Doha: Curtain Drawn on Karnataka Sangha’s Sports Festival
News and Pics by Alexis Castelino
Daijiworld Media Network - Qatar
Doha, Feb 21: Karnataka Sangha, Qatar (KSQ) concluded its first ever sports festival conducted for the expatriates hailing from Karnataka on Friday February 19.
As part of the festival, indoor games too were earlier conducted at the ICC premises. Competitions began after the welcome address by president Arun Kumar. A huge number of participants thronged to ICC premises to take part in Carrom, TT and Chess competition.
The second part of the sports festival was the outdoor games that were held at the Ahmed Bin Hanbal Independent School grounds here on Friday. More than 160 people took part in the different categories of games. Arun Kumar welcomed the gathering. Individual games were held in the morning session for all age groups including the traditional games like chinni dhandu for men and novel marathon race for ladies. In the afternoon session, events like throw ball for ladies and cricket for men were held.
Prize distribution ceremony began with a felicitation to the KSQ kabaddi team for winning the second prize in the recently held kabaddi tournament conducted by Tulukoota Qatar. Prizes for the winners of the various categories were distributed by KSQ committee members. The event was attended by Mannangi, vice-president, Arvind Patil, former president, Milan Arun, ICC head of indoor activities, Divakar Poojary, general secretary, ICBF and other KSQ committee members and members of KSQ Advisory Board. The event was co-ordinated by Deepak Shetty, sports secretary of KSQ.
Winners’ List
Indoor Games Result
Sub Junior Category (5 to 10 years)
Chess
Ms. Sree Lakshmi -1st
Mr. Sanjay Mannangi -2nd
Carrom
Ms. Sahana -1st
Ms. Sree Lakshmi – 2nd
TT
Mr. Sanjay Mannagi -1st
Ms. Sahana -2nd
Men Junior Category (10 to 18 years) Senior Category (18 + Years)
Chess
Mr.Roshan Shetty -1st
Mr. Samarth Padaki – 2nd
Mr. Jaishankar – 1st
Mr. Seetharamu V. 2nd
Women
Juniors no entries
Ms.Vanitha Eshwar-1st
Ms. Rohini Ganesh -2nd
Men Junior Category (10 to 18 years) Senior Category(18 + Years)
Carrom
Singles
Mr. Pranav Bhardwaj -1st
Mr. Chirag - 2nd
Mr. Seetharamu V.- 1ST
Mr. Khalil Khan – 2nd
Doubles
Mr. Pranav Bhardwaj & Mr.Pranav Lakkappa – 1st
Mr. Yashas Lakkappa & Mr. Sharjeel – 2nd
Mr. Mithun and Mr. Ramesh -1st
Mr. Ashwin and Mr. Faisal -2nd
Women
Singles
Ms. Sree Lakshmi – 1st
Ms. Sree Bhargavi Bhaskar – 2nd
Ms.Gayathri -1st
Ms. Sheetal -2nd
Doubles
Ms. Gayathri & Ms. Hema Lakkappa -1st
Ms. Rohini Ganesh & Ms. Shubha Murali – 2nd
Men Junior Category (10 to 18 years) Senior Category(18 + Years)
Table Tennis
Singles
Mr. Nischal Shetty -1st
Mr. Rahul M. M. -2ND
Mr. S. K. Naidu – 1st
Mr. Vivek Prabhakar -2nd
Doubles
Mr. Rahul M. M & Mr. Pranav Lakkappa -1st
Mr. Pranav Shetty & Mr. Nischal Shetty – 2nd
Mr. Arun Kumar & Mr.Vivek Prabhakar -1st
Mr. Arun ABB & Mr.Seetharamu V. – 2nd
Women
Singles
Ms. Sreelatha -1st
Ms. Akshaya Shetty -2nd
Doubles
Ms. Milan Arun & Ms. Meghana Shetty -1st
Ms. Akshaya Shetty &Ms. Vijaya Shetty -2nd
Outdoor Games Result
Category A – Age 3to 6 years
30 Mtr Race
Neha Shetty -1st
Sanjeet Shetty 2nd
Frog Race
Neha Shetty -1st
Ahaan Hegde - 2nd
Ball & Bucket
Aditri – -1st
Neha Shetty - 2nd
Category B – Age 6+ to 12 Years
50 Mtr Race
Sooraj Rishi - 1st
Ravi Kumar - 2nd
Hopping Race
Pranav Shetty - 1st
Sree Lakshmi - 2nd
Category C – Age 12+ to 18 Years (Boys)
50 Mtr Race
Rahul - 1st
Pranav Bhardwaj - 2nd
Hit the wicket
Pranav Bhardwaj - 1st
Rahul M.M - 2nd
Category C – Age 12+ to 18 years (Girls)
50 Mtr Race
Harsha Patil - 1st
Rashmi - 2nd
Hit the Wicket
Deepa Poojari - 1st
Bhumika - 2nd
3 Leg Race
Harsha Patil - 1st
Rashmi - 2nd
Category D – Age 18+ Years - Men
Chinnidaandu
Mahesh - 1st
Irshad - 2nd
Bhaskar – 3rd
Hit the wicket
Anand - 1st
Sharif - 2nd
Category D – Age 18+ Years -Women
Picking Peas with Straw
Akshaya Shetty - 1st
Rohini Ganesh - 2nd
Akshata Hegde - 3rd
Hockey Shot
Dr Suchitra Ramanandan - 1st
Menaka Patil - 2nd
Akshaya Shetty - 3rd
Marathon
Girija Kalyanshetti - 1st
Shilpa Patil - 2nd
Sheetal Naeem - 3rd