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SPORTS GOA, Monday, 29 November, 2010
Sporting edge past Goa Velha St Xavier’s beat HERALD SPORTS REPORTER MAPUSA, NOV 28
Two fine goals in two minutes from Rovan Pereira gave 10men Sporting Clube de Goa the edge as they defeated 9-men Goa Velha Sports Club 4-1 in Kingfisher Pro League at Duler stadium, here on Sunday. The score was locked 1-1 at the breather. In the 59th minute, Goa Velha’s Loyed Mascarenhas received a second yellow and was sent off. Two minutes later, things got worse for Goa Velha when defender Gary D’Mello was given a red card for a crude challenge on Elvino Fernandes. In the 69th minute, Sporting’s A u s t r a l i a n s t r i ke r J o s h u a Maguire was also shown a red for an off-the-ball incident which
saw Goa Velha’s Captain Elvis Lopes go down clutching his chest. The referee had to check with the fourth official before brandishing the red card. The arrival of pacey forward, Agnelo Colaco with his neat touch, later allowed Sporting take command, which had till then looked flustered with Goa Velha’s close pressing. Goa Velha resorted to physical tactics to try and contain Sporting’s attacks, which cost them dearly in the end. Sporting opened the scoring in the 12th minute, when Steven Fernandes made an untracked diagonal run and received the ball in a left wing position. Steven continued his run breaking into a massed Goa Velha defence and stroked the ball which
Calangute Association lift Anjuna-Caisua Cup HERALD CORRESPONDENT CALANGUTE, NOV 28
Crowd Pullers Calangute Association pipped strong contenders Candolim Sports Club 3-2 via the tie-breaker after both the teams failed to score at regulation time in the finals of Anjuna-Caisua Panchayat Cup inter-village football tournament organised by Chapora Yuvak Sangh at Chapora ground on Sunday. The teams began on a cautious note but failed to convert the chances that came their way. Calangute had a golden opportunity to forge ahead in the 20th minute but German Fernandes shot wide with only the Candolim keeper at his mercy. Candolim did not lag behind but their forwards Wens-
eslav, Roy and Sagar failed to find the net. Changing over, the teams tried to out do the other but failed at the last hurdle. Calangute could have settled the score in the dying minutes but a power-packed shot was parried away to safety by Candolim keeper Morje. In the penalty shoot-out, Calangute kept their nerves to get the better of Candolim 3-2. Bruno Coutinho, Rajkumar Naik and Domnic Fernandes converted for Calangute while Samir Naik and Manuel Crasto were on target for Candolim. C a l a n g u t e p o c ke t e d R s 20,000 and a trophy while Candolim had to be content Rs 15,000 and a trophy. Following individual prizes were given: Best goalkeeper: Bharat Morje (Candolim SC), Best player: Joelif Simoes (Candolim SC), Best defender: Siddesh Simepuruskar (Calangute Association) and First scorer of the finals: Bruno Coutinho. Sangolda Lightning took the best disciplined team trophy. Uday Palyekar (social worker) was the chief guest while Lavinio Rebello (sarpanch, VP AnjunaCaisua and vice-president, GFA) was the guest of honour, who later gave away the prizes to the winners in the absence of the chief guest. Surendra Govekar, Dinesh Patil (panchas, VP Anjuna-Caisua) and Sandip Chimulkar (ex-sarpanch, VP Anjuna-Caisua) along with GFA Bardez Zone executive members were also present. Krishna compered.
