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Onam 2008 was celeberated by the canberra malayalee community on september 20th. The event was well attended and included a traditional sadhya the most ambitious one so far. Nirmal Fernandez (Father of Anil Fernandez) managed to capture some moments from the days events. Here are the videos clippings.....


Small girls Thalapoli welcoming Mahabali


Thiruvathira kali.....
(Hema, Nancy, Niveditha, Preetha, Ria, Shahira, Shereen & Tina)
(Chore: & Cord: by Preetha & Sini)


Song: Thomson & Shanty's children


Malayalam Dance (Mele Muklin)
(Bhavna, Mereena, Parvathi & Rebeka)
(Chore: & Cord: by Sini)




Malayalam Dance (Medley)
(Aishwarya & Sasha) (Chore: & Cord: by Sini)


Song: Rebeka


Onakali
(Ajish, Binoji, Daniyal, Murali, Rohith, Ruben & Udayan)
(Chore: & Cord: by Udayan)



Song: Anil George


Malayalam Drama (Ashwin, Benson, Jobu, Kevin & Nithin)
(Concept: Braddon Theatres)


Vote of Thanks Anil Gopinath


Onam Sadhya

3 Teams
Kannur Sahakkal (Kasargod,Kannur,Wayanad,Kozhikode, Malapuram)

Thrissur Samskarika Nayakans (Thrissur,Palakkad,Ernakulam,Allapuzha )
Kottayam Achayans ( Idukki,Kottayam,Pathanamthitta, Kollam,Trivandrum)

Highlights
Dedicated Coach for each team
AFL Type sleeveless jerseys
12 matches per team over 9 weeks.
Match - best of 3 Games
2 matches per week , 1 team will play two matches.
Star players balanced irrespective of team guide.
20$ per player for entire series (includes jersey cost + Gulucosum/Naranga Vellam)


Timings ....
Nov 29th to Feb 7 th.
Christmas break Dec 21st to 10th Jan
Saturday Mornings 7 a.m
Waramanga



Registrations : cmsc.committee@gmail.com

CMSC

we managed to catch up with him before his departure from canberra to melbourne


part 1



part 2

Culmination of soccer series was celeberated on Aug 23rd at the residence of Anil Fernandez. A live band was organised by Manoj. Ramesh came down from Sydney with his heavy music equipments all provided at a free of cost to us.

The night also saw the sad farewell of mater cicil and saw some parting emotional speeches given by the attending members


click to view entire photo set

Played at the Stirling , Canberra College .

The tournament was organised by the CMCC committee of Anil K, Anil F and Sagar.


click to view entire photo set

Dear All,
Chaver Thomson scores the
only grand final goal, but chavers werent in luck and an
accidental self deflection ended up in their box and the match was
drawn. Samoothiris win the Inaugral 9 match Winter Series 3-2
(4 draws ). Rituals to follow at 'Toddy Nite'.

Thanks
.
Wrap up video (with sound):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzTcZ66FaTs

Although a lot of hands went
behind organising this, would like to especially thank

By sheer
coincidence although chavers had a better team on paper, the number of players
who could commit to 9 weeks wasnt looking good
after injuries. Thanks to Cicil
for his excellent coordination and ensuring that a full team was always
there which helped us a lot in travelling this far.Its going to be a great loss
to us when he leaves us. Also to Roshan for continuing
the team management job like a fish taking to water.


Santhosh for looking after the commuting arrangements of the sizeable 'Braddon
Boys' which again was vital in ensuring our
viability.


Stats

41
Goals

36 players played in
All played atleast 1 match.

5 wins , 4 draws
, 4 penalties


Awards

* Golden Boot -
Robin (12
goals in series)
* And by popular
nominations
o Best Player -
Rohith
o Best Defender - Anil
fernandez

* Awards will be presented at the onam community function this year.


Community
Soccer , Future
We would like to hand over the next years
soccer organising to Anil K, Anil F and Sagar. As we have seen with
cricket ,Rotation of organising and
captaincy responsibilities would ensure we gain wider acceptability in the years
to come.

As much as its important we rotate its equally important we
preserve the basic concepts behind our community events like kappa trophy ,
sports day,coconut trophy,winter series etc and use our creativity on making it
better as concepts only gain acceptability over years.


Accounts
Deficit : $70.00
TOtal Income :
$600.00 (30 x $20).
Total expense : $670.00

Casual Players only: If
you havent paid yet, pls let
me know if you are willing to pay $5
per game (max $10, meaning if u have played 3
games its still $10) and if you have taken jerseys pls pay addtional $10 for that so that we can
cover the deficit before closing accounts.


Whats Next
in concept creation...

* 2008-2009 Summer Beach Volley ball 7 match + final series
* Starts in December
* 3 teams
o Thrissur (Thrissur,Palakkad,Ernakulam
)
o Kollam (Idukki,Kottayam,Pathanamthitta, Kollam,Trivandrum
,Allapuzha)
o Kannur (Kasargod,Kannur,Wayanad,Kozhikode,
Malapuram).

* Star
Players to be balanced between teams irrespective of the team
guide.
* AFL type jerseys
* Season cost : $15-$20 includes jersey.


* Let Joshan
or Bijoy know if you would like to join organising
this.


Lessons we learnt..


Take a 2 week
break in between and publish dates early so that players can organise
family commitments around that.


One of our
biggest shortcomming has been not
being able to have drills and warm up
session and probably the reason why we had plenty of injuries.


