Dear Members,

GAA is doing a "Books Drive" to support RUKMENI PUSTAKALAYA , situated in Chipri Daha, Rukum.

Any books (old text books, novels - english, nepali, comics, reference books) you can donate, would be valuable asset to the library.

Please drop your books at the GAA office in Thamel before Saturday 26, October 2008 and we will deliver it to the library.

We look forward to your support.

Hope you have a very colorful and enjoyable TIHAR.

GAA Family

Dear Members,

As you must all be aware by now that the moderator of GAA Fr Greg Sharkey has been recalled by the Nepal Jesuit Society to give his full time to the Human Resource Development Centre in Sanepa. The Regional Superior Fr. Lawrence Maniyar has also informed us that for the moment the NJS does not have the resources to send anyone to GAA at the moment.

In light of this and the general view amongst members that operations of the GAA must be professionalized for its further development, the current GAA Board and the Executive Committee formed a Restructuring Advisory Committee which has proposed that the Constitution of the GAA must be amended to facilitate ways in which to make the day to day operations of the Association more professional.

On 31st August, a clothes drive followed by a concert by the popular band KUTUMBA was held at GAA in the aid of the flood victims. The event jointly organised by Youth Initiative, WOREC and Kutumba was supported by GAA among many other organisations.

Approximately Rs. 1 Lakh in ticket sales and contribution and a total of 650kgs of clothes was collected.

This year's tournament was sponsored by FedEx. Nine teams had participated- Snow Leopards, Rato Bangala Club, Malpi International, Niten Memorial School, Orient College, Valley Public School, Golden Gate Club, Ace Flyers and GAA. Winners of the 3rd Fr. Watrin's RIBS did not participate.

Snow Leopards Bagged the trophy beating Rato Bangala in the Finals. Janice Kosman was declared the Most Valuable Player of the tournament. Mr. Mahendra Man Sakya, '77, General Secretary of NeBA, former President of GAA, was the Chief Guest of this year's tournament.

This year's tournament was held from August 24- August 30, 2008.

GoldenGate 'A' and Snow Leopard won the men's and women's title of the First Father Donnelly 3 on 3 Open Basketball Tournament at the GAA Hall on Saturday. GoldenGate 'A' lifted the men's title defeating GoldenGate 'B' 21-15, 21-13, 21-17 and Snow Leopard clinched the women's title beating strong favorite Rato Bangala 21-17, 21-2. Paresh Shrestha opened the scoring for GoldenGate 'A' trailing by a huge 9-0 margin. The opener put the team back on track, as it quickly went well ahead of its opponent with a three-pointer and a couple of two-pointers from Rabindra Maharjan.

GoldenGate 'B', reputed for its resolute defending had trouble containing Rabindra Maharjan and went on conceding easily against him thus giving away a game that could easily had gone its way.

It was double delight for Golden Gate College as both its teams advanced to final of the ongoing Fr. Donnelly Open 3-on-3 Basketball Championship winning their respective semifinals on Friday.

Golden Gate A secured an easy 21-7, 21-5, 21-15 win over ABCW while Golden Gate B had to struggle hard to earn a 21-14, 17-21, 10-21, 21-7, 21-15 over Kathmandudes.

Beating ABCW was a cake walk for Golden Gate A, which kept its cool showing the same virtues that won it the previous matches. Rabindra Maharjan and Bipendra Maharjan gave a tough time to their opponents converting almost all their attempts.

GoldenGate rode on Bipendra Maharjan's 17 points to see off spirited Prime College 'B' 21-15, 21-13 on the second day of the First Father Donnelly 3 on 3 Basketball Championship at the GAA Hall on Thursday.

Kathmandudes enjoyed a 21-16, 21-11 win over Generation with Grady Walker and Rabin Khatri's 19 and 11 points respectively.

Free Tibet, one of the four teams of host GAA, failed to live up to the expectation of its enthusiastic supporters, going down 21-14, 21-19 at the hands of EECC.

Prime 'A' gave its 'B' team something to cheer about after its bitter defeat, securing a 21-8, 21-11 win over Intensive College.

Prime was six points clear of its opponent in the initial stages of the first round with Ravi Giri and Rohit Lama giving their best. The experienced GoldenGate was in disarray falling behind against a much younger side.

The 1st Fr Donnelly Open Level Men's and Women's Basketball Tournament is to start on 16 July, 2008. 24 men's team and 10 women's teams have registered. All matches will be held at the GAA hall.

The finals will be on Saturday 19 July, 2008. Fr Donnelly will give away the medals and cash prize.

Click on the respective title to download the tiesheet:
1st Fr. Donnelly 3 on 3 Men’s Open Basketball Tournament 2008
1st Fr. Donnelly 3 on 3 Women’s Open Basketball Tournament 2008

The GAA is organizing the 1st Fr. Donnelly 3 on 3 Men’s and Women’s Open Basketball Tournament from 16-19 July 2008. The last date of registration is on  13 July, 2008. The purpose of doing this tournament in the name of the ailing Fr James J Donnelly is to recognize his contribution to sports and towards his zeal to achieving excellence.

The concept of 3 on 3 tournament comes from what is known as “street basketball” played around the world. The pace of the game is faster than regular games and can be played in a half court with three players per team which is one of the reasons behind its popularity.

Paragon Public School bagged the Aishwarya Shield for the second consecutive year in 33rd Inter High School & 17th Inter Primary School English Spelling Contest both in secondary and primary category, final held today at G.A.A. Hall Thamel.

35 schools of the valley had participated in the contest. Alliance Academy and Skylark English School secured second and third position respectively in the High School Category.

In Primary School Category, Skylark English School and GEMS School secured second and third position respectively.

Chief Guest Fr. James J. Donnely handed away Shields and medals to the winning team.

Godavari Alumni Association has been organizing this event for the past 33 years. Primary level contest is running its 17 years.