Sporting the Youth

During my working days at Prudent Media (Goa), one thing I cherished the most was reporting the university sports tournaments. Some of the biggies in the field of journalism may laugh at me when I say this. But its true.

The Goa University's sports department headed by Mr. Milton Fernandes have been doing a great job in encouraging sports at the college level. Name a sport and they have a tournament in that discipline and what transcribes is a display of sheer talent, energy and zeal to win.

Backed by my sports editor Mr. Niraj Prabhu then, I always made it a point to cover the university tournaments. I use to be the only pressman there, witnessing the competitions first hand. The other media organizations depended on the press release sent by the university and yet some newspapers would not carry the news. Sad, but that was the situation. Now that I am in Mangalore, I am not aware of the situation at present.

All that the youth need is encouragement and motivation; something that can keep then going. As responsible members of the media, this has to be taken into account. Over a year now I have been constantly receiving press releases from the Goa University's sports department. Feeling helpless, I just wondered if I could be there and cover the sports events. But its not possible now. However, I still want to play my part. How?

Well, I have decided to use by blog space to publish the stories related to 'youth and sports' in which the inter-collegiate tournaments organized by the Goa University will take center-stage. I know its a bit too late as most of the varsity tournaments are approaching the fag end of the season. But better late than never. I don't know whether it will make a difference or no. Its just my way of expressing my love and dedication to sports.

So if you would like to read any sports news regarding the Goa University tournaments, look up to this space. You can also drop your suggestions in the comment box below.

I hope this works out well and would like to see many eye-balls on this blog, searching for youth sports content.