Local Golf:

David Walker Memorial: Gale Force 10 winds and rain, and yet 22 golfers turned up at the Crete Golf Club in Hersonissos to play in a tournament in memory of David Walker, a resident of Istron, who passed away June 2. David’s parents flew in from England for the memorial, which started at the seventh hole (David’s favourite) where a wooden bench was erected in his memory. Neils Bogstad of Bathi, the organizer of the tournament, said that it was not a day of sorrow but a day to enjoy. An awards dinner followed the tournament, which was attended by 80 people. Harry Zervos, general manager of the Crete Golf Club, presented the trophies to the winner of the tournament, George Gennarakis of Heraklion, with second place going to Sandra Fowle of Kalo Horio. The tournament and dinner raised 1.700 euros, which went for cancer research.

Local Football:
Aris (Gournes) 1 v Arkadia 1:

The first half belonged to Aris who was doing all the attacking with a very strong wind behind them and went close to goal with a few shots. During the second half, gale force winds made playing very difficult, and Arkadia did most of the attacking with Aris making rare breaks at goal. In the 55^th minute a goalmouth scramble enabled Arkadia’s No. 4, Manoli Alexaki, to score with a low drive. This spurred Aris on and they started to keep the ball on the ground and in the 65^th minute No 6, Yiannis Cornilakis, equalized. The referee blew for time with what appeared to be ten minutes left to play, and despite protests from the players, the officials insisted his watch was correct.

Diagoras (Anopoli) 1 v Pigasos 0:

Diagoras, facing a very strong wind, played some good football and had a couple of close shots at goal. Pigasos were awarded a very dubious penalty but a great save by Diagoras goalkeeper, Pavlos Agrimanis, kept them in the game. In the second half, with the wind behind them, Diagoras eventually broke the deadlock in the 65^th minute with a superb goal from 35 yards from George Delistathis. With the Diagoras captain, Manolis Markakis, organizing the defense well, Diagoras kept up the attacking play. However, Pigasos never gave up and had another good shot at goal which was brilliantly saved by George Delistathis which, in our view, made him ‘Man of the Match’.

Martial Arts: The Ikaros Athletic Association of Kato Gouves made an excellent showing at the 2007 Shito-Ryu, Shuko and Karate Do World Cup Competition which was held at the TEI closed Gymnasium in Iraklion. 

Evangelia Daskalaki, 14, receives bronze medal
for 3^rd place finish in open category

Participating countries were: Greece, England, France, Germany, Austria, Italy, Czech Republic, Wales, Syria, Botswana, Slovakia, Japan, India, Nigeria, Albania and Nepal.

Ikaros’ trainer Emmanuel Amaryiotakis said he was proud of his students, as 21 entries from the association were awarded 17 medals. The recipients are: Panayiota Amaryiotaki, 3^rd in the 2000-01 category; Evangelia Daskalaki, 3^rd in Kato 12-13 age group & 3^rd in Open; Yiannis Tsolakis, 1^st in c.2000(-30k); Stelios Haniotakis, 2^nd in c. 2000(-30k); Mihalis Stefanakis, 1^st in c.1998(-35k); Thanasis Anagnostakis, 1^st in c.2000; Kostas Ksilouris, 3^rd in c.2000; Promitheas Trifinopoulos, 1^st in c.Kumite 6 age group; Ithomeneas Assaryiotakis, 3^rd in c.1996-97(+45k); Vasilis Kostaras, 3^rd in Kata 10-11 age group; Myron Harkoutsakis, 2^nd in Kumite 10-11 age group; Nikitas Haniotakis, 3^rd in Kata 14-15 age group; Manolis Papadakis, 3^rd in Kata 12-13 age group; Polithefkis Liapakis, 2^nd in Kumite 8 age group; Ioanna Daskalaki 2^nd in Kumite 10-11 age group; and Evangelia Panayiotaki, 3^rd in Kumite 8-10 age group. 

On December 1, the Pan Cretan Competition Matches of the Colored Belts will be held at the closed gymnasium Dias in Pano Archanes, from 9am – 4pm. Ten Cretan associations will participate.

Ice Hockey:  After nine years out of the ice hockey World Championships, the Greek National Ice Hockey team is back. They will take part in a qualifying tournament in Sarajevo in February 2008 with Bosnia-Herzegovina and Armenia, ahead of the World Championship Division III Tournament in Luxembourg. Despite not having a skating rink (the last one closed in 2003) Greece persuaded the International Ice Hockey Federation that the Greek team is still alive and active. The team will head to an ice rink in the Czech Republic to train.

Mediterranean Games: The Greek cities of Volos and Larissa have been given the Mediterranean Games for 2013, and the 2009 games will be held in Pescara, Italy. At present, 21 countries will participate at the games, which are named the ‘Mediterranean Olympics’.

Sports to watch in December:

December 2: Football. OFI v Iraklis at 15.00.

December 11: Football, Champions League, Olympiakos v Werder Bremen at 21.45.

December 23. Football. OFI v Aris Salonika at 15.00.

Local Football:

December 1: Gouves - Anthestion

December 2: Α.Ε.Κ. – Rouvas

December 9: Diagoras - Koroivos at 11.00

December 15: Α.Ε.Κ. - Zaros

December 16: Aris Gournon – Pigasos at 11.00

December 29: Gouves - Androgeas

December30: Α.Ε.Κ. - Ethnikos

All matches at 15.00 unless stated otherwise.

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