Nitin Naik bags overall Championships and boys gold

Hyderabad: The wind gods finally obliged and the race officials were able to pull off a valid Regatta in the Telangana Junior State Sailing Championships at Hussain Sagar on Sunday

As a consequence the qualifier scores were expunged and only the finals sailed of today were counted turning the tables on its head with dramatically different results.

Dark horse Nitin Naik Kethavath of Nagarkurnool shocked all the top seeds by winning the overall State junior championship and the Boys Gold medal.

Nitin studies at MJPT school and his compatriot Mallesh Gadham from MJPT Wanaparthy also came in from the back and finished 3rd overall to get the boys silver.

Amongst junior girls Lakshmi Chandram dominated with some excellent sailing to finish 2nd overall , just a poj te behind Nitin and clinched the Gold for girls followed by Lalitha Majji at Silver , both from Hyderabad

Preethi Kongari who was ahead by a significant margin at the qualifiers stage but had a terrible day and was pushed down to 5th overall for a bronze amongst girls.

Jaikiran Bolli of the Swearoes also lost out to the MJPT boys despite some brilliant sailing at the qualifiers but managed to get the boys bronze

'I am happy that the weather finally turned up and we were able to deliver a full series at least in the Junior category and we will resail the Sub Juniors after the exam schedule is over", said Suheim Sheikh the President of the Yacht Club of Hyderabad.

The novices fleet was again shockingly dominated by the boys with Bhanuprakash again of MJPT leading followed by Kevin Raj. Brothers Saathwik and Shravan Dhoki from Hyderabad closely followed in that order.

The novice girls were led by Deekshita, Rithika and Bushra all of Udbhav School Rasoolpura that has produced 10 top sailors and have represented India.

The prize giving was hosted at the Yacht Club of Hyderabad and presided over by Lt.Gen KS Rao the President of the Telangana Sailing Association and a circumnavigator himself.

The three-day Telangana State Junior Regatta concluded on Sunday. Organised by the Telangana Sailing Association the first major sporting event witnessed 56 participants, registered from across 16 districts . The tournament held in three categories— Juniors, Sun-Juniors and Novices.

Overall Positions Juniors

Nitin Naik Kethavat Gold 12 Points

Lakshmi Chandram Silver 13 Points

Mallesh Gadham Bronze 17 Points

Junior Girls

Lakshmi Chandram Gold 13 Points

Majji Lalitha Silver 18 Points

Preethi Kongari Bronze 19 Points

Junior Boys

Nitin Naik Kethavat Gold 12 Points

Mallesh Gadham Silver 17 Points

Jaikiran Bolli Bronze 21 Points

Novice Girls

Deekshita Komaravelli Gold 32 Points

Bushra Minaj Silver 33 Points

Rithika Mudagani Bronze 33 Points

Novice Boys

Bhanuprakash Gold 17 Points

Kevin Raj Silver 23 Points

Sathvik Dhiki Bronze 30 Points

Shravan Dhoki 4th Pos 31 Points