------------------------------------------------------------------ Domnic Fernandes continues (Part III) his reminiscence of Mapusa of the 1950s http://www.goanet.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=426 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Tony Barros <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In addition to Edgar and Egbert, do not forget Alou > Mendoca who was once rated as the world's best > left-outer,
Tony, You seemed to have missed out the Zanzibaris. Strangely enough, the following appeared on another net just a few days ago. One of the players, "Pop" Menedes went on to be one of the first people in E. Africa to get an International Referee's "Silver Whistle" from the IHF. Mervyn3.0 ----------------------------------- "jimmiranda2006" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sat Apr 8, 2006 8:39 am Subject: M. R. de SOUZA GOLD CUP - NAIROBI - 1956 This Easter will mark the 50th anniversary of the Zanzibar Goan Institute's trip to Nairobi to compete in the above hockey tournament. The following is how I remember the event. The tournament was contested on a knock-out basis & the following teams participated: Nairobi Goan Institute, Nairobi Railways Goan Institute, Nairobi Sikh Union, Nairobi Asian Institute, Mombasa Goan Institute, Kampala Goan Institute & Zanzibar Goan Institute. The Zanzibar G.I. team comprised of: late Julius Fernandes (manager) late John Braganza, late Tommy Fernandes, late Wellington Almeida, Laurie Faria (capt), Anthony (pop) Mendes, Tony de Souza, Raphael de Souza, Hugh Dias, Edwin Coutinho, Moraes, Oliver Fernandes, Gajendra Doshi, Rajni Shah, Eshu Punja & myself. We flew to Mombasa, played a friendly game there & the following evening took the train to Nairobi. Our team was considered underdogs & quite rightly so, as we never played on a "murram" ground before. I do not recall the team we lost to nor the team that won the GOLD CUP. A gala dance was held at the Goan Gymkhana as the new Goan Institue was being built. (On completion the Nairobi G.I. was reputed to be the best G.I. in East Africa). We then toured Kisumu, Kampala, Entebbe, Jinja, returned to Nairobi, Mombasa & flew home from Tanga. We were well received, accommodated & entertained by our sister Institutes & without doubt the tour was incredible. To the best of my knowledge the living players are scattered in Toronto, London, Goa, Zanzibar & Brisbane. I will pray for their continued good health on Easter Sunday. Mildred joins me in wishing one & all a BLESSED EASTER. Francis (Jim) Miranda __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _____________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)