Napoklu is all set for the Chenanda Cup Hockey

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Napoklu, Apr. 3: The hockey tournament between Kodava families will begin from Sunday (tomorrow), and all preparations have been made for the auspicious start of the annual hockey festival. This is the sixth time that the hockey festival is being held in Napoklu, and since this hockey tournament has been scheduled outside Napoklu for about 10 years, the people of the four countries will not have the opportunity to enjoy hockey in their land for a few years. In this context, this time the festival will attract some special hockey fans in this area.

The Chenanda family, which has been attracting attention both at home and abroad by creating a world record in the Guinness Book of Records, has taken on the responsibility of organizing the hockey festival this time.

This is the 26th annual hockey tournament under the auspices of the Kodava Hockey Academy and will be inaugurated on Sunday. The General Thimmaiah Stadium in Parambu, Napoklu Cheriya is ready for this. The General Thimmaiah main ground, two adjacent grounds and the Senior College ground are also ready for the tournament.

A huge gallery with a capacity of about 30,000 people has already been prepared around the main ground. The work on the VIP gallery with a seating capacity of about 1,500 people is also nearing completion, and chairs will be arranged in this space.

The Chenanda family has worked hard towards the adequacy of all the grounds, the arrangement of the surrounding areas, the construction of commercial shops, cutouts within the grounds, installation of mats, installation of goal posts and other requirements, and are also working as volunteers. Men, women and children were seen involved in this. The Chenanda family is being hosted by a team led by Kodava Hockey Academy President Pandanda K. Bopanna. In collaboration with Tata, the team is also working.

The maintenance work of the ground is being done under the supervision of Raju, an expert like in previous years. The ground has been systematically prepared for the tournament using a roller.

At the entrance to the ground, a model museum reflecting the hockey history of previous years and a statue of the father of the hockey festival Pandanda M. Kuttappa are being installed. 383 families have registered for this tournament, which is a record for tournaments held in Napoklu.

More than 50 teams have already registered for the 5A side women's hockey, and there is still time for this. Preparations have also been made to install billboards and flexes of the sponsoring organizations, and hockey will be seen in Napoklu town from Sunday for a month.

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