Thanks for telling us about Domnic, Daniel. My knowledge about sports ranges close to illiteracy ... so you have helped people like me to know more about the village and its achievers. Congrats to Domnic Soares! Well deserved, and it's good that the GFA honoured people of this caliber. FN
2009/12/22 Daniel F. de Souza <[email protected]> > > Today (22/12/2009) is the 50th Anniversary of the Goa Football Association. > A grand celebration was held at Pinto's Wild Orchid, Majorda. Saligao's ace > footballer Domnic Soares, and one of the finest dribbler Goan football has > ever seen was felicitated by the GFA. He was selected by Goan football fans > on the 'All star football team' from 1959 onwards. I met him at the function > and personally congratulated him. The other footballer to get this honour > were; Andrew, Brahmanand, Soccoro, Bruno Coutinho, Climax lawrence, Bernard, > Nicholas, Derrick Pereira (both defenders), Mahesh Gawli, Babu Arolkar and > others. > > Those of saligaonetters who are familiar with Goan football will remember > him as the deadliest centre forward for Vasco sports club who was part of > ABCD (Andrew-Catao-Bernard-Domnic) quartet of the 70s/80s. Domnic played for > a while for Saligao Sporting Club too. And it was such a pleasure to watch > him on the field specially his ability to dribble past a host of opponents > and score effortlessly. He was a clean player with a soft touch and never > committed a fowl intentionally. > > Daniel > > > > I was present at the function and congratulated him for this prestigious > honour. > > <http://sigads.rediff.com/RealMedia/ads/click_nx.ads/www.rediffmail.com/signatureline....@middle?> > > -- > This message comes via the Google Groups "Saligao-Net" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/saligao-net?hl=en > Please post regularly to keep the e-village active! -- Frederick Noronha Columnist :: journalism editing :: alt.publishing, photography :: blogging Landline :: +91-832-2409490 Mobile :: +91-9822122436 784 Saligao 403511 Goa India Goa,1556 :: http://goa1556.goa-india.rog Photos :: http://photosfromgoa.notlong.com Forthcoming from Goa,1556: http://tiny.cc/peppercorns -- This message comes via the Google Groups "Saligao-Net" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/saligao-net?hl=en Please post regularly to keep the e-village active!
