VASCO
Goa will participate in the Kabaddi matches for which Mormugao taluka will have the preliminary rounds on August 6 at the Chicalim indoor sports complex at 8.30 am, informed the Mormugao Taluka Convenor of Khelo Bharat and councillor of ward no 18 Mormugao Municipal Council, Reema Sonurlekar.
Kabaddi matches in Goa will be held across 5 talukas of Quepem,Ponda,Salcette,Canacona and Mormugao.
The winners of Mormugao taluka will play with winners from other Taluka finalists at State level on August 20 and the state level winners will play against the winners of different talukas of West Zone at Mumbai.
The finals of the Khelo Bharat Kabaddi tournament will be held in Delhi in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on September 25, 2017.
The Mormugao taluka Khelo Bharat initiative has been totally given in the hands of BJP Youth Women cell and have recieved participations from 20 boys teams and 4 girls teams for the Mormugao Khelo Bharat Kabaddi matches. The organisers informed that they have urged more teams to participate and last date for admission is open till August 4. The age group for participating players is from 16 to 26.
Mormugao organisers further said that they will felicitate renowned players of different sports streams from the taluka and the names like Sharadi Shreedharan for Kabaddi, Sher Bahadur Yadav and Uday Naik for cricket,Yash Fadte for squash and Aishwarya Thorat for chess have been shortlisted.
During this Mormugao Khelo Bharat Kabaddi tournament, Malkhamb game will be demonstrated by getting renowned players to encourage the youth towards rural games.
The BJP Youth women Morcha who will organise the Mormugao Taluka Khelo Bharat Kabaddi matches are Shweta Palyekar, Shradda Mahale (convenors for Vasco),Santoshi Parmekar,Sonam Naik (convenors for Dabolim ) and Dy Sarpanch of Sancoale Nandini Dessai who is the convenor for Cortalim.
