Special Olympics Bharat Goa Annual Report from April 2011 to March 2012

SPECIAL OLYMPICS BHARAT GOA ANNUAL REPORT FROM APRIL 2011 TO MARCH 2012.

World Autism Awareness Day In order to observe World Autisim Day ,on 2nd April 2011 Special Olympics Bharat – Goa organized a swim for Autistic children the nine year old autistic, Master Malya Samant a Special Athlete studying at Lourdes Convent High School Saligao-Goa, swam across the Mandovi river to mark the World Autism Awareness Day to accompany him along with normal swimmers Master Abraham Fernandes, Miss. Abigail D’costa and Miss. Vinela Olenga Dias. Later they were felicitated at the customs Jetty by the chief Guest Mr.Yatin Parekh, Mayor of Corporation of the City of Panjim, Mr. Tony Dias Deputy Commissioner of Customs, and Mr. Makija Pinto C.C.P.Councilor, Joint Director Mr.Eugenio Cardoso. Dy Director of Sports Authority of Goa.

These athletes had beeen trained by SAG coaches at Peddem swimming pool in Mapusa. The swim with a difference was organized by Special Olympics Bharat with a sole objective of creating awareness on the need of society to encourage children with autism.

Earlier, Mr. Victor R. Vaz, National Sports Director Special Olympics Bharat had welcomed the guest and Mr. Luis Fernandes Sports Director Special Olympics Goa, had proposed the vote of thanks.

FELECITATION OF OUR GOAN ATHLETES & COACHES ON 7TH JUNE 2011. :

The send off function was organized for the Special athletes of Goa who were participating at the 2011 Special Olympics World Summer Games.

The Chief Guest for the function was Honourable Chief Minister of Goa, Mr. Digamber Kamat and the Guest of Honour was Executive Director of Sports Authority of Goa Mr. V.M. Prabhu Desai. The other dignitaries present were Mr. Jovito lopes and Mr. Mukesh Saglani Trustee of Gujarati Samaj. The athletes and coaches were felicitated in the presence of their parents and school representatives.

Speaking on the occassion the Honourable Chief Minister said that it is the duty of the Govt. to ensure that the Special Athletes participating in sports should get due support from the Government. He also remarked that Special Olympics – Goa has been performing excellently in sports and the Govt. will ensure that the Sports Authority should render full support.

The Executive Director of Sports ensured all co-operation required by Special Olympics – Goa. He further, mentioned that the Govt. of Goa had sanctioned the Air Travel from Goa to Delhi for the athletes participating at the 2011 World Summer Games. The Special Olympics – Goa Website was also launched at the hands of the Chief Minister of Goa.

Mr. Anoop Trehon sponsored kitbags to all the athletes and coaches. After the sendoff the athletes were given snacks and they all went happily home.

4TH PREPARATORY CAMP AT DELHI FROM 9TH – 19TH JUNE 2011.

The 4th Preparatory camp for the World Summer Games was held at Delhi from 9th – 19th June 2011. In this camp we had special athletes from Goa selected to attend the camp. The Total number of athletes and coaches for the camp was 232 out of which 184 were special athletes and 48 coaches from the 24 states of India. Special Olympics Goa had 13 special athletes and 4 coaches .

The athletes underwent a training program in their respective games. After this camp they departed for Athens, Greece on the 20th of June 2011.the athletes were given a warm send of f in the presence of the Greece Ambassabor Mr. Konstantinos Moatsos in Delhi.

Below are the list of selected athletes and coaches from Goa who attended the Delhi camp.:- Sr. Status no Name State Sport/Event Gender 1. Gayatri Satish Desai Goa Aquatics Female Athlete 2. Anita, Rego Goa Athletics Female Athlete Phadte Parshuram, Goa Athletics Male Athlete Laximan 3. Jesus Anthony Rebello Goa Badminton Male Athlete 4. Neil Stanley Fernandes Goa Basketball Male Athlete 5. Inace Cruz Goa Football Male Athlete 6. Joseph Rodrigues Goa Football Male Athlete 7. Tomas Francis Ribeiro Goa Football Male Athlete 8. Saish Shivanand Naik Goa Handball Male Athlete 9. Sunny Govind Kalangutkar Goa Handball Male Athlete 10. Carvalho Frencila Goa Rollerskating Female Athlete 11. Suryavanshi Sunita Suresh Goa Rollerskating Female Athlete 12. Amresh Bhimsingh Goa Rollerskating Male Athlete Kumbhari 13. Mineeni Rodrigues Goa Volleyball Male Athlete 14. Frencila Carvalho Goa Rollerskating Female Athlete

Luis Mateus Jose Remedios Goa Coach Fernandes Basketball Male Premanand Kamu Naik Goa Handball Male Coach Oswy Michell Rebello Goa Femal Coach Rollerskating e Mr. Victor R Vaz Goa Head Athletics Male Coach

SPECIAL OLYMPICS WORLD SUMMER GAMES WAS HELD IN ATHENS-GREECE FROM 20TH JUNE 2011 TO 5TH JULY 2011.

India participated in the 2011 Special Olympics World Summer Games which was held in Athens-Greece from 20th June to 5th July 2011.

The Indian contingent had comprised to 231 which includes 184 athletes (101 Male & 83 Female) 48 coaches (31 Male coaches & 17 Female coaches) Asst. H.O.D’s. and H.O.D.

The Indian contingent was selected by the Special Olympics Bharat Selection committee and had special athletes from 28 states of India i.e. Assam, Karnataka, Bihar, Goa-, Delhi, Maharashtra, Tamilnadu, West Bengal and participated in 12 sports discipline being Aquatics, Athletics, Badminton, basketball, Bocce, Cycling, Football (Soccer), Handball Powerlifting, Roller-skating, Table-Tennis and Volleyball.

The athletes and coaches were identified at the National Championship held in different states. Thereafter they had undergone 3 Preparatory Camps and based on their performances, was selected for the India squad.

The Goa athletes have been drawn from six institutions namely Keshav Seva Sadhana’s, Bicholim, Disha Charitable Trust – Panjim, St. Xavier’s Academy – Old Goa, Lokvishwas Prathisthan – Ponda, Gujarati Samaj – Margao and Daddy’s Home – Margao.

The selected Athletes and coaches had undergone an intensive coaching at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Delhi from the 9th to 19th June 2011, They left India on 20th June 2011 and arrived Athens on the same day , so as to participate in the Host Town programme from the 20- 24th June which is basically to acclimitize the participants with the host town conditions. They then participated in the Games from 24th June to 5th July 2011.

The team representing India at 2011 Special Olympics World Summer Games have proven themselves again by bringing back 244 (78 Gold, 73 Silver and 92 Bronze) medals for the country. A total delegation of 182 athletes, 48 coaches and 4 officials from 24 states of India represented the country.

Air Marshal Keelor, Chairman, said, “Our athletes are getting recognition and support at Indian and World Stage which showcases the change of environment for the disabled.” The Special Olympics Goa team received a major boost through the support from The Sports Authority of Goa, Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports.

