The eighth edition of SJAN-Gracelands Badminton Tournament for Media Employees will get under way at Subhedar Hall on Friday morning.
The three-day tournament is a joint venture of Sports Journalists’ Association of Nagpur (SJAN) and Post Graduate Teaching Department (PGTD) for Physical Education, Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University (RTMNU).
Shekhar Jadhao, Chairman, Gracelands, will be the chief guest of the inauguration function that commences at 8.15 am. Dr Vilas Sapkal, Vice-Chancellor, Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University, will inaugurate the event. Dr Dhananjay Welukar, Director, Physical Education Department, RTMNU and Dr Yashwant Patil, Co-ordinator, Post Graduate Teaching Department, RTMNU will be the guests of honour.
First round matches for all categories—men’s singles, women’s singles and men’s doubles would follow immediately after the opening function.
Navneet Singh Tuli, Secretary, Guru Nanak Education Society that runs Guru Nanak Institute of Engineering and Technology, who has been associated with SJAN since long, will be co-sponsoring the event.
Defending champion Vijay Sant of Indian Express-Loksatta and last edition’s runner-up Lokmat’s Ashish Jain are the first and second seeded players respectively in the men’s singles.
Chief Referee Adv Vishal Naik will lead a team of well-qualified referees.
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