nice info carmo, lavy pinto's great rival was the doyen of the erstwhile bombay's sports' scenario & respected sports journalist ... the late joe crasto ... co-founder & mentor of "united athletes' sports club" ... that has been in existence for over two decades now
"uasc" runs a year-round coaching programme for budding sports stars at st stanislaus' hs grounds for children across all denominations & social strata .... free of any costs ... a club that has produced more school children at the national level in varied sports than any other organisation ... govt or privately funded ... myriad of stanislaus' teams have been it's beneficiaries "uasc" has just conducted the 18th edition of the annual 'all bandra inter school road races' last sunday in which around a thousand children participated "uasc" organizes it's premier showpiece ... the annual "joe crasto memorial beach run" for school children from all over mumbai in september at juhu ... the only beach event of it's kind in this part of the continent these off season races give children an opportunity to weigh their performance standards as they prepare for the main athletic season here from november onwards besides these events and the year round athletics coaching, "uasc" conducts meets for various other organisations besides entering it's teams in athletics & other sports tournaments ... often finishing among those at the helm of these events it has also branched out into alternative & adventure sports i hope this has been an interesting aside to the info on the famed lavy pinto ... if any of you are interested in more ... please let me know thanx & regards denzil >From: "CARMO DCRUZ" >Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2006 22:13:51 -0400 > >Hi Dr. Cornel DaCosta, > >Dr. Avertano Noronha , a world famous neurologist (of Assolna/Bombay and >now Chicago) and a prominent hockey goalkeeper during his medical college >days in Punjab, organised a dinner with the great Goan track-star Lavy >Pinto in Chicago recently, when I was there in mid June 2006. Octagenerian >Lavy Pinto is in great spirits. _______________________________________________ Goanet mailing list Goanet@lists.goanet.org http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/goanet-goanet.org