GFA U-16 football: Ave Maria Athletic W&A v. Macasana Welfare Club, Betalbatim SAG ground, 4 p.m. GFA Third Division play-off: BAFF v. Adarsh Yuvak Sangh, Duler Stadium; Sporting Club of Davorlim v. Mandopa SC, Curtorim ground. Kick off 3.45 p.m. 4th St Domnic Savio Cup soccer: Mae de Pobres, Nuvem v. Regina Mundi, Chicalim, 3 p.m.; Infant Jesus, Colva v. Don Bosco Farm School, Sulcorna, 4.15 p.m. Bro Eulalio Vaz memorial soccer: Union of Chinchinim Villagers v. Navelim SC, Don Bosco Oratory ground, Navelim 4.30 p.m.
squirmed underneath the Goa Velha keeper. Six minutes before change of ends, Goa Velha got a well deserved equaliser through striker Alber Gonsalves who managed to connect onto a cross from Clyde Dias and volley home. Early in the second half, Sporting’s Rovan Pereira flashed a header across the Goa Velha goal mouth which was scrambled away. Sporting’s Adil Khan picked the ball up and shot but again he was denied by the resilient Goa Velha defence. A large cry went out for handball from Sporting’s fans, but it went unheard. Sporting pushed more men forward after the sending off ’s to try and take advantage of the
extra men. The moment Sporting had been long waiting for finally came when Agnelo Colaco sent in a deep cross which allowed Rovan Pereira to volley into the net. A minute later, Sporting regained possession after the restart and this time Boboi Singh crossed from a similar position which saw Roven volley even more spectacularly into the back of the net. Five minutes from end, Sporting’s Wilton Gomes sent through a great long pass which striker Avelino Fernandes latched onto. Avelino kept his cool, curving a beautiful shot past the Goa Velha custodian to give the vital three points to Sporting.
Deep Vihar
HERALD SPORTS DESK PANJIM, NOV 28
St. Xavier’s Institute, Curtorim beat Deep Vihar, Vasco 1-0 in 4th St Domnic Savio soccer organised by Don Bosco past pupils, Mormugao unit at Don Bosco ground on Sunday. The match-winner was netted from close range through Jovan Dias in the 26th minute. Deep Vihar tried their best but were unable to find the nets. Jovan Dias was declared player-of-the-match. Earlier, the tournament was declared open by chief guest Fr Ian Figueiredo, SDB, Provincial, Panjim-Konkan Province. The match was kicked off by former international goalkeeper, Avin-
dar Singh. Also present were Fr Jose Antonio D’Costa, parish priest, St. Andrew church, Vasco, Victor Vaz, vice-president, World Past Pupils of Don Bosco and Fr Michael Mascarenhas. Fr Romulo Noronha, sdb, welcomed. Cdr P J Agustine proposed the vote of thanks.
Chris Boys up HERALD CORRESPONDENT MARGAO, NOV 28
Chris Boys, Curchorem beat Fatima Boys, Dicarpale 1-0 to advance into the second round of 7th Rosary Cup football tournament at Rosary ground, Zorrivado, Davorlim on Sunday. The all-important goal was scored by Jason.
Air India all-India veterans champions
Winners Air India with the trophy. HERALD CORRESPONDENT CALANGUTE, NOV 28
Hot favourites Air India, Mumbai emerged champions defeating Shivaji Sports Academy, Kolhapur 2-0 in the finals of All-India Veterans football tournament, organised by PVC Association, Parra and Bardez Veterans, at Dr. Gustavo Monteiro Stadium, Candolim, on Saturday. After a goalless first half, Air India shot into the lead in the 60th minute through ex-international Godfrey Pereira from
an indirect free-kick. The Kolhapur player disputed the goal and play was held for a few minutes. However, the brain behind the tournament Hector Trindade deserves appreciation for prevailing upon the Kolhapur players to accept the decision of the referee. Down by a goal, Kolhapur mounted pressure on Air India defence time and again but their forwards Arman and Sunil failed to find the net on a couple of occasions.
Air India doubled the lead through Darryl D’Souza off a Jacinto D’Silva free-kick in the 70th minute. The rival lead did not dampen the spirits of Kolhapur players. They kept on raiding the defence with much more rigour but to their utter dismay could not find the net. A free kick just above the box by Aman was brilliantly saved by the Air India keeper Shyam Sawant. Air India were rich by Rs.