14 Special Athletes, 4 Coaches from Special Olympics – Goa were the part of the Indian Team which participated at the 2011 World Summer Games. The Goan athletes won 6 Gold, 5 Silver and 7 Bronze in the various sports category. The names of the Medal Winners are as follows.:-

Results of the Goan Participants at the 2011 Special Olympics World Games Athens Sport Name Gender Event name Place Aquatics DESAI, GAYATRI SATISH F AQ 50M Breaststroke Bronze Aquatics DESAI, GAYATRI SATISH F AQ 50M Freestyle Bronze PHADTE, PARSHURAM M Athletics LAXIMAN AT 100M Run Gold PHADTE, PARSHURAM M Athletics LAXIMAN AT 200 M Run Bronze PHADTE, PARSHURAM M Athletics LAXIMAN AT 4X100 Relay 4th Athletics REGO, ANITA F AT 200M Run 4th Athletics REGO, ANITA F AT Shotput-Women 3 KG Bronze

Athletic REGO, ANITA F AT 4X400 Relay Bronze Badminton REBELLO JESUS ANTHONY M BD Badminton Doubles Silver BD Badminton Mixed M Badminton REBELLO JESUS ANTHONY Doubles Gold Badminton REBELLO JESUS ANTHONY M BD Badminton Singles Silver Basketball FERNANDES, NEIL STANLEY M BB Basketball Team Gold Football CRUZ, INACE M FB Football 11-A-sideTeam 5th Football RIBERIO, TOMAS FRANCIS M FB Football 11-A-sideTeam 5th Football RODRIGUES, JOSEPH M FB Football 11-A-sideTeam 5th KALANGUTKAR, SUNNY M Handball GOVIND HB Handball 7-a-side Team Silver Handball NAIK, SAISH SHIVANAND M HB Handball 7-a-side Team Silver Roller F Skating CARVALHO, FRENCILA RS 2X100M Relay Bronze Roller F Skating CARVALHO, FRENCILA RS 300M Race 4th Roller F Skating CARVALHO, FRENCILA RS 100M Race Silver Roller KUMBHARI, AMRESH M Skating BHIMSINGH RS 2X100M Relay Gold Roller KUMBHARI, AMRESH M Skating BHIMSINGH RS 300M Race 4th Roller KUMBHARI, AMRESH M Skating BHIMSINGH RS 500M Race Gold Roller SURYAVANSHI, SUNITA F Skating SURESH RS 100M Race 4th Roller SURYAVANSHI, SUNITA F Skating SURESH RS 2X200M Relay Gold Roller SURYAVANSHI, SUNITA F Skating SURESH RS 300M Race 4th Volleyball RODRIGUES, MINEENI M VB Volleyball Team Bronze

The coaches were : Mr Victor Vaz : Head Coach in Athletics and Asst. Head of Deligation Mr. Luis Fernandes : Head coach Basketball Mr. Oswy Rebello : Asst. Coach Roller Skating Mr. Premanand Naik : Asst. Coach Handall

Besides sports events special youth also participated in various special events like Global Youth Summit, Family Forum, Healthy Athletes, Screening Global Law Enforcement, Torch Run, Opening and Closing Ceremony.

During a week long competition, these athletes had to display their athletic skill, with determination & courage. The other Special Olympic athletes not competing in the World Games had played an important role in the leadership of the sports field as officials and assistant coaches.

Warm Welcome to all our Special Athletes & Coaches :

All special athletes and coaches were given a warm welcome at Ravindra Bhavan, Margao.

On the 8th of July the Sports Authority of Goa invited the Special Olympic Team for a felicitation function. The Sports Authority of Goa assured a sum of Rs.5,00,000.00 (Gold), Rs.3,00,000.00 (Silver) Rs.2,00,000.00 (Bronze), Participation Rs. 50,000.00 Coaches Rs.50,000.00 (Gold) Rs. 30,000.00 (Silver) & Rs. 15,000 (Bronze). Respectively.

Refreshments were provided to all.

ORIENTATION PROGRAM ON S.O. BEGINER’S

On the 27th of August 2011 the Trainees from all the respective instituitions arrived at our Special Olympics office at around 8:00 a.m. in the morning. Inspite of the heavy shower’s the attendance was cent percent. Instituitions like Keshav Seva Sadhana’s -Bicholim, Disha - Panjim, Gujarati Samaj- Margao, Atmavishwas School – Pernem, Daddy’s Home - Margao, Chubby Cheeks - Porvorim, SFAL-Panjim, Lokvishwas - Ponda, Lokvishwas - Canacona, Holy Cross - Siolim, Jyot School - Margao, Fairyland Special school – Goa-Velha, Anand Niketan - Mapusa, & Don Bosco School – Panjim, had participated in the Orientation Program. In all there were 16 trainer’s and 6 Resource persons, Mr. Victor Vaz, Mr. Luis Fernandes, Mr. Mahadev Shinde, Mr. Dinesh Satarkar, Ms. Oswy Rebello & Mr. Premanand Naik. The program started at 9:00 O’clock. The Guest of honour Mr. Jovito Lopes, Sports Editor, Heraldo, was given a warm welcome. Mr. Victor Vaz, National Director, presented a bouquet of flowers to him. Mr. Jovito Lopes had given a short speech. While speaking on the occasion the chief guest Mr. Jovito emphasized that the trainees should be committed to the movement. He also said that the trainees need to think outside box, in order to serve the athletes. Mr. Victor Vaz had a Brief talk on the Introduction & General Orientation of Special Olympics. Etc.

The Trainees & the Resource Persons were provided with breakfast. We had 15 minutes morning break and the next session started at 10:15 a.m. wherein Mr. Dinesh Satarkar explained about the Definition of Intellectual Disability. Identifying persons with an Intellectual Disability.

Mr. Premanand Naik, conducted an ice- breaker wherein all the traineess had a hearty laugh and enjoyed themselves and he also conducted an orientation on how to plan a training program. They all had enjoyed his session. Mr. Mahadev Shinde had his talk on Coaching Athletes in Special Olympics. How to coach and teach basic sport skills, levels of instruction and expanding our coaching knowledge. He also spoke about Special Olympic coaches who are responsible for providing athletes with comprehensive sport training and preparation for multilevel sport competition.

We had lunch break, then the next session started wherein Mr. Victor Vaz explained about S.O. Divisioning & Mr. Luis Fernandes explained on how to plan a training session . He said that there should be medical information on each athlete at every practice, there should be warm-up and stretching , skills instruction etc. and to conduct a training session as well.

Ms. Oswy Rebello gave a talk on sports safety i.e. in case of Injury, how to take preventive measures, Negligence, Legal responsibilities, Risk, etc. Mr. Victor Vaz spoke about Coach education system and the next steps for coaches Q & A Session evaluation. Mr. Victor Vaz informed them that every coach should train 10 more coaches. After the session was over, Mr. Victor Vaz & Mr. Luis Fernandes distributed the certificates to all the participants who had attended the program.They all had a wonderful experience and enjoyed it at the same time.

NCC BADMINTON & TABLE-TENNIS :

NCC Badminton & Table-Tennis was held at Shree Kanteerava Stadium, Karnataka, Bangalore from 23rd to 28th August. 7(Seven ) States from the South West Region i.e. Andhara Pradesh, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Pondicherry & Tamilnadu, participated Total 382 participants i.e. 254 athletes, 109 Coaches & 19 Resource persons., out of which Our Goan team had sent 14 athletes & 4 Coaches in Badminton and 14 athletes and 2 coaches in Table-Tennis. (Total 34)

The Camp was inaugurated by the Olympian, SOB Trustee and Tata Steel Co. Advisor, Mr. Satish Pillai, followed by flag hosting and March past.

