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Mysore athletes bag top honours – District-level Dasara Games

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District-level Dasara Games

( Top ) Shahejahani ( Below ) Reena George
( Top ) Shahejahani
( Below ) Reena George

Mysore :

Mysore District athletes bagged top honours in the District-level Dasara Games 2013, both in men and women’s section, held at the University Oval athletic grounds here yesterday.

M.G. Radesh, a final year BBM student at Basudeva Somani FGC, Mysore and Reena George, both from Mysore District, bagged top honours in the men’s and women’s section respectively.

In the women’s section, Shahejahani of Mysore won gold in the Discus and Javelin throw events and also secured silver in Shot-put event. In men’s section, M.R. Nandeesh of Mysore won gold in Javelin and Discus throw and also won silver in the Shot-put event. V.G. Ponnappa of Mysore won gold in the men’s 800m and 1500m events.

Men’s section results: 100m: 1. M.G. Radesh (Mysore), 2. K.P. Sumanth (Mysore), 3. J. Mahendra (K.R. Nagar);  200m: 1. M. Radesh (Mysore), 2. Suhas S. Gowda (Mysore), 3. Manu (Hunsur); 400m: 1. Arun Kumar (Hunsur), 2. V. Chethan (Mys), 3. Bipin Thomas (Mys);  800m: 1. V.G. Ponnappa (Mys), 2. Rohit Kumar (Mys), 3. P. Abhishek (K.R. Nagar);  1500m: 1. V.G. Ponnappa (Mys), 2. R. Shashikumar (Mys), 3. S.D. Venkatesh (H.D. Kote); 5000m:  1. B.J. Prasanna (Hunsur), 2. R. Ranjith (Hunsur), 3. Arun (K.R. Nagar); Javelin throw:  1. M.R. Nandeesh (Mys), 2. K.B. Harsha (Mys), 3. Naveen (Mys); Discus throw: 1. M.R. Nandeesh (Mys), 2. K.B. Harsha (Mys), 3. L. Madhu Gowda (Mys); Shot-put: 1. M.R. Mohan Kumar (Mys); 2. M.R. Nandeesh (Mys), 3. N.V. Chandan (Mys); Long jump: 1. T.S. Ravi (Mys), 2. Mohith (Mys), 3. R. Rakesh (Hunsur); 4x400m Relay: 1. Hunsur, 2. Mysore, 3. Nanjangud; 4x100m Relay: 1. Mys, 2. Hunsur, 3. K.R. Nagar; Throwball: 1. Mysore, 2. Nanjangud; Kho-kho: 1. Mysore, 2. Nanjangud; Kabaddi: 1. Mysore, 2. H.D. Kote; Basketball: 1. Rising Star, Mysore; 2. Aryans, Mysore; Football: 1. Hunsur; 2. Mysore; Ball badminton: 1. K.R. Nagar, 2. Mysore; Shuttle badminton: Darshan/Sachin (Mys); Hockey: 1. Mysore ‘A’, 2. St. Philomena’s College.

Women’s results — 100m: 1. Reena George (Mys), 2. S.G. Priyanka (Mys), 3. S.R. Preethi (Mys); 200m: 1. Reena George (Mys), 2. Inchara (Mys), 3. Anusha (K.R. Nagar); 400m: 1. Reena George (Mys), 2. H.R. Navami (Mys), 3. H.Y. Anjali (Hunsur);  800m: 1. Poornima (Mys), 2. V. Priyanka ( Mys), 3. Sushma (T.N. Pura); 1500m: 1. Shraddha Rani S. Desai (Mys), 2. V. Priyanka (Mys), 3. K.R. Tejaswini (T.N. Pura); 3000m: 1. Thippavva Sannakki (Mys), 2. Shraddha Rani S. Desai (Mys), 3. B. Chaitra (T.N. Pura); Triple jump: 1. P. Harshitha (K.R. Nagar), 2. S.S. Vasudha (Mys), 3. S. Vinutha (Mys); Javelin throw: 1. Shahejahani (Mys), 2. Harshitha (K.R. Nagar), 3. S.G. Pushpa (Mys); Shot-put: 1. P.S Uma (Mys), 2. Shahejahani (Mys), 3. K. Roopashree (Mys);  Discus throw: 1. Shahejahani (Mys), 2. P.S. Uma (Mys), 3. K.P. Maheshwari (Mys); Long jump: 1. P. Harshitha (K.R. Nagar), 2. P.B. Sumithra (Mys), 3. S.S. Vasudha (Mys); 4x400m Relay: 1. Mysore, 2. Hunsur, 3. T.N. Pura; 4x100m Relay: 1. Mysore, 2. Hunsur, 3. T.N. Pura;

