Udupi: National-level Volleyball Tourney at Padubidri - Chennai Win Opener
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Udupi, Apr 5: A national-level volleyball tournament held under the aegis of Yellur Youth Federation as part of its golden jubilee celebration was inaugurated at Padubidri here on Wednesday April 4.
The tournament was inaugurated on Wednesday evening by Karnataka DGM K G Ramesh. Udupi Zilla Volleyball Association chief Sudhakar Shetty presided.
Association chief in-charge P Annamalai, Srikshetra Yellur committee head Y Prafulla Shetty, organizer of the golden jubilee celebration Ranjan Shetty Mallabettu, chief organizer Yashwanth Shetty, Youth Federation president Deepak Y, folk scholar K L Kundanthaya, sports secretary Girish Acharya, Sudarshan Y S, Ganesh among many others were present.
Chennai IOB team made a grand opening, beating Bangalore's Karnataka police team with scores of 25-21, 25-17, 27-25. Naveen Raj Jacob, who led the team to victory. was adjudged the best player.
IOB Chennai, Karnataka State Police, LIC India Mumbai, BSNL Bangalore, HSIDC Haryana, Karnataka Youth, RC of Mumbai and Southern Railway Chennai teams will play in the league matches against each other.