The morning session started with Warm-up & Stretching before they could start the Games. All the coaches had to appear on the ground with proper sports dress including sports shoes. The teams had to carry with them badminton & TT Rackets.

The coaches were called for the meeting about the discussion on the week’s program and was given a training program on various rules & regulations on badminton & table-tennis., responsibilities of S.O. Coach, etc.

The Healthy Athlete Program ( HAP), was conducted during the camp. The Healthy Athlete Program was inaugurated and sponsored by Lt. General Mathew Mamman (Retd). All the special athletes had to carry their medical certificates and also indicate the type of medicines being taken during any emergency.

Cultural Programme was organized by SOB-Karnataka , such as dancing, singing, magic show etc.They all had a wonderfull time during the program.

Mentioned below are the names of our Goan athletes and coaches for Badminton & Table- Tennis who were present.

National Coaching Camp Badminton 23-28th August 2011 at Karnataka, Bangalore.

Sr.No Name Age Gender 1 Vasant Rama Amre 25 Male 2 Faizan S Shaikh 25 Male 3 Sairaj Gawans 11 Male 4 Shubham D Salgaonkar 15 Male 5 Vishram Shashikant Shivaji 17 Male 6 Vivek Yellapur 13 Male 7 Saiesh L Naik 18 Male 8 Aditya Naik 18 Male 9 Puja Krishna Resham 17 Female 10 Avila kane 11 Female 11 Yogita Naik 22 Female 12 Manjita Shirodkar 19 Female 13 Sarveshwari Naik 25 Female 14 Kalpita Verlekar 14 Female COACH : 1 Ms. Pushpa Birader 25 Female 2 Ms. Diana Valles 27 Female 3 Ms. Nalesha Gaonkar 25 Female 4 Ms. Vishranti Demu Divkar 26 Female

NCC TABLE-TENNIS :

National Coaching Camp Table Tennis 23-28 August 2011 Age Gender Sr.No Name Male : 1 Arjun Rator 13 Male 2 Joseph Fernandes 13 Male 3 Rajat Borkar 11 Male

4 Pramod Chandrakant Gawas 18 Male

17 Male 5 Tushar Subhash desai 6 Kashinath Chandrakant Gaonkar 17 Male 7 Joel Rodrigues 24 Male 8 Sarvesh kerkar 20 Male 9 Mithil Velingkar 19 Male 10 Dilesh Naik 13 Male 11 Alladin M Gulledkoppa Goladkop 14 Male

Female :

12 Krutika Rajendra Naik 12 Female

16 Female 13 Vibha Ajit Kanekar 14 Auralia lidya Walikar 17 Female Coach 1 Miss Vidula Gaude 24 Female 2 Vishant Priolkar 32 Male

GMS (GAMES MANAGEMENT SYSTEM) The Games Management System(GMS) was held from 18th to 22nd August 2011. at Pondicherry Engg. College,Pondicherry. Program Manager from all states from South & West region had to attend the Pondicherry GMS Camp. This Training Camp was to introduce GMS for a large number of

coaches/volunteers/Program manager. All the participants had to have basic computer knowledge. Trainees could carry their own laptops, so that it might help them to have better training. 4 (Four) of our Goan Coaches/Teachers i.e. Ms. Priya Kudalkar, Satish Varak, Rupesh Kadekar & Vera Dias were present for the camp. They all had found the training very interesting. All the participants were awarded certificates.

NCC ROLLER-SKATING

On the 12th to the 18th of September 2011 National Coaching Camp Roller-Skating was held At BHEL –R.C. Puram, Andhra-Pradesh, Hyderabad. Total 6 States had participated in the camp, i.e. Altogether 345 athletes & 55 coaches participated out of which our Goan Team had 5 athletes & 3 Coaches. The chief Guest for the inauguaral function was Mr. Reddy.

Below are the names of athletes & coaches who had participated in the camp:- NATIONAL COACHING CAMP ROLLER-SKATING :

SR.NO. NAME AGE GENDER 1 Suraj Babani Parab 17 Male 2 Kushal Krishna 11 Male Resham 3 Avila Kane 11 Female 4 Tanvi Gango Gawas 12 Female 5 Riya Ravindra Gawde 9 Female 6 Urmila Uday Parab 9 Female

Coach : 1 Ms. Vandita Barad 21 Female 2 Ms. Ishwari S Pednekar 28 Female 3 Mr. Premanand Naik 40 Male All the coaches were called for the meeting wherin they had a discussion on how to train the athletes, the rules and regulations of roller-skating , athletes requirements, safety equipments e.g. helmet, Knee guard etc.

As usual they had a session on warm-up & stretching. After the warming-up the coaches had to teach the special athletes how to roller-skate. .According to the host state all the athletes had to carry their own skates, helmet, Knee guards hand gloves etc for their safety.

The accommodation given to all the campers was good they had simple vegetarian food, breakfast etc. and they all had a wonderfull time.

MYAS (MINISTRY OF YOUTH AFFAIRS & SPORTS)

The Fifth MYAS (ACTP) camp was conducted at LNUPE, Gwalior from the 19th – 23rd September 2011. The resource persons arrived at LNUPE on 18 Sep 2011,. Later in the evening the resource persons met the trainees. All the trainees present were introduced to the resource person and they were briefed in short for the day’s program regarding the ground rules, their responsibilities, Implementation plan for new scheme for the persons with disabilities,financial support, Estimate budget for community, District & State Games, theory class on unified sports,S.O orientation & divisioning, session on planning and executing a competition etc. There were 124 trainees from different states of India who attended this training camp. out of which 2 (Two) of our Goan Coaches/Teachers i.e. Ms. Samantha D’costa and Mr. Satish Varak were present. Retired Major General Mr S.S. Pawar the Vice Chancellor of LNUPE honoured the chair of the Chief Guest for the function.

There were different resource person to give valuable knowledge about different Games. When the Physical Education Lecturer’s from LNUPE College – Gwalior gave the basic rules of different event, later all the Resource Person from Special Olympics Bharat gave the modified rules of the same event.

The chief guest for the closing ceremony was Retired Major Genral S.S. Pawar Vice Chancellor, LNUPE, Gwalior. The other dignitaries on the dais were Prof. L.N.Sarkar. Prof. Ghai Director PYKKA

Mr Virender Kumar presented a brief report on the course. The chief guest spoke about the importance of the course. He admired and lauded the effort being put by Special Olympics Bharat.

One of the participants shared his experience about this training program. All the participants were awarded a certificate by the chief guest. The Vote of thanks was given by retd. Major General S.S. Pawar from LNUPE.

NATIONAL COACHING CAMP - SOFTBALL :

Special Olympics Bharat-Goa had attended the National Coaching Camp at St. John Convent in Chandigarh, UT from 25th Sept. to 1st Oct. 2011. Out of 31 accredited Indian states 15 states were called in Phase-1 camp i.e. Bihar, Chandigarh, Delhi, Goa Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Kerala, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Pondicherry, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal. There were more than 400 campers in the camp. All the Area Directors, National Sports’s Director’s and the Principal from St. John School alongwith the Resource persons were also present for the same. 14 athletes & 7 coaches from our Goan contingent had participated in the camp.

