GWA holds Sandola-2012 in Jubail

[email protected] (Shodhan Prasad)
May 20, 2012
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Jubai, May 20: Goodinabali Welfare Association (GWA), organised a unique get-together of Bearys ‘Sandola-2012’ at the sprawling United Beach Camp, in Jubail, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

As a continuation of its tradition, GWA made the event, a true ‘sandola’ (enjoyment) for the Bearys from Mangalroe, as enthusiastic audience sat glued to their seat to enjoy the fun filled afternoon.

The entertainment began after the customary Qur’an recitation and welcome speech by the president of the association Anwar Hussain GM. The spectators were awakened from thelethargy of sumptuous meals arranged by GWA when the anchor of the programme posed them an ice- breaker tricky question to answer.

A series of funny and speculating answers to the tricky question really set the tone for the fun filled prime time show of ‘Sandola’ between 1:30 pm and 4:30 pm.

The event included entertainment competitions such as ‘biscuit eating’, ‘city hunt’, ‘dumb charade’, ‘photo quiz’, ‘passing the lemons’ and ‘balloon game’.

It was a thorough laughing session for the audience when teams performed the task of eating biscuits kept on their forehead without the assistance of hand. People emptied their laughing capacities when ‘dumb charade’ performance of some of the participants reached the highest level of fun and wit. The photo quiz questions posed intermittently kept the audience in tenterhooks.

However, the ultimate attraction of the day was the flash ‘Duff’ performance by the Goodinabali Team which executed the sudden and unnoticed sequence of the ‘Duff’ performance in a perfect splendor tuned to the melody of devotional Islamic lyrics.

After a 15 minutes of Asr prayer break, people were seen rushing back to their seats to enjoy the remaining entertainment items of the day. An extended session of the laughter filled pick and act session after the break took the people to extreme end of exhaustion.

After the tea- break, the outdoor games started at 4:30 pm. The people who were tired of the regular volley ball and cricket games were enthused by the traditional ‘lagor’ game of Tulunadu. The youngsters participated enthusiastically in the game of ‘lagori’ organized by sports coordinators Mr. Rizwan, Mr. Abdul Latheef and Mr. Abdul Jabbar. ‘Pot Breaking’ drew the usual enthusiastic crowd. The penalty shootout drill gave the sports fans the much needed additional game requirement.

The ceremony was anchored by Kamarudeen with the help of GM Ameer, Sameeullah, Shafiullah, IqbalBangadi, Nissar and others. Asif Goodinabali and Saleem GK along with GM Anwar Hussain coordinated the entire program. A dedicated team of volunteers lead by Sadiq GM facilitated various activities of the day.

Ladies too had a wonderful festive day at the women’s section of the sprawling campus. Variety of programs were conducted for women in a fun filled environment. Power point presentation based quiz programme and other some other screen based games ably conducted by the women’s wing of GWA with the help of volunteers drawn from some other organizations. Children actively participated in Qur’an recitation competition as well as spot quiz competition.

The joyful events of the day concluded at around 7.00 pm in a valedictory session in which prizes were distributed to winners. Raffle draw provided opportunity for the participants to win various prizes and coupons.

GWA is a community welfare oriented committee of Jubail – Dammam based Beary expatriates from Goodinabali, a small Muslim neighborhood near BC Road in Bantwal taluk.

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Media Release
February 27,2020

Riyadh: Cricket Lovers are all geared up for the newly launched franchise based tournament - Kingdom Premier League (KPL) 2020 under the banner of Mangaluru Cricket Association (MCA) Riyadh.

SAQCO –SAAD AL QAHTANI CONTRACTING is the Mega Sponsor for the event and PARAMOUNT is the CO Sponsor.

The 6-team tournament is being played at MCA Grounds on Exit 18 in Riyadh beginning from 14 Feb and shall end on 20 March.

The Opening ceremony took place on AL-Mas Restaurant in Riyadh. The trophy launching as well as Jersey launching took place at the same event. Guests from various companies including SAQCO were present.

All teams will play at least one league Match against every other team. Top 4 teams in the table will qualify to play for the Qualifier 1 and Eliminator. The Winner of Qualifier 1 will be heading towards the final and the 2nd finalist will be the winner Qualifier 2 (Played between loser of Qualifier 1 and Winner of Eliminator). The Finals will be played on 20th March.

Below 6 Team names with their franchise owners and respective icon players.

