The Journey So Far

RC Porvorim is a very vibrant Club with 50 active and enthusiastic members. Anns and Annets are actively involved in Club activities by sharing and shouldering responsibilities to fulfil the Rotary motto of “Service above Self “.

With Club activities on fellowship and family get-togethers—we are truly a cohesive family of 168 members which includes Rotarians, Anns and Annets coming from different walks of life and professions, but having a common objective of giving back to the society.The journey of RC Porvorim has all the elements of excitement and pressures of a 50-over World Cup Cricket match. The Club started with a bang in the initial years with lots of activities including family get-togethers and outings. In the middle, there was a lull with quite a bit of churning of members. Then, with the infusion of new youthful members who brought in fresh ideas and their enthusiasm, propelled the Club into a higher trajectory of community activities, family bonding and growth.

The Club’s first magazine was called PARROT (PARvari ROTarians) –– brought out in 1997-98 on quarterly basis. The name of the magazine subsequently changed to REFLECTION, from 2008. However, this magazine had not been consistently published thereafter, with only one or two issues being released in a year. The year 2014-15 has been the first year where “Reflection“ was consistently published every month, highlighting all the club activities along with other useful information.

The first Club meetings were held at the then Hotel Cajueiro on NH 17 (near Honda showroom). Subsequently, the meeting used to take place at the Angels Resorts. Thereafter, at Rtn. Dean D’Cruz’s office complex in the Defence Colony. Then the Club met at Hotel Majestic till its change of ownership. For a brief period of one year, the Club meetings were also held at Hotel Orion. At present we meet at Club Estadia at PDA Colony.It is interesting to know that the annual fee of the club in 1997-98 was Rs. 1,700/- The current annual membership fee being Rs. 14,000/- to meet the expenses and increase in costs over the years.

The Club won the first leg of District Cricket Tournament and went on to play the finals in Kolhapur during the year 2001-02 under the captaincy of Rtn. Sandesh Parrikar.

  • In year 2002-03-our Rtn. Amit Majumdar won Chess Tournament at the All Goa Rotary Sports Meet.
  • In the year 2011-12, four Rotarians — Rtn. Harihar Phadke, Rtn. Anil Palekar, Rtn. Osmond Lobo and Rtn. Uday Sahasrabudhe attended The Rotary International Conference at Bangkok.
  • During the year 2011-12, the Club hosted the District Polio Meet along with RC Panjim Riviera.
Leadres Presidents Secretaries Treasurers
1997-98
Rtn. Sadanand Sawant
Rtn. Ravi Gupta
Rtn. Anil Palekar
1998-99
Rtn. Subhash Gulati
Rtn. Anuj Kumar
Rtn. Anil Palekar
1999-00
Rtn. Cesar Costa
Rtn. Lavina Fernandes
Rtn. Hrishikesh Kamat
2000-01
Rtn. Ravi Gupta
Rtn. Hrishikesh Kamat
Rtn. Celine Cordeiro
2001-02
Rtn. Anil V. Palekar
Rtn. K.V.S. Krishna Kumar
Rtn. Benedict D’Costa
2002-03
Rtn. Lavina Fernandes
Rtn. Srivallabh Sardessai
Rtn. Dharmraj Bhonsle
2003-04
Rtn. K.V.S Krishna Kumar
Rtn. Dr. Rajan Kunkolienkar
Rtn. Bhat
2004-05
Rtn. Amita A. Salatry
Rtn. Santosh Kamat
Rtn. S. Pai Kane
2005-06
Rtn. Srivallabh Sardessai
Rtn. Guirish Sawant
Rtn. Satish Rajmane
2006-07
Rtn. Dr. Rajan Kunkolienkar
Rtn. Satish Rajmane
Rtn. Rajan Naik
2007-08
Rtn. Santosh Kamat
Rtn. Dharmaraj Bhonsle
Rtn. Sandip Bharne
2008-09
Rtn. Guirish Sawant
Rtn. Rajan Naik
Rtn. Raghuvir Salkar
2009-10
Rtn. Satish Rajmane
Rtn. Harihar Phadke
Rtn. Jaiwant Belgaonkar
2010-11
Rtn. Rajan Naik
Rtn. Sham Kamat
Rtn. Jeffrey Chagas Pereira
2011-12
Rtn. Harihar Phadke
Rtn. Jeffrey Chagas Pereira
Rtn. Gururaj Mangalore
2012-13
Rtn. Jaiwant Belgaonkar
Rtn. Devanand Dhond
Rtn. Dilip Borkar
2013-14
Rtn. Sham Kamat
Rtn. Dinesh Tare
Rtn. Nityanad Mahale
2014-15
Rtn. Jeffrey Chagas
Rtn. Osmond Lobo
Rtn. Nikhil Shah