MAPUSA: Sirvodem SC cruised to title triumph at GFA Vedanta Women’s League amassing 22 points in eight games while remaining unbeaten throughout the five-team competition. The South Goa-based team has now qualified for the Indian Women’s League but the club has its own battle to wage to put up a similarly strong squad due to various reasons.
Coach Girijadevi Desai and captain Nevilla Colaco spoke to www.livenewsgoa.com after receiving the trophy from CM Dr Pramod Sawant in the presence of GFA president & MLA Churchill Alemao, MLA Joshua D’Souza and President of Vedanta Sports, Annanya Agarwal among others.
Meanwhile, FC Goa finished runners-up (19 points), FC YFA (12 points) third, Goa United Sports Academy fourth (6 points) and Compassion FC fifth.
Among individual award winners were Stacy Cardozo (FC Goa) – Golden Boot, Rima Gadekar (Sirvodem SC) – Golden Glove, Anrette Da’Costa (Futebol Club YFA) – Golden Ball, Vinoshka (Sirvodem SC) – promising player.
“This is an excellent platform developed by Vedanta in collaboration with GFA to help aspiring women footballers across Goa. I urge all the players to take maximum benefit from this opportunity and excel to achieve greater heights in football. I congratulate the winners Sirvodem SC, runners-up FC Goa and all other participants of the league and hope to see many more talented women footballers from Goa shining at national and international level in near future,” said CM, Dr. Sawant at the closing ceremony at Duler stadium, Mapusa.
Annanya Agarwal, President, Vedanta Sports said: “”I would like to congratulate Sirvodem SC and FC Goa for a fabulous display of football skills. My sincere appreciation also goes to all other participating teams for making this tournament a huge success. At Vedanta Sports, our constant endeavour is to contribute towards development of Indian sports through our robust grassroot training programmes. I am extremely pleased to see this tournament grow in popularity while the star players from this league are shining at various prestigious footballing platforms. We will continue striving to expand the reach of our sports development programmes across the country.”
GFA president Alemao, said: “Vedanta Women’s Football League is an important initiative by Vedanta in collaboration with GFA for the upliftment of women football in the state. I am extremely happy that the star player of the tournament Karishma Shirvoikar shall be representing the Indian national team. I am sure going forward this tournament will be instrumental in helping more and more women footballers from Goa to fulfil their dreams to play for the national team.”
