MAK holds ‘MAK Champions Trophy 2020 –Season 4’ Volley Ball & Throw Ball Tournament
Kuwait: Mogaveers Association Kuwait, Affiliated to Indian embassy Kuwait, is the community welfare association of non-resident Mogaveeras, based in Kuwait. For the fourth time, MAK organised National level Volleyball & Throw Ball Tournament under the title of “MAK Champion Trophy 2020 “on 25th February 2020. The tournament was held at American International School Maidan Hawally, Kuwait.
The tournament coincided with the National day of Kuwait celebration. The weather was pleasant, the participants & the MAK members were all geared up for the tournament.
The day-long tournament commenced at 7.30 am with a parade of all the participating teams, the MAK Management Committee, Volunteers & the guests. The grand opening was led by talented committee member Suresh Salian. On behalf of MAK Management Committee Poonam Mendon & Nishanth Salian, the host for the day welcomed the gathering. This was followed by Kuwait & Indian National Anthem.
The Chief Guests of the day were Anant Kapadia who is the chairman of Indian Bussiness & professional Council Kuwait & P K Venkat Deputy Chief operating Officer of Art of living. The other guest for the day was Suresh Shyam Rao who is a Freelance Press reporter for web news portals & print media. The guests were presented with a floral Bouquet. Ramesh Kidiyoor Convenor & Founder President of MAK was honoured for his excellent service & contribution towards MAK. Monika Cornelio Co-ordinator of Kuwait Konkans (Throw Ball) & Noel Cutniha Manager of Boubyan Strikers (Volley Ball) were honoured for their excellent contribution towards sports in Kuwait & also for their outstanding support for MAK.
Chennaraj MK Senior member of MAK was honoured with a memento & bouquet for his excellent service & contribution towards MAK as he was leaving Kuwait for good.
Rajesh Mendon, President of MAK in his speech welcomed the gathering and stressed the importance of playing with true sportsman spirit and thanked all the teams for their support as this event is done for MAK welfare projects. The guests in their speech encouraged the players & conveyed their best wishes and good luck to the participating teams and organizers.
The president of MAK Rajesh Mendon, Convenor Ramesh Kidiyoor along with the chief guest inaugurated the Volley Ball & Throw Ball tournament by cutting the ribbon. The Medals & trophies of the tournament were unveiled by sports Secretary Arun Mendon and PRO & Welfare officer Jaya Kotian.
Geetha Suvarna Committee member of MAK Along with Monika Cornelio inaugurated the Throwball Court & Mr.Sachidananda Suvarna Vice president of MAK along with Guests inaugurated the Volleyball Court by servicing the ball.
The other guests for the day Wilson D’Souza-Ex-president Tulukoota, Tharendra Shettigar Ex-president Tulukoota, Vijay Wilson Gen Secretary Tulukoota, Roshan Quadras Sports Secretary Tulukoota, Lionel Mascarenhas Welfare Officer Tulukoota, Manoj BangeraAdvisor Billava Sangha, Sushma Manoj Vice President of Billava Sangha, Lawrence Pinto, Ganesh Hegde, Vakas Khan & Sudhakar Shetty Convenor of Tulukoota. All of them were honoured with a bouquet.
The participating Volley Ball Teams were as below:
Bayan Salmiya, Boubyan Strikers, Riggae Volley, Kunjal Friends, Salmiya Spikers, KSAC, MKV strikers
The participating Throw Ball Teams were as below:
Canara Eleven, Dragon Scorpions Queens, Warriors, Kuwait Konkani A, Alfa, Kuwait Konkans B & Scorpions
The volleyball inaugural first-round match started between Bayan Salmiya & Salmiya Spikers & the first round of throw ball inaugural match was between Canara Eleven & Warriors. The teams played with full enthusiasm and viewers enjoyed and experienced the spectacular show. As the day progressed matches kept rolling one after another.
The Event Sponsors were TVS Travels & Cargo Co.WLL
Gold Sponsor were Oriental Restaurant Kuwait, Silver Sponsor Badar Al Samah Medical center
Best wishes from Vision Direct logistics, Wilson D’Souza & family & Monika Cornelia
Printing of Raffle was sponsored By Turmeric Restaurant
The referees for Volley Ball were Alexander Mathew & Sajan Samuel
The referees for Throw Ball were Ivan D’Souza & Arun Mendon
The scorers for Throw Ball Team were Geetha Suvarna, Rakshith Suvarna & Ganesh Hegde
The scorers for Volleyball team were Kishore Kotian, Nithin Suvarna & Santhosh Kunder
The announcements were done by Girish Mehta & Kishore Kotian
Sumptuous Breakfast, Lunch & snacks were provided by Bollywood Restaurant
Beautiful moments of the day was captured by the Rajesh Devadiga
Design of Brochure & Banner by Sachidanada Suvarna.
Wonderful Background Music By DJ Ronald D’Souza Mulky
Sound System was provided by Anand Sounds
Winners
The Volley Ball ended with a finale of Final matches between MKV Strikers & Team Boubyan Strikers After a tough battle between the two strong teams, Team Boubyan Strikers bagged the Winners Trophy & Team MKV Strikers were declared the First Runner up. The second runners up trophy was won by Reggai Volley. MAK Player of the tournament for Volley Ball was secured by Rahul of Team Boubyan Strikers.
On the other hand, throw ball tournament ended with League matches. Team Dragon Scorpion Queens defeated the opponents and became the winners for the Fourth Consecutive Year. 1st Runners up was won by Kuwait Konkans A and Team Alfa stood up as the 2nd Runners. MAK Player of the
tournament for throw ball was secured by Hancil Pinto of Team Dragon Scorpion Queens.
Prize distribution ceremony
Firoz Manager of TVS Cargo &Travels Co, Sathischandra Shetty Owner of Oriental restaurant, Chandrahas Shetty- PRO & Ex-president Tulukoota Graced the prize distribution ceremony As a token of respect they were presented with a floral Bouquet.
President Mr.Rajesh Mendon, Convenor Ramesh Kidiyoor along with the guest awarded the trophies and medals to winners, whereas the MAK members gave away the trophies & medals to runners up team & the individual achievers.
A Raffle Draw was conducted by MAK & the winners are as below:
1st Prize : Mr.Muruganathan
2nd Prize : Mrs.Lancy Fernandes
3rd Prize : Mr.Ganesh Kotian
The 10 consolation prize winners were Yadav Reggai, Athaulla, Imtiyaz, Irin D’Souza, Arif, Prakash Poojary, Pranavi Laksh, Ajith Kumar & Sudesh.
In her vote of Thanks, Poonam Mendon thanked each and everyone who was responsible for the success of the tournament, Participants, sponsor’s, organisers, MAK Volunteers, MAK Management Committee & Executive Committee. Finally, a special thanks was given to the Management & Staff of American International School Maidan Hawally for the awesome venue.
