Joe Andrade
Dubai, May 1: The grand finale awards ceremony of the KSC Carroms-Double Tournament 2024 was organized at the Karnataka Social Club premises on Friday, April 26, after the final match of the tournament in the main hall at 7 pm.
As many as 44 carrom players from Karnataka hinterland participated with much fanfare and took-off with the tournament on a knock-out basis from the evening of February 20 -26, with a host of supporters and well-wishers cheering them.
The chief co-ordinator Lolakshi Rajaram, choreographed the Carrom Tournament with the finesse of a carrom wizard much to the appreciation of all the players and enthusiasts. The event coordinator, Anand Lobo rolled the event each day with all the pomp, glory and encouragement the tournament needed and deserved in his inimitable style and prowess. It was an awesome sight to watch the main hall of the Club gripped in pin-drop silence during the tournament days but for the rattling of the carrom boards so well laid out by the organisers with just the noise of the strikers hitting the carrom coins. Trophies were given to the first place winners and runners-up of carrom-doubles whose final match concluded just an hour before the prize distribution, and they were further awarded with cash prizes.
Winning team:
Runners-up
Quite a few fun-family-games for all the carrom tournament participants and enthusiasts were organized by Anand Lobo and Rajesh Prabhu for the young and old carrom enthusiasts attending the tournament and attractive prizes were given away to the winners of the games. The games had maximum participation as they were a game for one and all, the young and not-so-young!
A game of Lucky Dip was anchored and organized by Clive and Anand Lobo for all the attendees of the day with attractive prizes on offer.
DJ Allwyn spun the discs and kept playing entertaining music to the attendees all along and especially during the fun games for the entire evening.
The programme concluded with a delicious dinner catered by Mysore Bhavan Restaurant that had finger-licking payasam, courtesy Organising Team.
The sponsors and organisers of the tournament were:
More such tournaments – Darts–Cricket – Throwball, etc., will be organized by the Executive Committee of the Club as well as other colorful cultural eventful programmes.