Seated blindfolded on a Honda Activa scooter, M.K. Sudarshan Jadugar, aged 21, resident of Lashkar Mohalla, today rode blindfolded from Siddalingapura to Srirangapatna and returned to Columbia Asia Hospital junction later today, after riding blindfolded for nearly 30 kms. Earlier, he did a trial run near the Palace.
Originally, Sudarshan was supposed to ride blindfolded from Mysore to Srirangapatna. However, he was denied permission by DCP M.M. Mahadevaiah who told Sudarshan to undertake the drive from Siddalingapura.
Before proceeding to Siddalingapura blindfolded, Sudarshan this morning offered pooja at Kote Anjaneya Swamy temple to symbolically begin his blindfolded ride in the presence of Ilai Alwar Swamiji and his friends and sponsors including Heritage Honda in city.
It is said that Sudarshan, who is aiming at entering into the Limca Book of Records, had ridden a bicycle blindfolded across the city in 2008 after being inspired by a show by magicians Ramesh and Uday while he was in a hospital.
Sudarshan, accompanied by an ambulance, an auto making announcement and a few friends on their bikes, claims that he would not violate any traffic rules during his blindfold ride including following traffic signals.
M.K. Sudarshan Jadugar is the son of M.K. Keshavamurthy and Vijayalakshmi, residents of Lashkar Mohalla in city.
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News / July 09th, 2014
Mysorean K. Srikantha Rao, an Ekalavya Awardee and the General Secretary of the Mysore District Roller Skating Association, has been chosen as the Indian team coach for the short course Ice-skating team which will train at Inzel in Germany.
Srikantha Rao will be visiting Germany and will be in-charge of the four-member Indian Ice-skating team’s training camp to be held in Inzel, Germany from July 7 to 20, 2014.
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> Sports News / July 05th, 2014
Mysore’s Thippavva Sannakki hogged the limelight by winning the women’s 6 km run at Deccan Athletic Club’s K. A. Nettakalappa Memorial Road Races held at Bellary recently.
Parasappa Harijol completed a fine double winning the men’s 12km event in the second leg.
Parasappa, who had won the Tumkur leg of the event two weeks ago, outwitted his rivals again to claim the top prize, pushing Kanakappa Donni to second place. Lingaraja Haliyal finished third in the competition, sponsored by Deccan Herald and Prajavani.
In the women’s 6km run, Thippava Sannaki of Mysore took the top spot. K. M. Archana came home second while B. K. Supriya finished third.
Mysore’s Priyanka, winner of the Tumkur leg, had seemed poised for another victory when she surged ahead. Leading for most part of the race, Priyanka, however, slipped and fell with two kilometres left for the finish. Priyanka then pulled out of the race after which Sannaki eased home.
Mohammad Noorul won the 2.5 km run for boys, pushing Lakshman to second spot and S. Thejas to third. Jayalakshmi emerged winner in the 2.5 km run for girls with Malleshwari Rathod taking the second spot and R. Usha ending up third.
Results: Men’s (12km run): 1. Parasappa Harijol (SAI, B’lore); 2. Kanakappa S Donni (Mundaragi); 3. Lingaraj Haliyal (Dharwad). Women (6km run): 1. Thippava Sanakki (Mysore); 2. K.M. Archana (Alvas Moodbidri); 3. B.K. Supriya. Boys (2.5km run): 1. Mohammad Nurul (Alva’s, Moodbidri); 2. Lakshman (DYAS, Vidyanagar, Bangalore); 3. S Thejas (KK High School, B’lore). Girls (2.5km run): 1. Jayalakshmi (Alvas, Moodbidiri); 2. Malleshwari Rathod (Bijapur); R. Usha (DYAS, Vidyanagar).
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> Sports News / July 04th, 2014
Karnataka’s top ranked chess player from city, IM M.S. Thejkumar of South Western Railways, won Chaturya 1st Satara FIDE Rating Open Rapid Chess Tournament 2014 held at Satara on June 28 and 29.
Thejkumar, sponsored by M/S.Saanvi Technologies, USA and www.mysoresport.com had an unbeaten record in the tournament and with his performance in this tournament has added 6.3 points to his present rating of 2446.
Thejkumar won his last round match against Soham Dattar of Pune and won a cash prize of Rs.15,000 along with a trophy.
He had wins over Dalal Ambar Abhay of Goa, Mokashi Rohit of Sangli, L. Saurabh of Nagpur, Gopal Rathod of Sholapur, Bhambhure Shantanu of Pune, S. Bartakke Amardeep, Kulkarni Rakesh and Soham Dattar. He drew his lone game against WFM Pujari Rucha of Kholapur.
