>From: Matarr Amadou Sallah <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: SOLDIER TOWN >Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2004 02:01:49 +0100 > >---------------------- Information from the mail header >----------------------- >Sender: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list > <[log in to unmask]> >Poster: Matarr Amadou Sallah <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: SOLDIER TOWN >------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Oko; >thanks for the fateleku > >Here i will try to name a few of the soldier town ndongos. >The guys were : Chana doh, Sarani Mbye,Chekeh, Jodi Ampa, the late Kebba >Daffeh (Kebba XI ) ,Father Kek,Banjoko, Daniboy, Neneh Ndow (the well known >dock worker), Belie Chorr,Pierre Fraser, Wal jojoh Njie, Dod Samba Yembeh >just to name a few. > >Do you guys remember the late Amat Dimba. I remember once at a Zone 2 >football match he was very drunk and some guys confronted him wondering how >he can be so drunk under the hot sun. >the only reply he gave them was that the day he die let them be rest >assured that the cause of death is Caana. May his soul rest in peace. > >There were also some ladies like Ebbie Coker, Mariama Joni joni, Bin rankin >and of course the super star Nyima Nding commonly known as mrs. Jawara. > >oko, you mentioned Joe Cates and his contributions But you seem to forget >about two people who contributed a lot namely Anthon Black Star and Tapha >John( may they R.I.P.) > >habib, There were lots of Baal Puserr in soldier town especially along >spalding street and Spalding Curve (tally 8) >almost all the football teams were from soldier town. > >The official first division teams from soldier town were >Benson and Hedges (real de banjul) >Augustinians >Fantoms >Adonis >Arranse >Freezings > >official Second divisions >Kebba XI managed by the late Kebba Daffeh (the cripple) R.I.P >Benfica managed by Ebou Njie (Pesseh9 >Ndaanan managed by Frederick Blell >Starlight >A.C. Milan managed by Yuti > >The other unofficial teams were >W.W.w. managed by Pesseh >A.S Karl managed by Ousainou sowe of Rankin st. > >There was also : >A boxing center managed by Aday Fowlis >And the weight lifting center at Spalding street run by Lui( later become a >muslim called Abdoulie) >soldier town was very rich in terms of culture >You have the Nigerian and sierra leonean who came with activities such as >Pakin >Fairy >Huntin >Gesseh_- which was introduced by the late Sgt. Kargbo and his Yankolma >group. >There were two Kumpo group. One from Kassa and other from Foni >the malian society under the leadership of the late Alh. Giri gara Njie >presented their fatou Jamana > >the wrestling headquarters was at albion place at the compound of Alh. Cham >Joof >I remember when Double Less first came to Gambia by then he was called >NJOL. >he was the for one season and then later he left for Dakar where he got som >training become a champion in senegal and after some years he became >African >Champion. > >Oko your brother Pindo even after his football career contributed a lot >with >his team the Invincible Teenagers Club (ITC) He produced very young and >talented players. > >I will continue on this topic and Taati Park > >Matarr > >_________________________________________________________________ >Hotmail snakker ditt språk! >http://www.hotmail.msn.com/cgi-bin/sbox?rru=dasp/lang.asp - Få Hotmail på >norsk i dag > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: >http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/CGI/wa.exe?S1=gambia-l >To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: >[log in to unmask] > >To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L >Web interface >at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ _________________________________________________________________ Last ned nye MSN Messenger 6.1 gratis http://www.msn.no/computing/messenger - Den raskeste veien mellom deg og dine venner ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/CGI/wa.exe?S1=gambia-l To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~