The Kujang Athletic Club in association with the BB Pattnaik Memorial Trust is going to organise a three-day State-level BB Pattnaik Memorial Women Football Tournament from June 14 at the Bana Bihari High School playground here, informed club president Ranjan Kumar Das at a Press meet held here on Monday.
Das said BB Pattnaik Memorial Trust president and Odia magazine “Parada” editor Saroj Kumar Pattnaik would inaugurate the tournament in presence of Ollywood actress Archita, Riya and women athletic star Anuradha Biswal.
Among others, club secretary Bharat Kumar Sahoo, VP AND Yadav, advisor Amrut Das, lawyer Susanta Kumar Pattnaik and Kujang Press Club president Raghunath Sahoo were present.
late Bibhuti Bhusan (BB) Pattnaik, father of noted trade union leader Santosh Kumar Pattnaik, was organising football tournaments to popularise the game in rural areas.