Bengaluru:

Vijaya Ganapathy Kodava Sangha, Sulthanpalya, clinched the overall championship with 30 points in the 17th annual inter-sangha shuttle badminton.

As many as 16 sanghas of Kodava Samaja, Bengaluru, participated in the month-long tourney. Vidyaranyapuram and Pragati Kodava Sangha, Bytrayanapura, emerged as the second and third runner-ups with 19 and 13 points, respectively.

Thitramada Bopanna, the coach and sports secretary of the Sulthanpalya Sangha, said this is the first time any Sangha has won 30 points since the annual tournament started in Bengaluru about two decades ago. Sangha’s secretary, Sharat Kushalappa credited Chendrimada Ganapathy for the record since he had rigorously trained the players for over a month.

Here is the list of winners and runners up:

Mallengada Kaveri-winner ( Category: 30 to 40 women’s singles)

Kullachanda Krithika & Kaliyanda Namitha Winners (30-40 women’s doubles)

Naliyanda Deepak & Aiyappa winners ( 40-50 men’s doubles)

Koothanda Santhosh & Poyyatira Raja( winners 50-60 men’s doubles)

Kuppanda Gehana (Runner under 15 girls singles)

Kuppanda Gehana & Chottangada Yanika (Runners under 15 girls doubles)

Achapand Naman (Runner 15-20 boys singles)

Achapand Naman & Pattamada Suraj (Runners 15-20 boys doubles)

Chendrimada Ganapa( Runner 30-40 men’s singles)

Chendrimada Ganapa & Chandapanda Prajwal (Runners 30-40 men’s doubles)

Mallengada Daicy (Runner 51+ women’s singles)

Pandanda Daman & Chottangada Pranav (Runners under 15 boys doubles)

Chottangada Ganika & Poyyatira Krithi (Runners 15-20 girls doub

source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / Home> News> City News / by Manu Aiyappa Kanathanda / TNN / August 07th, 2023