GULF-GOANS e-NEWSLETTER (since 1994)® www.yahoogroups.com/group/gulf-goans/ www.goa-world.com http://www.goa-world.com/goa/credit%5Ccredit.htm Tumcam Maie-mogacho ieukar. Stay tuned to Gulf Goans e-Newsletter - everyday someone, somewhere learns a little..... FAREWELL FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT IN HONOR OF IFRA REFEREE AND FOOTBALL LEGEND OF KUWAIT, ANTHONY (TONY) D'COSTA One of the longest serving Football Player and Qualified Football Referee with Indian Football Referee Association (IFRA) Anthony D'Costa, who hails from Saligao, Bardez, Goa-India, bids goodbye to Kuwait after glorious 34 years. Mr. Tony, as he popularly known, came to Kuwait in 1978 and first played for Goan Sporting soccer club, at the famous good old Soor Grounds where his team captured the famous United Goans Trophy for two consecutive years. After spending many years with this team, he played for Incredible Sports Club for few years. Later he went on to form his own team naming it as “Saligao Sporting”. In the year 1985, Tony qualified as a Football Referee with IFRA and served the IFRA Association with distinction and graduated to be a Class I Referee. Even during the invasion of Kuwait when back in Goa – India, he rendered his services to the Goa Referees Federation by officiating inter village tournaments. As a token of appreciation, IFRA will hold a 8-a-side one day tournament in his honor, details of which are as follows: ANTHONY D'COSTA FAREWELL TOURNAMENT Event : Open 8-A-Side Soccer Tournament Date: September 21, 2012 Venue: Digital Grounds – Kuwait City Time: 7:30 am Draw: September 20, 2012 at 07:30 pmat Indian English Academy School (Don Bosco’s), Salmiya. Organizers: Indian Football Referee Association – Kuwait (IFRA) www.ifra.in For entries please contact: Michael Dias – 97734412, Francis Fernandes –6685245 and/orChristopher Fernandes - 99738635 Info source as forwarded to gaspar almeida, www.ifra.in You heard it first from www.goa-world.com ! The First Online Konkani Music Station - Started on March 14, 2000 http://www.live365.com/stations/61664 Konkani Video on You Tube http://www.youtube.com/uly334 www.targetgoa.com http://goablog100.blogspot.com www.goenche.com www.q8india.com
