Doha: Tulu Koota Quatar’s Games Event, ‘Gobbulu’, a Grand Success
by Alexis Castelino - Daijiworld Media Network Doha
Daijiworld Media Network – Doha (SP)
Doha, Nov 13: Tulu Koota Qatar hosted its games event, ‘Gobbulu – 2010’ at the ICC premises on Friday November 12, 2010. The event began in the morning at 8 am to a tremendous response from the Tulu Koota members and their families. Over 100 people were present during the inaugural of this sports meet.
Prakash Ajila, past president of Tulu Koota, gave an introduction to the day, followed by a welcome note from the president, Ramachandra Shetty. Ravi Shetty, who was the main sponsor for the event, officially inaugurated the event.
The event consisted of competitions in table tennis, carom, chess, Chennemane, and darts for all the age categories, and the games were open to all the members of Tulu Koota. Throughout the day, the participants and the guests thoroughly enjoyed the games, watching the young and old alike actively participating in various games.
Sports secretary of Tulu Koota, Kiran Anand, general secretary, Sandesh Anand, cultural secretary, Archana Shetty, Seetaram Shetty, Dinesh Shetty, Keshav, Divakar Poojary, Shridhar Nayak, Mohan J, Sudhir Kumar,Yashpal Puthran, Harish Poojary, Vani P Rao, Della Rego, Padmashree, Asmath Ali, Sunil Bhandary, Uday Shetty, Parthana Shetty, Jeevan, Disha, Vijay Rai, and Milan Arun, coordinated the whole event.
Habibullah, vice president of ICBF, conducted the umpiring for the table tennis event in a professional manner, besides giving technical advice to the players.
At 6 pm, the prize distribution ceremony was held. Chief guest for the evening was Ravi Shetty, main sponsor of the event. The guest of honour was Arun Kumar, president of Karnataka Sangha. Ravi Shetty, in his address, thanked all the participants and praised them for the enthusiasm and interest shown by them in the games. He also assured of his continued support for such events in the future.
Dynamic president of the organization, Ramachandra Shetty, thanked the main sponsor for his support, and congratulated all the participants for their active participation. Arun Kumar praised the efforts put in by Tulu Koota committee and its members towards keeping the tradition and culture of their native place alive. Sports secretary, Kiran Anand, thanked his team members for their wholehearted support for the event.
Prizes were distributed by Milan Arun, who heads the affiliations and counsellor services at ICC, Divakar Poojary, ICBF secretary and past president of Tulu Koota, Ravi Shetty, past president of Tulu Koota, and Arun Kumar.
Prakash Ajila, former president of the Koota was the host for the evening programme. Harish Poojary read out the names of winners, while Udaya Shetty proposed vote of thanks.
Results of the various events are as follows:
Game: Table Tennis:
Seniors –Men – Singles: 1. Sawan V Rao. 2. Chidambara.
Juniors - Boys- Singles: 1, Akarsh Shetty. 2. Pranav Shetty.
Seniors - Women- Singles: 1. Milan Arun. 2. Akshaya Shetty.
Juniors - Girls- Singles: 1. Deepa Poojary. 2 Rachana Shetty.
Seniors - Men- Doubles: 1. Sawan V Rao / Samarth V Rao 2. Arun Kumar / Roshan /Shetty.
Juniors – Boys - Doubles: 1. Nischal Shetty / Pranav Shetty. 2. Akarsh Shetty / Sarvad Shetty.
Seniors – Women – Doubles: 1. Milan Arun and Padmashree Shetty. 2. Akshaya D Shetty and Vijaya N Shetty.
Game: Carom:
Seniors – Men - Singles:1. Yashpal Puthran. 2. Atul Shetty
Juniors - Boys- Singles: 1. Pranav N Shetty. 2. Mohd Arbaz Raza
Sub-juniors – Singles: 1. Ahaan Hegde. 2. Prachet Ajila
Seniors – Women – Singles: 1. Padmashree Shetty. 2. Bharati D Shetty.
Juniors – Girls – Singles: 1. Disha D Shetty. 2. Srishti R Shetty.
Seniors – Men – Doubles: 1. Mohan J / Anil Kumar N Shetty. 2. Sudhir Kumar / Yashpal Puthran.
Seniors – Women – Doubles: 1. Bharati D Shetty / Reshma P Ajila. 2. Akshaya D Shetty / Vijaya N Shetty.
Game: Chess
Seniors: 1. Manjunath H K. 2. Samarth V Rao.
Juniors: 1. Disha D Shetty. 2. Nischal N Shetty.
Sub–juniors: 1. Sanjith. 2. Srishanth R Shetty.
Game: Chennemane
1 Sharika R Shetty. 2. Vijaya N Shetty.
Game: Darts
Seniors- Men: 1. Sudhakar Shetty. 2. Santhosh Kumar.
Juniors – Boys: 1. Akarsh Shetty 2. Mohd Arbaz Raza.
Seniors – Women: 1. Akshaya Shetty 2. Meghana M Shetty.
Juniors – Girls: 1. Samiksha Shetty. 2. Deepa Poojary.