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PANJIM: Tiswadi, Canacona and Quepem proved their might on the opening day of 8th State-level Tribal Sports Festival organised by SAG at Ponda sports complex and Karai ground, Shiroda.
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Tiswadi, Canacona and Quepem made it to the semi-final in men’s volleyball and kabaddi.
Tiswadi beat Dharbandora 2-0, Canacona beat Sattari 2-1, Quepem beat Ponda 2-0, Salcete bt Bicholim 2-0 in men’s volleyball.
Tiswadi, Ponda, Canacona and Quepem moved into the semi-finals of men’s kabaddi competition.
In tug-of-war first round, Quepem beat Dharbandora 3-0, Ponda beat Sanguem 3-0, Mormugoa beat Sattari 3-0, Canacona beat Bicholim 3-0.
Sanguem and Bicholim entered the final of Lagori competition. Sanguem beat Tiswadi 2-0, Bicholim defeated Mormugoa 2-1 in the semi-finals. In Langdi, Quepem beat Canacona, Salcete beat Tiswadi, Bardez beat Bicholim
In women’s volleyball, Mormugoa beat Ponda 2-1, Canacona defeated Salcete to make it to the final.
In women’s kabaddi, Salcete, Sanguem, Bicholim and Quepem entered the semi-finals. The tennis ball cricket Canacona girls beat Dharbandora by 49 runs, Bicholim beat Pernem by 54 runs. In boys section, Canacona beat Sanguem by 5 wickets, Quepem beat Mormugoa by 39 runs.
Earlier, Sports Minister Govind Gaude and Agriculture Minister Ravi Naik graced the inaugural ceremony.
Goa’s top seven sports stars from tribal community – Rowlin Borges (football), Ankita Gaude (baseball), Deepak Gaonkar (kho-kho), Deepesh Jalmi (mallakhamb), Nitin Sawant (volleyball), Sarvesh Gaude (tennis ball cricket) and Sahish M. Gaude (kabaddi), were felicitated by Agriculture Minister Ravi Naik, Sports Minister Govind Gaude. Director of Sports and Youth Affairs, Rohit Kadam and SAG Executive Director Dr Geeta Nagvenkar, Bruno Coutinho, Naveen Acharya, and Prajot were was also present.