Their names are given below;-

SR.NO. NAME AGE The actual coaching started from 26th Male Sept.. The coaching of campers was 1 Rahul Ekka 13 2 Savio Rego 14 done in two phase. The new coaches 3 Prajit Halankar 24 were given orientation on softball and 4 Shrihari Bhagat 27 game rules. & practical training was 5 Shubam Dhondu Salgaokar 15 given to them. 6 Vishram Saikant Shivji 17 7 Viraj Lavu Naik 17 The host State has planned to conduct 8 Rahul Ramesh Rawale 17 the General health Check-up alongwith 9 Dilesh Naik 13 NCC Softball camp at chandigarh. 10 Dhiraj Pahdtye Gaonkar 19 260Special athletes were checked, out of Female 11 Afrin Bi Nadaf 15 12 Chandrika Anand Goankar 21 13 Sarveshwari Naik 25 14 Poonam Gaude 13

Coach 1 Ms.Varsha Naik 25 2 Mr. Ritesh Parsekar 22 3 Mr.Sagar Tilve 27 4 Dr. Rohit Shirsat 23 5 Mr. Premanand Kamu Naik 40 6 Mr. Vishant Priolkar 32 7 Ms. Samantha D’costa 23 which 60 athletes were advised preoccupation and further investigations.

All the campers and volunteers were provided with simple vegetarian food,breakfast & Tea. They had all enjoyed the food/stay and had a very good time.

TA/DA was borne by Special Olympics Bharat.

NCC HANDBALL : The South West Region Coaching Camp - Handball was organized by Special Olympics Bharat – Maharashtra, which was held at Andheri Sports Complex, Mumbai from 8th to 14th Nov.2011. 5 (Five) States had participated for the same. Total campers were altogether 200. Among which our Goa contingent had a Team of 14 athletes and 4 coaches.

Mentioned below are the names :-

Sr.no Name Age Gender 1 Gerald Rosario 16 Male 2 Jonathan D'costa 18 Male 3 Sonal Naik 15 Male 4 Clinton Braganza 14 Male 5 Sandesh Kambli 18 Male 6 Savio Rego 14 Male 7 Gourish Kambli 19 Male 8 Rashid Shaikh 27 Male 9 Darrly C Dias 13 Male 10 Bhudanshah Mudhol 21 Male 11 Suraj Lamani 16 Male 12 Joseph Rodrigues 19 Male Female : 13 Maria Rego 22 Female 14 Neha Bhosle 23 Female Coach Valerie Perpetua 1 Fernandes Female 2 Sr. Carmina Dias Female 3 Rupesh A Gadekar Male 4 Varsha Naik Female

In this National Coaching Camp Handball the full team of athletes, coaches and HOD’s were trained together individually and as a team. Special stress was placed on fitness for which special diet was provided to all.

Medical team was available at the training Session, wherein all the special athletes were given a thorough check-up.

All the camper’s had a very good accommodation, lovely food, breakfast etc. and got to know each other.

ACTP (ADVANCE COACHES TRAINING PROGRAM) SOFTBALL..

The Advance Coaches Training Program was held at Andheri Sports Complex, Andheri, Mumbai from 8-14th November 2011. Total 6 (Six) States i.e. Andhra Pradesh, Goa Kerala, Karnataka, Tamilnadu, & Maharashtra had participated for the same. Total campers were 25 i.e. 21 trainees & 4 Resource persons from different states, Goa had a team of 5 Trainees & 2 Resource Persons.

Below are the names of our Goan Trainees & Resource Persons:

ACTP - Softball Gender 1 Ms. Nalisha Dantas Bocarro Female Traineee 2 Ms. Flyna Valles Female Trainee 3 Ms Tanvi M Chawan Female Trainee 4 Ms. Rakhee C Pagi Female Trainee 5 Samantha D’costa Female Trainee 6 Premanand Naik Male Resource Person 7 Vishant Priolkar Male Resource Person

The aim of this ACTP Camp is to prepare the Indian team of athletes & coaches for participating in the Special Olympics World Summer Games in USA 2015

The Resource Persons were Mr. Victor Vaz, Ms. Sulekha Rana, Mr. Nagare, Mr. Vishant &Mr. Premanand

Overall Special Olympics is intend for Special athletes to experience the highest quality training and competition possible. The Trainees were given the tasks or elements required to perform a skill. They were all ready to train the athletes for competition according to the rules and guidelines of the sport.

All the campers were provided with Breakfast and simple vegetarian food.

NCC ATHLETICS National Coaching Camp Athletics was held at Andhra Pradesh from 11-17th December 2011. The States which participated were Goa, Maharashtra, Kerala, Pondicherry, and Andhra Pradesh with 395 special athletes and 105 coaches.

The Chief Guest for the orientation program was the Secretary and the Treasurer of Special Olympics Bharat – Andhra Pradesh. Twenty-six athletes (16 Male & 10 Female) with 7 coaches were from our Goan contingent. The athletes & coaches stayed at Sports Authority of Andhra Pradesh. The food was well served.

The Resource persons conducted practical sessions in aquatics and in athletics. The coaches were given a chance to put their knowledge and skill test by conducting the practicals with the special athletes. Medical camp was held for all the athletes too.

Given below are the names of the athletes & coaches of our Goan Contingent who had attended the Camp.for the NCC & ACTP at Andhra Pradesh.:-

NCC ATHLETICS AT ANDHRA PRADESH FROM 11TH TO 17TH December 2011.

Sr.No. Name AGE GENDER Male 1 Kaushik Narvekar 20 Male 2 Deepak Naik 23 Male 3 Punit Phadte 21 Male 4 Kirtiman Singh 18 Male 5 Viraj Kerkar 20 Male 6 Varun Karmalkar 13 Male 7 Abhay Tolu Velip 13 Male 8 Krupesh Krishna Velip 11 Male 9 Virendra Vinayak Gaonkar 16 Male 10 Narendra R Raikar 15 Male 11 Kevin Miranda 15 Male 12 Movito Carvalho 16 Male 13 Sairaj Barad 11 Male 14 Terrance Quadros 15 Male 15 Levino Barretto 35 Male 16 Suraj Lamani 16 Male Female

17 Neha Mauzekar 12 Female 18 Khairambi Jehangir Savnur 16 Female 19 Kalindi Dhavalikar 21 Female 20 Darshana Venekar 19 Female 21 Akasha Babu Pagi 10 Female 22 Siddiya Mahalashi 9 Female 23 Manisha A Velip 17 Female 24 Eshwari C Naik 17 Female 25 Asha j Panchimsalat 10 female 26 Avila Anant Kame 11 Male COACH 1 Yogitra Kitlekar 24 Female 2 Usha Satarkar 29 Female 3 Akashaya Namshikar 25 Female 4 Liberata Khadapkar 30 Female 5 Diana Walles 27 Female 6 Ishwant Gaonkar 25 Male 7 Samantha D'costa 23 Female

ACTP ATHLETICS & AQUATICS AT ANDHRA PRADESH FROM 11-17TH DECEMBER 2011.

