Rain of prizes during Thodar Trophy 2015/16

February 3, 2016

Jubail: Al-Aad has emerged champions of the Thodar Trophy 2015/16 recently organized at Al-Falah ground in Jubail. The tourney was inaugurated by Bala Rangan, IT Manager, S.A. Talke Company, Al-Jubail on December 31. As many as 24 teams from different parts of eastern province of Saudi Arabia participated.

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The Inaugural match was held between Amaco and Al-Falah teams. Amaco beat Al-Falah by the margin of 12 runs to mark first victory of the tournament.

On Friday 15th January-2016, the semi final matches were held: First semi final match was between Jubail Royals vs JLCC while second semi-final match was played between Khober United vs Al-Aad Jubail.

JLCC defeated their opponents in a last ball to cruse the 1 wicket victory in high voltage semi-final match. Second semi-final was also a nail baiting match wherein Al-Aad won the match by three wickets in very last ball.

The final match toss winner JLCC managed to score only 56 runs by losing 7 wickets in stipulated 8 overs. But the Al-Aad batsman easily won the match by 7 wickets in just 5.5 overs.

A huge crowd witnessed the closing ceremony of Thodar Trophy. Snacks and juices were distributed to all audience during the closing ceremony under the sponsorship of Al-Jubail Mangalore Restaurent.

MS Abdul Khader, chairman of Mother India group Thodar, presided over the prize distribution ceremony. Mr. Akber Ali Thodar, President of Thodar Friends Al-jubail, Mr. Asif from Deals Arabia, Mr. Rafiq from Al-Salah Group, Mr. Vinay, Mr. Siraj, Mr. Hanif Handel, Mr. Hafeez presented the prizes to the winners.

There was a competition for best commentators and best umpires through audience poll. Mr. Safwan Bajpe won the best Commentator award by a margin of 121 votes against Samad Haleyangadi (5 competitors). Mr. UK Asif won the best umpire award by a margin of 159 votes against Eden Irfan (4 competitors).

Apart from trophy, all the players of winning team were given 4 gram gold coin each. The players of runners up team also were also given 2 gram gold coin each apart from the trophy.

Player of the tournament, Raheed Ullal from Al-Aad, was awarded with 4 gram gold coin and Trophy. Man of the final match, Nazeer from Al-Aad, was awarded with 2 gram gold coin and trophy. Best wicket keeper, Azad from AL-Aad, awarded with 2 gram gold coin and trophy. Best Bowler, Hidayath from Al-Aad, awarded with 2 gram gold coin & trophy. Best batsman, Basharath from JLCC, was awarded with 2 gram gold coin and trophy.

Four lucky raffle winners from the audience during the inaugural and closing ceremony were given 2 gram gold coins each. Apart from this four winners of cricket related quiz (quick answerers through text message) were honored with gifts during closing ceremony.

Thodar Friends Committee member Mr. Azhar Thodar presented the closing programme and Mr. Safwan Bajpe handled the prize distribution programme. Thodar Trophy Tournament in-charge Mr. Saifulla proposed the vote of thanks.

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Well organized...like international tournments..well done Thodar friends & leadership of Saif Thodar really appreciated.

Well organized tournament by Thodar friends, we look forward for many more innovative tournament ahead, every matches were spectacular and were treat to watch.
Well played Alaad team

Well organized tournament,no less than a festival for #Thodar Friends members n supporters. congratz all the winners :>More to Come.,

Mashah Allah, long go# Thodar friends KSA #

Wel organised saifbhai & thoddarfreindz member speacially safwan awesome yaar good hindi commentary hattsoff

Congrats Al Aad & Well done Saif & Thodar Friends

Appreciated Thodar Friends efficiency and talents..

Appreciated Thodar Friends for their excellent activities.

Congrats for our Thodar Friends Team to organize this trophy.

well organized tournment.. Well done saif n team!!!

Thanks CD team for your excellent tournament coverage's.

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United Ullal Sporting to host Kingdom Premier League-2020 under MCA Riyadh

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February 27,2020

Riyadh: Cricket Lovers are all geared up for the newly launched franchise based tournament - Kingdom Premier League (KPL) 2020 under the banner of Mangaluru Cricket Association (MCA) Riyadh.

