Muscat, Jan 21: The Second Annual Sports Meet of Oman Billawas was conducted recently at the Muscat Sports Club ground.
It was another joyous occasion for all the Billawa community friends and relatives to get together and participate in various sports and games organised by the Working Committee.
Over 400 members along with their children gathered and it was encouraging to see participation in large numbers from distant places like Barka, Seeb, Nizwa, Kamil and Sohar.
e Sports Meet was inaugurated with the release of pigeons by Oman Billawas president Pitamber B. Alke, Umesh Bantwal, Dr CK Anchan, SK Poojary, Ashok Suvarna, Founding members and Chief Coordinator of the Working Committee, Anand J. Sanil, Gangadhar Poojary symbolising peace, harmony and togetherness among Billawas in Oman.
The Sports Meet began with the first semifinal cricket match between “Poojary XI A (Worldwide Business House Team)” and “SNG XI C (Kushal Bangera Team)”, followed by various sports events for children of different age groups. The second semifinal match was held just before the stroke of lunch between “Kudroli XI (NPA Events Team)” and “Billawa Challengers (Red Rose Team)”.
The Worldwide Business House Team won against SNG XI and Red Rose won against NPA Events Team. In the final, Red Rose won the Oman Billawas Cup for the annual cricket tournament 2011.
There were various sports events for men and women as well as for children of various age groups such as 100m race, shot-put and tug-of-war.
The organising committee members Sujith Anchan, Ramakrishna, Guruprasad, Mahesh Salian, Suvi Bangara, Suchetna Anchan, Dinesh Poojary, H. Sohan, Kavita Sanil, Harish Poojary, Sudhir NK conducted the games with utmost professionalism. Cricket commentary by Nitin Salian from Sohar was the highlight of the day.
Sports Coordinator Gangadhar Poojary along with his team ensured that all sports were conducted smoothly and on schedule.
There were six high value electronic items sponsored by Omasco (Panasonic) and Daewoo Products, which were announced for the lucky guests at the end of the day.
In his vote of thanks, Anand J. Sanil thanked His Majesty Sultan Qaboos Bin Said. He also thanked various sponsors who had supported in making the programme a wonderful success. The encouragement and support received from all the founding members was also appreciated and acknowledged. He also thanked all the community members for participating with great zeal and enthusiasm in making this event a memorable one.