The Olympic Sports Complex at Palava hosted the Maharashtra Veterans Suhas Kulkarni Memorial State Championship, its first-ever state-level ranking table tennis tournament, last month for the veterans across Maharashtra. The tournament was held in memory of the late Suhas Kulkarni, a renowned table tennis player who represented India at several international championships and unfortunately passed away due to Covid last year.
At Palava, providing care to our senior citizens and encouraging them to live a healthy lifestyle is a constant endeavour. As a result, we partnered with state bodies who recognised Palava’s sports infrastructure as truly world-class for this event, and we organised a tournament for senior citizens from all over the state, not just Palava.
This tournament saw over 200 participants from across the length and breadth of Maharashtra make their way to the Palava City – the participants travelled from Mumbai, Thane, Pune, Nashik, Solapur, Bhandara, Kolhapur, Jalgaon, Ratnagiri, Raigad, Nagpur, Palghar, and Panchvati.
The championship was categorized into Women’s Doubles, Men’s Doubles, Men’s Singles, and Women’s Singles. The Maharashtra Veterans Table Tennis Association awarded the winners a winning prize of INR 1.25 lacs.
Heartiest congratulations to all the winners who made their towns proud across various categories.
Women’s Doubles – Shruti Joshi & Moonmoon Mukherjee
Men’s Doubles – Divyendu Chandurkar & Pankaj Rahane
Women’s Single (70 years+) – Zarksis Khandadia
Men’s Single (70 years +) – Yogesh Desai
Women’s Single (65 years+) – Mangal Saraf
Men’s Single (65 years +) – Percy Mehta
Women’s Single (60 years+) – Swati Agharkar
Men’s Single (65 years +) – Sarosh Shroff
Women’s Single (50 years+) – Anagha Joshi
Men’s Single (50 years +) – Manish Rawat
Women’s Single (40 years+) – Shruti Joshi
Men’s Single (40 years +) – Divyendu C
Committed to providing state-of-the-art infrastructure to pursue a professional sport, Palava’s world-class Olympic Sports Complex reverberated with thundering applause and inspiring cheer.
We would be organising such table tennis tournaments on an annual basis. To register/enquire for the next edition, please do contact: 9819814507 | sports.info@pcma.in