Mangalore : Thousands of enthusiasts take part in Nitte Celebration Run

Mangalore : Thousands of enthusiasts take part in Nitte Celebration Run

Mangalore Today News Network

Mangalore, Feb 24, 2013: The Nitte Celebration Mangalore Half Marathon saw a record  6000 participants on February 24, Sunday morning. The event was flagged off at the Mangala Stadium by N Vinay Hegde, Chancellor  of Nitte University. The  third edition of the Celebration Run was organised by Life is Calling in association with  Dakshina Kannada Athletic Association. The event was  sponsored by Nitte Education Trust while  Corporation bank was the associate sponsor. Hundreds of school and college students apart from a few Kenyan runners had converged at Mangala Stadium for the Marathon.

If the 21 km half marathon in various categories was flagged off by N Vijay Hegde, the 10 km run was flagged off by MLC Monappa Bhandari.  Corporation Bank Chairman and Managing Director Ajay Kumar flagged off the 5k run for college  students. The 3 km run for school children was flagged off by Fr Wilson D Souza, Secretary Catholic Board and Yogish Bhat, MLA and Deputy Speaker.

 

 

 

 

Several dignitaries including Capt Ganesh Karnik, MLC, UT Khader, MLA, Dr Shantharam Shetty, Mallikarjuna, RTO and Fr Dennis D’Sa were present.

Chest numbers, timing chips and route maps were given to the  participants  in advance. Water   and refreshments were also provided to participants at various points.

The prize distribution ceremony was attended among others by N Vinay Hegde,  Ramamurthi, General Manager of Corporation Bank, Manjunath Bhandary, President of Dakshina Kannada Athletic Association, Arun V Rao, Secretary, P B Mitra, Director Life is Calling, and brand Ambassadors of the event Anand Shetty and Vandana Shanbhogue.

John D Souza, Deputy General Manager, Corporation Bank, who will be retiring this month  was honoured for all the support he extended to the event.

Vinay Hegde who spoke on the occasion, assured the support of his organization for the event in the years to come. Cash prizes and certificates were awarded to  the winners of various categories of the race.

The first three winners in various categories are as follows :
Half Marathon - Men – Open : Kalidas Hirave; Babu Ram;  Pramod Kumar
Half Marathon - Women – Open : Shabeena, Archana K M, M Sudha Sudha Mani
Half Marathon - Men - Open – DK : Vishwa A M, Shivananda Baskar Naik, Bella Naik
Half Marathon - Women - Open – DK : Archana K M, Kripa, Chaitra
Half Marathon - Men – Senior : Sabhajeet Yadav, Joseph Francis D’Souza, Rajbir Singh
Half Marathon - Men – Veteran : Ajaib Singh; Ramasubramanian Viswanathan; Manjunatha Aithal
10k - Men – Open : Mukesh Rawat, Kuldeep Chauhan, Durga Bhadur
10k - Men – Senior : Bhaganna ; Rananna M, Madhava
10k - Women - Open – DK : Smitha, Sujatha, Akshatha
10k - Men - Open – DK : Pradeep M N, Suraj Poojary, Sidney Vijay Pereira
10k - Women – Open : Thippavva Sannakki, Priti Lamba, Smitha
10k - Women – Senior : Jyothi U Shetty, K Arunakala S Rao, Susheela V Rao
10k - Men – Senior : Bhaganna, Rananna M M, Madhava M
10k - Men – Veteran: Nemanna Gowda N,Anis Ahmad Khan
10k - Women – Veteran : Suneetha Prasanna