“It’s a great joy to see that a culture of Marathon is developing in Goa, especially in rural areas and El Shaddai charitable Trust has taken a further step to conduct a marathon for a noble cause,” — Shri Govind Gaude, Sports Minister expressed his joy while he was present for Goa Marathon 2023 at Goa University grounds on 12th February 2023 as the Chief Guest.
The 10th Edition of the Goa Marathon was organised by the El Shaddai Charitable trust in association with Goa Athletic Association, this year, with the motive “Home for Homeless, hope for hopeless,” a motto to raise funds for the underprivileged children on the streets, in slums and those who are in need of dire care.
The Run flagged off at 6:00 am from Goa University ground and moved towards GMC and then to Miramar circle and back. The other runs followed were 10 km, a school run for Under-14 and Under-16 boys and girls and a 5 km run in various categories. Participants from various parts of the country and other countries participated in the marathon.
While addressing the gathering of an estimated 2500 plus runners and spectators which included the IG of Goa Omvir Singh, SP Nidhin Valsan and other VIPs of various corporates and teams, Mr Govind Gaude, the sports Minister who was the chief guest for the day expressed his deep joy in seeing such huge turnout of participants for the noble cause for which the Goa Marathon 2023 was organised.
He then further said “ it is a great joy to see that the culture of Marathons is developing in Goa. This is exactly what Prime Minster Narendra Modi is trying to promote through the Fit India movement. Moreover, rural areas of Goa too are promoting such culture, which is a good thing. Goa Marathon is one of the first Marathons to be held in Goa and this is the 10th edition we are witnessing. El Shaddai Charitable trust has taken a further step by conducting this marathon for a noble cause to raise funds for underprivileged children.”
Mr Matthew Kurien, the co-founder of El Shaddai Charitable Trust thanked the Chief Guest and sponsors for supporting the Goa Marathon and all the participants for making it a wonderful and huge success.
The whole event concluded with prize distribution for the winners in various categories at the hands of dignitaries present for the day.
