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Anjaparavanda team emerges hockey champions

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Anjaparavanda family team outdid the Palanganada family by two goals to lift the 17th Kodava Hockey Cup. The runners-up bagged a fourth consecutive win.

The match was spectacular as Anjaparavanda’s goal keeper was former Olympian and present Hockey India-Karnataka secretary A B Subbaiah, while the Palanganda team was represented by Amar Aiyyamma, an international player.

The winners received Rs 1 lakh and a trophy, while the runners-up received `75,000. Anjaparavanda team won for the second consecutive time after 2008. “We expected to win the finals this time too and we played well. We were confident as we won thrice in a row, but luck was not in our favour,” rued Palangada team captain Ajay Aiyyappa.

“It is up to the leader to plan and take the team ahead. We played well and it brought us the cup,” said Anjarapanvanda captain Sherry.

The 18th edition of the Kodava Family Hockey will be held in Balgodu, as the Thathanda family accepted the Kodava Hockey Academy’s Flag at the valedictory function from tournament president T Pratap, while other families received the flag from Kodava Hockey Academy chairman P Kuttappa. The finals were played in Kodava Heritage centre grounds Balugodu in Virajpet on Sunday.

‘Will Continue to Support Family Cup’

MLC M C Nanaiah urged the Kodava families to conduct the tournament in Balugodu since it is a heavy investment to conduct the tournament in different places every year. Kodagu has produced 62 international hockey players and will continue the tradition in the future too, he said.

MLA K G Bopaiah said that in the past five years, special grants were released for the Kodava Hockey festival through the BJP. “The new government will continue to provide grants on my recommendations,” he said and added that a proposal has been submitted to set up a synthetic turf ground in Balugodu.

P Dilip Cariappa and B Poonacha participated in the body building show, while the Coorg Sports Management team performed South African music and Kolata which enthralled the large gathering.

source: http://www.newindianexpress.com / The New Indian Express / Home> States> Karnataka / by Express News Service – Madikeri / May 14th, 2013

Kudekal family lifts Gowda trophy

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The Kudekal Gowda family team won the Kattemane Cricket Jambara-2013 in the finals held on Sunday at General Thimmayya Stadium in Madikeri.

The final match was between Kudekal and Panathale teams, where the former lost the toss and was asked to bat first. The Kudekal team scored 91 runs for a loss of seven wickets. In response, the Panathale team could score only 81 runs for a loss of nine wickets.

Kodagu Gowda Cultural Academy office bearers, Kodagu Gowda Yuva Vedike and Kattemane family conducted the tournament for 14 days. The winners received awards and cash prize of `30,000 and the runners-up received `20,000.

In a tug-of-war was held for the family members and the women’s team of Karnaiyyana family emerged winners, defeating the Uluvarana team. In the men’s section, Pookulandra team won against the Kattemane family.

source:http://www.newindianexpress.com / The New Indian Express / Home> States> Karnataka / by Express News Service – Madikeri / May 14th, 2013

National award for Kodava stage artiste , Litterateur

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Karnataka Kodava Sahitya Academy President Addanda C. Cariappa is seen receiving the National Bhasha Samman award from Sahitya Academy President at a function held in Shillong yesterday.
Karnataka Kodava Sahitya Academy President Addanda C. Cariappa is seen receiving the National Bhasha Samman award from Sahitya Academy President at a function held in Shillong yesterday.

Shillong (Meghalaya):

The Kodava language, despite not having a script of its own, has grown over the past few decades and deserves to be included in the Eighth Schedule of the Indian Constitution, opined Addanda C. Cariappa, President of Karnataka Kodava Sahitya Academy.

He was speaking after receiving the Bhasha Samman national award instituted by the Sahitya Academy at U Soso Tham Auditorium here yesterday. The award was presented to him in recognition of his services towards Kodava language through drama, literature and journalism over the past few decades.

The awards were presented by Academy President Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari. Meghalaya State Urban Development Minister M. Ampareen Lyngdoh was present.

The five others honoured by the Academy are — Narayan Chandra Goswami of Assam, Hasu Yajnik of Gujarat, Tabu Ram Taid of Assam, Sondar Singh Majaw of Meghalaya and late Mandira Jaya Appanna (posthumously).

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News / May 14th, 2013

Ajai: Galloping all his way to glory

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Ajai Appachu started his winning streak in competitive riding in 1996. | EPS
Ajai Appachu started his winning streak in competitive riding in 1996. | EPS

For the son of an army man, taking to tough sports and adventure is second nature. Coorg lad Ajai Appachu is no different. Being based in Bangalore, Ajai was attracted to horse riding and took to equestrian events like ducks to water in 1995. He took part in local events and then graduated to bigger events. He started his winning streak in competitive riding in 1996 when he was adjudged the best rider in the zonal championships at Kolkata.