Bhambure Shantanu of Pune finished second with 7.5 points and was followed by Kulkarni Rakesh (7.5 pts), WHM Pujari Rucha and B. Amardeep of Railways with 7 points each.
source: http://www.starofmysore.com/ Star of Mysore / Home> Sports News / July 01st, 2014
Cricket is the sport followed by many in the country. The sport has grown such a way that it is regarded as a religion in our Country. Every child is seen playing the game with a ball and bat along with his friends in the streets of every town and village in India. Most of them dream of pursuing the sport in a professional level and to represent the country in International level.
Today, women’s cricket in India is gaining momentum and the current Indian Women’s Cricket Team is regarded to be one of the strongest in the world. With players like Julan Goswamy , Mithali Raj, Anjum Chopra and others having made a mark in cricket world, every young girl now dreams of donning the Indian colours. One such talent is M. Sowmya Naik.
Having started to play cricket at a young age, Sowmya travelled from Mysore to Bangalore to attend coaching classes. Though, the family’s economic status being poor, Sowmya’s father M. Mahadev bought her a cricket kit to encourage her interest in cricket. Unfortunately, Mahadev died owing to illness, but not before his encouraging words asking Sowmya to work hard towards her goal to play for the country.
Initially, Sowmya went around Bangalore visiting various cricket academies with a willingness to learn the sport. Later, she found out that Kapil Cricket Academy located at Rajajinagar in Bangalore catered to women cricket and approached the academy. Observing her interest in the sport, the academy took her and nurtured her talent.
During one of matches played in Hyderabad against Chennai, she was noticed by the members of Amateur Federation of India of Gujarat and was invited to join their cricket academy in 2012. She was also made the captain of the U-22 team and since then she has been performing well.
Sowmya has already played against Nepal, Bhutan and Sri Lanka including six T20 matches. She was also adjudged the Women of the Match, Best Bowler and Best Batswoman of the tournaments held at Nepal and Bhutan. Sowmya has also shown her skills behind the stumps as a wicket keeper. Currently being trained under B.D. Verma, General Secretary, Amateur Cricket Federation of India, Gujarat.
Sowmya, speaking to Star of Mysore, expressed her desire to start a women’s cricket academy in Mysore and also to coach the girls. She mentioned that a coaching camp had been started at Raghavendranagar in city.
Sowmya said that she would seek permission from Karnataka Exhibition Authority to conduct coaching classes for girls at Dasara Exhibition Grounds.
She also expressed of reaching greater heights on being given a sponsorship. Such a talent from city must be encouraged and city’s philanthropists must come forward to help Sowmya in her endeavour to scale up her professional cricketing career.
source: http://www.starofmysore.com/ Star of Mysore / Home> Sports News / by M. T. Yogesh Kumar / July 01st, 2014
City bodybuilder Najeeb Khan, who participated in the bodybuilding competition organised at Dundamma Government School at Ashokapuram in city recently as part of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar’s birth anniversary celebration, won ‘Dr. B.R. Ambedkar-2014’ title.
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> Sports News / June 22nd, 2014
Chess is a traditional sport and has been patronised in our country for a long time. Mysore has been producing talented players from time to time. One such player who has been consistently doing well in the International, National and State-level is H.R. Manasa, who finished second in the recently concluded 3rd National Schools Chess Championships 2014 for U-15 Girls at Delhi last week. She is our ‘Star This Week.’
Manasa, a X std. student of De Paul International Residential School, Mysore, is the daughter of Prasad and Suchithra Prasad.
Encouraged by her parents and the School, Manasa has emerged the State Champion in U-15, U-17, U-19, Women’s category and has been making good progress in her rating by participating in FIDE rated tournaments. She presently trains at Mysore Chess Centre.
Manasa, representing De Paul International Residential School, Mysore, in the 3rd National Schools Chess Tournament for U-15 Girls, brought laurels to everyone with her excellent performance.
Manasa tied with Isha Sharma (the winner) with 8 points from nine rounds, but the latter’s better tie-break score of 43.25 to Manasa’s 39 helped Isha to clinch the title. Manasa finished second. Manasa with a rating of 1702 at present had wins over Bhavya Narang, A. Saradhana, Yashika Dhawan, Isha Sharma, Niharika, H. Chandreyee, Annie Gladys and Lasani H. Kothari. She had one loss against Shet Pranitha.
Presently, Manasa is taking part in the Karnataka State U-19 Girls Chess Championships being held at Gulbarga and is leading the points table with four points at the end of 4 rounds.
She has represented the country in the Youth Chess Championships last year. She intends to work hard in the days to come and improve on her rating in the National and International levels.
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> Sports News / June 22nd, 2014
City girl, Zeba Amina, a 8th standard student of Delhi Public School, Mysore, taking part in the AITA Talent series Under-14 National Level Tennis Tournament held at Trivandrum Tennis Club, Trivandrum, Kerala, from June 16-20th emerged runner-up in the Girls Under-14 singles event.
