Jityo, Ray Yee Memorial Cup!

 by Pahilo Jeet

New Westminster. March 13. Himalayan Soccer Club (HimSoc) beat Team India by 1:0 and lifted its first winning trophy of 2022 @ Ray Yee Memorial Soccer Tournament organized by Vancouver Tibetan Soccer Club. Yeti Rohan Adhikari who had scored hat-trick in Game-1 against Team Tibet, kicked the winning goal in the final game, tearing apart five Indian defenders, to gift HimSoc its Pahilo Cup of 2022. Rohan scored a total of four goals in the tournament and was awarded the Best Player of Ray Yee Memorial Soccer Tournament. Babaal kicker cha yaar, said one yeti! 

Rohan Adhikari kicking the winning goal

Rohan Adhikari: Best Player of Tournament

Danfe Ghar Aayo

By Chalise Kancha

Calgary, AB. September 5. Someone rightly said, "Life starts at 40!" There has not been any good news around for the last many months, Covid-19 has kicked us all apart...we have been talking only about Corona, Covid, mask, social-distancing, testing, vaccination, restrictions, lockdown...etc. So sad, boring and tragic. But today, during this pandemic time...it gives us immense pleasure to share a good news - WE WON DANFE CUP!  Our HIMSOC 40+ TEAM lifted the prestigious  Danfe Cup 2021(40+ Category) 

HIMSOC 40+ TEAM

Bimal Raj Puri (Capt)

Surendra Tamang(Keeper)

Binab Karmacharya

Lal Bahadur Baniya

Rupkazi Gurung

Biman Shrestha

Krishna Rana

PashupatiPaudel

Sharad Sherchan

Prem KC

Matrika Prasad Koirala

Tamendra Thapa

Amrit Banstola

Roshan Bimali 

Maukunda Adhikari

BiruMaharjan

Sekhar Neupane

Laxman Shrestha(Extra Keeper)

HIMSOC OPEN TEAM

Bikrant Singh Thapa(Capt)

Lorenzo D’Alessandro (Keeper)

PhurbaTenzing Sherpa

Phur Tenzin Sherpa

Bishal Tamang

Rohan Adhikari

Pramod Ghimire

Sajjan Karki

Riwaz Karki

Marshall Baral

Gaurav Shah

Neeraj Upreti

Shashin Hamal

Sagar Thapa

RabjorDawa

Roshan Rana

Kshitiz Adhikari*

Yonden Sherpa*

(*could not go)

A hearty congratulations and appreciation to all players for making all Vancouverites proud!

Bimal Raj Puri

Last but not the least, let us give a huge shout-out and appreciation to our yeti Bimal Raj Puri who worked tirelessly for many months along-side yeti Sharad Sherchan to bring #40+JoshAlive in our community, without their push & pull to bring the veterans together for a Sunday Game, this victory would not have been possible.

Hip Hip Hurray!

Jamghat and Danfe

by Futbal Premi
Vancouver and Calgary. September 3. Finally it happened. If someone didn`t know the background of these two sporting events, Jamghat & Danfe sounds like a name of two brothers lost in a village fair. LOL. Yeti`s trip to Calgary for Danfe Cup and Jamghat Sports in Vancouver happened on the same date! Kasto Juxeko? Danfe Cup is an annual sports tournament organized by Danfe Club in Calgary. Jamghat sports is a part of Pacific Northwest Nepali Jamghat picnic event hosted in turns by partner cities namely Seattle, WA, Portland, OR and Vancouver, BC. This year Nepal Cultural Society of British Columbia, Vancouver played the host.

 HimSoc @ Danfe, Calgary: Niraj Sunuwar, Pritam Sunwar, Bibek Adhikari, Vikrant Thapa, Saurav Vaidhya, Shasin Hamal, Shaurab Hamal, Riwaz Karki, Benjamin Neupane, Nawang Sherpa, Bimal Puri, Navin Dahal, Pawan Adhikari, Uttam Yarphel, Lobsang Rabgyal, Dipak Marahatta.