Sr.No. Name Age 1 Magdalena Fernandes 27 2 Ishwari S Pednekar 28

REPORT ON FRIENDLY MATCH BETWEEN INDIA XI V/S ZAMBIA TEAM

On the 29th November 2011, Goa Football Association continued celebrating its Golden Jubilee and was happy to invite the Special Athletes and Coaches of Special Olympics Bharat-Goa again for the match at 3:45pm between Zambia Team v/s India XI at Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru stadium, Fatorda- Goa.

The Special Schools that participated in the event on short notice were Daddy’s Home(Margao), School for Appropriate Learning(Panaji), Lokvishwas Ponda, Sanjay School(Porvorim), and other Individuals. The total no. of athletes and coaches were 120.

Before the match refreshments were provided by Special Olympics Goa and then during the break time refreshments were provided by GFA to all the special athletes and coaches. There was a live music performance for the spectators.

There were important guest present to give away trophies to the winnig team, the President of GFA Mr. Shrivnas V. Dempo, the Vice -President Mr. Elvis Gomes, Chief Guest Mr. Remo Fernandes, Mr. Brahamanand Shankvalkar, Mr. Bruno Coutinho and Mr. Armando Colaco. The Athletes and the coaches enjoyed themselves alot by cheering up the Indian Team and the Visiting team. The Vice – President of GFA, Mr. Elvis Gomes visited the special athletes and coaches and thanked the Special Olympics Bharat – Goa for attending the event.The event was concluded with the prize distribution.

REPORT ON FRIENDLY MATCH BETWEEN GOA XI V/S ZAMBIA TEAM

On the 26th November 2011, Goa Football Association celebrated its Golden Jubilee and was kind enough to invite the Special Athletes and Coaches of Special Olympics Bharat-Goa for the match at 3:45pm between Zambia Team v/s Goa XI at Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru stadium, Fatorda- Goa.

The Special Schools that participated in the event were Vidya Vikas(Margao), Daddy’s Home(Margao), Peace Heaven(Caranzalem) School for Appropriate Learning(Panaji), Holy Cross(Siolim), Fairyland(Goa Velha),Lokvishwas Ponda and Quepem, Chubby Cheek(Porvorim)), Sanjay School(Porvorim), St. Xavier’s Academy(Old Goa) and other Individuals. The total no. of athletes were 115 and coaches were 37.

There were important guest present to give away trophies to the winning team, the President of GFA Mr. Shrivnas V. Dempo, the Vice -President Mr. Elvis Gomes, Chief Minister Mr. Digamber Kamat, Mr. Manohar Azgaonkar, Sports Minister, Mr. Prabhu Dessai, Deputy Speaker Mr. Mauvin Godinho and Mr. Joaquim Alemoa.

The Athletes enjoyed themselves so did the coaches by cheering up the Goa Team and the Visiting team. The Vice – President of GFA, Mr. Elvis Gomes visited the special athletes and coaches. The event was concluded with the prize distribution.

Night with the Sports Stars:

The Diocesan Youth Centre organized a felicitation programme Called the “Night of the Sports Stars” on the 25th January, 2012 at the Fr. Agnel’s School Educational Complex, Pilar at 5.00pm under the leadership of Fr. Olavo Caiado, Director, DYC.

The Christian Professional football team namely Hallelujah FC from Korea was visiting Goa from the 21st to 26th January 2012. The team was being felicitated at the hands of Archbishop of Goa Most Rev. Filipe Neri Ferrao. The special athletes from Goa namely Joseph Rodrigues, Meneeni Rodrigues and Inace Cruz who participated at the 2011 World Summer Special Olympics at Athens in football were felicitated at the hands of the Korean Team and so were many other sports persons like Coaches, administrators, journalist etc were felicitated. The Archbishop of Goa said “ I am pleased with the performance of all the sports persons and also the special athletes who are doing a tremendous job at National and International level”

Mr. Victor Vaz was presented a momento at the hands of the Archbishop of Goa for his service and dedication to Special Olympics.

The Special athletes from the School for appropriate Learning performed a dance for all present and the gathering appreciated the performance with a huge round of applause. The Hallelujah FC team performed a mime and dance on gospel songs to spread the Word of God through Sports. Jestes Antony from Chennai did a solo performance with juggling the football and the celebrity of Genuis Book of record Mr. Radhey Sham gave an exciting show by breaking the eggs and trying to improve his own previous performance. Snacks and refreshments were given to all participants present there.

List of students participating in the dance Sr. no Names School

1 Vidyashri Parnatti School For 2 Pragati Korgaonkar Appropriate 3 Aviraj Kalangutkar Learning

4 Jonathan D'Costa 5 Anthony Fernandes 6 Mohammad Rabani 7 Sonal Naik 8 Saroja Lamani

9 Gayatri Amonkar 10 Deeptisha Amonkar

Sr. no Staff Members

1 Anandi G. Mahambrey 2 Clare Godinho 3 Luisa Araujo

Report on The Community Coaches Training Program The Community Coaches Training Program was held on 5th and 6th January 2012, at Don Bosco B.P.Ed college, Panjim – Goa. The program started at 9 o clock with registration and teMr.Victor Vaz spoke about Special Olympics, the MYAS Scheme Program,Types of Disabilities, Orientation and the heart of Special Olympics – Divisioning and also introduced his office team Mrs. Sybil D’Souza( Assistant Area Director), Ms. Priya Kudalkar(Project Manager) and Ms. Samatha D’Costa(Sports Manager). Ms. Samantha D’Costa spoke about Sports safety. Activities was taken up by Mr. Abhay Goankar. Lunch was served to the coaches. There were a total of 60 coaches. Of which 28 students were from the B.P.Ed section. And the remaining coaches/ teachers were from the North and South Goa Special schools. The community coaches handbook and the PEC cards manual was given along with other stationary and the MYAS Scheme T- Shirt to the coaches. Dr. Marie Raj, the Principal of Don Bosco College was kind enough to visit the program for a short while. In appreciation to this, Mr. Victor Vaz presented a T- shirt to Dr. Marie Raj as a token of gratitude. He then distributed the certificates after a short tea break and the program ended.

List of Participants:

B.P.E.d Sr.no Name of the lecturers 1 Sughanda Shirodkar Don Bosco 2 D. Dhanaraj Don Bosco 3 Harpreet Singh Don Bosco 4 Laishram Bikram Singh Don Bosco 5 Gaonkar Sandesh Jagannath Don Bosco

Name of the Student College Gawas Laximikant 6 Suryakant Don Bosco 7 Oliveiro Ronni Don Bosco 8 Gaonkar Ajay Rohidas Don Bosco 9 Desai Vivek Chandrakant Don Bosco 10 Velip Suchita Sonu Don Bosco 11 Dessai Kalpesh Anandu Don Bosco 12 Nagvenkar Tejas Visvasrad Don Bosco 13 Naik Sonia Mangaldas Don Bosco Fadte Dessai Sarvesh 14 Subhash Don Bosco 15 Barbosa Snazzy Maria Don Bosco 16 Pires Clarence Ssavio Don Bosco 17 Betkekar Amey Mahadev Don Bosco 18 Phal Dessai Kuldeep Don Bosco 19 Patil Abhijit Parshuram Don Bosco 20 Parab Sarvesh Sadguru Don Bosco 21 R Alexander Don Bosco 22 Franco Coburn Freddie Don Bosco 23 Narulkar Sneha Shantaram Don Bosco 24 Velip Chaitana Ganesh Don Bosco 25 Dias Sharmila Don Bosco Noronha Machado Norvin 26 Ornelas Salvador Don Bosco 27 D'souza Felix Don Bosco 28 Gaonkar Sudesh Puno Don Bosco 29 Parab Supriya Nagesh Don Bosco 30 Gupta Amit Kumar Munna Don Bosco 31 Gaonkar Rohita Ramdas Don Bosco 32 Majik Virendra Vithal Don Bosco 33 Jamadar Shafi Gulamrasul Don Bosco

