The news report in Todays E*rald on the new Vasco Club premises. Heaven knows why, for likely the most eclectic collection of trophies brought home by any Goan football club, a history and fan following rivaling none other........an ugly building in a ghastly yellow! This project could have been a marketers dream to design a building themed with the great Vasco Club....perhaps even the Municipality could have housed the trophies to the only city club......and imagine the rich collection of pictures. I guess its a Goan thing to do things in a 'homely' way devoid of any style, design!!!
==================== Vasco Club’s new premises HERALD REPORTER VASCO, AUG 1 There is need to rejuvenate the culture of one of the oldest and only city base football club, Vasco, said Nayantara, wife of late Noel de Lima Leitao, a patron of Vasco Club and famous football commentator, here on Saturday. Nayantara was speaking at the inauguration of the renovated premises and club house of Vasco Sports Club in the presence of Milind Naik, MLA, club president Nitin N Bandekar, GFA Secretary Savio Messias, patron of Vasco Umaji Chowgule, Vinod Parkot, member of the club, Pereira brothers, club secretary Rakesh Uni, Abhijit Salkar and others. Recalling the thoughts of her husband to work for the club and its progress, Nayantara said that Noel had always dreamt about the club becoming a formidable football unit in India. She said that there was need to increase the membership base of the club to bring back the past glory of the club. The new club house has facilities for table tennis, carrom, chess, darts. Earlier, secretary Rakesh Uni informed that club had set two goals - to increase the membership with committed life members and renovate the existing assets of the club house. Uni informed that the club will organise the Goa River Marathon on December 19, the registration for which had already commenced with athletes from Ludhiana, Maharashtara and Chennai having already registered for the event. The marathon would be a 21km half marathon and 5km fun walk run. It would start from Baina beach going along the river Zuari on the Cortalim road upto Marman Shipyard and back, while the 5km fun walk run would commence from Baina beach and go around the Vasco city. “The run event would be organized in a professional manner with the Bangalore base group Fuller Life being the technical consultant. Nitin said that club was keen in reviving its past glory with the governing body and members working in the right direction. Gradually results would be evident, he said. * * * In every way, the Goans of Bombay were part of the great melee that was this metropolis, distinct perhaps in the way communities often are, holding on to their own traditions but merging slowly nonetheless and forming the thin thread of nationhood that would eventually become India. -- Selma Carvalho, in *Into the Goan Diaspora Wilderness*. Available at Broadways Book Centre, Panjim [Ph +91-9822488564] Price (in Goa only) Rs 295. http://selmacarvalho.squarespace.com/ * * *
