Eugene Correia wrote: > The next generation of Goans, especially sons and daughters of PPPs who by >then > would be grown up and become "niz" or "pez" Goenkars, and may represent Great > Britain, just as Sonia Fernandes did for New Zealand.
Eugene, 1) Goans have long represented Great Britain at the Olympics. I know Rui Saldanha played hockey for GB at the 1972 Olympics. > I will leave out Goans in Canadian hockey team and also in some > East African teams and one Goan in the Mexican team. Also leaving > out Goans who ran in the Olympics for India and for other countries. 2) I would honour the Goans who made it to any Olympic team and mention their names whenever possible. I am perplexed why you want to leave them out. In addition to the countries you mention: 3) Trevor Fernandes, a Goan born in Zanzibar, played field hockey for the USA at the 1984 Olympics. 4) Zeno Fernandes, another Goan born in Zanzibar was not just, "in the Mexican team." He was the Captain of the Mexican Olympic team. As all sportsmen know, there is a big difference. 5) There is the possibility that at one point in time, the field hockey coaches of the Mexican, USA and Canadian Olympic teams were all Goans. > I couldn't bear to see India go down to South Africa, a country that has > taken to hockey very recently. 6) S. Africa has been a power house in African hockey in this century and the previous one. It has some of the oldest hockey associations in Africa. What makes you say that it took up hockey very recently? > Watching the closing ceremony on TV, I was happy not only to see > Indians being recognized through their performance on stage but also > one of India's greatest contribution to Britain's cultural history -- > the finest rock musician Freddie Mercury. He sang from his grave with > his famed band Queen -- one of my favourites. Happy to hear him sing > some verses from his immortal song, Bohemian Rhapsody, that was > carried on by the other members to its finish. 7) Freddie Mercury, still one of Britain's most popular musicians, was born in Zanzibar. > Just some "stray thoughts" from another Toronto Goan, though not > belonging to the "underworld" network (ha, ha). 8) Anyone can write fiction. Anyone can have errors in their writings. A problem arises only when these authors try to pass off fiction/errors as Gods truth. Whenever I try to correct an error, I find that the people who accept the corrections are those who will profit from the same. On the other hand, there are the infallible who turn to abuse when errors are pointed out. I am sure we all know some of these 'infallible's.' 9) It is really sad that only one person in Toronto knows of an "underworld' here and that too, inhabited by Goans. MervynOOOOOLobo Toronto
