Thanx Joe for that info. I always wondered where many of thesegreat Kenyan goan
talents got their skills from and why differedfrom the local folks.
Armand "Chic" Saldanha and Alban "kitremunt" Fernandes- who represented East
Africa- also got their initial "trimmings" in India.Alban in Bengaluru
(formerly Bangalore) and "Chic from St. Paul'sBelgaum. And Chic - according to
his classmate- my brother Romeo-also represented a Select Maharastra side
before he returned to Tanzania.
As for the Kenyan National Team who were once seeded fourth inthe world, they
were very well "tested" in either 1967 or 1968 whenthey held Pakistan to draws
in a couple of tests in Kenya.
It also brought the British-born goal-keeper - Jack Simonian- to
globalattention when he saved a couple of penalties. Jack- a well known
motorrally driver- played for the Nairobi Sikh Union which for a short time
alsoincluded all time hockey great and musician- Hilary Fernandes.
But since Jack travelled so much as a business executive and given his rigid
motor rallying schedules, reserve goal-keeper - Ivo Colaco played most of the
time including the Easter weekend M.R. DeSouza tournament which coincided
with the East African Motor Rally Safari. This left Jack withthe option of
playing in the finals and against top teams.
Cheers.
Tony.
On Saturday, March 11, 2017 4:04 AM, "JOSEPH LOBO jl...@rogers.com
[goans_tanzanite]" <goans_tanzan...@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
At one time , in the 1960`s, Kenya`s hockey team was a power-house on the
world`s sporting stage. It combined the talents of young men who initially
learned their craft on the playing fields of India and Pakistan.........and
schools like St.. Stanislaus, Bombay.......St. Joseph`s, Bangalore and St.Pauls
Belgaum.were incubators of young talent.....also were home grown goan boys like
Hilary & Leo Fernandes, Edgar and Egbert of Nairobi, Silu Fernandes also of
Nairobi and Sikh Union players Surjeet Singh Jr., Avtar Singh.& Hardial Singh
who eventuallymoved from player to Manager of the national side. Also included
were young men from the Sir Ali Muslim Sports club of Nairobi
I do remember while I was in college at St. Xaviers, Bombay in 1963 watching a
touring Kenya national side play a series of exhibition matches against various
combination of Indian national sides in preparation for the Olympics in 1964.
At the BPHA field which was the ultimate venue in western India........the
Kenya side surprised the Bombay hockey audience when they outplayed the Indian
side presented to them.
The popular stands were filled with a lot of goan fans from the near-by Dhobi
Talao who were expecting a side of African (black ) players.
There were comments like......." but these are Sikhs and Goans "...... However
the fine standard of play , dribbling and passing was a delight to
watch................ including Alu Mendonca`s trade mark angling and powerful
on - the - run centering to the inside forwards !
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