Tennis Tournament in Khartoum

 

The 2^nd ONGC Nile Ganga BV Tennis Tournament was held from 28^th November’13 to 30^th November’13 at the excellent tennis court in the ONGC Residential Complex in Omak Street, Riyadh, Khartoum. The tournament was sponsored and hosted by ONGC the giant Oil Company of India. The tournament was organized by the active members of Kerala Cultural Activity Centre (KCA). The Ambassador of India H.E. Sanjay Kumar Verma inaugurated the tournament and gave away the prizes to the winners on the concluding day. The winner of the singles finals was Vijay Thakur of ONGC and Rajeev Karukayil the President of KCA was runner up. In the Doubles the winners were Vijay Thakur and Sudhakar Byrisetty both from ONGC and the runners up were Rajeev Karukayil and Devesh Shankhdar from WFP. There was also a Random Doubles in which the partners were chosen by lots at random. In this category the winners were Vijay Thakur and Shyamal Das again both from ONGC and the runners up were Rajeev Karukayil from Zain and Gagandip Singh from Ericsson. Vijay Thakur emerged victor in every category. A large section of the Indian community was present at the tournament who thanked Mr.Banwari Jha the Country Manager of ONGC for sponsoring and hosting the tennis tournament.