, Bandekar and Vishnu
Kanak Memorial High School V/S KLS English Medium School.
KLS English Medium School won the match by 3-0
Goals for KLS English Medium scored by:
i) 2 Goals by Chaitanya R in the 21st and 32 Minute
ii) Shrey P in the 27th Minute.
55TH Fr. Eddie Memorial Knock-Out Football Tournament 2023 Fixtures
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Day 1
On a magnificently glorious day, we witnessed the beginning of the most awaited, oldest, and greatest Football Tournament in the city. The 55th Edition of Father Eddie Memorial Football Tournament.
The Formal Inaugural Ceremony took place on 1st September 2023
The chief guest, Madam P.V Sneha the Deputy Commissioner of Belagavi Police, Crime Branch.
Mr. Nagesh Chhabria the Promoter Metrocast Network Private Limited Big Ventures Broadband and Riddhi group of companies. Mr. Sumukh Chhabria Graced the Event Along with Rector Fr. Simon Fernandes. The president of the Event and the Principal of St. Paul’s High School Fr. Savio Abreu, The Vice Principal Fr. Sebestian Pereira, Administrator of St. Paul’s Pre University College: Fr. Steven D’Almeida, Principal of St. Paul’s PU College Dr. Padmini Ravinderan, The President of Paulites of Belgaum Worldwide Dr. Madhav Prabhu, Vice President Mr. Paresh Murkute, Secretary Mr. Aniket Kshatriya, The Chairman of Fr. Eddie Memorial Football tournament Mr. Amit Patil.
President of PBW Dr. Madhav Prabhu gave a brief history of the school, he also Introduced and welcomed the esteemed dignitaries.
The Chairman of the 55th Fr. Eddie Memorial Football Tournament Mr. Amit Patil to led the Players in the Fr. Eddie Memorial Sports Oath.
The Chief Guest Madam P.V Sneha encouraged the Sportsmanship and the Spirit of the Alumni Association of St. Paul’s. She urged the team PBW to uphold the Spirit and continue organizing this tournament, she also assured complete support and cooperation from the department as well.
The Guest of Honour Mr. Nagesh Chhabria Promoter Metrocast Network Private Limited Big Ventures Broadband and Riddhi group of companies an Ex-Paulite of the 1983 batch shared his memories and experiences at St. Paul’s.
Principal Fr. Dr. Savio Abreu S.J gave the Presidential Remark and briefly introduced the tournament’s history. Mr Kishor Kerkar proposed the Vote of thanks.
The First Match sponsored by the batch of 1994 was played between Kanak Memorial High School and KLS English Medium School.
Mr. Santosh Sarode raised the Toss
Fr. Eddie Memorial Football Tournament
St. Paul’s organises a number of annual sports events, amongst which is the “Rev. Fr. Eddie Memorial Football Tournament.” The tournament, in its 55th year (2023) has been well received by football lovers across Belagavi and is one of the most eagerly awaited tournaments every year.
The man in whose memory this tournament is established, Fr. Eddie, was the Vice-Principal of St. Paul’s High School when he passed away in a tragic accident in the year 1965. Having been a good teacher and an excellent sportsman, with a great passion for football, Br. Eric D’Silva formed a committee and started this tournament to keep his memories alive, shortly after his death.
About Rev. Fr. Edward (Eddie) Menezes SJ
(Born: 11-04-1920 Died: 11-08-1965)
Rev. Fr. Edward Menezes SJ was fondly known to all the boys of St. Paul’s as ‘Fr. Eddie’. He loved the boys but disliked their faults and shortcomings. He was a good teacher, a strict disciplinarian, an excellent sportsman and very good in co-curricular activities.
Fr. Eddie completed his high school studies in this very school – St. Paul’s in 1939 and his B.A. from Lingaraj College in 1943 with English and Economics as his main subjects. His favorite subject was English. He was also good at teaching Latin. In his third year at college, he was chosen as the Secretary of the Football Committee. After completing twelve years of sincere service as a Jesuit Priest, Fr. Eddie was appointed as Vice-Principal in St. Paul’s, where he gave his best to his Alma Mater till his death.
In school Fr. Eddie took a keen interest in co-curricular activities. He also took a keen interest in the NCC activities and maintained a lively passion for sports.
His beautiful life of service was suddenly brought to an abrupt end when his motorcycle collided with a military jeep on the evening of Wednesday, 11th August 1965. He was on his way to meet his mother and sister in the Camp Bungalow area. That very morning he had also conducted the daily school assembly.
Hence Rev. Bro. Eric D’Silva SJ began this prestigious football tournament in memory of Rev. Fr. Eddie Menezes – his companion and brother Priest. Bro. Eric is now serving in Miramar, Goa. In the past many years, this football tournament has enabled schools to remain united, explore and encourage sporting football skills of young lads and inculcate good moral values among students. A memorial fund was also raised in his memory to keep alive his works and sports activities in St. Paul’s. Scholarships were provided to deserving and poor students.