We had recently conducted Press Conference to share the pride moments of our chess talents being selected for "Asian Youth Chess Championship-2009" to be held in August in New Delhi. Players securing Top 3 berths in the various age group National Championships are normally selected to represent India in the Asian Youth Chess Championship. This time, since the event is in India, AICF can field one additional player as host entry. Nihal Manjunath ( 3rd place in National u-13), Manasa K (3rd place in National U-17 Girls) and Vanessa D'souza (5th place in Natioanl U-13 Girls) are the Dakshina Kannada players within the selction bracket.
It is a very proud moment for our coastal belt. Although Anantharam R U (7th place in National U-9), Viani d'cunha (9th place in National U-13), Gahan M.G (9th place in National U-15) have narrowly missed the selection, its is for the first time 3 players have come in Selection from our District.
It is at this juncture, South Kanara District Chess Association has issued press releases, stating the selection of two players merely as donor entries is misleading the media and it mirrors their hypocrisy. This step-motherly attitude of the association is poisonous for the growth of chess.
Being the official association..... they have failed to conduct events for the grass root level. SKDCA also has failed to support the needy players like Vanessa who is selected to represent India in Asian Youth. The whole organization has been functioning like a pocket organization. It is just being a bad example of how the sports organizations can turn into if few vested interested parents take over the administration.
It is a very proud moment for our coastal belt. Although Anantharam R U (7th place in National U-9), Viani d'cunha (9th place in National U-13), Gahan M.G (9th place in National U-15) have narrowly missed the selection, its is for the first time 3 players have come in Selection from our District.
It is at this juncture, South Kanara District Chess Association has issued press releases, stating the selection of two players merely as donor entries is misleading the media and it mirrors their hypocrisy. This step-motherly attitude of the association is poisonous for the growth of chess.
Being the official association..... they have failed to conduct events for the grass root level. SKDCA also has failed to support the needy players like Vanessa who is selected to represent India in Asian Youth. The whole organization has been functioning like a pocket organization. It is just being a bad example of how the sports organizations can turn into if few vested interested parents take over the administration.
2 comments:
sir do you feel these are bungeling public money?
I'm not sure. My argument is that they are not properly using the public money for the growth of chess. It could have been utilized for sponsoring needy players, conducting Age group District championships, local tournaments etc which is not happening.
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