*TALASHA;STEFFI PROBABLEs FOR C'WEALTH GAMES * *International Standard Athletic synthetic track for Peddem*
*-zena costa* With the Chowgules going magnanimous in support of sports infrastructure with a state of the art fitness centre and SAARC countries sole Field turf playing surface under the capable ELVIS GOES; at the Shrimati Parvatibai Chowgule College; Track and Field athletes possibly will just have their 'field-days' before long; with a synthetic athletics track coming Goa-way at the Peddem Sports Complex. It is Chief Minister Kamat an avid sports lover, who played catalyst in transfer to realism Goa's dream of an international standard athletic synthetic track by shooting off a letter to the union minister for Sports Dr.M S Gill. In a e-comminuque to this writer; Roque Dias Regional director SAI West is positivist that with the Sports Authority of India seriously considering of laying the same, to the tune of Rs. 3.5 crore.The ambitious project of SAI, under the Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs, Government of India, has deputed as team of experts to access the feasibility and soil testing for this ambitious project . The project which was initiated by Kamat could finally come to light after a gap of 20 years to various attempts to put the track in the pipeline, at the cost of Sports Authority of India (Government of India.) As a consequence of a letter by Mr Digambar Kamat, dispatched by the Chief Minister's office to Dr M S Gill, Union Minister of Sports, a high level panel, comprising of Roque Dias, Regional Director, Mr Manmeet Singh Goinde, SAI DD of Infra Division and Mr Dinesh Kumar, Executive Engineer, CPWD, visited the State and have undertaken the preliminary formalities at the SAI Directorate of Sports Dr Susan de Souza accompanied the panel along with Marwin Gomes, architect of PWD and Monica Lobo were also present. Dr de Sousa also apprised the panel of the various features of the Sports Science at Peddem which can facilitate the conduct of national camps in the State. Roque Dias also informs that two Goans namely Talasha Prabhu (swimming) and Steffi Cardozo (athletics) are probables for the forth coming Commonwealth Games 2010. "The Sports Authority of India would provide the air fares for national coaching camps including a kit of Rs. 10,000, besides Rs 350 per day for the diet. Both, Steffi and Talasha would be under the guidance of a foreign coach and would be assisted for international exposure," he disclosed. training centre, Peddem, Mapusa, where around 60 girl inmates are housed in the discipline of boxing, athletic, football and judo.