There has been no looking back for Ajai, whose parents Maj Gen Cheppudira Jai Appachu and Gita, have given him all encouragement and opportunities to excel in it.

A truly gifted rider and an extremely successful instructor, Ajai has won innumerable equestrian accolades in India, South Africa and Australia in every field of equestrian sport, whether dressage, show jumping or eventing.

Ajai has been trained under world-class instructors and is now the guiding force behind the Embassy International Riding School competition yard.

His students reflect his ability and the EIRS team for the Junior National Equestrian Championship is a force to reckon with, having achieved the highest medal tally at national level since 2003. The young rider has a long list of achievements under his belt.

Just sample this:

*Won the Individual Gold (1.30 mt) at the recently held KRA Cup, Seoul, South Korea. Also, won the Team Silver for Jumping.

* Qualified for the Asian Games in Guangzhou, China in the year 2010.

* Won FEI World Jumping challenge Category A in Meerut (2011).

* Won the FEI World dressage challenge held at Embassy International Riding School in 2008.

* Won Team Gold in show jumping at the Junior International (1999)

* Best Rider at the Tollygunj Horse Show (1997-98)

* Junior National Champion at Bangalore (1998)

* Represented India in South Africa where the team won a gold and three bronze medals

* Represented India for the 4th time in the International Tent Pegging meet (2000)

* Won the gold in the Lance and silver in the Team Sword events.

Ajai’s recent success in the World meet has given him immense confidence “I will be participating in a eventing meet in Germany.

My target is the 2016 Olympic Games,” said Ajai, for whom, his mentor and coach Maj Ahluwalia is the know-all and be-all of equestrian.

source: http://www.newindianexpress.com / The New Indian Express / Home> Cities> Bangalore / by S. S. Shreekumar / ENS – Bangalore / July 06th, 2012

Bengaluru tracks its winged visitors

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Bar-headed geese seen in a lake on the outskirts of the city —Clement Francis
Bar-headed geese seen in a lake on the outskirts of the city —Clement Francis

Bengaluru:

Bengaluru counted its birds on Sunday as part of International Bird Day and also to create a national data base on avi-fauna. Bird enthusiasts flocked to lakes, hills and grasslands to count the number and species of birds.

The concept of creating a national data base on avi-fauna was mooted by the Delhi Bird Watching Society (DBWS) which invited the bird watching community across the county to conduct a bird count in their areas on Sunday and submit the number of species they sighted till evening. The event was named Big Bird Day and about 200 teams and individual bird watchers took part in the counting.

“We had tremendous response from all over the country. The bird watching groups submitted their numbers till evening. We were flooded with 100 plus messages at 6 pm on Sunday from all over the country. We have team sightings of 100-120 birds on an average and we are still waiting for the counts from out-station. The report on the count will be ready in a week,” said writer and birdwatcher from New Delhi, Bikram Grewal.

In Karnataka, bird-watching enthusiasts took an early morning walk to count the birds in different parts of the state. A bird watching team in Kodagu, led by bird expert Dr Narasimhan, counted 120 species of birds in one single day.

Manjunath Prabhakar, a wildlife photographer who took part in the count, said the bird counting was a great opportunity to record research on bird diversity as many species that were not thought to exist in urban areas are being sighted. “We sighted close to 60 bird species atop Nadi Hill during the count and we managed to sight two birds from the Western Ghats,” Mr Prabhakar said.

Harish R Bhat, a bird expert and researcher from the Indian Institute of Science said that he was able to sight 110 bird species in Bijapur. “I happened to be in Bijapur for a lecture and I decided to count the birds here. Due to the presence of the Alamatti backwaters, the presence of birds is large around Bijapur city,” Mr Bhat said.

source: http://www.deccanchronicle.com / Deccan Chronicle / Home> News> Current Affairs / by Amit S. Upadhye, DC / February 25th, 2013

Indians impressive again at 2nd leg of Asian GP athletics

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Chonburi :

Indian athletes continued their impressive performance in the Asian Grand Prix series by grabbing 10 medals, including four gold, in the second leg on Wednesday.

M R Poovamma (women’s 400m), Rajiv Arokai (men’s 400m), Jithin Thomas (men’s high jump) and Nitin Rawat (men’s 3000m) bagged a gold each while Krishna Poonia (women’s discus), Kheta Ram (men’s 5000m) and Renjith Maheswary (men’s triple jump) grabbed a silver apiece.

Siddhanth Thingalaya (men’s 110m hurdles), Anu Mariam Jose (women’s 400m) and Arpinder Singh (men’s triple jump) won a bronze each at the IPE Chonburi Campus Stadium.

Poonia, who had finished fourth in the first leg, missed the Moscow World Championships ‘B’ standard of 59.50m by seven centimetres.

