Return
to Story Page
To print: Select File and then Print from your
browser's menu
EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE
NEW DELHI, August 6: The Delhi Table Tennis Association (DTTA) will not conduct this year's National Sub-Junior and Inter-State Championships. The Table Tennis Federation of India (TTFI) had allotted the championships to Delhi which was to hold it during December 7-14.
NEW DELHI, August 6: The Delhi Table Tennis Association (DTTA) will not conduct this year's National Sub-Junior and Inter-State Championships. The Table Tennis Federation of India (TTFI) had allotted the championships to Delhi which was to hold it during December 7-14.
DTTA organising secretary Hukam Singh cited `lack of sponsors' as the reason for declining the offer to host the championships.
The championships, in all probability, will now be held at Surat.
``The total expenditure in organising the eight-day tournament would have been around Rs 13 lakh. We would have received Rs three lakh from the central government (for organsing a national tournament) and another Rs three lakh would have come from the players/states through hospitality. But for the remaining Rs 7 lakh, we needed sponsors. But it is a pity that nobody was willing to put in that much amount for a sub-juniors tournament,'' Hukam Singh explained.
He further added that his association could not meet the demands of the parent body -- Table Tennis Federation of India -- which wanted hotel accommodation for the 500-odd players who will assemble here for the championships. ``Board and lodging itself would have cost us around Rs 8 lakh. It was beyond our means,'' he said.
It was in 1994 that Delhi last hosted the National sub-juniors championships.
Copyright © 1998 Indian Express Newspapers (Bombay) Ltd.
------------------------------------------------------------
This story was printed from Net Express located at http://www.expressindia.com. Net Express provides a portal to India, with news from The Indian Express and The Financial Express along with sites on travel and tourism, the entertainment industry, the power sector, the environment and much more.
------------------------------------------------------------