Name of the Coaches list School 34 Vishranti Divakar Atmavishwas Daddy's 35 Satish Varak Home 36 Rupesh Gadekar SFAL 37 Amit Fernandes Disha Peace 38 Nalesha Dantas Heaven Anand 39 Geeta Vishwakama Niketain Keshav Seva 40 Ishwari Pendenkar Bicholim Special 41 Samantha D'costa Olympics Special 42 Victor Vaz Olympics Special 43 Luis Fernandes Olympics Special 44 Sybil D'Souza Olympics Special 45 Priya Kudalkar Olympics Keshav Seva 46 Sonali Mahale Valpoi 47 Abay Gaonkar St.Xavier Holy Cross - 48 Della Dias Siolim Lokvishwas 49 Manila naik Valpoi 50 Monali Korgaokar Individaul 51 Santosh Naik Individaul 52 Kalesh Nagvekar Individaul 53 Suraj Patil Individaul 54 Raj Deasi Individaul 55 Siddesh Kerkar Individaul 56 Shiny Rodrigues Individaul 57 Fatima D'costa Individaul 58 Sandra Pinto Individaul 59 Oswy Rebello Individaul 60 Varsha naik Individaul

NCC HANDBALL: Special Olympics Bharat – Goa participated in the National Coaching Camp Handball which was held at Pondicherry from 28th January to 2nd February 2012. In all there were Five (5) states from the South west Region who had participated i.e. Karnataka, Goa, Pondicherry, Andhra Pradesh & Mangalore. The total number of athletes were 46 including Male & Female. Goa had a total of 8 Male athletes and 2 coaches, who had accompanied them .The names of the athletes & coaches who had attended the camp are given below.:-

List of athletes and coaches :

SR.NO NAME AGE GENDER

1 SarveshKerkar 21 Male 2 DhirajPhadtyeGaonkar 20 Male 3 KhaushikNarvekar 21 Male 4 Sonar I Gaonkar Male 5 Manojkamat 45 Male 6 Gerald Rosario 17 Male 7 Rabani Mohammad 8 DomnicFernandes COACH : 1 VaishaliNaik 30 Female 2 Rupesh a Gadekar 26 Male

STATE GAMES - BADMINTON

The 5th All Goa Special Olympics Badminton Tournament for the intellectually disabled was held at Multipurpose Hall, Sanquelim on 4th February from 9:00 to 5:30 p.m. KeshavSeva Sadhana School, Bicholim, one of the Special Schools hosted this event.

14 schools had participated in this event i.e. Disha- Panaji, Lokvishwas-Quepem, SFAL – Panaji, Lokvishwas-Ponda, VidyaVikas Academy-Margao, Gujarati Samaj-Margao, Daddy’s Home-Margao, Atmavishwas – Pernem, Ashadeep-Mormugao, KeshavsSevaSadhana, Valpoi, KeshavSevaSadhana – Bicholim,AnandNiketan, Mapusa, Peace Heaven-Caranzalem, & Sanjay School-Porvoim. Alltogether there were 101 athletes and 40 coaches.

The Chief Guest for the function was Mr. NavnathVatthe, Associate Vice President of Sesa Vedanta, The Guest of Honour was, Mr. Varanya Phadte, a responsible member of Rotract, Bicholim & Mrs. Antenio Pinto, Sports Officer of Bicholim Taluka. The winners were presented with Medals and certificates.

Keshav Seva Sadhana’s School-Bicholim, Goa, had provided the participants and officials with breakfast & lunch.

Report on the NCC Floor Hockey:

On the 5th February 2012, the first preparatory camp for floor Hockey was held at the High Altitude Training Institute at Shilaroo-Shimla. Goa was among the 18 states that participated in the selection camp for the World Winter Games to be held at South Korea in the year 2013.

On the first day registration was done. On the 6th and 7th of February 2012, Team Skill Assessment was taken of all the states dividing them into 3 groups. Due the bad weather the whole event could not be organized the way it was planned.

The following Special Athletes and coaches participated in the event:

Aviraj(SFAL), Marian(Ashadeep), Prakesh(Lokvishwas-Ponda), Deeptisha(SFAL), Pooja(Keshav-Seva), and Valencia(Gujarati Samaj). Mr. Carlton Gomez, Mr. Umesh, Mrs. Deepa Zamble, Mrs. Sharmila Ghosh and Ms. Samantha D’costa(Special Olympics).

The accomadation was well organized. The food provided was excellent. The host gave the special athletes scarf and muffler for all the 18states. Mrs Malika Nada was also present at the camp. The resource persons were Thomas, Deepak walia, Dr. Sunil Dharma and Rashimdhar Sood, Ms. Sulekha rana was handling GMS, Ms. Samantha D’costa (Office Staff SOB Goa) and Mr.Ashwin (Office Staff SOB Himachal).

National Games

The First National Games for Persons with Disabilities was organized by Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Chennai from the 17th to 22nd February 2012. Special Olympics Bharat – Goa and other disabilities from the Goa chapter participated in Athletics, Football, Bocce and Badminton and emerged victorious in winning a total tally of 34 medals. The theme for the National Games was ABILITIES 2010-2011.

A total of 27 states in India participated in this event ( 856 Athletes, 213 coaches and 39 Officials). Among these state, Goa contingent were the proud winners of the following:

 In Special Olympics Bharat – Goa won 12 gold, 10 silver, 3 bronze and 4th place  In Paralympics committee of India – Goa won 1 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze  In the All India Sports Council for Deaf – Goa won 4 silver and 2 bronze and Two 4th place. The athletes were accompanied by the officials viz Mr. satish Varak (Daddy’s Home), Ms. Varsha naik (ashadeep,) Mr., Mahdev Shinde (Gujarati Samaj), Ms. Pooja Naik ( Vidya Vikas), Vishant Priolkar (Lokvishwas), Ms. Priya Kudalker and Ms. Samantha D’Costa (Special Olympics Bharat-Goa).

The Special Olympics soccer team faired well and bagged a gold medal in the Division 2 category. In the league matches played, Goa defeated West Bengal and Delhi to emerge winners. So also in Badminton, Tyla Coutinho and Valino Fernandes had an eaasy win over their opponents winning gold in singles as well as doubles. In athletics 100mts, Gauresh Kamble bagged a gold, so did Jovito Cardozo in Bocce singles. In the wheel chair 100mts Paralympics event- Mahesh Pagadale secured a gold.