SAQCO –SAAD AL QAHTANI CONTRACTING is the Mega Sponsor for the event and PARAMOUNT is the CO Sponsor.

The 6-team tournament is being played at MCA Grounds on Exit 18 in Riyadh beginning from 14 Feb and shall end on 20 March.

The Opening ceremony took place on AL-Mas Restaurant in Riyadh. The trophy launching as well as Jersey launching took place at the same event. Guests from various companies including SAQCO were present.

All teams will play at least one league Match against every other team. Top 4 teams in the table will qualify to play for the Qualifier 1 and Eliminator. The Winner of Qualifier 1 will be heading towards the final and the 2nd finalist will be the winner Qualifier 2 (Played between loser of Qualifier 1 and Winner of Eliminator). The Finals will be played on 20th March.

Below 6 Team names with their franchise owners and respective icon players.

BANCAA WARRIORS – RANJITH (TEAM WARRIORS RIYADH) – RAJESH AND SHAFI

YAQOOB FIGHTERS – SHAHID & YAQOOB (YAQOOB CC) – SAMEER KARNAD AND MOHSIN

GROUND STAR PHOENIX – RIZWAN & SIDDIK – AYAZ & SALEEM SHIRUR

PARAMOUNT HEROES – NASIR GM – SARFARAZ AK & MUSTAFA HASAN

AL-AMAL AFRAH PANTHERS – SHAHIM & AHNAF – DAWOOD KODI & ANIS

NAJD CHALLENGERS – AFROZ NAKWA – SHADAB KARNAD & SULTHAN

Each Team gets to pick 2 icon players of their choice on a mutual understanding whereas the remaining 13 players for each squad to be picked randomly based on their rankings and ratings in bidding style from 3 categories – A, B & C. The Franchise Ownership amount stands at Sr 2,000 for Each Team. The Winner of the Tournament gets a Cash Reward of Sr 5,000. The Runner Up Gets a Cash Reward of 3,000. Many Attractive Individual prizes will be handed over at the end of the event such as below

Winners squad 16 players - Gifts

Highest Run Getter – Orange Cap – Special Gift

Highest Wicket Taker – Purple Cap – Special Gift

Player of the Series – Special Gift

Hat-trick Wicket taker – Special Gift

KPL Kamal Catch – Special Gift

Best Wicket Keeper – Special Gift

Best over in KPL – Special Gift

Fastest 50 in KPL – Special Gift

Fair Play Award – Special Gift

Performer of the Week (Every Week) – Special Gift

Century – Special Gift

Maiden Over – Special Gift

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Karnataka NRI Forum Jeddah repatriates 177 stranded Kannadigas from Saudi Arabia

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July 30,2020

Jeddah: The first chartered flight for repatriation passengers from Jeddah to Bengaluru organized by Karnataka NRI Forum Jeddah – Saudi Arabia was successfully landed at Bengaluru airport by 01.00 am on 19th July 2020.

Spice Jet (SG9884) departed from King Abdul Aziz International Airport Jeddah by 05.00 pm local time with 177 stranded passengers which includes 12 Pregnant Woman, 3 infants, 44 Short term visa holders, 3 medical emergency patients and 115 migrate workers and labours from various districts of Karnataka state.

Karnataka NRI Forum Jeddah, a registered charitable organization under Government of Karnataka & Indian Consulate Jeddah - Saudi Arabia, helping the Kannadigas overseas & in Karnataka State as well, has initiated major role for helping stranded Kannadigas to travel back to home. During Pandemic hundreds of stranded Kannadigas were approached to the forum and requested to arrange special chartered flight to Bengaluru from Jeddah.

Initiating from collecting the data of passengers, the forum’s special panel including its President Mr. Mohammed Mansoor, Secretary Mr. Peter Mascarenes, Vice Presidents Mr. Nasir Khurshid, Dr.Ashfaque Maniyar, Chief Coordinator Mr. Shaikh Saoud, Cultural Secretaries Mr. Arifulla Shariff and Mr. Rajesh Suvarna, Treasurer Mr. Habib Rahman and Press Secretary Mr. Baig, the forum’s members have worked very hard to conclude this task very successful.

The forum provided food packets as refreshment, complementary PPE kitsto each passenger as precaution against the spread of any infections while travelling and also guided all passengers by supporting them in Awdha portal (Saudi Passport Department) and Seva Sindhu portal registration of Government of Karnataka.

