BBC Marks Golden Jubilee, Honours Sports Achievers

BBC Marks Golden Jubilee, Honours Sports AchieversGonikoppal, Aug. 12: The prestigious Basketball Club (BBC) of Gonikoppal, which has been providing good opportunities in the field of sports for the past 50 years and providing a platform for achievement at the state and national levels, celebrated its golden jubilee.

At a program held at a private resort near Gonikoppa, BBC members who have achieved in various fields were felicitated with the traditional Kodagu Odikatti.

BBC President and Olympian Colonel Baleyada Subramani, who presided over the program, spoke and recalled the achievements of BBC in the last five decades.

50 years ago, founding president Cheppudira Subhash Muthanna established the BBC Club, spent his own money and brought in skilled coaches to train the youth of Kodagu in basketball and hockey. This gave many athletes the opportunity to represent at the state and national levels. He said that it opened the way for the youth of Kodagu to get jobs in prestigious organizations including the army through sports.

First of all, efforts should continue to be made to provide more encouragement to the youth of Kodagu by organizing various sports activities through BBC. Currently, the club has hundreds of members and sports training is being provided through summer camps every year. He said that the fact that a large number of youth are participating in the training is a promising development.

Receiving the award, BBC founder president Cheppudira Subhash Muthanna said that five decades ago, sports facilities were not available as they are today. Talented youth who were interested in sports were trained at their own expense and given the opportunity to represent at the state and national levels. Many athletes who benefited from this have got good jobs and made a living through sports. He said that it is a pleasure that all of them participated in the golden jubilee.

Kechettira Ravi Devaiah, who represented the state team in basketball 12 times through BBC and later achieved success at the national level and got a job in a prestigious organization, spoke and said that he was one of those who made good use of the opportunity given by BBC. He said that he would always be grateful to BBC.

Many dignitaries including Mothi Uthappa, Palangad Vani Changappa, Cheppudira Appanna Muthanna, Palangad Suresh Changappa, Cherianda Vishwanath, Nellamakkad Mohan Ayyappa, Kotera Muddayah, Olympian Cheppudira S. Poonachcha and many others were present at the program.

BBC Secretary Cheppudira Appanna Muthanna welcomed the gathering. President Baleada Subramani spoke in the introduction. M.H. Pragya, Payal Poovamma and Shipra Kalappa compered the program.

A large number of members from various parts of the country, including office bearers of the BBC Board of Directors, participated in the golden jubilee.

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