THE TEAMS
Junior boys: Sambhaji Kadam (Sangli - capt.), Sachin More, Harpreet Singh (both of Bom North), Shailesh Saldanha, Matin Shaikh (both of Bom S East), Omkar Kadam, Apoorv Sontakke (both of Pune), Madhav Motghare (Nagpur), Harshal Gaikwad, Gaurav Kalia (both of A'Nagar), Bharat Shetty (Thane) and Daniel Kamle (Solapur). Coach: Ravindran Nair (Thane). Manager: Mahadeo Khatkar (Sangli).
Junior girls: Mithila Gujar (capt.), Pradnya Mane, Rashmi Yewale, Kanchan Nalawade (all four of Satara), Renuka Agarwal, Sapana Tunge, Khushboo Sancheti (all three of Pune), Nilambari Kane, Snehashree Desai (both of Nagpur), Anita Krishnan (Bom Central), Gayatri Manolikar (Thane) and Vandana Subramony (Bom S East). Coach: Ajit Khaladkar (Thane).Manager: H S Nadaf (Solapur).The Maharashtra contingent will leave for Patiala on May 30 by the Paschim Express from Mumbai Central railway station.

State Karate Fedn formed
The Maharashtra Karate Federation (MKF), State body for all styles, has been formed to educate people the sports value and especially the moral value and the medicinal value of karate.

Since the origin of karate is from India, foreign affiliation is not required to become the member of the Maharashtra Karate Federation. More details can be obtained from the Chairman, Guru Dayal Handa on phone 5321184 & 5323993.