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The Goa Badminton Association has announced its Tournament Calendar for the 2013-14 season. The following is the schedule of tournaments:

June 13-16 - Shuttlers Club Ranking(Boys/ Girls Under 13, Under 15, Under 17); Venue - Panjim
June 27-30 - Panjim Badminton Club Ranking (All Events); Venue - Panjim
July 17-20 - BPS Club Ranking(All Events); Venue - Margao
Aug 8-11 - Ponda Shuttlers Ranking(All Events); Venue - Ponda
Aug 15-18 - Manohar Dhond Memorial Ranking (Boys/ Girls Under 13, Under 15, Under 17); Venue - Panjim
Aug 22-25 - Ponda Badminton Club Ranking (All Events); Venue - Ponda
Sep 2-6 - SAG State Championship(All Events); Venue - Panjim
Oct 24-27 - Mormugao Badminton Club Ranking(All Events); Venue - MPT
November - Pro Badminton League Championship; Venue - Panjim

Players interested in participating in the ranking tournaments are requested to submit their entries to Roy Athaide or Vinayak Kamat (SAG. Coaches at Indoor Stadiums Panjim and Margao respectively) or Santosh Prabhudesai (Ponda-9370694408), Laxmikant Kenaudiker (Vasco-9420197609) or Narahar Thakur, Hon. Secretary, Oasis Petrol Pump, Panaji-Goa, not later than 3 days prior to the commencement of the tournaments.

Goa Football Development Council today distributed football kits to the 116 trainees at their Aldona Football Development Centre. Mr. Rosario Fernandes, President of Quitula SC welcomed the gathering and heaped praise on GFDC for its good work towards the children of Aldona . Dr. Rufino Monteiro addressing the gathering expressed great pleasure seeing all the training on the grounds. He urged more youngsters to take up the game , which is our state sport & turning to be promising as a career if pursued with dedication in the right direction. He further stated that that through football everyone can play for good health, discipline and even in defeat be victorious which helps in life when you grow up. He showcased footballers from Quitula who have reached great heights like Arthur Pereira who played for Merces SC/Orkay S.C. & Bernardo Pereira and said that they should be inspirations for youngsters in Quitula and wished to see more boys and girls from Quitula to become great players. He further congratulated Blaise D’Cruz for the silent work that he is doing for the Aldona Football Development Centre. He also stated that Bernadette Pereira, the nutritionist, will come in the coming days to do nutritional assessment of the trainees along with a medical check up, advising parents and children on health and diet. He concluded by thanking the parents for their cooperation to the football development programme .

Bernadette Pereira spoke to the gathering about the scientific approach of doing nutritional assessment of all trainees like being done at the Valpoi Football Development Centre. Later Hon’ble MLA Glenn Ticlo distributed kits to the trainees. Guest of Honour Arthur Pereira requested the trainees to work hard and with dedication to reach great heights. He also was glad to see the tremendous effort put in by GFDC at the Aldona centre and hoped to see state and national players emerging from this centre. Hon’ble MLA Glenn Ticlo was pleased to see GFDC conduct training for age group 6-12 years which was never done before in Goa and claimed that local young boys and girls are very lucky to have the centre in Aldona. He further stressed that parents play an important role as they should encourage the children to take up football and make name in Goa, India and Internationally. Vote of thanks was proposed by Assistant Executive Secretary of GFDC, Nancy Cardozo. Among the present were Shantaram Naik, Council Member GFDC, Blaise D’Cruz, Centre Head of Aldona Football Development Centre.

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Sporting Club of Manipur lifted the Nike Manchester United Premier Cup India 2013 after defeating Mumbai FC 5-4 via sudden death of the tiebreaker in the finals played at Duler Stadium, Mapusa, today.

Manipur will now represent India at the South East Asia regional finals to be held in Malaysia this June. This U-15 tournament is now in its 20^th year globally and 8^th in India.

Arif Shaikh of Mumbai FC received the highest goal scorer award while Manipur keeper Romario Singh bagged the best player of the tournament title.

The youngsters had the opportunity to play an exhibition match with two stalwarts of Indian football – Bhaichung Bhutia and Sunil Chhetri who later witnessed the finals along with Indian National team coach Wim Koevermans.