Ball-badminton: 1. Hunsur, 2. K.R. Nagar; Throwball: 1. Mysore, 2. Nanjangud; Volleyball: Mysore; Kabaddi: 1. Mysore, 2. Hunsur; Kho-Kho: 1. T.N. Pura, 2. Mysore;  Hockey: 1. Mysore, 2. Teresian College;  Basketball: Mysore.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> Sports News / September 22nd, 2013

Star this week : Talented athlete : Thippawa Sannakki

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Mysore :

Athletics is considered as the Mother of all sports. Our city athlete Thippavva Sannakki is a talented athlete who excels in the long distance running events, and has been performing consistently well in the National, State level meets. Thippavva Sannakki, recently taking part in the Mysore District-level Dasara athletic meet 2013-14, on Saturday won gold in women’s 3000m event. She also represented Indian Railways in the National athletic meet held at Ranchi recently and performed well. She is our “Star This Week.”

Thippavva Sannakki is an employee with the South Western Railways, Mysore. She is presently training under the guidance of former International and SAK athletic coach Damodar Gowda at Mysore.

Thippavva Sannaki, taking part in the District-level Dasara women’s athletics event in the 3000m won the gold with a timing of 11m:23:09s.

Thippavva will represent Mysore District in the Division-level Dasara athletic meet to be held on Sept. 30th & Oct. 1 at Mysore.

Thippavva, last fortnight, represented Indian Railways in the Indian Open Nationals and took part in the 3000m event. She finished sixth in the event and gained valuable experience competing with Indian athletes Preeja Sreedharan and Sreeja.

Thippavva Sannakki has represented Karnataka in the National level and has won medals in the in the senior as well in the junior level. Thippavva has been a regular medal winner in the long distance events in the State-level Dasara meets every year. She has taken part in the DAC road races for women and has been the winner for four years in a row. An All-India Inter-University medalist representing Mysore University, this girl has the talent in her to improve on her performance in the National level.

She is a talented athlete and with her dedicated hard work aims to perform well in the National level in the days to come.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> Sports News / September 22nd, 2013

Vijay Mallya: McLaren still catchable

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Vijay Mallya
Vijay Mallya

Force India Team Principal Vijay Mallya believes that beating McLaren for 5th place in the Constructor’s Championship is still possible.

Force India, who are currently five points behind the McLaren team, were leading the championship race up until the German Grand Prix  in July.

Force India excelled with their performances and consistently scored points while Mclaren had a disastrous start to their 2013 season.  But for the last 4 races, Force India scored only 2 points whereas McLaren stepped up their performance to score 29 points.

Mallya believes his team will do well in the upcoming races.

He said: “It is going to be a close fight, but the good news is that McLaren still aren’t that far ahead. “They only scored one point in Monza, so they are definitely catchable. We need to perform better ourselves, that’s very clear.

“We’re working hard to find more performance, but at the same time we’ve made it quite clear that we will not compromise next year’s programme. It’s always a balancing act, but we know what we need to do.

“Absolutely, we’ve been strong in Singapore, especially last year. Hopefully that will continue this year, but we know we’ve got to get on top of the tyres to unleash the potential of the car. Points must be the target for this weekend to keep up our momentum in the championship fight.”

source: http://www.sportskeeda.com / Home> F1/ Singapore GP / by Prathik / September 16th, 2013

Bags medals in National Karate championship

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Mysore :

Mohammed Bilal Siddiqui, a student of Mysore District Zen Shito-Ryu-Karate School who participated in the National Shito-Ryu Karate Championship held at NIE on Mandavadi road recently bagged a gold medal in Kata Men – 21 years category and a bronze medal Kumite- Men-21 yrs, below 55 Kgs. category.

He is the son of Arshad Hussain Siddique and Fathima Razia couple and is trained by Sensei Azeez Khan.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> Sports News / September 16th, 2013

Formula Manipal 2013 team returns with honours

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The team of 25 students participated in competitions in Germany and Czech Republic; bagged second prize in cost and manufacturing.

