>From the GOAN VOICE Canada : Announcements Railway Goan Institute Centenary On Sunday September 20, 2009, former members of the Railway Goan Institute will be celebrating the centenary of the club with a social in Mississauga. Click for Flyer
The Club founded in 1909, was well known for its sporting and social activities in its sixty-year history. Its doors were always open to those not working for the railways. Friendships were forged on the sports field playing cricket, hockey and soccer. The tennis and badminton courts were popular places of social interaction in the Goan community. The club at one time even had it’s own orchestra (1920). Grand Balls held at the Club’s anniversary and at Christmas were invariably sold out. Many happily married couples have fond memories of their reception held at the club. The women’s teams were busy too. The club attracted both beauty and sporting prowess among it’s players which many agree has not diminished with time. A website tracing the history of the Club and displaying photos of winning teams in various sports can be viewed at. https://sites.google.com/site/railwaygoaninstitutecentenary/Home Members of the Centenary Committee include three-time field hockey Olympian, Hilary Fernandes, and well known sports journalist Norman Da Costa. Hilary and Norman report spending hours on the phone with former colleagues who call to reminiscence on times past. The trio of Delphine Da Costa, Teresa Mandricks & Joan DoRosario are actively informing former RGI members of the event. Elsie Fernandes is busy mailing tickets to all those who have sent in payments. Preparing for the event itself is Xavier Carvalho (Emcee) and Romeo D’Souza (slide-show) Cataloguing the photos and web displays is John J. D’Souza ( rgicentenary @gmail.com) As before the RGI made all welcome to its events. The same goes for the Centenary Celebration. The organizers still have 40-50 tickets left which are expected to run out soon. Click here to view Details and contact numbers of the event. But as they say here in curling Hurry Hurry ! WORLD GOA DAY - 20.8.2009 - WORLD DAMAN DAY - WORLD KONKANI DAY 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 Read the latest Goan Voice Canada: http://www.goanvoice.ca/ http://www.goanvoice.ca/2009/issue17/peopleplacesthings.htm#ppt_1 rene barreto WORLD GOA DAY A day set aside by Goans whoa re proud to be Goans - to CELEBRATE their Goan Cultural Heritage, a day to promise to help the less fortunate in our Goan community: ==========================================
