The inaugural edition of mid-day's Ranis of Rink 2019 (ROR), Mumbai's first league-cum-knockout five-a-side inter-school rink tournament for girls U-16 at the Arena 31 Turf near the Neville D'Souza ground in Bandra, received a huge thumbs up from school coaches, players and parents on Saturday. This day-long competition saw Mary Immaculate Girls (Borivli) emerge victorious among eight of the city's top girls school football teams, who were invited.

Bharat Mane, the father of Canossa High School's (Mahim) prolific striker Bhumika, said the tournament was the perfect platform for the city's young female footballers to showcase their talent. "ROR is a great initiative. There are a lot of talented young girls but there are hardly any tournaments for them," said Mane, whose daughter is a state and national-level junior player.