Goa men and women teams which had won 1st place respectively at the 2nd west zone championships and Goa women team 1st and men 3rd place at the 1st All India Rajiv Gandhi Gold Cup Championships reached Goa on 20th July 2011 at Karmali Station at 3 pm
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The teams were received by the officials of the association and parents of the players at railway station and later players were shifted to SAG complex , Campal by special bus where SAG and GTBCA welcomed the players with flowers and sweets.The teams had flowery welcomed by V.M. prabhudesai, ED, SAG, Navinha Acharya, Asst.Secretary, SAG, Ropesh Naik, Secretary ,GTBCA and other officials of SAG and GTBCA and Coaches of SAG.Speaking to electronic media during the reception function at campal, V.M prabhudesai ,ED, SAG Congratulated the teams for their success and likewise two games which are doing well at the nationals such baseball and tennisball cricket may take place in the 2014 national games in goa on host request and if included may be sure gun for the the medals for the state of Goa.
The matches of the championships were played live on DD sports, for the first time and goan and others all over the world witness the victories live on their televisions.The teams were coached by Nilesh naik and Haresh parsekar, SAG , Coaches.