 

 

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Chhetri lauded this initiative by Nike. “This is a huge platform for these youngsters. You can’t ask for anything bigger. It’s a fantastic initiative by Nike. I hope Manipur do well in Malayasia,” the Churchill striker remarked as Bhutia adds, “I am honored to be associated with this tournament. Many players who have played in this tournament have gone on to play for the country. It’s a great platform and youngsters should utilize it to their best.”

National team coach Koevermans was also all praise and also praised the youngsters for the efforts put in. “It was a tough tournament and we can see that in the boys. Hope they go on to do well in Malaysia as they are the future of Indian football,” the Dutchman stated.

Manipur coach L. Debachandra Singh was elated with the triumph and assured of a good fight in Malaysia. “It was good winning this tournament. We did not have much time to prepare for this tournament so I think our best is yet to come. We will give our best in Malayasia,” the overjoyed coach promised.

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St. Xavier's College picked up maximum points in the sports tournaments organized by Goa University to be crowned the overall sports champions among all the colleges in Goa.

This would have not been possible without the whole-hearted efforts of the students, dedication from the Physical Education Director Ms. Joslyn D'Souza, unending support from the Principal Dr. (Fr.) Walter de Sa and all those who have wished for the success of the college.

Congratulations to the entire Xavierian Family!

Government College, Khandola and St. Xavier's College Mapusa emerged victorious in the first inter-collegiate baseball tournament for men and women, respectively. The tournament was organized by the Goa University.

In Men's final Govt. College, Khandola defeated Caculo College, Mapusa by an 8-2 margin. Sunny Gaude of Khanola was awarded Best All-rounder of the Championship.

Teams
Winners (Govt. College, Khandola): Sunny Gaude, Shubham Naik, Hanuraj Gaude, Sushant Vaigankar, Gautam Gaude, Kunal Kawlekar, Gauresh Gaude, Tushant Gaude, Manjunath Gaonkar, Sanket Shetkar, Pushpajit Gaude, Gauresh Gaude, Kapil Gaude, Akash Gaude, Vishant Khedekar, Shashant Gaude.
Runners Up (S. Caculo College, Korlim) Deepesh Pednekar, Prajyot Parsekar, Aniket Shanai, Naik Naguesh, Milton D'Souza, Rohan Naik, Abhishek Dempe, Nayak Ramakant, Sandeep Ghadi, Akshay Naik, Kishor Naik Aniket Mandrekar, Rohan Kolwalkar, Omkar Naik, Parshuram Pilarnkar, Kaushalya Rajratna,.
In the Women section St.Xavier's College, Mapusa defeated Shree Mallikarjun Canacona 9-3.

Sheral D'Mello of St. Xavier's was awarded Best All-rounder of the Championship.

Teams
Winners (St.Xavier's College, Mapusa): Tereza Martin, Leoni Martin, Preeti Shinde, Rekha Bhale, Fatima Carvalho, Ashwani Chowgule, Marietta Sequeira, Malvita Mascernhas, Elsi Fernandes, Staffie Mendes, Krisha Halankar, Deseiree Pereira, Savia D'Souza, Sheral D'Mello Kitki Naik, Sonali Gaunder.

Runners Up (Mallikarjun College, Canacona): Gaonkar Chandrabhaga, Gosavi Ranjita, Naik Tanvi, Tengse Diksha, Padkar Gauri, Velip Kavita, Fernandes Alisha, Warik Arpan, Pagi Sneha, Zaraunakr Reshma, Phal Sneha, Gaonkar Bharti, Naik Shubhada, Zoro Pratibha, Powar Bindiya, �Desai Shubhada

Nine teams participated in the mens section and Five teams competed in the Womens section. Prof. J.A.E. Desa, Dean of Natural Sciences was the Chief Guest for the Final match. He felicitated the finalists with medals and trophies.

Meanwhile the Goa University Inter Collegiate Taekwondo Championship for men and women will be held on the 8th March 2013, at Indoor Hall, Fatorda.

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St. Xavier's College Mapusa defeated PES College, Farmagudi by 9 Wkts to win the Goa University Cricket Championship for women. PES batted first & scored 99/8 in 20 overs. (Sidhita Naik 17 & Bindiya Gawade 17, Sonali Gaunder 14/2).

