Daijiworld News Network - UAE
Dubai, Dec 3: It was a bit of disappointment for all the 240-plus participants on SaturdaY when the organizing committee of Lourdes Kanajar finally called off the tournament due to heavy showers of rain.
Dark clouds kept hovering over Dubai’s skyscrappers and the merciful Sun barely made any appearances since morning when tournament proceedings were to take off at 8:30 am.
Earlier, most of the teams and spectators arrived early in the morning, and the breakfast was served at 8:30 am. The organizers were still uncertain as to when the weather will favor them and enable them to continue with the proceedings.
When the clouds started to clear up at around 9:30 am, Gilbert Aranha, the tournament MC invited all the participants to assemble near the stage. The guests included Sudhir Kumar Shetty of UAE Exchange, Sarvottam Shetty of Abu Dhabi Karnataka Sangha and Lawrence D’Souza, president of Lourdes Kanajar.
Aloysius D’Souza of LKAE escorted the guests to the stage. LKAE president Lawrence D’Souza thanked all the teams for the overwhelming response and expressed his gratitude to all sponsors for supporting this tournament, which has been very successful in the last two years.
He then briefly highlighted LKAE’s achievements in the past, esp in the form of charity and educational support to many poor children who are pursuing higher studies in BSc-Nursing, General Nursing and other professional degree colleges.
On behalf of the players, Austin Barboza of LKAE read out the oath and all the players repeated his words in full spirit and the day’s first match was announced between Millennium Metals and St Paul’s Balkunje.
The first few matches were played successfully and here below are the winners of the only 5 league matches played when the rains interrupted once again.
Volley Ball:
Millennium Metals vs St. Paul’s Balkunje – won by Millenium Metals (15-7, 15-4)
Belle Vision vs Friday 8-10 Abu Dhabi – won by Friday 8-10 Abu Dhabi (16-14, 15-8)
Throw Ball:
Bunts Dubai vs Friends Dubai – won by Bunts Dubai (14-3)
Konkans Dubai vs K.C.O. Abu Dhabi – won by K.C.O. Abu Dhabi (15-7)
Mangalore Konkans vs Abu Dhabi K’taka Sangha – won by Mangalore Konkans (15-3)
About 700 in the gathering were served lunch by Canara Restaurant.
The rains continued to pour till 1:30 pm and the tournament was finally called off by the organizers and they have promised to resume it at a latter date which will soon be announced in the website.
LKAE is grateful to their sponsors and express their sincere gratitude for supporting the noble cause of supporting poor children. A big list of benefactors and well wishers were announced at the venue at regular intervals of which Prestige Beverages L.L.C. who are the suppliers of pure drinking water and Lipton Tea who served Tea in abundance. LKAE is thankful to Daijiworld for the wonderful coverage, due to which the response has been overwhelming from the time it was announced.
The event sponsors were UAE Exchange Co., Humaid Al Suwaidi Real Estate LLC, Galaxy Star Electromechanical Works LLC, Merit Freight Shipping Co. LLC, Prime Star Steel Fabrication LLC and Grundfos.
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