50,000 while Shivaji SA had to be content with the runners-up trophy and Rs. 30,000. Shyam Sawant took the best goalkeeper award while Air India’s Shivaji Patil got the fittest player award. Arjuna Awardee Bramahnand S a n k h w a l ka r a n d P I B r a z Menezes gave away the prizes in the presence of Franky Viegas, Visiticao Lobo, Fausto Lobo, Fr. Salvador, GFA vice-president, Lavinio Rebello and Bardez GFA members.
SC Davorlim clinch Curtorim cup HERALD CORRESPONDENT MARGAO, NOV 28
Sporting Club of Davorlim defeated Curtorim Gymkhana 1-0 to emerge champions of the 3rd Curtorim Villagers Cup inter-village football tournament organised by Curtorim Gymkhana in the final at Curtorim ground, on Sunday. Sony Colaco scored the all-important goal. Davorlim outplayed their opponents with neat tackles while Curtorim stood on the back foot throughout. Davorlim struck the match winner in the fifth minute, fol-
lowing a through pass by Melwyn Fernandes from the flanks. Seeing Curtorim defenders fumble, a lurking Sony made no mistake in beating the Curtorim keeper. Curtorim tried their best to neutralize the lead but could not break down the resilient Davorlim defense. Crossing over, Curtorim piled on tremendous pressure on their rivals and nearly found the equaliser but substitute John Fernandes was the worst culprit as he muffled a sitter with only the rival keeper at his mercy,
Vaddem football camp held HERALD SPORTS DESK PANJIM, NOV 28
Vaddem Friends XI Sports Club organised a 21-day football coaching camp at Vaddem ground. In all, 60 students participated. The training was conducted under the guidance of SAG coach Salvador Frenandes. President of the club, Peter De Souza was extremely happy with the girl’s performance. Social worker Kishor G Asnodkar gave away the prizes and certificates to outstanding participants in the presence of Luis Valles, Remedious Sequeira, Norbert Fernandes, Francis Fernandes, Domnic Sequeira, John Paul Valles (VP member), Subhash
Halarnkar and Nouso Shirodkar (ex-VP member). Team manager, Seby Sequeira compered. Earlier, businessman Yashpal Raikar inaugurated the camp.
Swera wins HERALD SPORT DESK PANJIM, NOV 28
Swera Braganza beat Dhanusha S of Tamil Nadu and is on second position with seven points after the eighth round of National U7 Chess Championship in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand. Other results: Vraj Porob (4), Kshaunish Naik and Akanksha Naik (3.5) while Beverly Mendonca, Jayesh Shettigar and Aryan Fhaldesai (3).
after he received a pass from Jessel Carneiro. Davorlim would have doubled the lead midway in the second half, had veteran Jose Colaco’s pile driver not been blocked by the Curtorim custodian. Davorlim were richer by Rs 25,000 while Curtorim had to settle for Rs 20,000. Following individual prizes were awarded: Best half - Roy Albuquerque (Curtorim Gymkhana). First scorer of the finals - Sony Gomes (SC of Davorlim). Best defender - Bonnie
Niasso (SC of Davorlim). Best goalkeeper - Sachin (SC of Davorlim). Best forward - Paxton Gomes (SC of Davorlim). Best player of the finals - Jessel Carneiro (Curtorim Gymkhana). MP Francisco Sardinha was the chief guest and gave away the prizes. Fr Livio De Mello, parish priest, St Alex Church, Curtorim was the guest of honour. Milagres Rodrigues, former sarpanch, Curtorim presided. Manuel Fernandes, secretary proposed the vote of thanks.
GOA DIARY
Women’s soccer fest at Vasco
VASCO (HC) – the 10th Women Sports Festival, Mormugao Taluka 2010-11 will be held on November 30 and December 1 at Chicalim Sports Complex, Chicalim. Women above 18 years and only residents of Mormugao taluka are eligible. The following events will be held: kabaddi, kho-kho, volleyball, athletics, 100m, 200m, 400m, long jump, shot put, discuss throw and 4x100m relay. 3 km walk and shot put will be held for woman above 45 years. Merit and participation certificates will be distributed.