Future
Suggestion: The ones who are interested can come 30 minutes earlier and go
through the joint drill +warm up run by someone senior like
Radhakrishnan Uncle etc
or technically sound generation next (Danny Williams
comes to mind) ..

We should try to avoid playing on the smaller fields as injuries rise while playing
here. A mistake on our part not to make all the 9 bookings together on field
8.

We landed upon the jersey colors blue and maroon by popular opinion,
but the good thing is these are also the colors that are easy to procure on demand as and whe n new players join, due to rugby season
being on at this time of the year. Pls try to preserve these colors for future
series jerseys.

We should
have published playing code which could have avoided some onfield
arguments eg: When foot rises about knee level to reach ball is it foul ? What
constitutes handball ? what is a foul throw ?



Finally a request to all non cricket playing members of the
playing group, pls try to come to the Annual AGM
next year so that we can elect organisers and discuss items and hear
views thats reflective of our broader sporting activities

AGM Poll Result
1. Of the options what kind of club would you like cmcc/cmsc to be
  a. Social
  b. Balance between social and being competitive as possible. (17)
  c. Purely competitive.

2. Should CMCC actively manage Kappa Soccer Trophy, Annual Sports Day, Winter Soccer series and other community sports events?
  a. Yes (8)
  b. No (9)
  
3. Should CMCC assume a wider role and be called CMSC.
  a. No Stay as CMCC
  b. Become CMSC.

4. If we are becoming CMSC, should CMSC manage Volley Ball
  a. Yes
  b. No

5. Annual Coconut Trophy with Sydney Malayalees cc.
  a. Hold it twice a year with each teams visiting each other. (11)
  b. Hold it once a year. (2)
  c. No I don’t want the team to participate in Coconut trophy. (3)
  Invalid (1)

6. Should we have life memberships in the club?
  a. Yes. (4)
  b. No. (12)
  No Response (1)

7. Should we have Casual Members in the club
  a. Yes (1)
  b. No (16)

8. Should we have elect committee members with specific roles (eg: treasurer,fixture secretary,social secretary)
  a. Yes (2)
  b. No. Let the elected members decide the roles between themselves. (14)
  No Response (1)

9. Should the committee be changed every year.
  a. Yes (12)
  b. No (meaning if an old committee member chooses, he may stand in the election at the AGM). (4)
  No Response (1)

10. What should the calendar year for the elected committee be.
  a. June to May (8)
  b. September to August. (3)
  No Response (5)
  Invalid (1)

11. Should a vice captain automatically become captain the next year.
  a. Yes (3)
  b. No (14)

12. Should the last year’s captain be allowed to stand in the election for the new captaincy post.
  a. Yes (16)
  b. No (1)

13. Where should net sessions be held?
  a. Central Location (Duffy) (6)
  b. Alternate between north (lyneham) and south locations. (10)
  Invalid (1)

14. Frequency of net sessions
  a. Every week. (13)
  b. Only during non match week. (2)
  No Response (2)

15. When should net session be held in in the months of sept,oct,april when the ground is wet in the morning
  a. Late morning after 9.30 a.m (4)
  b. After noons on Saturdays at 2.30 p.m. (4)
  Invalid (5)
  No Response (5)

16. Where matches should be played?
  a. Central Location Deakin/Duffy (4)
  b. Alternate between north (Lyneham) and south locations. (5)
  Invalid (4)
  No Response (4)

17. How many overs matches we should play
  a. 30 (4)
  b. 35 (10)
  c. 40 or more.
  No Response (3)

18. What type of beer should be sold at matches
  a. Premium. (9)
  b. Light. (3)
  No Response (3)
  Invalid(2)

19. What % discount should be given to students in relation to match fees.
  a. None (10)
  b. 50% (5)
  c. 25%
  No Response (2)

20. Can we write the voting results of the above points as the clubs initial constitution.
  a. Yes (8)
  b. No (7)
  No Response (2)

Dear All ,
Grand Final is here at last.
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To win the right to conduct the culturally significant "Toddy Nite" festival (Canberra
Malayalees very own Mamangam) , Samoothiris only need a draw in the
grand Final. If Chavers win , there will be a penalty shoot out to
decide the victor. The losers will have to graciously accept the
humiliation of going through the act of drinking "orange juice" served
either by the Vellathiri or the Samoothiri at the festival.

Alrite lets get to real stuff now.

Awards

* We will have three awards(Golden Boot,Best Player,Best Defender) to be presented at the Onam Community Celeberations in September.
* If you would like to
nominate a player for Best Player Award or Best Defender Award could
you pls send a nomination for respective categories via email to
Roshan,Sibu and Bijoy. The player with the maximum nominations wins the
awards.



Game Rules

* The match will be officiated by external referee Wayne Naidoo ( thanks to Binu for organising).
* Referees Decision is final and players are discouraged from raising objections.
* We would have "Red Cards" for the final as part of the game rules as we expect it to be a highly intense game.
* Teams will have to play with a player less for 15 mins if a "red card" is issued.
* As we have a external ref its important that each players wears jersey.
* Samoothiris only need a draw to win the series.
* If Chavers win, We
will have penalty shoot outs. During shoot outs only the shooter and
the goaley should be present in shoot out half . others pls wait at
half line.
* Pls try to be on time 3 p.m Field 5.



Catch you all at the Grand Final