Ancy D’Souza Paladka
Pics: Wiliam Dunia
Israel, Sep 22: The Paladka parishioners living in Israel prepared for the centenary celebrations of the parish in a unique manner. As the parish in Mangalore diocese dedicated to Jesuit Saint Ignatius Loyola, built on November 17, 1913 is at the brink of having its grand centenary celebration from December 15 to 17, the youngsters in Israel, united to spread this word around the world in a unique way by organizing a grand sports tournament.
Organizers Anil Fernandes Paladka, Sattu D'Silva, Naveen Fernandes and others joined together and organized a memorable tournament on Saturday September 21 at Luna Park, Tel Aviv, here.
The programme started at 10 am with breakfast. Anchor Roshan Taccode explained the history of the Church and the future projects in hand. Centenary jubilee cake was cut by Mastor Stellon D'Silva Paladka. Bennie Naidu of Om Indian Store, Gracy D'Souza and Victor Louis Kundapur were the guests for the programme.
It included cricket, volley ball, throw ball, tug of war, 4x100 relay along with others games. Totally 36 teams participated in the event.
Cricket match was conducted by Xavier D'Souza, NFC Kolalgiri, while other games were conducted by Aroop, Roshan, Arun, Jossy Pinto, Michel Olivera, Mathias D'Souza and Victor Louis.
The main sponsors were Bennie Naidu Om Indian Store, Gracy D'Souza, Leena D'Souza, Santosh Shetty, Benna D'Souza, Naveen Olivera, Roshan M B, Ashwin, Brayan and Jacob.
Anil Fernandes Paladka proposed the vote of thanks and informed that the amount collected during the tournament will be given Paladka Parish for the centenary celebration expenses. Arun Tel Aviv handled the prize distribution ceremony.
The winners are as follows:
Cricket
Men: Winner - Jerusalem, Runner-up - Tel Aviv A, Best bowler - Avil Jerusalem, Man of the match - Rajith Jerusalem, Man of the series - Akshay Tel Aviv A
Women: Winner - Israel Friends, Runner-up - NFC, Woman of the series - Florine
Volly ball: Winner - JMJ Honnavar, Runner-up - Mangala Friends, Best smasher - Cliffton Honnavar
Throw ball: Winner - Angels, Runner-up- Mangalore Friends, Best all rounder - Rennie Angels
Tug of war
Men: Winner - Bantwal Friends A, Runner-up - Bantwal Friends B
Women: Winner - Mother Marry Herzaliya, Runner-up - Zeros
4 x 100mt relay
Men: Winner - NFC, Runner-up - Emanuel Friends
Women: Winner - Angels, Runner-up - Mangalore Friends
Pot broker: Lesli Bantwal
Paladka parish is 45 km away to the north of Mangalore city. Total population is 1,624 in 296 families. The parish council has taken up three major projects during the centenary celebration: Renovation of the Church to include 1000 faithful, construction of new English medium school, constructing multi-purpose hall. Total estimated cost of the project is Rs 2 crore.