Coimbatore: Coimbatore City Police team triumphed in the district level Badminton tournament for Ultra Cup 2020 held at Kerala Club in the city on Monday.
Coimbatore: Coimbatore City Police team triumphed in the district level Badminton tournament for Ultra Cup 2020 held at Kerala Club in the city on Monday.
Over 30 teams from Police department, media professionals and Kerala Club members participated in the badminton tournament that kicked off on January 7 here.
In the first semi-finals, Kerala Club members Thangavel and Saravanan faced their club mates Jude Vasanth and Balaji, in which Jude Vasanth and Balaji took up the advantage and booked their berths in the finals.
While in the second semi-finals, Coimbatore City Police team of Santhosh Kumar and Mubarak Ali thrashed Sangeetha and Karthik team to enter finals of the tournament.
In the finals, in a close contest between Kerala Club members and Coimbatore City Police team, though the champions lost their first set by 21-18. But the pair from Police department did well and bounced back in the second set and equalised the lead to 1-1 as they summed the second set by 21-8.
In the deciding set of the tournament, both the team exhibited skills to perfection and it was a neck to neck battle between the finalists in which police team clinched victory by 21-23 to lift the trophy.
Deputy Inspector General, Karthikeyan was the chief guest at the valedictory function and presented trophies and prizes to the winners of the tournament.
Others present at the prize distribution were Sasidharan, Secretary of Kerala Club, Gunasekaran, Treasurer of Kerala Club and Sivasami, Ultratech ready mix concrete.