Mangaluru: The inauguration of ‘Samarpan’, a district level sports tournament for the year 2020-2021 for all the sports stars of RI district 3181, took place on Sunday March 28 at Mangala stadium.
After inaugurating the event, Rotary Club DGE Rtn Ravindra Bhat said that participation is more important than winning. “This is where you are going to show your talent and invest your time. And winning always depends on day’s play and only the best team of the day wins. So, everyone should play sportively,” he expressed.
The program is organised by Rotary District 3181 and Rotary Club of Mangaluru South in the memory of Late Divakar Amin. On the occasion, Narayan Alva, trainer, Sai Samsthe was felicitated.
“Every year we conduct this program in order to encourage the sports enthusiasts in the district,” said Sathish Boloor, event chairman. Across the nine zones from Mangaluru till Kollegal, zone level sports competitions are held and the winners take part in the district level competition, he added.
The competitions include volleyball and throwball tournament on March 28 and district cricket tournament on April 4.
GK Sheety, Nandini Radhuchandra, Kiran Jogi, Prashanth and Jayaprakash Shetty were also present.
