9 Umpires clear BCCI level-1 exam
Bhubaneswar: The BCCI on Monday announced the result of the BCCI level-1 Umpire’s course and examination programme was held at the OCA Conference Hall in Cuttack from May 25 to 28. As many as 25 OCA paneled umpires were participated in the examination and nine umpires got qualified by securing 80 and more marks and they are accredited as BCCI level-1 Umpires. I Sivaram and Jagvir Singh two senior umpires of BCCI conducted the programme. An examination was held on the last day of the programme. Partha Patnaik (96), Durga Dutta Das (94), Asit Kumar Pal (93), Pramod Narayan Dash (92), Rajesh Kumar Mohapatra (92), Sambeet Pattanayak (91.5), Amit Amitav Mahakud (87), Priti Ranjan Bijaysingh (86.5) and Niranjan Patri (83) are the nine OCA paneled umpires got qualified. U-19 team physio Satyajit Dash and trainer Jagat Ranjan Das of Odisha Cricket Association have been selected to attend the BCCI Sports Science and Sports Medicine Orientation Workshop (SSSM1) to be conducted at National Cricket Academy, Bangalore from May 13 to 17.
Bhubaneswar emerge swimming meet champion
Bhubaneswar: The Bhubaneswar team gathered total 255 points and emerged champion of the 57th State Swimming Championship-2016, which concluded at OCA Club Swimming Pool in Cuttack from June 5 to 6 for Senior Men and Women Junior Boys and Girls Group I and II Sub Junior Boys and Girls Group III and IV, being organised by Odisha Olympic Association. Sambalpur team got 195 points and finished runner up. Altogether 207 swimmers from 17 units of Odisha Swimming Association were participated in two day long meet. 30 technical officials from all over Odisha conducted this championship.
The swimmers were took part in the 78 events conducted for juniors on the first day and in closing day 24 events were held for seniors (men and women). Sports and Youth Service Department, Commissioner cum Secretary Saswat Mishra gave away the prizes in presence of Odisha Swimming Association working President Asirbad Behera, OOA treasure Adhip Das, secretary in-charge Rabindra Kumar Parida.
Bodybuilder deprives of direct employment policy
Bhubaneswar: Sports loving Odisha’s Chief Minister Naveen Pattnaik in a bid to motivate sportsperson of the State introduced direct employment policy for the medal winners in the State Police Department. Unfortunately bodybuilder Rasmi Ranjan Sahu who bagged Gold medal in the 80kg weight category of the National Bodybuilding Championship Federation Cup at Chennai in March yet to get the benefit of the direct employment policy. As per the new policy national medal winner is eligible for the post of constable in State Police department.
Salepur boy Rasmi also got selected in the national camp for the Asian and World bodybuilding championship, but he could not manage to arrange the found to join the camp. Bodybuilding is a highly expensive sport where you have to spend lot of money for food and spend hours together in the gymnasium. Rasmi and his family maintain their livelihood in the city from roadside tiffin center where Rasmi helped his father. As a master of arts degree holder Rasmi in the year 2011 started his bodybuilding career under the guidance of Tusarkant Jena. Who not only guided him also made some financial support ,but due to his ill health condition he could not help Rasmi anymore.