Members of Formula Manipal 2013 team with the formula racing car designed by them. - DNA
Members of Formula Manipal 2013 team with the formula racing car designed by them. – DNA

Formula Manipal 2013, an annual student project of building their own formula racing cars for international racetracks students of Manipal Institute of Technology (MIT), has earned the second prize in a prestigious event in Germany.

This year, for the first time, the team comprising 25 students, participated in competitions in Germany and the Czech Republic. The team did well in both places and even bagged the second prize in cost and manufacturing in the content in Germany.

The team consists of 25 undergraduate students led by Aakhilesh Singhania (team leader) and Rishu Raj Singh (team manager). Over 23 countries participated in Germany. This was the first-ever podium finish for a Formula Manipal team.

This was the fifth time formula cars have been built and tested by the students of MIT on the international racetracks. The competition was been organised by the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE).

Improving upon last season’s design, the team innovated and came up with a more compact design this year with reduced weight and lighter bodywork. The students used a Honda CBR 600RR engine and also incorporated a Drexler Differential along with electro-pneumatic gear shifting. The team also used a custom made  driveline and uprights, thus giving them a competitive edge.

Before participating in the competition, the team carried extensive testing on the FMX3 both in India and abroad. In India, they tested the car at a local karting track. Testing was also done in Austria at the Red Bull Ring with Joanneum Racing Graz of UAS Graz, which has helped the team perform at the competitions.

In the Cost Event, the team had to make a cost report including a bill of materials and components used. This report is then scrutinised by the judges and a discussion at the competition with the Cost Judges around the team’s vehicle is held.

This evaluates not only the cost of the car, but also the team’s ability to prepare accurate engineering and manufacturing cost estimates. And finally, a ‘real case’ scenario is held and students will have to respond to a challenge related to cost or manufacturing of the student vehicle.

The team cleared tech inspection on the very first day and also did quite well in the dynamic events. They achieved an acceleration of 4.62 seconds in the acceleration at FSG.

Formula Manipal also participated in Formula Student Czech Republic and made history by becoming the only Indian team to complete in endurance for the Formula Student Season 2013, fetching them an overall rank of ninth in the event.

Doing so, it also became the only Indian team to complete endurance with electro-pneumatic gear shifting.

The ambassadors were applauded and appreciated by renowned judges of the formula world including Claude Rouelle, the president of Optimum G and Pat Clarke, renowned bike racer.

Formula SAE (FSAE) is a competition organised by the SAE for students. The challenge for the students is to design and manufacture a formula race car with specific design and safety considerations as per the guidelines laid down by FSAE. The different cars competing at the event are evaluated on quality of design and performance.

Competitions is held in 10 different zones around the globe.

More than 2000 engineering students participate from over 23 countries to showcase their technical.

source: http://www.dnaindia.com / DNA / Home> Bangalore> / Report / by DNA , Place:Manipal, Agency:DNA / Tuesday – August 27th, 2013

City’s Only …

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B…B…Beat Boxer

Ranjith Gowda
Ranjith Gowda

by  S. Kenneth Shishir and Shalini

Beat-Boxing, a rare form of art, is becoming popular in city, with S.Ranjith Gowda who has performed at a number of occasions is attracting large crowds now in city.

Well, it has nothing to do with gloves and boxing, but yes, with a mike.

Beat Boxing is a form of vocal percussion primarily involving the art of producing drum beats, rhythm, and musical sounds using one’s mouth, lips, tongue, and voice. An evolving art form in India, beat-boxing created a space for itself, particularly amongst youngsters, through online videos and live gigs. In contemporary pop music, the relatively young vocal art form of beat-boxing is an element of hip-hop culture.

Ranjith Gowda, a second year BBM student of Vidyaashram College in city speaking to Star of Mysore said that he actually wanted to be a drummer, but as the drum sets were expensive, he started Beat Boxing after being fascinated by watching it on TV.

He said whenever people listen to beat-boxing, there are two big questions that come up in their minds, What are those noises? And how are they being made? He said the truth about beatbox sounds is that most of them are just tweaked-up or combined sounds of the kind we use in speech, and nearly all the rest are sounds we could use in speech but usually don’t. Anyone can imitate a drum by making “tikatikatikatika poom poom poom” sounds. But when beatboxers do it actually sounds worth listening to.

He said that important elements in becoming a beatboxer are mastering when to breathe. This is a different situation than talking or singing. With so many explosive sounds pushing air out, breathing has to be carefully planned. Another crucial element is the proper way to hold the microphone, if you choose to use one. Different grips are used in the production of different sounds, and in some cases two mikes are used.

