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Sunish , Aher awarded PMDTA - Arun Wakankar Memorial Annual Award
Sunish , Aher awarded PMDTA - Arun Wakankar Memorial Annual Award
Pune , June 13: Pune based International tennis players Dhruv Sunish and Girls Under 16 National Champion and Fed Cup player Salsa Aher were presented the PMDTA- Arun Wakankar Memorial Award and Arun Sane Memorial scholarship for the Best Boy and Best Girl and top ranked Tennis players from Pune District at the PMDTA Annual Day celebrations organised by PMDTA at MSLTA School of Tennis, Mhalunge Balewadi.
The awards were given away at the hands of Mr.Anand Tulpule, Life Vice President MSLTA, Mr.Sunder Iyer, Hon. Sec of MSLTA., Aparna Wakankar Mr.Mandar Wakankar, Mr.Kaustubh Shah of PMDTA were present on the occasion.
Sunish a Mumbai lad who has shifted to Pune for the last 7 years started playing in various local, state , national events from the under 10 category got his ITF mens points last year as a wildcard at the KPIT ATP Challenger and also selected as a Junior player for the Davis Cup in Bengaluru is currently ranked Number 2 in India in Under 18, while Salsa who has come up from the local level and gone on to win the under 16 national title at Delhi and selected to represent India at the Junior Fed Cup . Both players were awarded a trophy and Rs 5000 each
The PMDTA also introduced the Arun Sane Memorial scholarships in memory of their president Arun sane who passed away recently , which were awarded to Arnav Paparkar , Aditi Lakhe , Arjun Gohad , Radhika Mahajan, Rohan Phule , Richa Chougule , Atharva Sharma and Shivani Ingle for finishing as No 1 ranked players in their respective age groups in Pune District in the year ended 2016 and to Sunish and Aher .
PMDTA is the only district tennis association in Maharastra to have an annual day ceremony and award cash prizes to players and recognize their efforts. Special awards to KPIT and NS Sports Academy for organizing international events in Pune.
Following is the Annual Ranking for Pune district for 2016:
Under 8 combined : 1. Arnav Paparkar , 2. Rishita Reddy, 3. Tej Oak , 4. Ahana Attawar , 5. Devanshee Prabhudesai
Under 10 boys: 1. Arnav Paparkar , 2. Rethin Pranav , 3. Aryan Sutar , 4. Parth Devrukhkar , 5. Aryan Shah
Girls under 10: 1. Aditi Lakhe , 2. Sanika Bhogade, 3. Ira Shah, 4. Asmi Adkar , 5. Chinmayee Bagwe
Under 12 Boys: 1. Arjun Gohad , 2. Aman Dahiya , 3. Siddharth Marathe , 4. Daksh Agarwal, 5. Manas Dhamne
Under 12 Girls: 1. Radhika Mahajan, 2. Madhurima Sawant , 3. Anya Jacob , 4. Riya Bhosale , 5. Gautami Khaire
Under 14 Boys: 1. Rohan Phule , 2. Girish Choughule , 3. Aditya Jawale, 4. Yashraj Davli, 5. Sarvesh Birmane
Under 14 Girls: 1. Richa Choughule, 2. Rutuja Chaphalkar , 3. Siyaa Deshmukh , 4. Gargi Pawar , 5. Agrima Tewari
Under 16 Boys: 1. Atharva Sharma , 2. Atharva Neema , 3. Divesh Gahlot, 4. Krishna Mantri , 5. Aditya Nikam
Under 16 Girls: 1. Shivani Ingale , 2. Richa Choughule , 3. Anaya Thorat , 4. Bela Tamhankar , 5. Neha Mokashi