PRESENTING SPECIAL AND DIFFERENTLY ABLED CHILDREN
Triple Dhamaka, CompetItion of Dance!!! Instrumental!!! Singing!!!
JOIN US IN THIS WORLD OF MUSIC & HARMONY
2 nd MARCH 2024, AT Mysore association Hall
Bhau Daji Road, Matunga (East), Mumbai 400 019.
10AM – 5PM
I really feel proud to be a part of pheonix sports association. You provided facilities are really appreciated by our players. According to Morsinghi Handball players you have set a big standard to held this kind of top class events.
Our Players having no word to describe their best feelings for tournament.
I and Morsinghi handball academy really appreciate your team work and hard work for this events.
I shall be very thankful to all for inviting me and morsinghi handball players to this kind of India’s best handball event.
Chandan Thakur,
Coach Morsinghi Handball Academy, Himachal Pradesh
The first ever wheelchair handball tournament was organized by "Phoenix Sports" at Manohar Parrikar Indoor Stadium in Madgaon, GOA, as on 04th & 05th May 2023.
Many thanks to "Phonex Sports Team" especially thanks Saikrishna Hatangadi Sir, Anand Mane Sir (Wheelchair Handball Coach) and @Gomes Sir for giving us this opportunity and successfully organizing this tournament and the transport, food and hospitality was awesome.
I would like to thank my team mates that we played as a team and hearty congratulations to my team as well.
Msg from Army PRC Pune
Suresh Karkiji
1. The International Handball Federation (IHF) invited India (the only team from Asia) to participate in the first ever Four-a-side Wheelchair Handball Championships being held at Cairo, Egypt from 22 to 25 Sep 2022.
2. Before Sep 2022, no Wheelchair Handball was ever played in India on a competitive level. Therefore, when an invitation was received from the IHF by the Handball Association India, it was decided to quickly train players those who played Wheelchair Basketball for the Indian Team and those whose wheelchair pushing skills and upper body strength were good.
3. The training was conducted from 11 to 18 Sep 2022 at the Mumbai University (MU) Indoor Sports Stadium. The selected players and coaches were accommodated in the Mumbai University Guest House. This was possible due to the tremendous help offered by Prof Vasanthi Kadhiravan, Head of Physical Education Department of Mumbai University, even though a very short notice was given to her.
4. In addition, no training at the MU Indoor Stadium or participation in the First Four-a-side World Wheelchair Handball Championships at Cairo would have been possible without the timely and generous sponsorship by SBI General Insurance. The officials of the Handball Association and the players will remain ever grateful to the SBI General Insurance for making the lives of wheelchair players more meaningful as well as motivating them to lead better lives.
5. Thus 12 players (09 men and 03 women) finally left for Cairo on 19 Sep. Of the 09 men players, 03 were ex-Army personnel from the Paraplegic Rehabilitation Centres (PRC) at Pune and Mohali. The Indian team comprised of the following players and officials from all over India:-
(a) Ms Suchitra Parida (Odisha) - Team Captain.
(b) Ms Minakshi Jadhav (Maharashtra).
(c) Ms Geeta Chouhan (Maharashtra).
(d) Mr. Ramesh Shanmugam (Tamil Nadu).
(e) Mr. Javed Choudhari (Maharashtra).
(f) Mr. Suresh Karki - ex Army (Maharashtra).
(g) Mr. Anil Kachhi - ex Army (Maharashtra).
(h) Mr. Ajit Shukla - ex Army (Punjab).
(i) Mr. Ramavath Koteshwar (Telangana).
(j) Mr. Sudhanshu Patel (Maharashtra).
(k) Mr. Anand Mane - Head Coach.
(l) Captain Louis George (Indian Navy - Retired) - Assistant Coach.
(m) Ms Harjit Kaur Singh - Manager (Maharashtra).
(n) Mr. Kapil Agarwal - Assistant Manager.
(o) Mr. Anandeshwar Panday - Head of Delegation (Delhi).
6. The schedule of matches for India were as under:-
(a) Egypt vs India - 1200 hours on Thursday, 22 Sep 2022.
(b) India vs Chile - 1630 hours on Thursday, 22 Sep 2022.
(c) Brazil vs India - 1000 hours on Friday, 23 Sep 2022.
(d) India vs Netherlands - 1630 hours on Friday, 23 Sep 2022.
(e) India vs Slovenia - 1200 hours on Saturday, 24 Sep 2022.
(f) Netherlands vs India for the 5th and 6th places position match - 1500 hours on Sunday, 25 Sep 2022.
