This year’s edition of 52nd Nachimuthu Gounder Cup for Men and 16th C.R.I Pumps Trophy for Women has commenced today. During league stages team will contest with each other and the winning team will clash in the semifinals and finals in the first league match held today Coimbatore District Basket Ball Association team scored victory over Indian Navy Team by scoring 94-83. Three matches in women’s team were also held today.
Eight leading teams of the country are participating in the Men’s tournament including Income Tax - Chennai, Indian Air Force - Delhi, Sports Authority of Gujarat & Central Reserve Police Force - Delhi, and (Pool B) Indian Overseas Bank - Chennai, Indian Railway - Delhi, Indian Navy - Lonavala and Coimbatore District Basketball Association (CDBA), Coimbatore are to take part in All Indian Basketball tournament.
For the Women's tournament, the eight teams including South Central Railway - Secunderabad, Southern Railway - Chennai, Eastern Railway - Kolkata & Arise Steel - Chennai, KSEB - Thiruvananthapuram, Chhattisgarh State - Bilaspur, North Frontier Railway - Guwahati and Coimbatore District Basketball Association (CDBA), Coimbatore are to take part.
Cash prizes will be awarded to the winning team. While Rest. 1, 00,000 would awardee to NachimuthuGounder Cup Winner, Rs. 50,000 would be given to the winning team of C.R.I. Pumps Trophy
CCM Commissioner K. Vijayakarthikeyan, IAS would, Commissioner and Special Officer, Coimbatore Corporation will be the chief guest of the prize distribution function. while VV.Raja Sathyan, President – Tamilnadu Basket Ball Association has kindly consented to be the Guest of Honour of the inauguration of the event.