The official travel partner ITL Travel Management Company has rendered remarkable service to the passengers not only in ticketing but also supported with top priority in confirming the aircraft from SPICE JET and availed good service from ground staff at Jeddah Airport.

All passengers have reached safely to their homes after completing the 7 days institutional quarantine at Bengaluru. 100% passengers had NEGETIVE report on Covid-19 test made on arrival as well as after institutional quarantine.

In the press release published from the President, Mr. Mohammed Mansoor has expressed his prodigious gratitude to the Ambassador of India to Saudi Arabia H. E. Dr. Ausaf Sayeed, Deputy Consul General of India - Jeddah Mr. Y Saber and Chief Minister of Karnataka State Shri B. S. Yediyurappafor providing necessary approvals and NOC for the chartered flight operation. He also conveyed his boundless appreciationto Shri B. Y. Raghavendra, Member of Parliament Shimoga District (Karnataka) for his swift support extended to the forum and as well to Dr. Aarathi Krishna, Ex-Deputy Chairperson – NRI Forum of Karnataka – Government of Karnataka for her significant guidance and support on completing this mission.

The forum has thanked all the officers in King Abdul Aziz International Airport Jeddah and Kempegowda International Airport Bengaluru for the facilities provided to the passengers. The Forum has thanked all passengers travelled for their calmness and also thanked to all other members of the forum, Staff of ITL Travels and SPICE JET for their tremendous support extended throughout the mission accomplishment.

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Kuwait Kannada Koota organizes Daasotsava

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March 2,2020

Kuwait: State of Karnataka is enriched with Daasa culture, which had contributed immensely to its literature, culture, art & philosophy. Daasa tradition in Karnataka was part of the Bhakti movement which flourished from around 15th century and it extended considerable spiritual influence over the masses. Kuwait Kannada Koota, a socio-cultural association for the people of Karnataka in Kuwait, organized its annual Daasotsava on 14th February 2020 in remembrance of these saints, thereby displaying the rich cultural heritage of the state.

The program started with a warm welcome address by Mrs. Spoorthy Kamath, convener of cultural committee. Divine invocation prayer by Mrs. Vasantha Ashok and Mrs. Sandhya Arun set the trend for the event. This was followed by lighting of the traditional lamp by the 2020 executive committee, comprising of President Mr. Rajesh Vittal, Vice President Mr. Sandeep Chabba, General Secretary Mr. Praveen Kumar Shetty and Treasurer Mr. Pradeep Rao. President, while welcoming the gathering, spoke about the importance of Daasas in Kannada literature & history and briefed about the series of upcoming programs. Cultural programs started with fancy dress competition by Koota children comprising of all age group starting from infants to elder kids. This program stole the show as the efforts & time invested by children and their parents were clearly visible.

2019 executive committee was felicitated by the current committee for wonderfully managing Koota affairs & programs. This was followed by the release of Koota magazine “Marala Mallige", comprising of informative articles, drawings, poems etc., entirely contributed by the association members. Event’s main attraction “Vrindavana Leelavarana", a colorful dance drama spectacularly portrayed by 54 Koota children, was very well appreciated & received by the attendees. Association children who successfully completed 10th and 12th were felicitated as a token of encouragement. Executive committee gave away prizes to Kids who excelled in the stage competitions held earlier. Audience was treated to a divine and melodious Bhajan program conducted astutely by the ladies & men. Koota women performed Bhajan Kolata, along with ladies bhajan, in a well-coordinated manner. Vote of thanks was proposed by the secretary of Koota, thanking those who contributed for the success of the event. Another attraction was a quiz competition “Rasa Prashne", conducted efficiently between the programs, by Mr. Mahesh Shiramgond.

The whole event was planned and executed astutely by the cultural committee under the leadership of Convener, Mrs. Spoorthy Kamath. Public Relations Committee, led by Mrs. Suparna Dambal, welcomed the members in a vibrant & colorful way, showcasing a beautifully erected divine mantap. The event was sponsored by Unimoni, LIC HFL, VSPL, Geetherb, Kotak Life Insurance, Joy Alukkas, Lulu Hypermarket & Total Environment. The program ended with a sumptuous satvik lunch, sponsored by the senior Koota member, Mr. Ramachandran Seetharaman.