In reply St.Xavier's reached the target in 17 overs with the loss of 1 Wkt. (Elsi Fernandes 25 & Desiree Pereira 32*, Sidhita Naik 23/1).

Sonali Gaunder of St. Xavier's College, Mapusa was awarded Best Player of the Championship, while Desiree Pereira of St. Xavier's was awarded Women of the Match.

Dr. Anil S. Dinge, Principal of PES College, Farmagudi was the Chief Guest.

The teams
St.Xavier's, Mapusa -
Sonali Gaunder (Capt), Leoni Martin, Vaibhavi Neugi, Pradnya Maulingkar, Fatima Carvalho, Ashwini Chowgule, Shilpa Harmalkar, Malvita Mascarenhas, Elsi Fernandes, Staffie Mendes, Krisha Halankar, Deseiree Pereira, Savia D'Souza, Sheral D'Mello, Kitki Naik, Tereza Martin

P.E.S, Farmagudi -
Gaude Bindiya (Capt), Sidhita Naik , Bhedinee Naik , Ashwini Dhatkar , Neha Naik, Jessy Dias, Tanuja Gaude, Lochani Naik, Nivedita Naik , Salma Khan, Nasrim Nalikar, Runali Onsker, Pratiksha Naik, Vaishnavi Chari, Savita Malkar , Sancia Cardoz.

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Goa University will participate in the West Zone Inter University Football Championship for women. The championship is organized by Shivaji University, Kolhapur. Goa University were the Runners Up of the West Zone last year and are scheduled to play the qualifying match on 7th February 2013.

The team is lead by Angel Braganza, Rekha Bale (Vice Captain) Malvita Mascarenhas, Abigail Alvares, Kisny Carneiro, Ninoshka Luis, Ageema Rodrigues, Rovita Fernandes, Precy Faria, Akshata Gawas, Sheral D’Mello, Valerie Carvalho, Preeti Shindhe, Valencia Braganza, Melisa Pereira, Fatima Carvalho, Bindiya Ohdar, Hezal Gonsalves. Mr. Fausto Lobo (Coach) Ms.Vimal Parab (Manager).

Shree Damodar College, Margao won the Goa University Inter Collegiate Tennis Championship for men after defeating Chowgule College, Margao 2-0 in the finals . In the first singles Akshay Kamath beat Regan Fernandes 8-0. Nishad Shevde won the second singles defeating Dryden Rodrigues 8-3 . In the semi finals Chowgule College beat Rosary, Navelim 2-1 and Damodar college beat Don Bosco, Panaji 2-0.

The teams

Shree Damodar College : Nishad Shevde, Akshay Kamath, Uttam Narang, Vidhit Kanlonkar.

Chowgules College : Dryden Rodrigues, Fasihuzzama Khan, Reagen Fernandes , Warren Torcato, Shanice Mazarello

 

Fr. Agnel College, Pilar won the Late Prof. P.V. Tarakant Memorial inter-collegiate volleyball tournament for women on Monday. The one-day tournament was organized by St. Xavier’s College, Mapusa in their premises as part of their Golden Jubilee celebrations.

St. Xavier’s Alumni Association takes pride in presenting to you Xavier’s Reunion 2013, the first ever official alumni reunion to be organized by St. Xavier’s College, Mapusa. The event will be held on 12^th January 2013 at Emerald Laws, Parra from 6pm onward. The attempt is to bring all the college alumni and ex-teachers together at one place where they could interact with each other and bring back their nostalgic moments of St. Xavier’s College. However, the event is not restricted to alumni and ex-teachers; it is open to all. Besides dine and dance, there will be entertainment programmes and loads of surprises. Passes for the event are available at the college office. You may contact any of the following numbers for the details or passes: 9822139319, 9822147242, 7798531587, 9823054798.

Hurry! Limited Passes available.

If you need a pass, you could also drop in a comment on this post with your name and contact number.

Goa University will hold  selection trails to select Taekwondo team for men and women.  Players  should report to Sports Section, Goa University on 7^th January, 2013 at 3.00 pm along with Identity Card. The team will participate in the All India Inter University Taekwondo Championship for  men and women, to be organized by Punjab University, Chandigarh from January 21 to 25, 2013.