Vol. 1/2010, January Issue Proudly Sponsored by: From Editor’s Desk The year 2009 has been the most successful year for the club since its formal inception four years ago. A lot of people have done a lot to make this happen and the club is now a force to reckon with not only on the field of soccer but as a social and community service organisation. We played our league finals in August, then State of Origin Leg 2 match, Diwali Cup match, a Pool Competition, Inter-District Soccer Tournament in Sydney and then finally finishing the year with a Grand Presentation Night in December along with the completion of the 6 A-Side competition. Read more on these in this issue. Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and wish al l our readers a great New Year. • President’s Message • Outlook for 2010 • Coach’s Corner • Competition Updates • Other Function Updates • Thora Has Lo Bhai • Letters to the Editor • Player Profile • Sponsor’s Area 1 | P a g e Vol. 1/2010, January Issue President’s Message ––– Kim Raveen Kumar I would like to thank all members’, friends and families for helping us achieve all the goals that the club had set for 2009. The clubs success has been directly attributed to all the members and genuine commitments from the committee members. I would also like to acknowledge Lalit Prasad for his outstanding contribution as the Chief Editor of our Newsletter and without his efforts we would not be able to enjoy I am pleased to say that 2009 has been one of the most reading about the progress of CVC. Also, I would like to successful year for CVC to date. The club was minor acknowledge Rajesh Kumar for his outstanding premiers and grand finalist in the ACT local soccer contribution as the Head Coach of CVC. Under his league and won the second leg of the State of the direction, CVC were successful in becoming the minor Origin encounter against Satroos Sports Club from premiers and also winning back the State of Origin Sydney. trophy from Satroos Sports Club. I also would like to thank Ranu for providing the club with transport This year in a bid to increase the diversity of games and whenever it was required and Sid for organising the events the club introduced men’s volleyball and club pool kid’s events and medals at the State of Origin match championship so members are able to participate in their day. interest of sports. These two new sporting events and with existing women’s volleyball and men’s soccer has I also would like to thank Rocky and his family for given the club the opportunity to increase its allowing us to use their premises for Pool Comp membership base and also provide members with an championship. It was much appreciated. opportunity to test out their skills. The club is also looking at including other sporting events such as I wish to remind members that everyone’s effort does Women’s Basketball, Cricket (20/20), Tennis and Golf in not go unrecognised and I would encourage members to year 2010. get involved as much as possible with the running of the club as after all CVC is very much our club. This year’s Annual Presentation Night was held at Chalisa Indian Restaurant on 12th of December. It was Our success this year in delivering services to our local a great success and thanks to everyone who attended. and interstate community has truly been a CVC wide effort. And for that I thank you all. As with tradition ‘Presidents Cup’ is awarded to members/players for their outstanding contribution to I would like to take this opportunity to thank our the club. This year, Binesh Dutt and Praneel Singh were official sponsor, Chalisa Restaurant for their the joint winners of the Presidents Cup. Binesh Dutt sponsorship and we look forward to their continuous for his outstanding contribution as clubs social organiser support next year. i.e. in-charge of organising BBQ through out the year and taking on responsibility for purchasing all trophies, I would like to wish everyone Happy New Year and I look drinks, etc. Praneel Singh for his outstanding forward to seeing you in the New Year for the official contribution for being in-charge of fundraising, launch of CVC’s 2010 season. organising events for the club whilst still performing the duties of assistant treasurer. Congratulations to both Best Wishes. of them. 2 | P a g e Vol. 1/2010, January Issue Outlook for 2010 These are exciting times for CVC and it is with great Currently, discussions are under way by the executives pleasure to say that the outlook for 2010 promises to of the club looking at ways to increase the membership bring even greater success for the club. The club’s for the club for 2010. The club will be increasing the current strong financial position and fund raising sports portfolio within the club such as Cricket (20/20), activities would assist us in achieving all our goals set Golf, Tennis and Women’s Basketball. We hope this for 2010 with ease. would encourage new members to join the club. The club’s current sponsorship deal with Chalisa Indian Another project for the club for 2010 is the Restaurant has expired at the end of 2009. As a result, development of clubs website. The membership base the club had sought expressions of interest from local and the success and popularity of CVC over the years businesses for club’s sponsorship for 2010 and beyond. have warranted a website where the clubs history, Discussions with a new potential major sponsor has well activities and relevant information can be proudly progressed for 2010 sponsorship. Details will be made displayed. available once the deal is finalised. The club has managed to win a major Federal The club will also be looking at a recruitment drive for Government grant which will enable the club to purchase new players and would encourage younger players to much needed equipment and will benefit all members of come on board. the club in the new year. CoachCoach’’’’ssss Corner ––– by Raj Kumar availability for the IDC was a concern due to the season being stretched, but we still managed to enter a team in IDC in an open age category. The main reason was to give our younger players a chance to compete in these tournaments where the standard is very high and with several Fijian international stars taking part in it. We concluded our soccer season with winning Minor Premier’s Award and State of Origin Trophy for season Our boys did very well at the tournament despite the 2009. I must say this was a great effort put in by the injuries and unavailability of some of the key players. boys. I am confident that we will keep improving in years to In the local league, we proved to be the most come with new players in the team and getting more outstanding team in the competition. We remained people from the community to come and support CVC, undefeated throughout the season and scored in excess the club with a vision. of 100 goals. This was a first for any team in the history of the ACT Men’s League competition. I will be calling for new players to come and join for season 2010, so if you are interested please do not The team also put on a great performance through the hesitate to contact the club personnel. We will be finals series but unfortunately lost the grand final by 3- running our trials in February 2010. 2 after leading 2 nil. There were lessons to be learnt from that and I think the team will be better equipped On behalf of CVC, I would like to thank everyone for for the finals next year. their support towards the club throughout the 2009 season and hope you all had a safe holiday. Looking We also took part in the State of Origin and Inter forward to seeing you in 2010. District Soccer Competition (IDC). The player’s 3 | P a g e Vol. 1/2010, January Issue League Finals ––– by Praneel Singh Semi Final 1 – Belnorth v Gungahlin United FC (1 – 0) The first semi final saw the top two teams and the two rivals Belnorth and GUFC take on each other. Our boys played excellently but were not able to finish and a counter attack opportunity to Belnorth gave them the upper hand by scoring the winner. Semi Final 2 – Gundaroo v Gungahlin (0 – 6) This was a do or die match. The match was mostly one-sided with GUFC scoring 6 goals and thus winning it convincingly to again play Belnorth in the Grand Final. Final – Belnorth v Gungahlin (3 – 2) With Belnorth beating us in the first semi–final the boys were out to get some revenge. The game was competitively fought between the two teams. The boys again displayed excellent football skills and scored two quick goals within 30 minutes of the game but Belnorth managed to pull one back just before the half time break. The second half saw Gungahlin missing many opportunities whereas Belnorth made the most from their opportunities by scoring two goals. Belnorth coming out victorious by 3-2. On the sidelines, the spectators were also entertained by our ‘terukutu’ group with their beating of the dholak and songs. CVC Pool Competition As part of the raising funds for the club’s participation between Om Chand and Shekhar Nair and after an in the Inter-District Soccer Competition in Sydney, CVC intense match, Shekhar managed to pip Om over to take held a pool competition on 21 st November, 2009 with all the shield home.