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THE
HINDU - December 02 '2007
PBA Honored
Indian Captains.
The Professional
Basketball Academy, Chennai celebrated 6th annual
function by honoring 11 former Indian Basketball
Captains at a function organized yesterday, November
25, 2007 at Presidency Club, Chennai.
The Academy which
co hosted the Harlem Globe trotters Basketball
show in Chennai last year also honored Geethu
Anna Jose, the first Indian women to play
League in abroad.
Indian Captains
who were honored are:
Name
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Captained
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| Surinder
Kumar Kataria (Arjuna
Awardee) |
Good will
tour to Pakistan- 1975 |
Sathya
Prakash
|
Merlin
Cup, Singapore - 1984 |
Molly
Mathew
|
DSA Cup,
Delhi - 1986 |
Prasanna
Jayasankar
|
13th ABC
at Singapore - 1990 |
| Ramkumar
(Dyan
chand awardee) |
SAF Games
at Colombo -1991 |
| Jayasankar
Menon (Asian
All Star) |
18th ABC
at Seoul - 1995 |
C.V. Sunny
|
SAF Games-
1997 |
Jeena
Zachria
|
17th ABC
at Bangkok - 1997 |
Meena
Latha
|
19th ABC
at Bangkok in 2001 |
Anitha
|
21st ABC
at China in 2005 |
Seema
singh
|
22nd ABC
at Korea in 2007 |
Ashok Verghese,
Chairman of PBA said that it is an occasion to
honor the service rendered by these legends as
well as to create an opportunity to the youngsters
to get interact with them.
S. Ganesan,
Patron of the Academy lauded the achievements
of Captains and said they are the role models
for the young up coming players.
The Academy also felicitated the Union Christian
Basketball team consists of PBA campers which
won the prestigious St. Vincent School tournament
recently.
Olympians V. Bhaskaran,
V.J. Philip and Sebastian Xavier were also present
for the function.
Pradeep Johnson,
President of PBA extended vote of thanks.
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