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sports SNAPSHOT gFa registration for clubs PANJIM: The last date for renewal of registration with GFA for 2011-12 season is May 15. Clubs have been asked to contact the GFA office, Panjim.
5-a-side soccer at Bogmalo VASCO -- United Youth of Bogmalo will organise their 2nd 5-a-side late James Alvares beach football tournament at Bogmalo beach from May 10. The winners will take home Rs 25,000 while the runners-up will have to be content with Rs 15,000. The second and third place winners will get Rs 4,000 and Rs 3,000 respectively. Details may be obtained from Selvy on 9860765337 or Alevio on 9823752599.
Melcan Brothers win PANJIM: Melcan Brothers, Maina, Curtorim defeated Cortalim Boys 6-5 via the tie-breaker after a 2-2 draw in Youth Sports Club Soccer, Mankem, Shiroda recently. Cortalim led at the break. Cortalim shot into the lead through Marcus. Changing ends, Melcan equalised Brent Fernandes. A few minutes later, Cortalim and Melcan netted one after the other.
Force one F1 hunt at nuvem PANJIM: The Force India Formula One Team Academy and Mobil 1 will continue the hunt for the next Indian Formula 1 driver with the ‘One From A Billion Hunt’ which is now coming to Goa after an exhilarating first round in Mumbai. The second round of regional selections will be held at Go-A-Kart, Nuvem, Margao from May 2-8. To be part of the hunt, one has to register at www.onefromabillion.com, or register at the venue.
Bahrain refused to give up hope of rescheduling its postponed Formula One Grand Prix with a statement that kept all options open. The FIA said that it had asked Bahrain "to communicate by May 1 at the latest" whether it would be in a position to reschedule the event.
HERALD CORRESPONDENTS Margao/Panjim, April 30: Churchill Bros qualified for the National I-League Under-19 championship as they were locked in a thrilling 3-3 draw against holders Sporting Cluibe de Goa at Tilak Maidan, Vasco, Saturday. Churchill finished the 4-
team league with a maximum of seven points, having recorded victories against highly rated Salgaocar and Dempo. At Nehru Stadium, Fatorda, Margao, Dempo Sports Club thumped Salgaocar Sports Club 6-1 in the concluding match of Group A. Dempo led 3-1 at half time.
Santosh Trophy camp Panjim, April 30: Following players have been shortlisted for the second phase of selection trials for State Santosh Trophy team. Tyson Caiado, Bruno Colaco, Agnel Gomes, Presly Mascarenhas, Nacolau Colaco, Vivek Kaira, Augustin Fernandes, Gagandeep Singh, Samson Fernandes, Michael Faleiro, Agnel Quadros, Daniel Vales, Clemente Joseph, Ashley Fernandes, Sarvanand Korgaonkar, Rosario Mendes,
IM HIMansHu sHarMa receiving the trophy from Deepak Dhavliker at Ponda, Saturday. HERALD SPORTS REPORTER Panjim, April 30: IM Himanshu Sharma ( 2393) of Haryana won the Goa Vidhyaprasarak Man-
I don't know why Bin Hammam has suddenly become so aggressive. He said in the executive committee that he would not run against me and now, despite that, he is doing so." -- FIFA chief Sepp Blatter
Churchill Bros emerge Goa U-19 I-League champs
Manesh Oliveira, Brian Mascarenhas, Joshua Rebello, Rowllin Borges, Pratesh Shirodkar, Francis Andrade, Savio Carneiro, Felix Baretto, Victorino Fernandes, Joe Colaco, Gabriel Fernandes, Cavin Lobo, Lavino Fernandes, Standly Fernandes, Socorro Fernandes, Inacio Colaco, Valzino Fernandes. They have been asked to report to Peter Vales at Cansaulim ground on May 2 at 3.30 p.m.