Zeba Amina, a product of the R. Nagaraj Tennis Academy, Mysore and daughter of Saleem and Shehnaz, performed well in the National U-14 talent series tennis tournament and finished runner-up. In the under-14 singles final, Zeba Amina lost to Tamil Nadu’s Kiran Rani 1-6,2-6.
In the semi-final, Zeba beat Janaki (TN) 6-4, 6-4 and in the quarter-finals beat Ananya (Kerala) 6-1, 6-2 to progress further.
Sachidanand (left) and Sharath seen while at work during the ongoing U-19 NCA Inter-Zonal Cricket tournament in Mysore.
by S.N. Venkatnag Sobers
Mysore :
Majority of budding cricketers aspire to represent their respective State and National sides. On being unable to fulfil their dreams, they choose to get into other professions and continue playing cricket for fun. But not many choose to be associated with cricket as umpires, scorers or video analysts.
Mysore city has been contributing quality cricketers to the State team who have made a mark for themselves. Likewise there are also cricket umpires in city who have been officiating in State-level matches and scorers who have been executing their work at Ranji and National-level.
Apart from umpires and scorers, there are others who work behind the scene for the smooth conduct of the game. They are those without whom decision making would be difficult for the on-field umpires and the third umpire in cricket. For every referral from the on-field umpires, the video of the ongoing match has to be retrieved within 30 seconds for the third umpire to make a decision. This is the job of the video analysts.
They also provide videos for the umpires, coaches and players with the total analysis of the match. Video Analysts mark each and every ball delivered by the bowlers and also the balls hit by the batsmen. Every decision made by the on field umpires is recorded and later submitted to the tournament organisers for review.
Mysore city is home for two youngsters who work as video analysts for the matches organised by both Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) and Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). Meet Sharath Narasimhan and S. Sachidanand, the duo who have been a part of the 5-member video analysts’ team in the State who are recognised as video analysts by the BCCI.
While Sharath has been working at Wipro in Bangalore as Quality Manager, Sachidanand works as Team Lead with Theorem India Private Limited in Mysore. Both are seen working together during BCCI tournaments held in Mysore.
Currently, Sharath and Sachidanand have been working for NCA Inter-Zonal U-19 Tournament being held in Gangothri Glades and SJCE Cricket Ground in city.
Sachidanand started as a video analyst in the year 2007 while working for Swantha Solutions now Sporting Minds owned by former Indian Cricketer Vijay Bharadwaj. Later, he qualified to work as video analyst for KSCA and BCCI and since then he has been a part of the team in State.
Speaking to Star of Mysore, Sachidanand said that the experience as a video analyst had been good as he had an opportunity to meet and interact with some of the best in the sport.
Sachidanand, who is a product of Jai Hind Cricket Club, mentioned that he had worked for Rajasthan Royals as a back-end video analyst and also for Mangalore United, the KPL franchise.
When asked about the reason him taking up video analysis, Sachidanand said that it was due to the passion he had towards the game.
Sharath Narasimhan, a product of RBN Cricket Club, has also been working as a video analyst since three-and-a-half years. Sharath is also the BCCI qualified senior video analyst. He has worked for six Ranji matches and India A vs West Indies A four-day match held in Mysore.
Speaking to Star of Mysore, Sharath said that working as a video analyst was a good opportunity to interact with umpires, coaches and players.
“Being a video analyst is no easy game. One has been to constantly upgrading himself with the developing technologies and also be sharp and active throughout the game. This apart, a person has to be passionate about the game and be dedicated to work in any situation”, said Sharath.
Video Analysts in-charge of the control room during the match. Their job starts right from the installation of cameras and cables to provide video recording to the umpires, coaches and players for their reviews after the matches.
Sharath and Sachidanand are a part of 120 video analysts in India who aim to reach greater heights.
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> Sports News / June 20th, 2014
City lad Sagar G. Kashyap, has done every Mysorean proud with his feat of being selected to officiate in the Wimbeldon Grand Slam tennis championships 2014.
Sagar, a resident at Gokulam in Mysore, will be officiating in the qualifying rounds of the championships which begin from June 16th 2014. A former tennis player from Mysore Tennis Club, Mysore and B.E. graduate from Vidya Vikas College of Engineering, Sagar took up to officiating and has been an ITF referee and has officiated in ITF tournaments World over.
He will also be officiating in the main draw which will begin from June 23rd and he will officiate till the finals. This is the sixth consecutive time he will be officiating in the Wimbledon championships and he is the only Karnataka referee to be selected to represent the country in the championships.
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> Sports News / June 16th, 2014
