RI BHOI:
Four games including two women’s and two men’s games witnessed nail-biting encounters between the teams marked the third day of the Framers’ World Cup 2022 at Ri Bhoi district’s Marngar village, on Tuesday.
The third day’s match, kicked off with men’s game, where Marngar defeated West Garo Hills 1-0. In the second match between Marngar 2 Women’s team Vs West Garo Hills, neither side managed to score as the game ended in spoils.
Same happened during the third game as South West Garo Hills and South Garo Hills failed to find nets and the match ended in a goal-less draw.
The final match of the day was spiced up between Marngar 1 Women’s FC Vs South Garo Hills Women FC, as the former team scored 4 goals to get better of West Garo Hills team.
Notably, after the second game, the rains played spoiled sports but the dark skies did not deter the players to give their best fight, especially, the West Garo Hills men’s team who mustered their strength, stamina and skills to take on their opponents from Marngar.
As she lead her team to victory, Marngar women’s team goal keeper and mother of two, Mary Syngkli said, “I never thought I could play football again, today, I am very happy for my team and my children are happy too for me”. Interestingly, Mary’s husband is stationed in Jammu and serving in the army.
All matches witnessed the ceremony of exchange of indigenous seeds and created a curiosity of sort among the players and the spectators. Interesting conversations and story-swapping took place between the farmers from different districts which we hope will strengthen the new friendships formed over farming and football.