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Environment Wins Eco-Football Match 2010
Eco-Football Match 2010 held between Green Team (Celebrities, Public figure and Artists) Vs Environment Team (Environmentalists, Entrepreneurs and Policy makers) on the occasion of World Environment Day 5th June was won by Environment Team on penalty shoot out after the match ended in 1-1 draw at full time. The defending champion Green team was captained by Yogeshwor Amatya and Environment team was captained by Pankaj K.C.
The event started with the musical parade of schools followed by national anthem which was lead by Pradeep Kumar Rai (Byakul Maila), the composer of the national anthem. Celebrities and artists like Yogeshwor Amatya, Badri Pangeni, Swapnil Sharma, Bharat Sitaula, Ram Chandra Kafle, Sheetal Moktan expressed there concerned for changing climate and burning environmental issues along with Pushkar Shah, a renowned cyclist who recently scaled Mt. Everest. The chief guest of the programme, a renowned marathon athlete of Nepal, Baikuntha Manandhar expressed his concerns for deteriorating environment of Kathmandu and urged people to join hand to improve the condition. The plant and jute bag was given as gift to the players prior to kick off the match. The match officially started with handing of ball to the match officials by the chief guest.
In a very competitive match, Green team took the lead with the first half strike from Badri Pangeni. Both team showed attacking display of game missing number of chances in both halves. Environment team equalized in second half with the goal from Sukant Adhikari. Green team created more chances in second half with number of chances brilliantly saved by goalkeeper Manik Ratna Shakya. After 1-1 draw in full time there could be no further goal in 10 minutes of added time. The match went to tie breaker on which Environment team won by 4-3.
The winning trophy was presented by the chief guest. The best player was awarded to Mani Ratna Shakya for Environment team and Swapnil Sharma for the Green team. During the match there were around thousand spectators. Celebrities, artists, environmentalists, media person, policy makers and entrepreneurs flowed the message about climate change and to join hands to save the environment through there songs and speech to all the spectators during the match.
The theme of the event was “Goal Against Climate Change” and every goal scored was against the climate change. On top of that, the most awaiting World Cup Football is on the way and it is the best time to draw the attention to appeal for a trend of climate friendly World Cup Football, a huge event. The memorandum urging for climate friendly World Cup Football signed by both Green and Environment team would be send to South Africa’s High Commission.
The event was organized by NYCA and CEN as a continuation of Eco-Football match 2009. The event was supported by WWF, UN Habitat, VSBK, ECCA, Guthi, CANN, Ekta Publication, Red Cross (Tri-Chandra Campus), ECI, Bank of Asia, Viswa Niketan Science Campus, Sankata club, Innovation for Awareness and Bridgewater Int’l College. The event was promoted by Nepal Tourism Board. This event was highly successful in bringing the policy makers, entrepreneurs, environmentalists, artists, and celebrities, media personnel together in the same platform to raise the voice of concern for our climate and environment and the well being here within.
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Eco-Football Match 2010 held between Green Team (Celebrities, Public figure and Artists) Vs Environment Team (Environmentalists, Entrepreneurs and Policy makers) on the occasion of World Environment Day 5th June was won by Environment Team on penalty shoot out after the match ended in 1-1 draw at full time. The defending champion Green team was captained by Yogeshwor Amatya and Environment team was captained by Pankaj K.C.The event started with the musical parade of schools followed by national anthem which was lead by Pradeep Kumar Rai (Byakul Maila), the composer of the national anthem. Celebrities and artists like Yogeshwor Amatya, Badri Pangeni, Swapnil Sharma, Bharat Sitaula, Ram Chandra Kafle, Sheetal Moktan expressed there concerned for changing climate and burning environmental issues along with Pushkar Shah, a renowned cyclist who recently scaled Mt. Everest. The chief guest of the programme, a renowned marathon athlete of Nepal, Baikuntha Manandhar expressed his concerns for deteriorating environment of Kathmandu and urged people to join hand to improve the condition. The plant and jute bag was given as gift to the players prior to kick off the match. The match officially started with handing of ball to the match officials by the chief guest.
In a very competitive match, Green team took the lead with the first half strike from Badri Pangeni. Both team showed attacking display of game missing number of chances in both halves. Environment team equalized in second half with the goal from Sukant Adhikari. Green team created more chances in second half with number of chances brilliantly saved by goalkeeper Manik Ratna Shakya. After 1-1 draw in full time there could be no further goal in 10 minutes of added time. The match went to tie breaker on which Environment team won by 4-3.
The winning trophy was presented by the chief guest. The best player was awarded to Mani Ratna Shakya for Environment team and Swapnil Sharma for the Green team. During the match there were around thousand spectators. Celebrities, artists, environmentalists, media person, policy makers and entrepreneurs flowed the message about climate change and to join hands to save the environment through there songs and speech to all the spectators during the match.
The theme of the event was “Goal Against Climate Change” and every goal scored was against the climate change. On top of that, the most awaiting World Cup Football is on the way and it is the best time to draw the attention to appeal for a trend of climate friendly World Cup Football, a huge event. The memorandum urging for climate friendly World Cup Football signed by both Green and Environment team would be send to South Africa’s High Commission.
The event was organized by NYCA and CEN as a continuation of Eco-Football match 2009. The event was supported by WWF, UN Habitat, VSBK, ECCA, Guthi, CANN, Ekta Publication, Red Cross (Tri-Chandra Campus), ECI, Bank of Asia, Viswa Niketan Science Campus, Sankata club, Innovation for Awareness and Bridgewater Int’l College. The event was promoted by Nepal Tourism Board. This event was highly successful in bringing the policy makers, entrepreneurs, environmentalists, artists, and celebrities, media personnel together in the same platform to raise the voice of concern for our climate and environment and the well being here within.
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