Kesabananda Memorial Chess meet from Aug 18
Bhubaneswar: Khurda District Chess Association (KDCA) in association with All Odisha Chess Association (AOCA) will organise the 2nd All India Kesabananda Memorial Chess Tournament here from August 18 to 22, informed KDCA secretary Subhasis Patnaik in a Press Meet here on Sunday. For the first time there will be two different categories, below 2000 and above 2000 rating events. More than 200 players are expected to join in the Rs 5 lakhs cash award meet. The top three finisher of the below 2000 category would receive cash prize of Rs 30,000, 20,000 and 17,000 respectively and the 10 round tournament would held from August 19 to 22. Similarly, top three finishers of the above 2000 rating event would get Rs 50,000, 30,000 and 20,000 respectively. Many rated player from across the country are expected to take part in this event schedule to held from August 18 to 22. Organising secretary Surayakanta Das, AOCA secretary Vivek Tibarewal, SR Chess Center director Satya Ranjan Patnaik and Suresh Chandra Sahu were present in the Press Meet.
Chittaranjan Memorial Volleyball from Aug 9
Bhubaneswar: In memory of eminent national repute volleyball player of the State late Chittaranjan Rout, the Odisha Volleyball Association in collaboration with Cuttack District Athletic Association is all set to organise Chittaranjan Memorial All India Invitation Volleyball Tournament at Jawaharlal Indoor Stadium in Cuttack from August 9 to 11, said organising secretary cum OVA working president Subodh Kumar Routray in a Press Meet in Cuttack on Sunday. Chittaranjan who was represented the State team for more than 15 years in national level tournament. He also served the State association as treasurer and coach in different formats of volleyball. His contribution was extraordinary for the development of Sports in our State, added Subodh. Total six teams would participate in the meet in two different groups. Top two teams of each group will qualify for the semifinals. Punjab Police, Chhattisgarh Police, East Cost Railway (Vaizag)(Andhra Pradesh), Tamil Nadu Sports Hostel and Paradeep Port Trust (Odisha) are the six teams would fight for the top honour.
Khurda, B’swar basketball teams announced
Bhubaneswar: A 10-members each boys basketball team for Khurda District and Bhubaneswar has been announced here on Sunday from the trail camp held at Unit-1 High School Ground. The selected team will participate in the Junior State Basketball Championship scheduled to take place at SOA University and Kalinga Stadium here from August 8 to 11, presumes added importance as Odisha Basketball Association is gearing up to host the 64th Junior National Basketball Championship to be held at Cuttack from September 1 to 8. Khurda District team: Nishant Mishra, Subham Samal, Chiranjit Karan, Suvendu Mohapatra, Biswa Bighnesh Das, Soumya Ranjan Moharana, Anurag Panda,Mahesh Panda, Suraj Sahoo, lingaraj Das. Bhubaneswar team: Prasanna Kumar Nayak, Suraj Patra, Subham Mohanty, Swaroop Nayak, Sarthak Mishra, Suman Saurabh Baliarsingh, Arnab Guru, Smruti Ranjan Swain, Abhishek Dash, Abhishek Nanda.
YGTTA table tennis tournament from Aug 14
Bhubaneswar: Young Generation’s Table Tennis Association (YGTTA) of Cuttack is all set to host the 21st YGTTA All Odisha Open Table Tennis Championship at Sachin Tendulkar Indoor Hall in Barabati Stadium, Cuttack from August 14 to 16, informed organising secretary Choudhury Nihar Ranjan Mishra. Players would participate in 10 different events in three days. Senior men and women would participate in the singles event. Similarly, junior, sub-junior and cadet boys and girls would join in the singles event. However, youth category boys would participate in the singles and sub-junior boys would the only group to join in the doubles event. In this Odisha State Table Tennis Association (OSTTA) recognised tournament players from different club, services and districts can take part. For detail information can be obtained from OSTTA secretary Choudhury Nihar Ranjan Mishra (8895537894).