Breaking Barriers, Hitting Boundaries - Rosarian Royals Dockyard Win The Cricket Champions Cup 26 for Girls & Women

The STCJ Airoli Cricket Champions Cup 2026 promised to be a blockbuster ever since it was announced and it lived up to the hype completely. With 6 teams participating in the tournament, this was set to be an epic battle between 60 warriors, these were the participating parishes- St. Theresa of the Child Jesus Church, Airoli St. Anthony of Padua Church, Kalwa St. Francis Xavier Church, Panvel Sacred Heart Church, Vashi Divya Kripa Church, Kharghar Our Lady of Rosary Church, Dockyard Ms. Bernadine Fernandes represented the entire Women Cell Core team for the Archdiocese of Bombay was a part of the inauguration ceremony, she encouraged the participants with her golden words and the tournament began after a quick photo-shoot.

After the league stage, Sacred Heart Church, Vashi and Divya Kripa Church, Kharghar ended up as the top 2 in Group A & Rosarian Royals, Dockyard and STCJ Warriors, Airoli ended up as the top 2 in Group B with the other 2 parishes eliminated after a great effort on the field. Semi final 1 saw Sacred Heart Church, Vashi go head to head against STCJ Warriors, Airoli and it was team Airoli who stormed into the final with one of their best performances of the tournament. The Semi final 2 between Divya Kripa Church, Kharghar and Rosarian Royals, Dockyard had a lot of twists and turns with the match swinging in the favor of both teams after almost every over and it went till the last ball and ended in a draw, only to be decided via super over in which team Rosarian Royals came out all guns blazing to set up a brilliant final. The final between Rosarian Royals, Dockyard and STCJ Warriors, Airoli promised to be a spectacular one with both teams looking good after winning their previous matches but it was Rosarian Royals who were on a mission to win the winners trophy and their game plan worked to perfection as they were able to chase down the target with 8 balls to go & they were crowned the champions of the STCJ Airoli Cricket Champions Cup 2026 for Girls & Women. The night ended with the prize distribution ceremony wherein a lot of photos were clicked by our very own Mr. Vendell D'souza for all the winners and participants. Ms. Leeann D'cunha won the Best Bowler award & Ms. Annie Nadar won the Best Batter and MVP trophy. Team Rosarian Royals, Dockyard and STCJ Warriors, Airoli collected their team trophies too and the night ended with everyone leaving the turf with a smile and with a promise of playing many tournaments soon.

The highlight of the tournament would be the faith of team  Rosarian Royals, Dockyard who prayed at all times, when they won and especially when things did not go their way with words - Our Lady of Rosary, pray for us. Such experiences do make us believe that - God helps those who work hard to achieve their dreams and that prayers do work, dreams do come true.