VT Seva successfully concluded its 2nd yearly Table Tennis & Badminton Tournaments this year, on April 30th, 2023 at Sparc Arena Sports & Recreation, in Novi, Michigan.
It was amazing fast-paced game day with both Table Tennis and Badminton Tournaments running parallelly on the same day! With 95 players playing 160 games in 7 different formats - Girls Singles, Girls Doubles, Boys Singles, Boys Doubles, Women's Doubles, Men's Doubles - Badminton and Open Table Tennis games. We had 20 volunteers who bolstered our activities and 2 sponsorships for the event!!
Girls Singles Badminton:
We had 7 players in total for this segment.
· Nishka won the 1st place with 6 wins
· Kavisha won the 2nd place with 5 wins
Girls Doubles Badminton:
We had 6 players with 3 doubles teams who played the exciting Girls Doubles games.
· Anvi & Kavisha won the 1st place with 2 wins
· Navya & Riya won the 2nd place with 1 win
Boys Singles Badminton:
We had 9 players in total for this segment.
· Satvik won the 1st place with 8 wins
· Sam won the 2nd place with 7 wins
Boys Doubles Badminton:
We had 8 players with 4 doubles teams who played the exciting Boys Doubles games.
· Nitin & Satvik won the 1st place with 3 wins
· Chanakya & Sam won the 2nd place with 2 wins
Women's Doubles Badminton:
We had 12 players in total with 6 Women’s Doubles Badminton Teams. What an electric performance from both teams!!
· Sushma & Chandrasena won the 1st place Women’s Championship Trophy
· Manjula & Chandana won the 2nd place.
Men's Doubles – Badminton:
We had 40 players in total with 20 Men’s Double teams vying for the Men’s Championship Trophy.
Semi Finals was between Rahul-Jayanth vs. Sreedhar-Manoj, Yunpeng-Ej vs. Mittulal-Rohit. What exciting Semis it was!!
The Tournament Finals was played between Mittulal-Rohit vs. Sreedhar-Manoj. The stats below would show how much of a nail-biter it was. Mittulal-Rohit came out to be the victorious Champions of the Men’s Doubles Tournament.
We had 24 players in total with 12 teams in 2 groups in the Open Table Tennis tournament.
As expected, the games were fast paced and fascinating. The teams that reached the Semis were: Deen-Mansour vs. Ali-Zhicheng & Harshini-Sriraj vs. Sidd-Abhishek
The Championship Final was between Ali-Zhicheng vs Harshini Sriraj and Ali-Zhicheng’s team came out victorious to win the 1st Place Open Table Tennis Championship Trophy with 2nd place being Harshini-Sriraj.
Photos from the event can be found here: https://photos.app.goo.gl/BQ42pEvqSVPwxJL6A
VT Seva Volunteers:
The backbone of our organization is our tireless, selfless and ever enthusiastic Volunteers, without whom any event is a non-starter.
Game leads | Harshini, Sirisha |
Game promotional activities | Srinath, Vanitha, Nandini, Sreenivas, Harshini, Suresh, Anand, Sirisha & Venkat |
Game promotional activities - Youth | Teja & Arya |
Youth volunteers on event day in food stall area, photography, timekeepers | Sai Sahasra, Sai Karnati, Kalki, Oviya, Arya & Teja. |
Adult volunteers on event day such as Food stall, Trophies setup | Vanitha, Priya, Durga, Jyothi, Raghunath, Nandini, Anand & Jaishankar |
Treasurer | Anand & Jaishankar |
Game management | Suresh, Venkat, Harshini, Sirisha & Chandrasekhar |
Sponsorships Reach out | Srinath, Sirisha, Sudheer & Nandini |
Sports coordination | Suresh |
Big THANKS to all the players, parents, volunteers, sponsors & supporters of this great cause and in encouraging us with their participation throughout the day!!
Despite the initial challenges of gaining momentum, VT Seva Detroit volunteers' continued resilience & never-ending efforts made it a great success!!
Without your continued support and contributions, it is not possible for VT Seva to provide quality education, food and lodging for our lovely Nethra Vidyalaya visually challenged children. On behalf of VT Seva Detroit, my heartfelt THANKS to all for making the event a SUCCESS!🙏🙏
🎊 CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE WINNERS! 🎊
See you soon next year…
Blog written by: Suresh Rajan
Blog published by: Nandini Cheemalamarri