Swimming classes at Peddem
PANJIM (HSD) -- The Sports Authority of Goa will conduct learn to swim classes from November 30 to December 19, at Peddem swimming pool complex, Mapusa. Batches are as follows: Morning session – 7 a.m. to 8 a.m. (gents and children) and 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. (ladies and children). Evening session: 3.30 p.m. to 4.30 p.m. and 4.30 p.m. to 5.30 p.m. (children) and 5.30 p.m. to 6.30 p.m. (mix batch for gents and ladies). Details may be obtained from the swimming pool complex reception from 6.30 a.m. to 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. on 2257981.
Rohan, Tanay excel at karate championship HERALD SPORTS DESK PANJIM, NOV 28
Rohan Shirgaonkar won the gold in kata at WSKA-World Shotokan Karate-Do Academy’s 4th Taluka level karate championship at Siddharth hall, near Duler petrol pump, Mapusa. Following are the other results in various categories: U-7 boys: Shaan Vazarkar (gold kata and silver kumite), Tanay Soiru (silver kata and gold kumite), Druv Kamat (bronze kata and kumite). U-11girls: Niharika Walawalikar (silver kata and kumite), Varshada Kambli (gold kata and kumite), Giselle Nazareth (bronze kata and kumite). U-11 boys: Siddharaj Pilankar (gold kata), Mandar Chari (silver kata and kumite), Shaaunak Apte (bronze kata), Shreyesh Virnodkar (bronze kumite), Rajat Morajkar (bronze kumite).
U-12 boys: Suyash Korgaonkar (gold kata), Jostan Cardozo (silver kata and gold kumite), Saish Haldankar (bronze in kata, silver in kumite), Aniket Talkar (bronze in kumite), Calvin Lobo (bronze kumite). U-14 girls: Anushka Kanulkar (gold kata, silver kumite), Elaine Fernandes (silver kata and gold kumite), Samiksha Gadekar (bronze kata and kumite), Riya Shirodkar (bronze). U-15 boys: Joel Dhupdale (gold kata and bronze kumite), Saeesh Korgaonkar (silver kata and kumite), Sachin Verlekar (bronze kata and gold kumite), Nandesh Kaisukar (bronze Kumite). U-17 girls: Mamata Verlekar (gold kata and kumite), Sushmita Vazarkar (silver kata and bronze kumite), Manjusha Salgaocar (bronze kata and silver kumite). Women’s open categories: Jovila Sequeira (gold kata and
Nilkhant Halarnkar Minister for Tourism alongwith miss Mamta D Verlekar, Shihan Sunil K Dhargalkar and Anthony Menezes.
kumite), Mandhura Chari (silver kata and kumite), Nikita Chari (bronze kata and kumite).
Men’s open categories: Rohan Shirgaonkar (gold kata and silver kumite), Sidharth Mandrekar (sil-
ver kata and bronze kumite), Shiva Gaonkar (bronze kata and gold kumite), Ashikesh Shirgaonkar (bronze kumite). Minister for Tourism Nilkant Halankar was the chief guest and gave away the prizes. The championship is registered under the Societies Registration Act 1860, Central Act 2 1 o f 1 8 6 0 Re g i s t r a t i o n no.815/Goa/2007 and recognised by SAG and affiliated to Japan Shotokan Karate Association, Goa. Meanwhile, the International Shotokan Shobukan Karate Association’s karate training camp and championship will be held in Daman and Diu from December 3 to December 6. A ro u n d , 1 7 f u l l y t r a i n e d karateka’s under the expert guidance of Shihan Sunil Dharg a l k a r, o f W S K A -Wo r l d Shotokan Karate-Do Academy will participate.