Arjuna Awardees and Olympians Joaquim and Merwin visit two schools in Cuncolim, Kings School and DBHS Panaji
Anjuna awardees and Olympians Joaquim Carvalho and Merwin Fernandes seen with the Chairman of The Kings School Sao Jose de Areal Melvin Pereira and Director Ligia.
PANAJI
The newly formed Cuncolim Hockey Club have adopted two Cuncolim Schools - Our Lady of Health High School and St Anthony High School Verodaas part of their youth development scheme.
Two Goan-origin Arjuna awardees and hockey Olympians Joaquim Carvalho and Merwin Fernandes, who are providing technical support to the all-Goa project to help Goan hockey and lift it from the doldrums, visited the twin schools and interacted with the school management and students.
The plan according to Cuncolim Hockey Club President Oscar Martins is to train children studying in Grade 1 and 2 in a five-year long program.
The two Cuncolim schools join Fr Agnel Multipurpose High School Verna which had launched their own hockey youth development project in February with technical backing of the two Olympians.
The two are also associated with St Anne Institute Agonda which introduced hockey game to their students in the last academic year.
Besides the South Goa schools, Carvalho is part of the Hockey development plan in North Goa schools like Holy Cross HS Bastora, St Anthony Monte de Guirim HS and Don Bosco HS Panjim.
Sources close to the two Olympians said that St Anthony HS Duler will also be part of the youth development program for North Goa school which is being carried forwarded by Goa Mavericks Sports Club through their dedicated members and overall guidance of Carvalho and Fernandes.
The Pilar Fathers based in Honda village in Sattari taluka are carrying out their youth development program and training around 100 students, both boys and girls of different age groups during the academic year in the remote village.
Another school which has been doing well in hockey in school level competitions is Damodar English High School, Gudi-Paroda and three students of the school have got full hockey kits donated by the two Olympians.
The two Olympians also visited The Kings School Sao Jose de Areal; they were received by the School Chairman Melvin Pereira and director Ligia Pereira. They started the day-long tour by first visiting Don Bosco HS in Panaji city where they are part of the youth development program launched in the last academic year.
