Mysuru :

The city-based Cycle Pure Agarbathies, the world’s largest incense stick manufacturer, is organising the Mysore Warriors Cricket Quiz in association with Association of Cricket Umpires Karnataka (ACUK), Mysore Forum, on Nov.15 from 1 pm onwards at Sarada Vilas Law College auditorium in city.

The quiz is open to all school students studying between 8th and 10th grades and 1st and 2nd PUC in the city.

The last date for the schools and colleges to register for the competition is Nov. 14. To register, contact Sindhu Prasad on Ph: 0821-2521985 between 9.30 am and 6 pm or e-mail the entries to: pr@nrrs.net

Entry to the quiz is free and institutions can send multiple entries with a team consisting of two members.

The quiz is organised to commemorate the 24th Umpires Day to be held at Bengaluru with a State-level Final Quiz.

The winning team at Mysuru will be sent to take part in the State-level Finals to be conducted at Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru, on Nov. 30 (Sunday).

About ACUK: Association of Cricket Umpires Karnataka (ACUK) was started in 1974 to honour the victorious Ranji trophy team of Mysore for winning the coveted trophy for the first time and with the sole intention of improving standards of Umpires.

ACUK, Mysore, was formed in 2005 November with 20 umpires. ACUK Mysore is known for its professional way of engineering characters by updating them with the latest in the game. It has team of young umpires who have access to the latest developments in cricket laws by getting Videos, answered Q and A’s, mock plays, etc., which has made the umpires to be on par with other umpires in the game.

Today, ACUK Mysore Zone has around 25 qualified umpires and 20 registered umpires from in and around Mysore. The major activities include annual cricket tourney for High school boys which has created a brand for itself, annual School quiz, workshops and involving itself in many social activities.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home>General News / Sunday , November 09th, 2014