India had won 12 medals (four gold, five silver and three bronze) in the first leg in Bangkok on May 4.

M R Poovamma won his second gold of the series in women’s 400m race in 53.57sec. She had won the race in the first leg in Bangkok in 52.97sec.

Another Indian, Anu Mariam Jose finished third in 54.86sec, well below her bronze-winning effort of 53.95sec in Bangkok.

Rajiv Arokia changed the colour of the medal from the silver he had won in Bangkok in the first leg to gold here in men’s 400m race as he set new personal best timing of 46.54sec. He had finished second in Bangkok in 46.91sec.

Jithin Thomas also defended the title he won in Bangkok by clearing 2.21m, three centimetre more than his gold-winning effort in the first leg. Compatriot Nikhil Chitarasu, who was second in Bangkok, finished sixth with 2.18m.

India dominated men’s 3000m race as Nitin Rawat won gold with a timing of 8:18.25s with compatriot Kheta Ram taking second place with 8:18.74s. Rawat and Ram had won gold and silver respectively in the 5000m race in the first leg.

Siddhanth Thingalaya moved down one place from the second place he finished in the first leg to third here in men’s 110m hurdles with a timing of 13.90sec. Almandeel Abdulazia of Kuwait remained unbeaten in 13.69sec while Rittidet Jamras of Thailand grabbed second place in 13.88sec.

In wen’s triple jump, national record holder Renjith Maheswary settled for the silver for the second time behind Roman Valiyev of Kazakhstan. Maheswary had a leapt of 16.68m while Valiyev managed 16.69m. Another Indian, Arpinder Singh took the bronze with 16.53m.

In women’s discus throw, Poonia came up with season’s best of 59.43m. Her personal and national record stands at 64.76m. Su Xinyue of China won the gold with a throw of 61.67m.

In women’s high jump, first leg winner Sahana Kumari disappointed as she finished fifth with a modest 1.79m. Nadiya Dusanova of Uzbekistan won the gold with an effort of 1.86m. Sahana had cleared 1.86m in the first leg.

In men’s shot put, national record holder Om Prakash Karhana disappointed again by finishing sixth with a below-par 17.64m throw. Wang Li Ke of China won the event with a throw of 18.86m.

The third and final leg of the Asian Grand Prix will be held in Colombo on May 12

source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / Home> Sports> More Sports> Athletics / PTI / May 08th, 2013

State forest department awaits MP nod to transfer jumbos

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he Karnataka Forest Department is awaiting a response from its Madhya Pradesh counterpart on transfer of 11 tamed elephants from three state camps for ‘forest-related activities’.

Recently, while hearing a PIL filed by Compassion Unlimited Plus Action (CUPA) the High Court had refused to interfere in State government’s decision on transfer of pachyderms.

The CUPA in its petition had contended that the elephants might not to able to sustain the extreme weather in Madhya Pradesh.

Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (Wildlife) Ajay Mishra told Express that three elephants from Dubare, two from Mattigodu and six from Bandipur elephant camps, are listed for translocation to MP. He said they are basically second line elephants and doing similar jobs here. Karnataka has 95 tamed elephants in its many camps.

Allaying fears that elephants will be used for non-forest activities in MP, he said they would be used only for patrolling and not for display or safaris.

There have been instances when elephants from one state have been translocated to another and the pachyderms have had no problem in adjusting to the new environment.

“It may take some time for them to acclimatise but it will not create any problems. The beauty of elephants is that they develop a bond with their caretakers very soon,” he said.

The Forest Department of Madhya Pradesh has to look out for arranging mahouts and kavadis since Karnataka cannot spare their services. As per the Forest Department manual, there should be a mahout and a kavadi for each, and Karnataka has enough staff to take care of all the 95 jumbos. Elephants are known for co-existence and the question of feeling alien does not arise, argued Mishra.

There is a standard food chart for tamed elephants in camps and the forest department of every state has to follow it strictly.

“The tamed jumbos are just like our employees and separate registers are maintained to record its health, food habits, behaviour and service. Once they attain superannuation, they are given rest in camps,” he said.

source: http://www.newindianexpress.com / The New Indian Express / Home> States> Karnataka / by Shyam Sundar Vattam / ENS – Bangalore / March 16th, 2013

Priyanka, Kulkarni win

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Belgaum’s Manoj B Kulkarni and Kodagu’s Priyanka Narayan claimed the boys’ and girls’ titles respectively in the State under-11 championship held at the Sri Siddivinayaka Residential School in Kundapur.

Manoj scored 8.5 points out of the possible nine while Priyanka scored 6.5 points out of seven to be crowned champs.

