Clubs from the capital city of Panaji, namely Panjim Sports Festival Committee, Young Boys of Campal, Kaddint Boys and JCI St. Inez have welcomed the decision taken by the BJP led Government to declare Football as a State Sport and have expressed their thanks to Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar for allocating funds to build a state-of-the-art Football stadium at Campal and for thus fulfilling the long standing demands of the residents of Panjim and other Football lovers.
To celebrate this decision; the clubs in joint association with the Sports Authority of Goa have announced a Football Tournament at the historic Dayanand Bandodkar Campal Grounds, which will be held from 15th April, 2012. A managing committee has been formed to organize the championship with members as follows: President - Brahmanad Shankwalkar; Vice-Presidents - Dr Rufino Monteiro and Surendra Furtado Secretary - Sandeep Heble, Jt. Secretary - Michael Ribeiro, Treasurer - Chetan Kavlekar, Jt. Treasurer - Raymond Fernandes Members - Shekhar Degvekar, Dr Deepak Mayenkar, Parag Chauhan, Sarfraz Sheikh, Hilary Fernandes, Leslie Roncon, Joaquim Teles and Angelo Albuquerque. Entry for the Championship, which has been named as ‘Panjim Gold Cup’, will be open to Clubs, Schools, colleges and other Institutions. The championship is being held with an ambitious aim to revive club culture and to promote football in the capital city, particularly amongst the youngsters. Attractive Cash Prizes and Trophies will be on offer. Entry forms will be available at Angley's Sports, Panaji. Further details on the Football Championship may be obtained from Organizing Secretary Sandeep Heble (9326129171). yours sincerely Sandeep Heble Organizing Secretary Panjim Gold Cup Tournament organizing Committee 9326129171 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---------------------------------------------------------------------------