The 29th ANA Convention 2011 officially started on July 1, 2011 in Washington DC with participants from all around the country. The first day of the convention had events like formal inauguration, kids’ camp, poetry festival, talent show along with soccer and basketball matches.

Dallas Gurkhas vs Virginia

Dallas Gurkhas played their first game against Virginia winning by 1-0. Team captain Rajendra Thapa scored the first and only goal with a beautiful free-kick around 7 minutes of the game.

Upcoming Matches

Dallas Gurkhas will be playing against Baltimore today (Saturday) at 11 am. If they win they will be playing against New York at 6:30 pm today.

Basketball

TexasNepal basketball team have reached semi-final. More on their progress will be updated later.

Dallas Gurkhas Players Lineup

Goal Keeper: G One Thapa, Komal Bhandari

Players:

Niranjan KC, Adur Mainali, Susil Shrestha, Pramoj Adhikari, Rajendra Thapa, Nahush Acharya, Sumiran Sapkota, Ayush Man Singh, Bibesh Shrestha, Kamal Chhantyal, Niraj Thapa, John Pradhan, Biraj Basnet, Roshan Devkota, Sajan Bikram Singh, Umesh Pandey, Suresh Timilsina, Nabaraj Shrestha, Arjun Giri

Coach : Anush Adhikari

Below are some photos and video highlights from Day 1 of ANA Convention 2011.

Video Highlights