An all-day sportsmanship at TAMA Table Tennis Tournament

Telugu Association of Metro Atlanta (TAMA) conducted Table Tennis Tournament
on September 14th at Atlanta Recreation Club (ARC) in Cumming, GA. This event
was sponsored by Kris Gadde from Allied Informatics Inc., and the response was
overwhelming with more than 100 participants from various categories. Tournament
is managed by Archana Athalye from Archi's Table Tennis Club. Sports have been
TAMA’s regular events every year. TAMA continues its efforts to involve all ages
and genders of community in one way or the other. Sports being the apt platform,
Junior’s Singles, Women’s Singles, Men’s Singles Basic, Intermediate, Advanced
along with Men’s Doubles and Mixed Doubles have been organized. The newly
introduced Mixed Doubles category attracted new participants this year.

Registrations began at 10 am with a welcome note by TAMA Sports & Youth
Secretary Rupendra Vemulapalli. Tournament director Archana explained all the
rules and displayed the draws. All the players showed true sportsmanship by
umpiring within the players and continued the games until 6 pm. Donuts were
served for breakfast, pizza for lunch and tea in the evening. Water bottles were
served throughout the tournament.
Tournament sponsor Kris Gadde, TAMA Leadership, ARC Management and Archana
Athalye presented trophies to winners, runners and 3rd place in junior’s and
women’s singles categories. TANA President Elect Anjaiah Chowdary Lavu and TAMA
President Venky Gadde felicitated Tournament sponsor Kris Gadde with a shawl and
flower bouquet. Everyone lauded TAMA for providing frequent platforms for
competitive tournaments.

TAMA leadership Sairam Karumanchi, Srinivas Uppu, Innaiah Yenumula, Bharath
Maddineni, Priya Balusu and Subbarao Maddali helped with banners and trophies
setup. Venky thanked Gowri Karumanchi who helped with registration throughout
the tournament, participants, umpires, sponsor, tournament director and venue
management for making the event a grand success.
Junior Singles:
1st Place: Sai Samhitha Kanchanpally
2nd Place: Shlok Sohoni
3rd Place: Shourya Tutukuri
Women's Singles:
1st Place: Lakshmi Guttikonda
2nd Place: Madhavi Perumpalath
3rd Place: Vandana Modey
Men's Singles - Basic:
1st place: Anand Garollu
2nd Place: Prasad Tirumareddi
Men's Singles - Intermediate:
1st Place: Balmurugan Pandian
2nd Place: John Garrett
Men's Singles - Advance:
1st Place: Radha Krushna Murthy
2nd Place: Sachin Maheshwari
Men's Doubles:
1st Place: Parag Marathe & Ranjit Karmarkar
2nd Place: Amit Deshpande & Navin Kare
Mixed Doubles:
1st Place: Radha Krushna Murthy & Sai Samhitha Kanchanpally
2nd Place: Sachin Maheshwari & Madhavi Perumpalath
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Sep-26-2019