* * 36th UGC Soccer Tournament
United Goans Center, the oldest and most prestigious football club in Kuwait conducted its draw for the 36th edition of the U.G.C soccer trophy on Al-Nassr ground, Abbasiya during the CRC tournament. Tony Gonsalves welcomed all the KIFF affiliated clubs and in his brief speech said his dreams have come true seeing all the clubs playing together under KIFF and he requested all the participating teams to maintain the sporting spirit to ensure success of the tournament. He mentioned all team representatives should maintain discipline on and off the field at all times. The nineteen participating teams are divided into two groups. Group A has ten teams: Goa Maroons, Santos Football Club, United Friends Club, Skynet Raiders, Don Bosco, C.R.C Chinchinim, AVC Sports and Cultural, Santos United, Malabar United and Gulf Cable F.C. Group B has nine teams: Curtorcares, F.C Sparx, DHL, Navelim Youth Center, Kuwait Goans Association, Indian Strikers, Y.R.C Rising Stars, Real Betalbatim and U.G Strikers. The tournament kicks off on October 7th at 6:30am on MOH grounds at Shuwaikh. In the first match of the season, Goa Maroons will take on Santos football club at 06:30am while Curtorcares United will face F.C. Sparx at 8:00am. At 9:30am UFC will battle it out with Skynet Raiders followed by DHL and Navelim Youth Center at 11:00am. All teams are kindly requested to be on time. Joseph Gonsalves