Plans to conduct family hockey tournament this year was dropped due to the natural disaster. The Family hockey tournament was conducted continuously for the last 22 years. Now, considering the requests from a few Kodava families, it is decided to organize the tournament through Hockey Coorg organization, said the organization's president Kalaiah. Speaking at the press conference he said, 100 families are expected to participate and the tournament will be held in the last week of April in the Astroturf ground or Kaakotuparambu ground. Ground will be finalized after discussing with the Kodava families. Tournament will be held under the name Hockey Coorg "Inter Kodava Family Championship 2019". Specially, among the 8 teams that have played final and semi-final matches for the past 22 years, league matches have been organized for the 'Hockey Champions Trophy'. After the tournament, 50% of the balance amount will be given to the flood victims. Those families willing to participate can register their names by paying Rs 1000 entrance fee, informed Paikera Kalaiah. Entrance is free for those families from the natural disaster areas.
For more information these numbers can be contacted - 9535546955, 9483394515, 9480637799.
The Organization's senior vice president Mollera P Subbaiah, vice president Mekerira Ravi Pemmaiah and general secretary Buttiyanda A Changappa were present during the press meet.
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