Ranjith said that Beat-boxing may also include body percussion as well as vocal percussion, depending on which definition one goes by. However, Human Beatbox defines beat-boxing ‘as the art of producing drum beats, rhythm, and musical sounds using one’s mouth, lips, tongue, voice, nasal passage and throat.’

Claiming to be the only Beat Boxer in city, Ranjith said that he has performed in Mysore, Bangalore, Tumkur and other places, and said that he would be performing in Mumbai next month.

Ranjith spends most of his days performing and during the weekend, he conducts beatbox workshops in city.

Having performed at college fests, Mall of Mysore and private parties, this talented youth in his early 20s has imbibed this art without knowing the ABC of music.

A Music Reality Show on TV, where in this fascinating art form was presented inspired him to learn. To gain further knowledge, Ranjith browsed and listened to Beat Boxing.

Rigorous practice has now made him the only Beat Boxer in city, thus earning him the name ‘Ranjith Gowda Beat Boxer.’

Beat Boxing was his favourite time pass and hobby until he first performed at the College Day function wherein he received a lot of appreciation and turned him into a professional Beat Boxer. Thus began his journey as a beat boxer.

He says, his big moment was during the performance at Dasara Exhibition which fetched him the ‘Best Artiste of the Year’ award and also gave him ample opportunities and kept him busy all the time performing at fests, restaurants, private parties and gigs.

Ranjith has also introduced his own new way of Beat Boxing with Harmonica and Flute in free style and has been given a direct entry to participate in India’s Got Talent Fifth Season for which he will be travelling to Mumbai in the month of November or December for the shoot.

In his advice to youngsters who want to be beat boxers, he said that one should not smoke or consume alcohol as one cannot perform with these addictions and says “Every experience you have is designed to make you stronger.”

You can follow him on facebook or watch his videos on Youtube.

In the realm of taking Mysore to National and International levels, he has stood out in winning the hearts of the crowd wherever he performs.

Ranjith is the son of Shiva, a businessman and T.N.Shantha, a housewife and a resident of Bannimantap.

Ranjith can be contacted on Mob: 89712-57704 or e-mail: ranjith.gowda43@gmail.com.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> Feature Articles / by S. Kenneth Shishir and Shalini / September 10th, 2013

Star this week : Ekalavya Awardee : Roller skater Varshsa S. Puranik

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Mysore :

City’s Varsha S. Puranik, a talented roller skater who is a National Champion in the women’s category for the last five successive years, was awarded the prestigious Ekalavya award by the Govt. of Karnataka in a grand function at Raj Bhavan, Bangalore last week. She recently represented India in the World Games 2013 at Cali, Colombia and fared well (finished 16th in 500m road race). She is our “Star This Week.”

Varsha S. Puranik, 25, is a II Year M.D. Microbiology student, JSS Medical College, Mysore. She is the proud daughter of R. Srirama Krishna (retd. IOB) and Thara Srirama. Her elder brother Sri Harsha’s roller skating exploits inspired her also to take up to this sport.

Starting skating at a young age of 3, Varsha began her basics at Bal Bhavan Roller Skating rink under the guidance of Ravi in 1990. She jointed Vishwamithra Roller Skating Club in 1993 and started to train under the guidance of late K. Sridhar Rao at J.K. Grounds. Presently, she is trained under R. Srikanta Rao, a Ekalavya awardee at the Rao’s Roller Skating Club.

Varsha has represented Karnataka in 17 National championships and has emerged as a top roller skater in the junior and senior sections. She emerged as the fastest skater in the country in 2008 and 2010 Nationals.

Varsha first represented the country in the International level in 2001 in the World Inline Speed Skating Championships at France in 2001 (10km race- finished 16th). She got her first Intl. medal when she was part of the Indian relay team which won bronze in 5km relay at the Asian Roller Skating Championships.

In 2003, she represented India in the World Junior Championships at Venezuela (5km race-finished 15th). In 2004, representing India at the 10th Asian Championships at Japan, she finished 4th in the individual event. In 2010, she represented India in the 16th Asian Games at Guangzhou, China (3000m-finished 7th).

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> Sports News / September 08th, 2013

City’s Chethan bags Natl. Muay Thai championship

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Mysore :

C. Chethan, employee of Cycle Pure Agarbathies, has bagged gold at the National Muay Thai Championship organised by Muay Thai India (MTI) National Federation at L.B. Stadium, Hyderabad from Aug. 25 to 29.