The following are the list of athletes names and medals won in different federation:

Sr.no Name School Events Gold Silver Bronze Position

SPECIAL OLYMPICS Athletics 1 Peter Almeida Daddy's 4 x -- 2nd ------Home 100Relay 100mts --- 2nd ------Shotput ------3rd ---- 4kg 2 Viraj Kerkar Lokvishwas 4x100Rela --- 2nd ------y 100mts --- 2nd ------200mts --- 2nd ------3 Gauresh Ashadeep 4 --- 2nd ------Kamble x100Relay 100mts 1st ------200mts ------3rd --- 4 Krupesh Velip Lokivshwas 4 x --- 2nd ------100Realy 100mts ------4th 200mts --- 2nd ---

Bocce 1 Dwaipayan St.Xavier Single ------3rd Majumder Double --- 2nd ------2 Jovito Cardozo Gujarati Single 1st ------Samaj Double 2nd ------

Football 1 Elston Travasso St.Xavier --- 1st ------2 Mayur Disha --- 1st ------Narvekar 3 Sameer Wadkar Disha --- 1st ------4 Elphinstone Daddy's --- 1st ------colaco Home 5 Yogesh Daddy's --- 1st ------Nilapanwar Home 6 Godfrey D'Silva Daddy's --- 1st ------Home

Badminton 1 Valino Vidya Vikas Mixed 1st ------Fernanades Double Single 1st ------2 Tylo Coutinho Vidya Vikas Single 1st ------Mixed 1st ------Double PARALYMPICS COMMITTEE OF INDIA Athletics 1 Mahesh Ashadeep 100mts 1st ------Pagadale Shotput ------3rd --- Badminton 1 Gopal Individual Single --- 2nd ------Kunkalekar ALL INDIA SPORTS COUNCIL FOR DEAF Athletics 1 Devraj Asangi Ashadeep 100mts ------4th 200mts 4th 2 Sujatadevi Passi Ashadeep 100mts --- 2nd ------200mts ------3rd --- Badminton 1 Shrikrishna Ashadeep Single ------3rd ---- Naik Double --- 2nd ------2 Gauresh Lokvishwas Single --- 2nd ------Gawade Double --- 2nd ------

Bocce Team 1 Football Team 1

Badminton Team 1 Athletics Team 1

Advance Coaches Trainer’s Program - Regional Trainer’s

The Advance coaches Training was held in Goa from the 9th to 13th March 2012 to certify Regional Trainers.

Each of the states that participated sent two representatives for the certification course. On the 9thmorning registration of the trainees began at the Youth Hostel, Miramar,Goa followed by Lunch and then the inaugural function at Sports Authority of Goa conference hall. The comparer Ms. Samantha D’Costa welcomed every one present and then requested Mr. Victor Vaz to introduce the dignitaries on the dais:

1. Mr. V.M. PrabhuDessai – Director of Sports Authority of Goa 2. Mr. Navin– Secretary of Sports Authority of Goa 3. Mr. Anant Joshi – Manager of Youth Hostel Miramar-Goa 4. Dr. John Nagarajan –Resource Person Regional trainer Special Olympics Asia Pacific. Floral tributes were presented to Mr. V.M. PrabhuDessai and Mr.Anant Josh ibyAyub from J&K and Sarah from Mizoram respectively. Mr. V.M. PrabhuDessai welcomed the audience to Goa and called the trainees his friends and encouraged them to strive better. Ms. Samantha D’Costa thanked the Sports Authority of Goa for the facilities extended and the Youth hostel for its hospitality. On behalf of Special Olympics Ms.Samantha thanked the guest ,trainees and wished them all the best. Trainees were provided with writing pads, pen and a full document on how to make presentations etc.

Dr. Nagarajan started with presentations on coaches education system and planning a training system. Later in the evening trainees did presentation on topics provide by the resource persons.

Atthe break of dawn, football practical’s started on SAG Campal ground. Mr. Khurram divided the trainees into three groups, so that each group would get to learn the individual skill tests i.e

 Dribbling  Shooting  Run and Kick.  This was followed by a 5 a side mock games For the theory session, trainees made a presentation on the topics allotted to them. Dr. John Nagarajan and Mr. Victor Vaz spoke on Divisioning. The sports Director, Mr Luis Fernandes spoke on Code of Conduct. Football practical session was held at the ground in the evening.

On Sunday, athletics practical session was conducted by Mr. Tiwari, Mr.Donnet and Dr. John Nagarajan. Mr. Tiwari gave the basic knowledge on Relay, Mr. Donnet on standing long jump and running long jump and Dr. John on Shot Put and how to throw the put at true Parabola. The GMS session was led by Mr.Virender Kumar. GMS 6 was given to the trainees to get updated with a more complex based data entry than the one currently used by Special Olympics. The trainees learned how to install GMS and use it.

The trainees got glimpses of Goa in the evening. The Special Olympics Goa organized a fun trip to Old Goa and Calangute beach. On the 12th, the trainees got a chance to put their knowledge and skills to test by organizing a Local Athletic Meet for the Special Athletes from a special school. The planning was done a day prior with a low cut budget. The athletic meet was conducted to give the trainees hands on experience. Starting from Opening ceremony, to the events and the medals ceremony.At the end of the event Snacks and Lunch packets were served to the special athletes.

The participants from Goa who participated at the National Games for all disabilities held at Chennai were felicitated at the hands of Dr. John Nagarajan who presented the medals and certificates .later the athletes were given Tea and refreshments at the stadium.

Mr.Vaz introduced to the trainees the resource person, Mr.Jovito Lopes, Sports Editor for the daily O Heraldo and a certified expert in First Aid. He spoke about the basics in First aid and gave demonstration on how to give CPR. Mr. Jovito was kind enough to give a lecture on breathing techniques and how to write a press report.

The accommodation as well as meals at the youth hostel was appreciated by all the participants.

On the concluding day, the chief guest for the programme was Mr.Anant Joshi who also presented the Certificates to the participants. He was happy to have such a well behaved guests in the hostel .As a token of appreciation Special Olympics Goa gave the participants the photograph of the participants and a cashew nuts packet. Nagarajan. Mr. Tiwari gave the basic knowledge on Relay, Mr. Donnet on standing long jump and running long jump and Dr. John on Shot Put and how to throw the put at true Parabola.

The GMS session was led by Mr.Virender Kumar. GMS 6 was given to the trainees to get updated with a more complex based data entry than the one currently used by Special Olympics. The trainees learned how to install GMS and use it.

special athletes.

The accommodation as well as meals at the youth hostel was appreciated by all the participants.

