Udupi, 09 October 2012: Ten players were selected to play in the state level badminton tournament in Davanagere starting from 11th October. Total 20 players were selected in the selection conducted in Udupi stadium. But the notable thing is that, in the 32 teams of 8 districts from Mysore division, among the 20 players selected, 10 are from the host Udupi district.
In the zonal competitions held in Udup among the Primary and High School division Udupi has bagged 2 first and 2 second places from the total 4 divisions. Winning teams are as follows.
The selected 20 players for the state level competitions are as follows.
Primary School Girls:
Glacia Pinto (Udupi), Sati K.S. (D.K.), Shreya D.S. (D.K.), Nisha Kotyan (Udupi), Neha Harish (Udupi).
Primary School Boys:
Rohit M. (Mandya), Rakshit Roy (Mandya), Shamanth Rao (Udupi), Shreyas K.S. (Udupi), Yashwanth S.S. (Mandya).
High School Girls:
Ancilla Maria Saldanha (Udupi), Shalini N.P. (Kodagu), Janani S.K. (Kodagu), Disha (Udupi), T.N. Nisha Machamma (Kodagu).
High School Boys:
Govardhana (Udupi), Glanish Ashlee Pinto (Udupi), Ashith R. (Mysore), Ram Das (Udupi), Neeraj (Mysore).