Sharjah: Bunts Dubai, Dolphin RAK ACE Spikers Win Karaval Milan Tourney
News: Bellevision
Pics: Jovin D'Souza Pangla
Sharjah, Jan 28: It was a perfect day for outdoor sports as Karaval Milan, an association of 19 parishes of Kallianpur and Kundapur deanery on Friday January 27 held an open tournament of throwball and volleyball, inviting all Kannadiga teams of UAE at the Wonderers Club in Sharjah.
Karaval Milan introduced mixed throwball consisting of men and women players as a special attraction of the tournament. Large crowds gathered to witness the best teams fight each other to clinch the top honours and they were nail-biting finishes. Bunts Dubai managed to win over Konkans Dubai in ladies throwball in a well-fought match while the Dolphin RAK ACE Spikers took away volleyball championship from Chilly Willy Youngsters Nakre and the Bunts Dubai defeated KCO Abu Dhabi to lift the maiden mixed throwball trophy.
The event began early in the morning and enthusiastic participants were all set for the launch of the event and the club was filled with eager spectators from all over Emirates. Breakfast was served for the participants and audience before the start of the event.
The inaugural ceremony began at 9 am with Gilbert Aranha making his early morning announcement inviting all the teams (12 teams in men’s volleyball, 6 teams in throwball and 10 teams in mixed throwball), to form a line around in front of the dais. The president of Karaval Milan Eric D’Souza escorted the guests to the dais. Janet Sequeira welcomed the gathering and briefed about importance of organizing this day long tournament. Roney Byndoor and group sang prayer song Jai Jagadishwara.
Precilla Saures and Stanly Saures took the oath on behalf of the sport persons. Rikitha Pereira who is studying in 9th standard had made big name in Tennis was invited to inaugurate the sports by lighting the torch and colourful balloons were release by the dignitaries present on dais. National anthems of UAE and India were played .
Throwball teams from Mangalore Konkans, Sharjah Stars, Bunts Dubai and KCO Abu Dhabi were then invited to begin the first match. All the matches were keenly contested by all teams with true sportsman spirit. The organizers made sure that the matches went on as scheduled with their organizing capabilities without any hassle. In the morning session league matches were conducted.
The following teams participated in the league matches held in the morning session:
Throwball teams:
Mangalore Konkans, Kanarites Dubai, Konkan Dubai, Bunts Dubai, Sharjah Stars and KCO Abu Dhabi.
Volleyball teams:
Chiily Willy Saifa Friends, Karaval Milan- B, Seamen’s Tigers, Coastal Challengers, Coorg Friends A, Bhatkal Friends, Friends Pane Mangalore, Karaval Milan A, Coorg Friends B, Dadashivgad Karwar,Chilly WillyYoungsters, RAK Dolphin ACE Spikers.
Mixed throwball teams:
Konkans Dubai, Bunts Dubai, Mangalore Konkans, Sharjah Stars, KCO Abu Dhabi, Shetty Friends, United Friends, Pacific Stars, Spark Dubai and Karaval Milan.
The delicious lunch buffet was served by Das Prakash Restaurant, Karama. Also the snacks counters provided delicious food throughout the day. Afternoon session started with fiercely fought semifinals between Mangalore Konkans and Konkans Dubai and Bunts Dubai and Kanarites.
The prominent personalities and sponsors including Alfred D'Souza of CAB Real Estate, Lancy Madtha of Integrated Freight Systems, Joseph Mathais of Merit Freight Systems, Marina Menezes, Wilma D’Souza of Daijiworld.com, Stany D’Silva of Magnetic, Gilbert Aranha, Noel D’Almeida, Wilson D’Sa of Berry Floor and Eric D’Souza president of Karaval Milan were present for the concluding ceremony Roney Byndoor the master of ceremony of the programme thanked all sponsors, well wishers, media representatives, participating teams and the referees were felicitated:
Sudhakar Alva, Dancy Menezes, Clara, Sreemathi Hawaldar ,Moideen and team were officiated the tournament in a excellent manner. He also thanked members of organizing committee and finally to all spectators without their support the tournament would not have been possible. He also rendered special thanks to Gilbert Aranha for ably conducting and emceeing the whole day tournament and he received a big round of applause.
Also the day was fulfilled fun with the spectacular commentary by Vinod Shetty Udupi, and others.
Raffle ticket draw was held and prizes were distributed to the winners. Earlier unsold tickets were auctioned and the some of the well wishers bought all the tickets in the auction.
At the concluding ceremony the trophies were distributed to winning teams and also individual medals were given to all finalists and semi finalists by the sponsors and prominent personalities.
Results
Throwball
No of teams: 6
Semi-finals - Konkans Dubai beat Mangalore Konkans with straight sets 15-9 & 15-13.
Bunts Dubai beat Kanarites Dubai 15-11, 14-15, 15-14
Finals - Bunts Dubai beat Konkans Dubai 21-6, 20-21 and in decider set 15-9.
Best Smasher - Marina Menezes (Konkans Dubai)
Best Allround Player - Shakeela Shetty (Bunts Dubai)
Volleyball
No of teams: 12
Semi-finals - RAK Dolphin Ace Spikers beat Saifa Friends, defending champions of previous tournament in the year 2010, with 20-25, 25-22 and in decider set 15-11.
- Chilly Willy (Youngsters) beat Seamens Tigers with straight sets 25-19 & 25-19.
Finals - RAK Dolphin Ace Spikers beat Chilly Willy (Youngsters) 25-24, 26-28, and in decider set 15-10.
Best Spiker - Vegas (Chilly Willy -Youngsters)
Best Allround Player - Sameer (Chilly Willy -Saifah)
Player of the Tounament - Tousif (RAK Dolphin Ace Spikers)
Mixed Throwball
No of teams : 10
Finals - Bunts Dubai beat KCO Abu Dhabi in straight sets 15-9 & 15-9.
Player of the Tournament - Raviraj Shetty (Bunts Dubai)