Manipal University to host South Zone Inter-varsity badminton from Dec 15
Manipal, Dec 6 2013:
The South Zone Inter-University badminton tournament for men and women will be hosted by Manipal University from December 15 to 19, 20 13. Seventy teams in the men’s and 67 in the women’s sections will vie for honors in the five-day meet which will be inaugurated by Badminton Association of India president, Dr Akhilesh Das Gupta, MP at 5 pm at the Marena indoor Sport Complex. The BAI secretary DrVijai Sinha will also be present for the inaugural function.
Briefing media persons about the tournament, Dr H.S. Ballal, Pro Chancellor Manipal University said,“About 70 Universities are expected to participate in the tournament. That will bring around 700 players and officials to Manipal. All arrangements for their boarding, lodging and travel have been made. The players will be housed in the hostels of MIT, as the students will on vacation during that period, and the officials in the guest houses”.
Dr Ballal added, “This is the third South Zone University meet being organized by Manipal University. Last year we played hoststo the South Zone and the all-India Inter – Zone Cricket Tournament. Prior to that, we organized the South Zone and Inter-Zone Tennis Tournament.
Giving the technical details of the tournament, Manipal University Sports Secretary, Dr Vinod Nayak said that Kerala teams, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin and Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayamw ould defend the men’s and women’s titles respectively. “However, the men’s runners-up Osmania University, Hyderabad and the other two semi-finalists, JNTU Hyderabad and Kakatiya University, Kakinada have been included in the newly formed Central Zone. Association of Indian Universities has introduced Central Zone as the fifth zone from this year,” he said.Jain University are the runners- up in the women’s section and Osmania had finished third. The fourth semi-finalists were Anna University, Chennai.
Dr Nayak said that the matches would be played on five courts, three in the Marena Sports Complex and two in MIT. And will be played in two sessions, 8 am to 1 pm and 2 pm to 11 pm. In all, a total of 135 matches will be played as per the draw. As three of last year’s semi-finalists in the men’s section have been drafted into the newly formed Central Zone, including runners-up Osmania University, only the defending champions Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin will start their campaign from the quarter-finals.
Periyar University, Salem; Srikrishnadevaraya University,Anantpur; Rani Channamma University, Belagavi; MS University Tirunelveli and VIT University Vellore will start from the second round, while all others will begin from the first round. In the women’s section, Mahatma Gandhi, Kottayam; JainUniversity Bangalore; Anna University, Chennai and Central University Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram will start from the quarter-finals.
Hosts Manipal and Mangalore are the only universities from the Dakshina Kannada and Udupi Districts. In the men’s section they have been drawn up in the same half while in the women’s draw they are in separate groups.
Dr Ballal added, “This is the third South Zone University meet being organized by Manipal University. Last year we played hoststo the South Zone and the all-India Inter – Zone Cricket Tournament. Prior to that, we organized the South Zone and Inter-Zone Tennis Tournament.
Giving the technical details of the tournament, Manipal University Sports Secretary, Dr Vinod Nayak said that Kerala teams, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin and Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayamw ould defend the men’s and women’s titles respectively. “However, the men’s runners-up Osmania University, Hyderabad and the other two semi-finalists, JNTU Hyderabad and Kakatiya University, Kakinada have been included in the newly formed Central Zone. Association of Indian Universities has introduced Central Zone as the fifth zone from this year,” he said.Jain University are the runners- up in the women’s section and Osmania had finished third. The fourth semi-finalists were Anna University, Chennai.
Dr Nayak said that the matches would be played on five courts, three in the Marena Sports Complex and two in MIT. And will be played in two sessions, 8 am to 1 pm and 2 pm to 11 pm. In all, a total of 135 matches will be played as per the draw. As three of last year’s semi-finalists in the men’s section have been drafted into the newly formed Central Zone, including runners-up Osmania University, only the defending champions Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin will start their campaign from the quarter-finals.
Periyar University, Salem; Srikrishnadevaraya University,Anantpur; Rani Channamma University, Belagavi; MS University Tirunelveli and VIT University Vellore will start from the second round, while all others will begin from the first round. In the women’s section, Mahatma Gandhi, Kottayam; JainUniversity Bangalore; Anna University, Chennai and Central University Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram will start from the quarter-finals.
Hosts Manipal and Mangalore are the only universities from the Dakshina Kannada and Udupi Districts. In the men’s section they have been drawn up in the same half while in the women’s draw they are in separate groups.
Manipal University Teams:
Men: Sidharth Phukan, Pranav Bhagwanani, Ganapathi, Sarthak, Vineeth and Ravi.
Women: SanikaKapale, Rishika, Raksha Pai and Sankalpa.
Officials: Manager - Dr Navin A Patil and coach – Mr Venkatesh Kamath.
Women: SanikaKapale, Rishika, Raksha Pai and Sankalpa.
Officials: Manager - Dr Navin A Patil and coach – Mr Venkatesh Kamath.
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