The South Central Railway Sports Association has successfully organized the 68th All India Inter Railway Tennis Championship from 17thto 20th March, 2023 at Railway Sports Complex, Secunderabad. The concluding ceremony of the event was held today i.e., 21st March, 2023.
Shri Arvind Malkhede, President, South Central Railway Sports Association and Senior Deputy General Manager, SCR was the Chief Guest on the occasion and distributed trophies and certificates to the winning team members. Shri A.K Singh, General Secretary, SCR Sports Association; Shri A.K. Rawat, Joint Secretary, SCR Sports Association and other officers were also present on the occasion.
In the Men’s veteran singles championship Shri Ramkumar of South Eastern Railway beat Shri Anwar Ali of Eastern Railway. In the Men’s Veteran Doubles Championship, Shri Rajendar Prasad & Shri Srinivas of South Central Railway beat Shri Muneer pasha and Shri Isaac of South Central Railway. In the Men’s Singles Championship, Shri Nitin Kumar Sinha of Integral Coach Factory (ICF) beat Shri Siddarth of South Central Railway. Further, in the Men’s Doubles Championship, Shri Prithvi Shekar and Shri Nitin Kumar Sinha of Integral Coach Factory beat Shri PC Vignesh and Shri Siddarth of South Central Railway.
A total of 6 teams i.e., Eastern Railway (ER), Integral Coach Factory (ICF), South Eastern Railway (SER), North Frontier Railway (NFR), Central Railway (CR) and host South Central Railway (SCR) have taken part in this championship. The Team Championship has been organized in Davis Cup Format i.e., best of 3 matches of 2 Singles & 1 Doubles. Individual Championship has been conducted in Men’s Open Singles, Men’s Open Doubles, Men’s Veteran Singles, and Men’s Veteran Doubles. Women’s Open Singles in round robin.
