FIDELIS FERNANDES ELECTED KIFF PRESIDENT FOR 5th
CONSECUTIVE TERM
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| The old Managing Committee for 2012-13 Season |
On the eve of
its 30th Anniversary, Kuwait Indian Football Federation Kuwait (KIFF)
held their Annual General Body Meeting on 23rd August 2013 at the
Royale Terrace Hall Salmiya and Mr. Fidelis Fernandes was elected unopposed as
the President for season 2013-2014. This is the 5th consecutive term
for Mr. Fidelis Fernandes as the President of KIFF and once again the members
of the federation unanimously reaffirmed its trust in Mr. Fernandes to carry
out its activities successfully among the Indian Expatriate community in the
State of Kuwait. The house also elected unopposed Mr. Derrick Gomindes as its
Vice-President and Mr. Kevin Vaz as the Sports Secretary for the 2nd
consecutive term respectively. In addition the members also elected Mr. Shyam
Kumar as the Treasurer, Mr. Agnelo D’Cunha as the General Secretary and Mr. Joe
Pereira, Mr. Salvador Dias, Mr. Domnick Pereira and Mr. Joseph Gomes as
Executive Members of the Managing Committee of KIFF for season 2013-2014. The
elections were supervised by KIFF’s founder member Mr. V.K. Vohra .
The house also
elected Mr. Xavier Furtado and Amaldo Fernandes as Auditors. The Advisory Committee
members are Mr. V.K. Vohra, Mr. Raymond D’Sa, Mr. Lawrence Pinto and Mr. Tony
Corriea. The Technical Committee comprises of Mr. Demin D’Cruz, Mr. Lawrence
Pinto, Mr. Raymond D’Sa and Mr. Milagres Pereira. All the elected members are
affiliated to KIFF registered affiliates for the season 2013-2014.
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| New Managing Committee for 2013-14 season |
The Federation
has 16 registered affiliates for season 2013-2014 comprising of AVC Overseas
Sports and Cultural Association Kuwait (AVC), Curtorcares United, DHL Football
Club (DHL), Don Bosco Oratory (DBO), F.C Sparx , Goan Overseas Association
Kuwait (Goa Maroons), Indian Strikers Football Club, Kerala Challengers, Kuwait
Goan Association (KGA), Malabar United, Real Betalbatim Football Club, Santos
United, Skynet Raiders, , United Friends Club (UFC), United Goan Center (UG),
YRC Rising Stars.
Kuwait Indian
Football Federation (KIFF) is registered with Indian Embassy in Kuwait and the
only Indian expatriate federation in the entire Middle East region which has
registered players of Indian nationality on its rooster and following most of
the FIFA laws of the game and supplemented by some of its own to make the sport
exciting.
It has been
informed at the AGM that the new season of 2013-2014 will tentatively start in
the month of September 2013 and the exact dates; format and venue will be
announced in due course.
Report by: Xavier Furtado
Pics by: Julio Cardoso