Saurav Vaidhya

Call it our A-Team or HimSoc Red Team, seventeen yetis made a trip and participated in Danfe Soccer Tournament held in Calgary among ten strong soccer teams. HimSoc won the first game with 3-2 against Himalayan Patriots, Edmonton. In the second game, HimSoc lost to Danfe Club, Calgary 3-2 in a close fought battle. 

Nevertheless, we have two feathers in our hat. First, our very own himsoc striker yeti Saurav Vaidhya clinched the highest scorer trophy of the tournament by netting 4 goals in two games. Second, our team won the Fair Play award. 

HimSoc Blue @ Janghat: Biju Tamrakar, Binod Marahatta, Biru Maharjan, Jeevan Malla, Khelen Upadhaya, Prem KC, Rabjor Dawa, Tenzing Sherpa, Rajib Paudel, Roshan Bimali, Sharad Sherchan, Suraj Shrestha, Sushil Nepal, Tashi, Tenzing, Vikas Lama

In Vancouver, Jamghat event was held in a picturesque Ambleside Park in West Vancouver. For the first time, our Himalayan Sporting Club, Victoria brothers ferried early in the morning with their ever glowing enthusiasm to play and participate in Jamghat sports. This year we had four teams competing for soccer and six teams for volleyball, two each from Vancouver and Seattle, one each from Portland and Victoria. In one group, HimSoc Blue Team beat Portland in an impressive game by HimSoc`s B-Team to reach the finals. In the other group, Seattle reached finals beating Victoria in a close match. 

Goalie: Baabu Bikash Malla

In the final game which lasted for 70 minutes, Seattle FC proved too good for Vancouver and emerged Jamghat Champions with a huge score! HimSocs veteran defenders worked like well oiled machines but their hardwork was outplayed by young agile Seattle players with their super fast moves and accurate passes which almost looked like highly programmed computerized robots let loose in the field. Had not been countless classic saves by our goalie Baabu Bikash Malla, the score would have climbed higher and higher and reached Mt. Everest. LOL.  

BC Nepali Sports 2016

by Pahilo Khelkud
August 20. Surrey. For the first time, the Nepalese community of Beautiful British Columbia witnessed a day full of sports, fun and friendship. The much needed and long cherished sports event was jointly organized by team NCSBC^HIMSOC. Our friends from Victoria came all the way from the Island and participated in all the games and made the event glitter like gold.

North West Jityo

by Glorious Yetis
June 11-12. New Westminster. Today the yetis of Himalayan Soccer Club of Vancouver lifted the North West Soccer Tournament Cup organized by Tibetan community friends from Metro Vancouver. In a two day grueling tournament held between five participating teams namely Vancouver Tibetan Football Club, Vancouver Ever Green (Tibetan Team), Himalayan Soccer Club of Vancouver, SEA Mastiff from Seattle, WA and Portland Tsampa, ORE. Yeti Kalden Sherpa with his seasoned captaining skills and leadership built a sweet dream team and guided the yetis to Shangrila, where the young yetis played like super young Peles and the senior yetis played like young Messis, forging the yeti spirit of mysterious passes and kicks. Hats-off to our savior goal keeper yeti Jeevan Dhungel who was awarded the -Most Valuable Player- of NW Soccer Tournament for his game changer crucial block! 

North West Soccer Tournament Winning Team-2016

Rockstars of North West Soccer Tournament

Most Valuable Player
yeti Jeevan Dhungel

Adrian Pradhan Rockz Van

by Nepali Ho Fan
May 3. Burnaby. Rockstar Adrian Pradhan of 1974 AD Band, who gave super-hit numbers like Nepali Ho, Sambhodan rocked Vancouverites with his mesmerizing voice and fantastic strumming skills. Accompanied by hand-picked percussionist from Calgary, Prajwol Basnet, the duo provided the concert punch which will last for quite sometime with yetis and friends.

Hi Yetis

2016 Season Rockstars

by Clicking Bhanich

Vancouver. April 10. Second Sunday of the season brought all the regular and irregular yetis out to kick in the warm spring sunshine. As the yetis gear to host Nepali rock-star Adrian Pradhan @ HimNite 2016 in few weeks, these yetis seem to enjoy the kick and each one of them looked like Real Rockstars!