Mysuru :

Cycle Pure Agarbathies, in association with ACUK (Association of Cricket Umpires Karnataka), Mysore Zone, had organised the Mysore Warriors Cricket Quiz at Sarada Vilas Law College auditorium, Mysore. The event witnessed active participation from around 120 students in the city. S. Muralidhara, President, ACUK, Karnataka and Balachandar, President, KSCA, Mysore Zone, were the chief guests on the occasion. Vishnu Ranga, Partner, NR Group, was also present.

Winners of Mysore Edition: Champion Team: Vidyaashram PU College (Syed Hisham and Yeshwanth Kumar).

Special Award: Kautilya Vidyalaya (M.C. Gururaj and Nitesh Bharadwaj).

1st Runner-Up: Vijaya Vitalla PU College (T. Pranav and V. Kiran); 2nd Runner-Up: Sadvidya High School (J. Niranjan and B.S. Harsha).

Appreciating the winners, Muralidhara, said: “We are overwhelmed by the response received for the quiz. It is always the knowledge that fuels one’s desire to excel. Through this initiative we want to foster our efforts towards nurturing sporting knowledge and there by instill a growing desire among the children to excel in the sports of their choice.”

Organised as a zonal round run up to the 24th Umpires Day State Level Cricket Quiz Competition, the contest was open to all school students studying between VIII to X grades and I and II PUC in the city.

The winners will now represent the Zone at the State-level Finals to be conducted at Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore on Nov. 30.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News / Sunday , November 16th, 2014