Dynamic Duo:
There is a new phenomenon changing the face of the Nepalese soccer scene in Sydney. Having started off as nothing more than a glorified way to pass those lazy Sunday afternoons, the GNC soccer (football) competition has gained immense popularity over the years with the competition steadily elevating to a semi-professional level. This rising standard has been accompanied, if not driven, by increased participation on the part of both the players and supporters, which has been characterized by a uniquely organic passion for the microcosmic world of Wyatt Park.
No analogy manages to epitomize this development better than the story of the Nepalese Thunder Storm. They may not have the trophies to bear a concrete example of their efforts but they have already won what many consider an even greater prize: the hearts and minds of fans and critics alike.
With the most endearing sense of self-deprecation, they began shrugging off hugely demoralizing lows that were served up week in and week out mercilessly by their fitter, stronger and more capable opponents. Perhaps this background is what makes their meteoric rise all the more acutely impressive.
Having started off as the butt of everyone’s jokes, they are now the talk of the town.
The NTS have managed to resurrect that often loftily-held ideal reserved for feel-good movies and not this pragmatic world of ours. Even the most cynical of us would find it hard to discount this real-life example of how sheer hard work and discipline can allow anyone to heights that previously seemed inconceivable.
We have managed to go into the past and grasp the origin of NTS.
Depiction of the history by the founders
Establishment- at Tasker Park on 2004
Founding Members- Harka Limbu, Nabin BK & Chandra Gurung
NTS (Nepalese Thunder Storm) was established in 2005 by mainly three individuals Bikash Limbu, Nabin BK and Chandra Gurung at the TUSKAR PARK, Campsie. Originally it was started with the hope of having weekend exercise to keep fit since all the co-founders and players middle age 30+ having big belly(40% BFI-Body Fat Index). For nearly 6 months NTS was struggling to grow in team members not even reaching to 5/6 in number on regular basis. The executive founder members were in deep thought on how to gather members at least up to 8 so two teams can play 4/4 with goal posts for some good running and fun.
Not long after our key members like Rajman Thakali, Pabi Subba, Ashok Rai and Mahesh Kunwar joined the team which gave a new light to team. That was followed by many other players joining our team, Then Mr. Rajman really took initiative in getting all the required gears, heaps of soccer balls, nets, cones, jerseys. Chandra financial guru came into scene with Official NTS bank account establishment to properly utilize well established multimillionaire club. Things started to move, even youngsters got interested with NTS- finally grew very large. NTS decided to go for Nepalese Tournaments changing its motto from exercise theme team to professionalism.
Eventually, we were able to have enough players to form a team by the end of 2005.
We must accept the fact that Rajman Thakali really deserves most of the credits for all the hard work he did. He tirelessly invested a lot of time to take NTS to the next levels. And credit goes also to Ashok Rai, who made a great contribution to NTS by providing a proper training to our team. In regards to giving a name to our team was quiet a challenging task. The task was assigned to Harka Limbu (President). Harka wanted give a name to our team which sounded bit funny as well as frightening to our opposition. After many hours of thinking, he came up with this name NTS which was enormously approved by all NTS members.
Our disappointment: Harka Limbu (Former President)
One of the most disappointing moment for NTS was during the first year of its official entrance into the GNC Football competition where we lost 11 - 0 to Himalayan Boys and we were unable to score a single goal right through to tournament. By the end of the tournament most of our players were either very frustrated and or abandoned the team. However, we never gave up our hope, particularly; Rajman consistently recruited new players into the team. Our team learned a lot from its past predicament and constantly worked on to improve its performance through team work and patience…………. |