Himanshu wins GVM chess GFA U-18 1st Division: Dempo SC (Jrs) v. Salgaocar SC (Jrs), Duler Stadium, Mapusa; Sporting Clube de Goa v. Churchill Brothers SC, Tilak Maidan, Vasco; Sesa Football Academy v. Goa United Sports Academy, Poriat ground, Calangute; Betalbatim SC v. Brasil Futebol Academia, Curtorim ground. Kick off 4 p.m. Nerul Cup Soccer finals: Sangolda Lightning v. Nagoa Sporting Club, Dr. Gustavo Monteiro Stadium, Candolim, 4.30 p.m. 2nd All-Goa football semis: Mel-Can Bros, Maina Curtorim v. Assolda Boys, Mankem ground, Shiroda, 4.30 p.m. Cansaulim Cup soccer: St. Rock Majorda v. Cuncolim Union, Dr T B Chuna Sports Complex, Cansaulim, 4.30 p.m. 13th Immaculate Festival Soccer semis: Mandopa Sports Club v. Union of Chinchinim Villagers, Avedem Panchayat ground, 4.30 p.m. 15th Holy Cross inter-village football: St. Anthony Sports Club, Colva v. Saligao United, Vodlemoll, Kakoda, 4.30 p.m. St Anthony Cup soccer: St Cruz Club of Cavelossim v. Ambelim, Colva ground, 4.30 p.m. Crown Boys soccer: Crown Club v. Survivors Neura, Govt ground, Santa Cruz, 5 p.m. 10th All-Goa Guirdolim Panchayat Cup: Betalbatim SC v. Fr Agnel SC Paroda, Chandor church ground, 4.30 p.m. St Anthony’s Festival Soccer: Bottle Bays Calangute v. Black Arrow Curtorim, Banto ground, Mapa Panchwadi, 4.30 p.m. 17th Sao Jose de Areal Villagers Cup soccer: Davorlim SCb v. Rossman Cruz SC, Nagoa, Padribhat ground, Sao Jose de Areal, 4.45 p.m.
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Goa I Sunday, 1 May 2011
dal’s Centennial AllIndia Open Fide Rating Chess Tournament conducted by Goa Vidhyaprasarak Mandal and Goa Chess Association at
Farmagudi, Ponda. Placings: Himanshu Sharma 9.5 points (Rs. 40,000, trophy), IM Ratnakaran K of Railways 8.5, Phooblan P of TN 8.5, IM Arghyadip Das of WB 8.5, IM Saptarshi Roy of Railways 8. Anurag Mhamal of Goa with 2 draws in the 10th & 11th rounds with Abhishek Kelkar and Anirudh Deshpande of Maharashtra finished 7th with 8 points. Goa’s Rohan Ahuja finished 19th with 7.5 points and Kapil Pawse 22nd with 7.5 points.
Playing an excellent game, Dempo enjoyed domination their midfielders being the architects of their victory. Dempo took the lead in the 3th minute through striker Terence Fernandes after Romeo Fernandes’ rasping try hit the post and the rebound into play. Salgaocar regrouped quickly and neutralised the
lead in the 23rd minute when captain Cliffton Fernandes’ snap shot beat the rival goalkeeper off a pass from Richard Costa. Dempo did not waste time as they regained the lead as Terence struck the second time off a pass from Romeo. Thereafter it was a oneway traffic for Dempo. They tormented the rival defence
with constant raids and their efforts bore fruit when striker Mandar Rao Dessai punished the rival goalkeeper with a stiff shot. Crossing over, Dempo continued to enjoy the upper hand and midfielder Romeo, who played a stellar role for Dempo, put his name on the scorers list in the 72nd minute. Four minutes later
Romeo completed his brace after he received a superb pass from Jolex Fernandes. Substitute Jeovito Fernandes drove the last nail into Salgaocar coffin off Jolex. Dempo finished their engagement with six points from three matches while Salgaoar Sports Club suffered their third successive defeat.
Nagoa Sporting lift Novino Gold Cup
tHe nagoa captaIn with the Novino Gold Cup alongwith Vishal Singh, Fermino Fernandes and others at Candolim, Saturday. HERALD CORRESPONDENT Calangute, April 30: Nagoa Sporting Club laid their hands on the glittering Novino Gold Cup getting the better of Sangolda Lightning 6-5 via the sudden-death tiebreaker after the teams played a goalless draw in the finals of Inter-Village Football tournament organised by Candolim Sports Club at Dr. Gustavo Monteiro Stadium, Candolim, Saturday. Nagoa began on a promising note and kept attacking the Sangolda citadel time and again but their forwards Pramod and Stanley failed to score from hand-shaking
distance. Once, Sangolda keeper Washington came to his side's rescue saving a shot from Raju. After change of ends, Sangolda tried to match their opponents and came near to scoring in the last few minutes but Agnelo failed to find the net from close range. Nagoa kept their nerves in the sudden-death to prevail over Sangolda. Stanley Coutinho, Lawrence Rodrigues, Raju, Pramod Mardolkar, Rajesh Salgaocar and Gaurish Naik netted for Nagoa while Rakshak Naik, Agnelo Quadros, Suavanand Naik, Washigton Pereira and
Joseph D'Costa were on target for Sangolda. Nagoa Sporting Club won the Novino Gold Cup and Rs 30,000 while Sangolda Lightning had to be content with the runners-up trophy and Rs 20,000. Vishal Singh, General Manager, Vivanta By TajHoliday Village who was the chief guest and Fermino Fernandes, Candolim Sarpanch, guest of honour, gave away the prizes along with ex-sarpanch of Candolim Ramkrishna Kerkar. Following individual prizes were also given away: Best forward Raju (Nagoa SC). Best Defender Amar
Haldankar (Sangolda Lightning). Best goalkeeper Fidelis (Nagoa SC). Best half Llyod Mascarenhas (Sangolda Lightning). Mr. Vishal Singh (Chief Guest) and Mr. Fermino Fernandes (Guest of Honour) congratulated both the teams and wished them well in the near future. Mr. Bruno D'Souza compered the finals and later proposed a vote of thanks. Earlier, the guests were introduced to the two teams and officials by the president of Candolim Sports Club, Lourenco Fernandes, Elvis Pereira (vice-president) and Vinayak.
