64 young players to contest Pralhad Nalawade Memorial Cup carrom in Kandivali on Children's Day

The sixth Pralhad Nalawade Memorial Cup, a school carrom tournament for players under 14, has been organised on Children's Day. A total of 64 players from across the state will compete for the title. The tournament is being jointly organised by Ideal Sports Academy, Shashikalai Foundation and Avinash Nalawade Sports. No fee will be charged to the players. The tournament will be held on November 14.

The matches will be played on Synco Platinum Champion carrom boards at the auditorium of Mumbai Public School in Sainagar, Kandivali West. The opening match will be between Kewal Kulkarni, winner of this year's Mumbai Mayor's Cup school carrom tournament, and Sarthak Singh of BMC-Mumbai Public School, Kandivali.

Headmaster Sandipan Ghule, carrom enthusiast Avinash Nalawade, Shashikalai Foundation chief Rameshwar Lohe, player Govindrao Mohite and Shiv Chhatrapati Award winner Leeladhar Chavan will be present at the inauguration.

Prasanna Gole of Poddar Academy, Malad, Kewal Kulkarni of SKKE, Mulund, Bharat Sawant of RPD, Sawantwadi, Harshit Shinde of Sankalp Valley, Pune, and Nidhi Sapre of Vishwanath Vidyalaya, Rajapur, all record winners of the Ideal school carrom tournament, are expected to perform well.

Naksh Vaity, Anay Mhetre, Shivansh More, Durvesh Chavan, Viha Rane, Gauri Sawant and Aarav Anjarlekar will also show their skill in the contest for the title. This is expected to make the tournament more interesting.

With the growing interest among school players, the number of prizes has been increased this year. The first 16 winners and runners-up of the tournament will be honoured with prizes along with a striker. The organisers have appealed to carrom lovers to turn up in large numbers to cheer on the players.