Nagpur :- Patrakar Club of Nagpur and Sports Journalists’ Association of Nagpur (SJAN) are jointly organising Ankur Seeds 2nd Carrom Tournament for the media employees of the city.
The tournament will be held on August 5 and 6 at the air-conditioned hall of Press Club, situated opposite Institute of Science, Civil Lines.
The members of print, electronic media and portals will be allowed to participate in the tournament which will be held in singles and doubles categories.
The tournament will be inaugurated on August 5 at 9 am.
Press Club President Pradip Maitra, Secretary Bramhashankar Tripathi, Treasurer Shirish Borkar, SJAN President Dr Ram Thakur, SJAN Secretary Paritosh Pramanik, SJAN Treasurer Nilesh Deshpande, Tournament Convenor Charudatta Kahu and others will remain present.
The prize distribution ceremony will be held on August 6 at 2 pm.
Cash prizes will be given to the winners, runners-up in singles and doubles events. The winners of the singles event will be given cash prize of Rs 7,000 while the runners-up will get Rs 5,000. The third place finisher will get Rs 3,000.
The winners in doubles category will be given cash prize of Rs 10,000 while the runners-up will get Rs 7,000 and third place finishers will get Rs 5,000. All the top finishers will also get glittering trophies.
The entry fees is Rs 100 for singles and Rs 200 for doubles. The entry forms are available at the Press Club, Tilak Patrakar Bhavan and at the sports desk of the respective newspapers. Entries can be submitted with Rajesh Sakharkar at the Press Club or Deorao Pradhan at Tilak Patrakar Bhavan.
The last date of submission of entry forms is August 1, 2023.
Patrakar Club of Nagpur and Sports Journalists’ Association of Nagpur have appealed to all mediapersons to take part in the tournament.