Shubham Naik Trust to be launched today

PANJIM, MARCH 20
The Shubham Naik Trust will be launched by Chief Minister Digambar Kamat in the presence of Sports Minister, Babu Asgaonkar and Congress President, Subash Shirodkar at Shiroda on Sunday at 4.30 p.m.
“It will have a corpus of Rs 1 crore in due course of time, with the money being utilised for organising cricket championships and coaching camps for under-14 and under-17 boys at Nirankhal (Shiroda) and Canacona,” stated Subash Shirodkar at a press briefing in Panjim today.
In all, 50 boys will be selected for the two camps after organising an all-Goa cricket championship with 24 teams in all at Canacona, Margao, Shiroda, Curchorem and Panjim from April 16 to May 16. The selected boys will then undergo coaching with the Trust bearing all expenses,” disclosed Shirodkar.
“There is plenty of talent in rural areas and the Trust plans to unearth such talent. We will get the services of reputed coaches, who will be with the boys on regular basis. To start with, we will have Salim Dhurani and P Shivalkar,” Shirodkar elaborated.
Shubam’s father, Ulhas spelt out the vision of the Trust and pointed out that boys from rural Goa were not getting a chance to showcase their talent. “We intend to bridge the gap,” Ulhas added.
Shirodkar disclosed that he would contribute Rs 5 lakh for the Trust of which he is the Chairman. Digambar is its Chief Patron.
Manuel Colaco and Janardhan Bhandari were also present.