Six Mangalorean students win laurels at Volleyball championship

Six Mangalorean students win laurels at Volleyball championship

Mangalore Today News Network

Mangalore, Feb 3, 2012 : Six high school girls from Moodubidri and Mangalore have performed exceedingly well at the 57th National Level School Athletics and Volleyball Championships held at a wide range of venues during the third week of January.

Varsha R. has won the silver medal and the bronze medal in the Under 17 100m and 200m event and 4x100m relay, respectively, at the championships held in Ludhiana from Jan 18 – 25.

According to her father, she has participated in 5 state-level events before this and has bagged the “Best Athlete” awards. Besides Varsha R., the relay team comprised Simona and Simi of Alva’s Education Foundation in Moodubidri and Karunya Konde of Canara High School in Urwa.

 

 

 

The other student achievers are Tripthi S. Bengre and Pooja A. Das of Carmel English Higher Primary School, who participated in the Under 14 category of the 57th National Volleyball Championship held at Mariyammanahalli in Hospet in Bellary on Jan 16 – 21. Their team won the second place.

Although Tripthi and Pooja were the part of a team that lost to the Belgaum team during the state-level championships, they were selected to represent the state team because of their excellent performance. Tripthi was also part of taluk team that had won the third place in Moodubidri last year.

Tripthi, who also plays handball, was a member of the team that represented DK at the divisional level and won the second prize in 2011. She has participated three times in district handball events and has also tried hurdles. In spite of her volleyball success, Tripthi’s favorite game is handball.

Both Tripthi and Pooja were attackers in their team. Tripthi won the best attacker prizes both at the taluk and the district level.