Chethan, who represented Karnataka State, defeated a Chhattisgarh opponent in the semi-finals and won against his rival from Tamil Nadu to clinch the title in the 75-81 kg Seniors category.

M.H. Abid, President, MTI, presented the certificate and medal to Chethan at the prize distribution ceremony. In all, 14 States participated in the Championship.

A fitness enthusiast, Chethan has been practicing at the Academy of Martial Arts under the guidance of coach Vikram Nagraj.

Earlier, Chethan had won a bronze medal at the National Level Championship-2012 and first place at the State-level event in 2011. He aims to take part in the International Championship to be held in Thailand in 2014.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> Sports News / September 04th, 2013

City Kick Boxers bag eight medals for Karnataka

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Mysore :

The students Academy of Martial Science (AMS), a combat school promoting Muay Thai Kick Boxing and MMA in Mysore, have bagged eight medals for Karnataka at the 14th Amateur Senior Muay Thai Kick Boxing National Championships held at Lal Bahadur Indoor stadium in Hyderabad between Aug. 23 and 29.

Ten fighters attached to the Academy of Martial Science, Mysore, affiliated to Mysore District Muay Thai Association and Muay Thai Karnataka won three Bronze, four Silver and one Title (Gold) at the above mentioned championships for Karnataka.

With this haul of medals, Karnataka is placed at 4th position nationally and Chethan who is the Light Heavy Weight Champion was selected to represent India in the forthcoming World Muay Thai Champioship in Thailand in 2014.

MLA M.K. Somashekar and KR constituency Block President Naveen Kumar congratulated the team at the club premises.

Results

Chethan Kumar- Fly Weight- Quarter finalist, L. Srihari-Light Weight-Pre- Quarter finalist, Vaibhav Yamdagni- Pin Weight- Bronze Medal, Lohith-Feather Weight-Bronze Medal, C. Manjesh- Middle Weight-Bronze Medal, Sourabh Bhatewara- Light welter weight-Silver Medal, Abdul Razack-Light Middle weight-Silver Medal, Sumanth Subrahmanya- Cruiser weight-Silver Medal, Mohammed Zulkharnain- Super heavy weight- Silver Medal and C. Chethan-Light Heavy weight Champion-India.

For details log on to www.academyofmartialscience.com

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> Sports News / September 08th, 2013

Star this week : Talented tennis player : Dhruthi Venugopal

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Mysore :

Mysore has from time to time being producing quality and talented tennis players who have gone on to represent the country in the International level. On these lines is a talented tennis player in Dhruthi T. Venugopal from our city who has been making steady progress in this sport in the junior girls level in the ITF circuit and also in the National level. Dhruthi, taking part in the TTT-ITF Junior Tennis Tournament (Grade 4) held at Chennai from Aug. 26 to 31, won the junior girls singles title. she is our ‘Star This Week.’

Dhruthi is a 1st PU student of Vidya Vikas PU College, Mysore and trains with former India Davis Cupper Sandeep Kirtane in Pune for the last three and a half years. She has been making a steady progress in this sport in the junior girls category.

Ranked No 1. in the State in the girls Under-18 section and No. 11 in the country in the Under-18 section, Dhruthi is the daughter of Venugopal and Vanamala Venugopal, residents of Mysore.

Dhruthi, taking part in the TTT-ITF Tennis Tournament (Grade 4) in Chennai, won the Junior Girls Singles title beating Zeel Desai in the final. In the semi-final, she beat India’s Nandita Das 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (5) to progress further. In the quarter-final, Dhruthi beat Kamaran Kaur Thandi of India 5-7, 6-1, 7-6 (5).

Dhruthi, taking part in the girls doubles lost in the semi-finals. Ojasvinee Singh and Karman kaur beat Dhruthi & Vaidya Ria 4-6, 6-1 (10-3). In the quarter-final, Dhruthi & Vaidya Ria beat Zeel Desai & Snehal Mane 6-2, 6-2. Dhruthi with this performance has gained valuable ITF points and aims to work hard in the coming days to improve on her rankings.

Dhruthi, taking part in the Adidas National Junior Tennis Championships at MCC courts in Chennai performed well. She lost in the semi-finals in the girls under-18 singles to top-seed Shehadevi Reddy 3-6, 3-6.

Dhruti is a attacking player and intends to work hard under the guidance of her coach Sandeep Kirtane and perform well in the National and International level.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> In Brief / September 01st, 2013