7. Even though this competition was being held for the first time in the World, all the 6 teams gave their best. The performance of the Indian team was indeed praiseworthy (even though, unlike other teams, all the 12 Indian players were entering a handball court for the first time in their lives). The IHF officials were happy to see that India performed much beyond expectations and as a result, the IHF invited India once again to Portugal for the Six-a-side European and World Championships at Portugal to be conducted in Nov 2022.
8. The performance of the Indian Team can be gauged from the results as shown below:-
(a) India vs Egypt. India lost to the hosts Egypt 11-1, 5-1 (Total 2-0). This was the Indian players’ first ever Wheelchair Handball match. No Wheelchair Handball matches were played before this even in India.
(b) India vs Chile. India lost to Chile with a very slender margin 2-3, 5-6 (Total 2 - 0). The performance of the Indian team was much better than in the first match.
(c) India vs Brazil. India lost to Brazil (the ultimate winners) 4-5, 0-12 (Total 2 - 0).
(d) India vs Netherlands. India surprised everyone by beating Netherlands, which was one of the strong teams of Europe. India won 7-6, 7-2 (Total 2-0).
(e) India vs Slovenia. Once again India surprised everyone by giving a vastly improved performance by holding Slovenia to a 1-1 draw - scores being 7-6, 2-4 (Total 1-1). India lost in the penalty shoot-out by 2 goals to 4.
(f) 5th and 6th place match - Netherlands vs India. Once again, India lost on Penalty shootouts after drawing the match - 5-7, 10-3 (Total 1-1). India lost on penalties 0-2.
From the above, it is evident that India played extremely well, even though it was the first time that the players were entering a handball court. All the players and coaches / officials played a major role in this, wherein in a limited time period, a strong Wheelchair Handball team was formed and the team participated in a World Championships for the first time.
After the end of the competition, two of our players - Ramesh Shanmugam 21 goals out of 58 attempts (36% shooting) and Javed Choudhari 17 goals out of 55 attempts (31%) were rated 4th and 7th in scoring goals in the above tournament.
Conclusion
The Indian Wheelchair Handball Team performed extremely well. The IHF praised the performance of the Indian team and invited the team for the Six-a-side European and World Wheelchair Championships at Portugal in Nov 2022. The players have now understood the techniques to play Wheelchair Handball and will definitely improve their performance in the next tournament in 2023.
The sponsorship by the SBI General Insurance played a huge role in the good performance by the Indian team.
BRIEF REPORT ON THE INDIAN WHEELCHAIR
HANDBALL TEAM’S PERFORMANCE AT PORTUGAL
FOR THE 6-A-SIDE WORLD AND EUROPEAN WHEELCHAIR
HANDBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS
(18 TO 20 NOV 2022 - LIERIA, PORTUGAL)
1. The International Handball Federation (IHF) had invited India (the only team from Asia) to participate in the first ever Four-a-side Wheelchair Handball Championships being held at Cairo, Egypt from 22 to 25 Sep 2022. The Indian team’s praiseworthy performance at Cairo led to the IHF once again inviting the Indian Team to Portugal for the six-a-side World and European Wheelchair Handball Championships at Lieria, Portugal, from 18 to 20 Nov 2022.
2. India and Pakistan were the two teams from Asia invited for the Championships at Lieria. The Pakistan team were disqualified, as they could not field the mandatory number of men and women players. However, as a goodwill gesture, the Pakistan team were allowed to participate in the Championship.
3. The Indian team players had only about 15 days practice in Sep 2022 and the wonderful experience of playing at Cairo, before the team left for Portugal on 16 Nov 2022. Once again, the players who participated at Cairo rose to the occasion and with a few new players took up the challenge.
4. The main sponsors for the Championships at Portugal were Phoenix Sports, INNER WHEEL, VENTURA SECURITIES and SHIVA GULVADY. The officials of the Handball Association and the Wheelchair Handball players will remain ever grateful to the sponsors for making a positive change in the lives of our wheelchair players and making them highly motivated and confident citizens of India.
5. The Indian team arrived in Portugal on 16 Nov 2022. The following represented India:-
Head Coach - Anand Mane.
Assistant Coach - Captain Louis George.
Manager - Ajith Gomes.
6. Seven countries from Europe - Portugal, Netherlands, Romania, Norway, Spain, Hungary, Croatia and two from Asia - India & Pakistan participated in the Championships.
7. Teams were divided into two pools as under :-
Pool ‘A’ - Norway, Spain, Croatia, Hungary and Pakistan.
Pool ‘B’ - Portugal, India, Netherlands and Romania.
8. The starting line-up consisted of 3 x 4.0 players, 2 x 2.0 players (including one woman) and one 1.0 player (total points allowed = 17).