Results (final round): Boys: Aditya B Kalyani (6.5) drew Manoj B Kulkarni (8.5); Shreyash A Kulkarni (7) drew Shaunak Geetprasad (6.5); Rishab Banthiya (5.5) lt to Adithya Joshua D’Silva (7); Chandan AS (5.5) lt to Shreyas Pavan (6.5); Avi Jaiswal (6) bt Niranjan Rajeev (5); Chaithanya Ganesh (6) bt Mihir Shettigar (5); Siddharth Beedu (5.5) drew Partithosh Ramesh (5.5); Sishir B (6) bt Chandramouli Koushik SB (5); Akash Somasundaram (5) lt to Varun V Navali (6); Dhanush MD (5.5) bt Atharva Abhijit Barve (4.5).

Girls: Ashwija Bharanya (4.5) lt to Priyanka Narayan (6.5); Prachi Bharti (6) bt Diya James (5); Khushi M Hombal (5) bt Varshitha SP (4.5); Anusha T (4) lt to Ojasi Gopikrishna (5); Ananya R Patel (4) lt to Shridevi Kote (5); Yashaswika IV (4) lt to Prathvika JR (4.5); Chrisel Anthea Fernandes (3.5) lt to Nagasshree Aaraga (4); Aditi B Rao (3) lt to Chaithra R Rao (4); Bhoomika K (4) bt Panchami Sarpangala (3); Vidisha V Bhat (4) bt Manya Hegde (3).

source: http://www.deccanherald.com / Deccan Herald / Home> Sports / Bangalore, DHNS – April 30th, 2013

ASHWINI PONNAPPA becomes a VICTOR-sponsored player

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After signing Indonesia’s AHMAD/NATSIR, last week VICTOR signed a sponsorship deal with one of India’s top doubles players ASHWINI PONNAPPA; it is expected that she will play at the India Open later this week in VICTOR colors.

The head of VICTOR marketing division Martin Lu & Ponnappa / Pic www.victorsport.com
The head of VICTOR marketing division Martin Lu & Ponnappa / Pic www.victorsport.com

She is the first Indian player to be sponsored by VICTOR and, by sponsoring her, VICTOR once again has shown its determination to expand its presence in international badminton.

ASHWINI PONNAPPA said that she is really happy to be sponsored by VICTOR. In recent years VICTOR has improved markedly in terms of brand image and product quality so she has no worries at all about being closely associated with the brand, she said. She hopes that she will play better wearing VICTOR rackets and wearing VICTOR clothes to help raise the profile of badminton in India. PONNAPPA said that in India badminton is a new sport that is attracting more and more players and she hopes that in future, with the help of VICTOR, she will achieve better results and will encourage more young people in India to take up the sport.

ASHWINI PONNAPPA is attractive and has achieved some good results. Playing in the women’s doubles at the 2012 London Olympics her and her partner beat Chinese Taipei’s “golden women’s doubles pair” Cheng Wen Hsin/Chien Yu Chin in the qualifying round. Also, she is still only 23 so still has a lot of potential. This is a new star that aficionados of the game will not fail to notice.

source: http://www.victorsport.com / Victor / Home> News> Latest News / April 25th, 2013

Record number of candidates in fray in Kodagu

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With 23 candidates in fray, a record number of candidates are contesting in two constituencies for the first time in the history of Kodagu.

Along with the national parties and regional parties, equal number of Independents are trying their luck in the Assembly polls.

As many as seven Independents are contesting in Madikeri constituency. They are C V Nagesh, Santhosh Kumar, Rafeeq, M A Nizamuddin, B C Nanjappa, Guruprasad, Hareesh Poovaiah. Other candidates are K M Lokesh (Cong), Appachu Ranjan (BJP), S P Mahadevappa (BSP), Vanajakshi (CPIML), B A Jeevijaya (JDS), K M Basheer (JDU) and Shambhulingappa (KJP).

Three Independents

In Virajpet constituency, three Independent candidates are contesting. They are — David, Maranna Dilip Kumar and D Uday. The other candidates are — B T Pradeep (Cong), K G Bopaiah (BJP), D S Madappa (JDS), Chengappa (CPIML), Janith Ayyappa (BSR Cong) and Usman (SDPI).

Only three candidates had contested from Madikeri constituency in 1957. Five candidates had contested in 1962, 1972, 1978, and 1999, while six candidates had contested in 1967, 1983, and 2004. At least nine candidates had contested in 1985, 1994 and 1989, while eleven candidates had tried their luck in the 2008 elections.

Straight contest

Only two candidates had contested from Virajpet constituency in 1957 and 1967.
Five candidates were in the fray in 1962, 1989, 1994, and 2008. Three persons had contested in 1972, 1983, 1985 and 2004.

There are nine candidates in fray for May 5 Assembly polls.

source: http://www.deccanherald.com / Deccan Herald / Home> District / Madikeri, DHNS – April 23rd, 2013