Pune (Voice news service):- A total 194 players will represent 6 teams in the PYC HDFC Racquet League that will be organised by the PYC Hindu Gymkhana in its Table Tennis, Tennis, and Badminton facilities from March 6. The Final will be played on Sunday, 10th March 2024.
Mr. Kumar Tamhane, President of PYC Hindu Gymkhana and Mr. Sarang Lagu, Hon Secretary of the PYC Hindu Gymkhana said that this unique league which was formulated by its members and will include veterans, men’s, women’s and juniors playing in a team and participating in racquet sports namely table tennis, tennis and badminton. This is the 7th Year of the League.
Mr. Sarang Lagu, Hon. Secretary added that PYC Gymkhana is the only club in the city to offer its members five different leagues one in cricket, one in badminton, one in basketball, one in football, with a view of health and recreation of its members through sports. The league will bring members on a common platform and help them bond as a team as each match in the tie will be of utmost importance, he added.
Mr. Lagu further added that the this will be the second consecutive year that the HDFC Bank has graciously sponsored this event. We are glad that this event is being held at the club with great success for past 7 years he added.
A Tie between two teams will consist of 7 Matches of Badminton, Table Tennis and Tennis Sport, so in total 21 Matches will comprise of a tie. Players have been awarded stars as per their playing abilities in every sport and on the same basis they were auctioned. The league will witness national level players in all three sports in action.Matches in all 3sports will be Open Doubles matches of 30 points each, except Match No 6 & 7 of Tennis will be 20 points each.
In an auction 194 players were selected to represent six teams which included Ravetkar Musketeers (Amol Ravetkar & Parag Chopada), Iyer Colts (Atharva Iyer & Sameer Jalan), Pandit-Javdekar Talwars (Shivkumar Javdekar, Ranjit Pande), Spears (Amol Jog & Ashutosh Agashe), Rockets (Tushar Mengale), Lancers (Alok Telang) A tournament committee comprising of Mr.Abhishek Tamhane, Mr.Tushar Nagarkar, Mr.Tanmay Agashe, Mr.Sarang Lagu, Mr. Ranjit Pande, MS. Dipti Sardesai, Mr. Kedar Nadgonde, Mr. Nandan Dongre has been formed for the smooth conduct of the event.
