Indian Sports Wrap, May 27: UTT Juniors set to kick off on May 29
TABLE TENNIS
Ultimate Table Tennis Juniors set to be held in Ahmedabad from May 29
The inaugural Dream UTT junior table tennis tournament, featuring eight boys and eight girls of the franchise teams, is scheduled to be staged at the EKA Arena, Ahmedabad, on a league cum knock-out basis from May 29 to June 8.
The top eight boys and girls were selected from Dream Sports Championship staged in March, in which Sahil Rawat and Divyanshi Bhowmick emerged champions.
Each tie will feature two singles and a mixed doubles match. The semifinals will be played on June 7, and the final on June 8. All matches will streamed live on FanCode.
TEAMS
Ahmedabad SG Pipers: Abheek Kashyap, Mouboni Chatterjee.
Stanley’s Chennai Lions: Siddhanth Dhariwal, Divyanshi Bhowmick.
Dabang Delhi TTC: Akash Rajavelu, Dhaani Jain.
Dempo Goa Challegners: Sahil Rawat, Aarya Pedkar.
Jaipur Patriots: Trishal Surapureddy, Shreya Dhar.
Kolkata Thunder Blades: Ritvik Gupta, Swara Karmarkar.
PBG Pune Jaguars: Atharva Nawarange, Tushti Sood.
U Mumba TT: Prateek Tulsani, Ananya Muralidhar.
-Team Sportstar
GOLF
Four Indians in action at Asia-Pacific junior golf championship
Two boys and two girls will represent India in the Asia-Pacific junior golf championship being played in Hong Kong.
Krish Chawla, Ranveer Mitroo, Saanvi Somu and Kashika Mishra will compete in a stroke play format. The scores will be tabulated for the team titles for boys and girls, and the best scores of the boys and girls will be taken from each team to calculate the mixed team championship.
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ROWING
IIS takes up the challenge of building women’s team
he Inspire Institute of Sports (IIS) has taken up the challenge of building the Indian women’s rowing team to be a competitive unit in the Nagoya Asian Games next year, by signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Rowing Federation of India.
As part of the drive, 20 women rowers went through a stringent selection process at the High Performance Centre in Bellary. The squad will be pruned to 14 athletes who will form the core group for long term training and international exposure.
The athletes will be guided by Angus Seller of Australia, both at the IIS and in Australia, where they would train with top international rowers in a high-performance environment.
“We see great potential in these women. With the right support, scientific guidance and consistent training, we are confident that they can break through at the international level. We will support them with everything. The goal is to build a winning mindset and fast-track their development for the Asian Games,” said the president of IIS, Manisha Malhotra.
“They are gifted rowers, but need to focus on building strength and endurance. I don’t see any reason why they can’t do well on the international circuit,” said Angus Seller.
“This partnership with IIS is a pivotal moment for Indian rowing. It brings a structured athlete development system for our women’s team,” said the president of Rowing Federation, Rajlaxmi Singh Deo.
-Team Sportstar