Chicago: Telugu Association of Greater Chicago (TAGC – First Telugu Association) organized Volleyball and throw ball tournament on October 8th, 2017 at Pelican Harbor Indoor Aquatic Park, 200 S Lindsey Ln, Bolingbrook, IL 60440 This sports event was sponsored by Indsoft Inc. & Hyderabad House, Schaumburg location. TAGC President proposed and the Board approved unanimously that tournament to be called as TAGC and Bobbili Madhava Reddy Memorial Volleyball and Throw ball tournament. Late Sri Madhava Reddy garu was past president and founding member of TAGC. The main objective of conducting this event is to motivate and encourage TAGC members and Telugu community to stay fit and to offer refreshment from routine lives as well as making new friends.
TAGC Board and sports team’s dedication and hard work made this event a Grand Success with record number of teams registered in TAGC history. The event was publicized well by utilizing all means of social media and communication. TAGC has conducted volleyball tournament for men in 3 categories and Throw ball for Women. Volleyball categories are Beginners, Intermediate and Advanced. We had about 24 Volleyball teams, 4 groups, 4 courts, 9 hours, 90 plus games and 280 participants with 200 guests. Each team played minimum 3 games in group level that includes quarter finals, semifinals and finals. Thanks for being with us through the end with all your sportive nature and smiles. It was like a festival of Volleyball with Spikes all over. The games were very tight and were feast to everybody who was watching the games.
Kudos to our volunteers who took care of monitoring the games, tracking the wins and losses, updating scores, making sure teams and referees for the next matches are available on time and what not !! This event was planned together and executed flawless with help of our BODs Praveen Vemulapalli, Saptagiri Sangem, Avinash Lattupalli, Vijay Bheeram, Anji kandimalla, Ramu Billakanti, Mamatha Lankala, Past president Pradeep Kandimalla, President elect Jyothi Chinatalapani and volunteers Sashi, Ramana Kalva, Rohit Akula, Santhosh Konduri and others volunteers
TAGC President Ramachandra R Ade along with entire sports committee team and sponsor Mr. Vinoz Chanumolu presented the trophies to following winners:
Throw Ball for Women:
Winners: Westmont Furious six
Runner: Rudra team
Advanced Volleyball for Men:
Winners: Volleyball Audicts
Runner: Spartans
Intermediate Volleyball for Men:
Winners: Desi Boys -1
Runner:Chicago Bulls
Beginners Volleyball for Men:
Winners: X-Men-2
Runner: Desi Boys -2
TAGC president Ramachandra R, Ade thanked sponsor Mr. Vinoz Chanumolu, Vasu Vallabhaneni and Management of Indsoft Inc. & Hyderabad House Schaumburg location, for their support in sponsoring and conducting 2017 Indoor Throw ball and Volleyball Tournament and facility management for their extended support during the games and all the volunteers, Referees, Line men, TAGC Board, Sports committee & team captains as well as all the team members
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