The draw for the 11th edition of G.O.A. Rolling Trophy tournament was held today Monday 5th April at 8.00 p.m., at Village Inn Restaurant with the attendance of the participating club representatives and special invitees. Normally G.O.A. since last few years are organizing their tournament at Kheitan Stadium but this time due to some difficulties they will not be able to have it at the stadium and instead it will be held at both the Sour Grounds A & B. Total Number of teams participating in this year�s edition will be 12 and they are splitted into two segments. Segment one will consist of Navelim Youth, CRC Chinchinnim, Bombay Boys, United Friend Club, Curtorcares and Kerala Challengers while segment two comprises AVC, Jai Hind, Santos, Rising Stars, UG and G.O.A. Maroons. The first match of the tournament will be played on 16th at Ground �A� at 6.45 between CRC Chinchinnim and Bombay Boys and simultaneously at Ground �B� at Ground �B� Jai Hind will face Santos FC. All the matches will be supervised by the umpires drawn from KIFF Referees Body. The tournament will last for about one month approximately and final will be played on 14th May. This edition will be sponsored by Bassem Trading Co. W.L.L. whose managing director Mr. Charles D�Sa is a staunch supporter of Sports in general and soccer in particular even though he was once a very good Cricketer during his younger days. Mr. Charles besides involving himself in the promotion of sporting activities where he was inducted by Raymond D�Sa the president of Goan Overseas Association, is also very active in many of the social and charitable activities thru Kuwait Canara Welfare Association and other outlets.
The actual draw lasted for about 30 minutes where G.O.A. Sports Secretary Clifford conducted the draw and Julio Cardoso compeered the proceedings. Chief Guest of the function Mr. Charles D�Sa lauded the efforts of G.O.A. in organizing such tournaments and giving the youth one more opportunity to display their talents and prowess while the president of G.O.A. Raymond D�Sa in his short speech thanked every one for joining G.O.A. in this tournament. He very philosophically and of course rightly remarked �Let Sour Grounds be the venue of inculcating friendship and spreading goodwill amongst all�. Let this be the motto of everyone. Tony Correia the president of Kuwait Indian Foot-ball Federation and a part of G.O.A. proposed the vote of thanks.
Goan Overseas Association (G.O.A.) was established in 1980 a year after the establishment of our soccer activities at Sour Grounds by UG. Since the formation of G.O.A. it has always maintained its grandeur and G.O.A. Rolling Trophy tournament is one of the prestigious tournaments amongst Indians in Kuwait. G.O.A. soccer team Maroons is one of the best amongst the expatriates in Kuwait having unique distinction of demolishing the might of Hubara and other top Clubs fielding some of the best European players and thus winning the Forest of Dean R.A. Trophy some years back at Ahmadi, Kuwait. G.O.A. Maroons has created lot of ripples and the current members who are running the show of their team on and off the field must work hard to maintain the pristine greatness of their activities. When it was formed in 1980, G.O.A. Maroons was not only a team but it was a powerhouse having finest footballers in its rank. G.O.A. was formed by great stalwarts namely Peter D�Souza, Domnick Correia, Assumption D�Sa, Raymond D�Sa, John Felix D�Souza, Pascoal Soares, the late Gabriel Soares, Messias Barreto and A. V. Fernandes. Many of the founders are not in Kuwait now but the major credit should go to both the D�Sa brothers � Raymond and Assumption for overcoming all the hurdles and keeping G.O.A. function beautifully. Those new later-on entrants into G.O.A. who are also doing so much for the promotion of G.O.A. deserve compliments too.
The soccer activities of Indians at Sour Grounds are conducted under the supervision of Kuwait Indian Foot-ball Federation. Annually, 4 major 11-A-Side tournaments are organized; one of Navelim, the other of G.O.A., the third of UG and the fourth of Rising Stars (Youth Recreation Centre) while 5 are 7-A-Side tournaments; 1st by Santos, 2nd by AVC, 3rd by UFC, 4th by Curtorcares and the 5th by Bombay Boys. CRC Chinchinnim organizes their 9-A-Side tournament.
A. Veronica Fernandes, Kuwait.
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