Dr. Neeraj Kumar Sampathy, chairman, Deccan Premier Carrom League
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HYDERABAD
Many internationals will participate within the second Dr. Akhilesh memorial Deccan Premier Carrom League, introduced by Vajra Sports Pvt. Ltd. and to be held at Navyabharathi Global School, Nizamabad, from August 23 to 26, Dr. Neeraj Kumar Sampathy, chairman, mentioned.
Visakhapatnam-based Dr. Sampathy informed The Hindu that due to the initiative of Okay. Santhosh Kumar, chairman, Navyabharathi Global School who’s himself a participant, the event will probably be a giant success as all enhancements on the organisational entrance have been put in place.
Players from the seven States — Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra and Odisha — apart from some internationals will probably be in motion.
Eight groups will vie for honours with every outfit comprising 5 gamers (women and men). It will probably be performed on league-cum-knock-out format of two singles and one doubles matches in workforce occasion whereas the singles will function Swiss round-robin league, adopted by knock-outs.
Registrations start on May 12 and shut on May 27 and the gamers will probably be shortlisted and notified on May 30.
Besides the groups receiving money prizes for the top-four finishes, the singles winner will get ₹60,000, second-placed ₹40,000, third-placed ₹20,000 and the fourth-placed ₹10,000. The white slam will fetch ₹3,000 and the black slam ₹1,500 every.
For extra particulars, the gamers can contact organising secretary T. Praveen Kumar on 8919848220 or coordinator L. Kanna Babu on 8074661292 or by mail dpcarromleague@gmail.com.
Jay Suryadevara and Aditya Chavali, Directors, Carrom Live Platform, together with key companion SPSMT, will present all-round help to make sure stay streaming of the best customary, Sampathy mentioned.
For the primary time in India, Carrom Live Platform will probably be paperless with the scores to be entered by way of mobiles, stay scores and on-line statistics, apart from stay streaming.