BANCAA WARRIORS – RANJITH (TEAM WARRIORS RIYADH) – RAJESH AND SHAFI

YAQOOB FIGHTERS – SHAHID & YAQOOB (YAQOOB CC) – SAMEER KARNAD AND MOHSIN

GROUND STAR PHOENIX – RIZWAN & SIDDIK – AYAZ & SALEEM SHIRUR

PARAMOUNT HEROES – NASIR GM – SARFARAZ AK & MUSTAFA HASAN

AL-AMAL AFRAH PANTHERS – SHAHIM & AHNAF – DAWOOD KODI & ANIS

NAJD CHALLENGERS – AFROZ NAKWA – SHADAB KARNAD & SULTHAN

Each Team gets to pick 2 icon players of their choice on a mutual understanding whereas the remaining 13 players for each squad to be picked randomly based on their rankings and ratings in bidding style from 3 categories – A, B & C. The Franchise Ownership amount stands at Sr 2,000 for Each Team. The Winner of the Tournament gets a Cash Reward of Sr 5,000. The Runner Up Gets a Cash Reward of 3,000. Many Attractive Individual prizes will be handed over at the end of the event such as below

Winners squad 16 players - Gifts

Highest Run Getter – Orange Cap – Special Gift

Highest Wicket Taker – Purple Cap – Special Gift

Player of the Series – Special Gift

Hat-trick Wicket taker – Special Gift

KPL Kamal Catch – Special Gift

Best Wicket Keeper – Special Gift

Best over in KPL – Special Gift

Fastest 50 in KPL – Special Gift

Fair Play Award – Special Gift

Performer of the Week (Every Week) – Special Gift

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Agencies
August 8,2020

Dubai, Aug 7: One may call it good luck, but for two Indian expats it was God who prevented them at the last minute from boarding the Air India Express plane that crashed in Kerala, killing at least 18 people on board.

According to India's Civil Aviation Ministry, the Boeing 737 aircraft on a flight from Dubai to Kozhikode overshot the runway at Kozhikode airport on Friday evening. There were 184 passengers including 10 infants, 2 pilots and four cabin crew onboard the aircraft.

Noufal Moin Vetten, an Ajman resident working as an office boy in a Sharjah school, was booked to travel on the flight and had checked in as per schedule.

Recounting his miraculous escape, Vetten, a resident of Malappuram, Thirunavaya, whose visa was cancelled a week ago, told Gulf News: “I was handed my boarding pass, but when I reached immigration, they told me I had to pay a fine of Dh 1,000 (Rs 20,430) for overstay. I had only Dh 500 (Rs10,215) with me.

"I called my school PRO and he told me to come back. He said they would follow protocols and pay the fines before sending me,“ he said.

Vetten was disappointed and called his family to let them know.

“When I heard about the crash, I was saddened for all the passengers. But I'm so relieved I missed it. God has been really merciful,” said Vetten.

Afsal Parrakodan, a resident of Abu Dhabi, had a similar stroke of luck.

“My work visa was cancelled about a week ago. After getting my boarding pass, I was told I had to pay a fine of Dh1,000 at the immigration counter, but I had only Dh500 on me.”

“I was very keen to board the flight and be with my family. So I called a friend who brought me the additional Dh500, but by then, my baggage had been offloaded and the flight's doors were closed,” said Parrakodan.

“I was feeling very sad and called my mother to tell her I had missed the flight. But a few hours later, when I learnt of the crash, I couldn’t help but feel relieved and thankful to God for saving my life,“ said an overwhelmed Parrakodan who plans to fly back next week. 

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Media Release
April 16,2020

Dammam: President of Indian Social Forum, Eastern Province Mr.Wasim Rabbani urged immediate intervention of Indian government to help Non Residential Indians who are in trouble due to corona pandemic in Saudi Arabia.

He said in a press rease that expatriate Indians are in concern  as number of corona infected people and  deaths are increasing in danger level.

Hea said, "the Saudi health minister's statement a few days ago indicates that the situation in Saudi needs to be taken more seriously with precautionary methods. There are concerns among expatriates because the number of people infected with the coronavirus and the number of deaths reported in various provinces are increasing at an alarming rate."

"Saudi Government and Health Ministry are taking excellent precautionary measures, however, in the coming days expect to see the number of cases to increase in Saudi Arabia. The Indian government needs to take diplomatic and immediate intervention to ensure the treatment of Indian expatriates considering the number of effected people increasing", He said.

He also urged that the Embassy and the Government of India should ensure qaurantiane faculty for Indian expatriates and arrange special low cost flights to bring back expatriates who would like to return home country.

" Government of India and Indian embassy need to intervene immediately to ensure that the quarantine system is in place for Indian expatriates as the facilities in the rooms where the residents are staying together are very limited. There should also be a mechanism to organize low-cost flight services for expatriates who are ready to go home. The government system should also be able to accommodate the expatriates in special quarantine areas in hometown as soon they arrive in India", he urged.

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