BSK Organized Cricket Tournament “Billava Trophy 2022”
Wednesday, March 30, 2022
Billava Sangha Kuwait (BSK) successfully organized their 8th Season of Cricket Tournament “Billava Trophy 2022” on Friday 25th March 2022 at Fahaheel ground.
The daylong sporting event commenced at 7:00am with inaugural ceremony by the Advisors Mr. Raghu C Poojary & Mr. Chitrek Bangera and the Ex Advisor Mr.Manoj Kumar. The MC of the event Mr. Mahesh Polali and the General Secretary Mr. Anish Kotian welcomed the gathering. President Mrs. Sushma Manoj in her welcome speech conveyed her best wishes to the participating teams.
The following eight teams participated in this tournament:
1. Abbasiya Friends
2. Tulunadu Cricketers Abbasiya
3. Udupi Friends
4. Khaitan Cricketers
5. Baidashree Cricketers
6. Billava Reggai Friends B
7. Billava Reggai Friends A
8. Friends Tuluver Group Kuwait
After intense competitions in four rounds of league matches followed by two semifinals, Tulunadu Cricketers Abhasiya and Baidashree Cricketers faced-off in the finals.
Eventually Tulunadu Cricketers Abbasiya emerged as the Winners and Baidashree Cricketers as Runners up.
Mr. Sachin Ķumar of Tulunadu Cricketers Abbasiya was adjudged as “Man of the Series”.
Following sportsmen won “Man of the Match” awards:
1st Match - Mr. Naveen - Tulunadu Cricketers Abbasiya
2nd Match - Mr. Ajay – Baidashree Cricketers
3rd Match - Mr. Vijay – Udupi Friends
4th Match - Mr. Pradeep S Poojary – Friends Tuluver Group Kuwait
Semi Final 1 - Mr. Vijay – Udupi Friends
Semi Final 2 - Mr. Sunil - Baidashree Cricketers
Final Match - Mr. Sharath - Baidashree Cricketers
All the teams exhibited great sportsman during the tournament and thoroughly entertained the spectators with fierce competitions.
Chief guests of the event Mr. Sunil Karkera & Mr. Hariprasad presented the Trophies and Medals to the winning teams and the players.
The scores were efficiently kept by Mr. Yashpal Poojary and Mr. Amarnath Suvarna. The matches were fairly refereed by Mr. Shivaraj Gowda Sirsi, Mr. Santhosh Kunder and Mr. Tony D’souza.
The best moments of the action-packed event were captured by Mr. Chitrek Bangera and Mr. Ghanshyam Attavar.
The event was sponsored by BSK Committee Members Mr. Raghu C Poojary, Mr. Chitrek Bangera, Mr. Ghanshyam Attavar, Mr. Govinda Belchada, Mr. Sukumar Karkera, Mr. Sandesh Amin, Mr. Prabhakar Bola and Friends Tuluver Group Kuwait (FTGK).
BSK Committee honored the Sponsors, Umpires and the Scorers. President Mrs. Sushma Manoj congratulated the winners and thanked all the teams for their participation. She also thanked the Sports Secretary Mr. Sandesh Amin & his team for organizing the tournament flawlessly and all the BSK members for their support in making the event successful & memorable.
The event concluded at 04:00pm with the Vote of thanks by General Secretary Mr. Anish Kotian.
It was a welcome back event for Billava Sangha Kuwait after a break of two years due to Covid-19 Pandemic and the success of this event boosted their hope to conduct rest of the events in this year with same passion and vigor.
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