'Acid' wins CAT’s basketball tourney
Kuwait June 22, 2010: Carmel Alumni Tournaments (CAT’s) under the
leadership of Effie de Melo alongside Calvin D’Souza organized its first
ever Half-Court Basketball Tournament in Carmel School, Kuwait with the
support of Sr. Maria Lytta. This one week open tournament was open for
Indians of all age and other nationals studying in Indian schools.
Twelve teams participated in the tournament namely: Acid, Aises, FJ BOYS
‘A’ and FJ BOYS ‘B’, Smooth Operators, Pacmen, Legacy, The Mercuric
Knights, Crusaders, Street Squad, Predators And The Positives.
The teams put up great competition making it difficult for spectators in
choosing their favorites in the different category awards. The two
toughest teams namely Street Squad and Acid made it to the finals held
on Wednesday 16th June.
Well trained AISES won the Third position over Pacmen and Michael
D’Souza from AISES was awarded the Best Defensive Player of the tournament.
ACID, the Ex-Carmelites grabbed the First place with the tough Street
Squad placed in Second position. Man of the Match at the Finals was
awarded to Shabaz Syed from ACID. The Most Offensive Player of the
tournament went to Elvis Castelino from ACID- Titty, the Captain of
Street Squad was the Star Player who won the Most Valuable Player award
along with the Highest scorer award with 93 points.
Other Highlights of the day: included Three Point Shootout awarded to
Malcom Dias and The Crowd’s Choice Award went to Frederico de Melo of
ACID. The organizing committee had two other special awards for the
Most Promising Player and the Most Promising Team which went to Vipin
Mathew and Legacy respectively. Young Upcoming Talent of Carmel School
was awarded to young Marzouk Ali and the Youngest Team of the
tournament, ‘Smooth Operators’ were also encouraged and awarded.
The organizers thanked their valuable sponsors NEN Attorneys and Legal
Consultants (international), C&Z Solutions (IT experts),United Beverages
who provided with soft drinks, Refreshment Trading Co who supplied Arwa
Mineral Water and many other well wishers.
Report by Effie De Melo
Photographer: Raoul Pinto
As published in Arab Times / Tuesday, June 23, 2010
