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Doha-Qatar, 29 Oct: An annual sports event of Mangalore Cricket Club (MCC), Qatar eagerly waited for by the people of coastal Karnataka region, namely 16th MCC Annual Ladies Throwball Tournament was conducted successfully on Thursday October 25th and Friday October 26th 2018 at the Doha Modern Indian School grounds (DMIS), Abu Hamour amidst the cloudy weather conditions. The favourite finalists MCC and Tulukoota played for the 4th consecutive year in thrilling exciting finals match and Tulukoota successfully grabbed the Champions title  defeating the 3 times reigning champions MCC to win the Champions trophy.

The annual tourney, one of the most popular events among the Karnataka community in Qatar withstanding the weather was inaugurated on Thursday October 25th evening at 6.30 p.m. with a greeting note by emcee Cybil D’Souza. MCC President Sunil D’Silva welcomed the gathering and the 6 participating teams, that is, Konkan Stars led by Wilma D’Souza, Karnataka Sangha Qatar led by Shubha Malode, Tulu Koota Qatar led by Vijaya Shetty, new entrants English Modern School (EMS) led by Sarah Thomas, Rising Stars team led by Riana Pinto and the host MCC team led by Aarti Fernandes.

Sports Secretary Ryan Renjar conducted the oath-taking ceremony of the team players and match officials. All team captains and managers, President and Sports Secretary then released the balloons in the air marking the opening ceremony of 16th Ladies Annual Tournament. This was followed by the draw of lots and Pool A and Pool B teams were identified.  MCC, Karnataka Sangha Qatar (KSQ) and Rising Stars played their league matches in Pool A while Tulukoota (TK), Konkan Stars (KS) and English Modern School (EMS) played in Pool B. All the 6 league matches were played on 25th Oct and the top 2 winning teams of Pool A & Pool B then moved to the Semifinals.

The Champions Tulu Koota Qatar team players were presented with the individual trophy & certificates by Milan Arun while Sunil D’Silva presented the Champions trophy to the Tulu Koota team captain Vijaya Shetty. Tulu Koota Qatar team players were: Vijaya Shetty, Jyothi Shetty, Sudha Shetty, Shobha Shetty, Akshaya Shetty, Padmashree Shetty, Indira Kunder, Sunita Tellis, Akhila Rao, Jivitha Shetty, Praveena Shetty, Aruna Shetty and Chandrakala. Team Manager Veena Rao.

The stage program was well compered by Vanessa Pearl Pereira.

The sports officials were Cyril D’Souza, John Britto, Avinash D’Souza, Vijay D’Souza, Shameen Lewis, Julius Mathias, Merwyn, Prakash D’Souza, Clive D’Souza who took the duties of  rotation officers, linesmen etc. The commentators’ desk was managed by Cybil D’Souza, Mishal Lovely Lobo, Salam Mohammed Sheik, while the scoreboard was managed by Dephny Lobo and Anisha Coelho and the registrations and certificates was handled by Kavita Tauro and Vanessa Saldanha.

MCC thanks all its sponsors for their support Main Sponsor - Alfred & Rita Sequeira - Gulf International Enterprises, Support Sponsor – Mr. Alan Currie of SNC Lavalin, Other sponsors were Jerald D’Mello - J & J Infrastructure, Space Trading, Advanced Technical Services (Ravi Shetty), Intermodel Services Company, Al Balagh Trading (Henry D’Souza) Golden trading & Decoration (Asmath Ali), Wings International Trading and Contracting, Canara Jewellers, Greentech, Oxy Print house and Integral Uniforms.

MCC takes this opportunity to thank all players, volunteers, clubs, supporters, photographers and wonderful spectators for all support extended in making this tournament yet another success. MCC congratulates the champions Tulukoota team and their club members on this victory.