List of selected probable Regional Trainers from SO Bharat (India)

S.NO STATE NAME GENDER DOB STATUS 1 AndhraPradesh Col Yadavinder V Male 14/01/1961 Regional Trainer Suri 2 AndhraPradesh Chelli Rajesekhar Male 20/02/1973 Regional Trainer

3 Bihar Sandeep Kumar Male 08/01/1987 Regional Trainer 4 Delhi Mohiyuddin Mohd Male 02/07/1985 Regional Trainer Khurram 5 Delhi Virender Kumar Male 09/03/1976 Regional Trainer 6 Goa Jovito Lopes Male 27/06/1948 Regional Trainer 7 Haryana Jagbir Singh Male 31/07/1975 Regional Trainer 8 Himachal Shamsher Singh Male 28/12/1977 Regional Trainer Pradesh Rathor 9 Jammu Mohd Ayoub Bhat Male 02/02/1980 Regional Trainer Kashmir 10 Karnataka Donnet Joshep Male 29/03/1962 Regional Trainer D’Souza 11 Karnataka S.Sundresh Male 21/07/1974 Regional Trainer 12 Rajasthan Dhananjay Kumar Male 31/12/1972 Regional Trainer Singh 13 Sikkim Narendra Kumar Male 12/01/1972 Regional Trainer Chettri 14 Tamil Nadu J Paul Devasagaym Male 14/11/1970 Regional Trainer 15 Delhi Sulekha Rana Female 09/03/1983 Regional Trainer 16 Karnataka Bharati Kothari Female 27/05/1967 Regional Trainer 17 Goa Oswy Rebello Female 29/06/1985 Regional Trainer

18 Bihar Namonarayan Male 15/05/1990 National Trainer Mishra 19 Goa Mahadev Shinde Male 17/06/1972 National Trainer 20 Gujarat Shailendrasin Male 01/06/1969 National Trainer halusinh parmar 21 Gujarat Dr.v.k.modi Male 01/06/1970 National Trainer 22 Madhya Rajendra Kumar Male 04/04/1973 National Trainer Pradesh Baraskar 23 Madhya Harish Barman Male 07/10/1977 National Trainer Pradesh 24 Maharashtra Vishal Naik Male 02/09/1982 National Trainer 25 Rajasthan Mohammd Vakil Male 15/06/1976 National Trainer 26 Uttrakhand Krishan Rana Male 26/01/1974 National Trainer 27 Tamil Nadu K.Prabhakaran Male 24/07/1971 National Trainer 28 Tamil Nadu G.Arumugam Male 01/07/1958 National Trainer 29 Chattisgarh Nand Kishor Tiwari Male 28/05/1955 National Trainer 30 Jammu Suraya Akhtar Female 01/12/1984 National Trainer Kashmir 31 Mizoram Sarah Lalmunkimi Female 21/03/1972 National Trainer 32 Uttar Pradesh Seema Sharma Female 04/02/1972 National Trainer 33 Uttar Pradesh Mamta Yash Mudgal Female 05/10/1971 National Trainer 34 Uttrakhand Shashi Rana Female 04/12/1964 National Trainer

35 Assam Manoj Kumar Male 27/01/1985 State Trainer Baruah 36 Assam Avinash Kumar Male 30/07/1989 State Trainer Gogoi MALE FEMALE TOTAL Regional Trainer 14 3 17 National Trainer 12 5 17 State Trainer 2 - 2

TOTAL = 36 List prepared by:

Dr. M.S. (John) Nagarajan Manager of Sports Special Olympics Asia Pacific

DISTRICT GAMES

HELD ON THE 21st TO 24th MARCH 2012,

AT THE CAMPAL GROUNDS.

Games for all Disabilities under the aegis of Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Govt of India was held on the 21st March to 24th March 2012 for the North District at SAG and Campal grounds. Around 500 athletes and coaches participated from the different federations Special Olympics, Deaflympics and Paralympics respectively in five different sports discipline viz athletics, Bocce, Badminton, Football and Table tennis. These event was organized by Special Olympics Bharat, who is the Nodal Agency and under the Leadership of Mr. Victor Vaz, National Sports Director of Special Olympics Bharat and Area Director of Special Olympics Goa. Mr. Hilary Fernandes, a Sports Enthusiast and an industrialist was the Chief Guest and the other dignitaries Mr. Anthony Froyes (Business man), and Mr.Kamat (KeshavSeva) were present for the games. The chief guest and other dignitaries saluted the athletes during the march past. As a goodwill gesture Mr. ParshuramPhadte presented a bouquet to the chief guest. Mr Fernandes declared the Games open. There were 100 officials officiating all the different sports . The athletes and coaches were provided morning breakfast , snacks ,evening tea and lunch Packets. Certificates and medals were distributed to the winners and participants on the concluding day .

2012 STATES GAMES FOR ALL DISABILITIES HELD ON31ST TO 3rd APRIL 2012. Special Olympics Bharat –goa conducted states games for all disabilities for North Goa district from the 31st March to 3rd April 2012 .under the aegis of Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports,around 400 athletes and coaches from different federation participated in these events at Campal Ground Panaji– Goa. The events conducted for different federation was Athletics, Badminton, Bocce, Football and Table Tennis.

Mr. Victor Vaz, the National Director of Special Olympics Bharat and also the Area Director of Goa escorted and welcomed the Chief Guest Dr. Rufino Monteiro, Chairman of Goa State Football Development Council. The march past was led by the Special Olympics Bharat followed by PCI and AISCD.

Mr. Victor Vaz introduced the Chief Guest Dr.RufinoMonteiroand as a gesture of appreciation Ms. Maria Rego special Athlete presented a bouquet and a memento. The chief guest addressed the athletes, “Its nice to see the children coming forward to participate. Participation is more important than winning” these were the words of experience and inspiration delivered to theand special athletes.

Athletics, bocce, and Football was held on the Campal ground while Badminton and TT at the indoor Complex.

There were 100 officials and technical person officiating all the different sports

The athletes and coaches were provided morning breakfast ,snacks,evening tea and lunch Packets. Certificates and medals were distributed to the winner’s and participants .

The athletes and coaches were provided morning breakfast ,snacks,evening tea and lunch Packets. Certificates and medals were distributed to the wineers and participants .

Mr. Victor Vaz thanked the chief guest, the officials Mr.Kamat, Mr Milton, Mr. Bharat Vast, Mr. Sharma, Mr. Vishant Priolkar, Ms. Varsha Naik and the schools and individuals who participated in these games and to make it a success. He also thanked Mr. Mahesh and Mr. Nilkant for providing us with the complex facilities. Mr. Vernon for providing the invitation cards

Report on Fire Service Day On the 14th April 2012, Fire Service Day was celebrated all over Goa with great pomp road races and fire drill display were organised in every city of Goa.This year the Directorate of Fire Services organized 21kms marathon race , and the Special Olympics – Goa was invited to participate in the event .

The marathon race was flag off from the campus of the Directorate of Fire Services St. Inez and proceeded towards , BalBhavan, Miramar Circle, Dona Paula, Goa University, Hotel Vernekar and returned back on the same route.

The following Special Olympics athletes participated in the marathon.

 Swapnil Naik  Saiesh Naik Lokwishvas (Ponda)  Sarvesh Kerkar  Parshuram Phadte - St.Xavier’s Academy  Manoj Kamat - School for Appropriate Learning.

Besides the special athletes there were around 200athletes from the Police, Military and the civilians who participated in this great event

Mr. VishantPriolkar and the office staff escorted the special athletes throughout the route in the vehicles . Among the special athletes category

Mr.ParshuramPhadte won the first place with a timing of 2 hours timing. Later at the prize distribution ceremony Mr.ParshuramPhadte was give a cash award by the Chief Guest, the Hon. Chief Minister of Goa Mr.ManoharParrikar and Chairperson of the Corporation of Panjim, Mrs.V.Naik

Media persons from Goa In news channel interviewed our Special Athletes and asked them how they felt to participate in this event. Our athletes were well looked after by the organisers and refreshments were provided to all the participants .