Dear GBNC Members, We would like to extend our thanks to everyone who attended GBNC BBQ/Sports Day last Monday. We also want to congratulate the winners of the different sporting events that were held throughout the day. We are extremely pleased with the level of support and participation we received from our community for this event. We look forward to bringing more exciting programs to you. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A. First GBNC 5K Run ===================== We had 16 "Dhawoks" (12 gents and 4 ladies) lined up for this race at 10:00 AM on Monday morning on the Charles River Espalande. The top three finishers of this event were: 1. Santosh Karmacharya - Official Time 14 minutes 40 seconds - GBNC Record 2. Prajwal Karmacharya 3. Sagun Shakya Niru Aryal came first amongst the ladies. We collected $80 from the event. We will be contributing the whole amount to Help Nepal Foundation. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------B. 5 A Side Soccer ==================== We had six teams registered for this event. The teams were divided into 2 pools of 3 teams each. The winner from each pool advanced to the finals. Participating Teams: 1. Allston-Brighton (Captain/Manager - Surya Thapa) 2. Somerville I (Captain/Manager - Sanjeev Sainju) 3. Somerville II (Captain/Manager - Binay Jung Pandey) 4. Somerville III (Captain/Manager - Kumar Garbuja) 5. All Other Areas (Captain/Manager - Bik Yonjan) 6. Bridgeport, CT (Captain/Manager - Durga Sharma) Finalists: Somerville I vs. Bridgeport, CT Winner : Bridgeport, CT --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Our special thanks to the following individuals for supporting us: Bik Yonjan, Surya Thapa, Subarna Basnet, Prakash Shrestha (For sponsoring Subway Sandwich to the soccer players), Deepti Bhattrai, Niraj Gorkhali, Jeetendra Yadav, Anil Shrestha, Bidyananda Sharma, Sambharant Sharma,Baivad Sharma, Christina Adhikari, Dibesh Karmacharya, Bhoj Sigdel, and Nirmal Nepal. Thanks to Mabi Singh Dai for all his help in organizing BBQ event. GBNC Executive Committee also would like to extend sincere apology to those egetarian individuals for whom we could not provide many vegetarian items in our BBQ. Your GBNC Executive Group