Football action moves from the stadiums to the beaches and the ‘Good Times’ for football in Goa will continue with the Kingfisher Beach Football Challenge, 2011-12, scheduled to be played at Calangute Beach on February 9 and 10, 2012. The tournament will be played on a knockout basis under the ‘Beach Soccer Worldwide Rules’ recognized by FIFA. Teams comprising of 5 players each will be seen in a 12 minute face off.
Coach's Camp concludes
The community grass roots football 5-day training camp under the aegis of the Goa Football Association in collaboration with Football Federation Australia came to an end on Friday at Duler stadium, Mapusa.
Twenty five coaches completed the coaching programme which started on 30th January, conducted by experienced Australian coaching instructor Mr. Norm Boardman. Goan coaches Gavin Araujo and Fausto Lobo assisted the Instructor.
The resource person’s slogan “better coaches, better football!” proved appropriate as the coaches were guided through football skilled themes such as first touch, running with the ball, 1v1, striking and focused mainly on exciting challenging game related sessions, rather than drills.
The acronym C.H.A.N.G.E I.T. (coaching style, how you score/win, area, numbers, game rules, equipment, inclusion, time) was continuously impressed on the coaches.
The participants were assessed individually on a specific topic and were given valuable pointers and the necessary tools to improve on their performance in the future. On the last day a small fun five-a-side tournament was arranged.
This was the second visit by the dedicated coaching instructor Norm Boardman to Goa in the last four months. In the future the GFA hopes that more students, players and club representatives interested in coaching come forward to avail of the unique youth development certified scheme.
[caption id="attachment_178" align="aligncenter" width="604" caption="Participants of the course along with coach instructor Norm Boardman."]
[/caption]In Picture: (Top row L to R) Alan Nazerath, Marcelino Pereira, Gajanan Kauthankar, Bibiano Fernandes, Anand Adkoukar, Terence D’Souza, Mohan Parab, Mahesh Kambli, Agostinho D’Costa.
(Middle) Laura Estibeiro, Aldrid Da Costa, Loyed Mascarenhas, Fausto Lobo (assistant instructor), Norm Boardman (coach instructor), Gavin Araujo (assistant instructor), Derick Christopher, Menino Afonso, Naresh Virnodkar, Zeena Soares.
(Bottom) Caetano Xaiver, Milagres Carvalho , Domnic Pereira, Ryan Cardosa, Purushottam Mapari, Saliya Shaikh, Jude Fernandes, Deggie Cardoza.
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Fr. Agnel College lift Tennis Championship
Fr. Agnel College, Pilar won the inter-collegiate Tennis Championship defeating Rosary College, Navelim 2-1 in the finals on Monday. The tournament was organized by the Goa University at B.P.S. courts, Margao.
In the exciting final showdown, Fr. Agnel won the the first single when Faud defeated Anil of Rosary college. The Navelim based side bounced back by winning the second singles with Rizwan defeating Vitus. In the deciding doubles match Faud and Vitus defeated Anil and Rizwan to win the championship for Fr. Agnel.
Earlier in the semi-finals, Fr. Agnel defeated Chowgule College, Margao 2-1 and Rosary College defeated St. Xaviers College, Mapusa 2-0.
A total of nine colleges participated in the championship.
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Canadian and South African players join WSH
World Series Hockey has a signed a host of international players from Canada and South Africa.
The signed players are Clive Terwin, Geowynne Kyle Gamiet, Lungile Tsolekile & Shanyl Balwanth from South Africa; Adam Froese, Antoni Kindler, Iain Smythe, Mark Pearson, Ken Pereira, Richard Hildred & Sukhwinder Singh Gabbar from Canada.
The line up from the African and North American regions includes a current international captain and a set of players who have played close to 800 international matches amongst them.
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