9. In the Pool ‘B’ league matches, India beat Romania 9-5, beat Netherlands 8-6 and lost to Portugal 13-18.
10. Pool Positions were as under:-
Pool ‘A’: A1-Norway, A2-Spain, A3-Croatia, A4-Hungary and A5- Pakistan.
Pool ‘B’: B1-Portugal, B2-India, B3-Netherlands and B4-Romania.
11. Norway and Portugal were seeded directly to semifinals being the respective Pool winners.
12. In the crossover match, India (B2) beat Croatia (A3) 13-11 in penalty shootout after drawing the match 10-10 in regulation time. Netherlands (B3) beat Spain (A2) in the other crossover match. The Indian Team’s performance was superb, as Croatia was one of the best teams in Europe.
13. In the semifinals, India lost to Portugal 23-11. In the 3rd and 4th place match, India lost to Norway after leading 8-2 at half time. India lost in the penalty shootout after the game was tied at 11-11. The final Score was 15 -14 in favour of Norway. Once again, the Indian Team’s performance was praised by IHF as well as all the spectators in the Stadium at Lieria.
14. India’s performance in brief. In the Pool matches, India played extremely well against Romania and Netherlands. However, the team lost to Portugal in the league match due to erratic shooting by our players. The team played exceptionally well in the crossover match with Croatia.
For the 3rd and 4th place also, the team played their hearts out with Norway. In the first half, the Indian Team took a commanding lead of 6 goals. However, our main shooters could score only 3 goals in the second half as against 9 goals by Norway. Thus, India missed a World Championship Bronze Medal by the narrowest of margins. Hard Luck, India. Better Luck next time India.
Overall, the performance of the Indian Team was outstanding. A team that was hurriedly assembled in Sep 2022 and with practice of only about 15 days total, took part in two World Championships (at Cairo and in Portugal) and performed in an exemplary manner in both the Championships.
15. The contributions by our sponsors Phoenix Sports, INNER WHEEL, VENTURA SECURITIES and SHIVA GULVADY need special mention, as without their timely support, the Indian Team could not have participated in Portugal.
16. It is important to mention here that India’s stellar performance has been noticed by the IHF and future invitations to International Wheelchair Handball matches in 2023 are highly likely.
17. Photographs are in image gallery under " PORTUGAL AND EUROPEAN WHEELCHAIR HANDBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS"
"Phoenix Sports organised an Indoor Games Event of Table Tennis and Carrom for the Under privileged children at the Wildcamp Resort in Kasara. The resort, nestling in the lap of nature, provided an ideal setting for relaxing and playing. A total of 60 children along with parents/guardians travelled by 2
buses and reached the camp by lunch time. After the Indoor Games tournament was over, Mr Manjunath (Manager of the WildCamp Resort) organised some fun
events for all the children (special thanks to Manjunath!). An enthusiastic round of dancing concluded the day and was followed by dinner. The resort staff provided
exemplary service and catered well to such a large crowd of almost 90 persons. The next day kids made good use of the swimming pool before a late breakfast
and departure from the resort. Thanks to all PS volunteers for making this event a successful one"
All India Invitational Late Mrs. Premalata Badrinath Hatangadi Handball Cup-2019, exclusively for Special & Under-Privileged Children. Its an invitational all India handball tournament wherein the specially challenged children will play alongside the general category. A true idea of unified and integrated sports medium wherein national and local participants will vie for the honours.It will be played under the Aegis of Handball Federation of India ( HFI ) with the support from Sports Authority of Goa and Goa Handball Association, Organised by Phoenix Sports.
Venue: Benaulim Football Ground, Goa.
Date: 3rd May 2019 to 5th May 2019.
Triple Dhamaka Competition of Dance!!! Instrumental!!! Singing!!!
PRESENTING SPECIAL AND DIFFERENTLY ABLED CHILDREN
JOIN US IN THIS WORLD OF MUSIC & HARMONY
CARROM / TABLE-TENNIS / BADMINTON For Specially Challenged, Date: 28-09-2018.
Indian Gymkhana, Near Kings Circle Station,K. A. Subramaniam Road, Matunga, Mumbai – 400 019.Children Dear all Phoenix sports is holding their annual indoor games competition (carrom TT and badminton) for the special children on fri 28th sept from 1000 - 1500 hrs at the Indian Gymkhana Ltd club at Matunga opp SIES.
It is a first of its kind international handball tournament wherein the specially challenged children will play alongside the general category. A true idea of unified and integrated sports medium wherein international, national and local participants will vie for the honours.
International referees and accredited sports personalities will be the USP of this tournament. It will be played under the Aegis of Handball Federation of India ( HFI ).
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