Fluent win for Orlim HERALD CORRESPONDENT Margao, April 30: Orlim Sports Club registered a fluent 4-0 win over Cuncolim Union in GFA’s U-18 Second Division at Orlim ground on Friday. Orlim led 2-0 at the break. Orlim dominated and virtu-
ally toyed with the rival weak defence with sporadic raids and unsettled the rival defence. Darryl Fernandes struck early when he punished the rival keeper. The early goal spurred Orlim as they mounted pressure on the rival citadel with
Vollney Pereira bulging the net. Changing ends, did not bring any respite for Cuncolim as their opponents attacked the rival citadel with gusto. Steven Rebello and Rehman D’Costa rubbed salt to the rival’s wounds scoring one goal each.
Viva Kerala get lifeline AGENCIES
st antHony’s HIgH scHool, Monte de Guirim, winners of U-14 boys hockey organised by DSYA. Top row (l to r): Amrut Verlekar, Christopher Paul, Shaikh Imran, Swapnil Chaudhari, Pankaj Toralkar, Sheshant Falkar, Askpak Kinlekar, Rahul Koli and Pranesh Sakhalkar. Middle row (l to r): Shekhar Pradhan, Joash Zuzarte, Dattaram Kalsaunkar, Ashwin Chandy, Ritesh Kushwaha, Siddhesh Patekar, Francis Rodrigues and Jason Rodrigues. Sitting (l to r): Luino Menezes (PE teacher), Fr Gabriel Fernandes (manager), Fr Steve Rodrigues (principal), Fr Paul Alvares (headmaster) and Victor Albuquerque (coach). Squatting: Mandar Manjrekar. St Anthony got a walkover against Damodar English HS, Gudi Paroda.
Gurgaon, April 30: There were some flashes of brilliance but it wasn’t enough to see Indian Arrows through as they lost 0-1 to Viva Kerala in the I-League match at Tau Devi Lal Stadium in Gurgaon, Saturday. Viva Kerala rode on Felix Chimakwou’s 19th minute strike to receive a lifeline in the marathon League. The significance of the strike takes them to 25 points from 24 matches and it may well turn out to be the difference between relegation and survival. The Arrows stay on 23 points from 23 matches. Felix beat the off-side trap as he followed an Anil Kumar cross from the left, sneaked in between Arrows’ skipper Raju Gaikwad and Deepak Devrani and placed it past diving Arrows’ custodian Jagroop Singh. The Arrows, missing four of their first-line players had not much to boast about in the first half except a Bikramjeet Singh longranger in the dying minutes of the first half. Desmond Bulpin, the Indian Arrows coach said: “We didn’t compete in the first half at all. Off-course it is hard when half of
your side is either injured or sick. But I can’t make excuses.” However, the U-21 boys came back strongly in the second half. With Lalrindika controlling the proceedings from the midfield, Arrows almost scored twice but it was cleared from the goalline on both occasions. The boys never hesitated in testing Viva Kerala custodian K Sharath from long. And twice, Sharath had to stretch full to palm away Manandeep and Lanrindika’s raspers. Arrows had their best chance in the 89th minute but Malsawmfela failed to head it in with Sabeeth hopelessly out of position. Desmond Bulpin, the Indian Arrows coach wasn’t willing to read much into the defeat. “We had our chances but couldn’t convert them. It cost us dear.” This incidentally, is Indian Arrows’ second defeat at home, having earlier lost to Churchill Brothers. Viva Kerala coach Unnikrishnan was delighted with the three points. “We badly needed to win. And the boys rose to the occasion. I feel we are safe now.” Viva defender Bello Rassaq was declared man-of-the-match.