Pune : First ever The Poona Club Swimming League 2023 concludes today
Pune, May 28 : For the first time, Pune city hosted the first ever The Poona Club Swimming League 2023’, at The Poona Club Swimming Pool from 26 to 28 May 2023. The event concluded today with a sporting spirit and pledging to come back with even more enthusiasm and participation.
Speaking to reporters Sunil Handa, President of Poona Club said that swimmers were selected through an auction (notional) process by the team owners who are members of the club. Managing Committee members, CEO & Secretary Col Sarkar and PCSL 2023 committee members were present at the auction. The Title sponsor for the event was Venkys, Vencobb and NECC, Ruby Hall Clinic and Surana traders were the other Co-sponsors.
Amaaya Shetty (9 years old), Vihaan Tulpule (11 years old), Aditya Maharaj Singh (51 years old), Ahaan Bhisey ( 17 years old) , Rounak Mali(13 years old) and Anaisha Sood (13 years old) were the most expensive swimmers at the auction.
The Teams and Owner names are as follows: ASR Dolphins( Amit Roplekar), Jets(Rakesh Navani), Maximum Mavericks(Rajiv Santani and Lalit Solanki), Goel Ganga Real Rich (Atul Goel), Kings(Verinder Singh Oberoi and Indraneel Mujgule), All Stars(Hiren Parmar and Amit Parmar), Flippers ( Shailesh Ranka and Kunal Sanghvi) and Panthers (Manpreet Uppal and Gaurav Gadhoke).
Speaking about the league details Gaurav Gadhoke, Vice President of The Poona Club Ltd added that the format of the League is designed to be extremely competitive. 8 teams have been divided in 2 groups of 4 teams each by way of a lucky draw. Top 3 teams by virtue of points system from each group will qualify further.
The excitement for the league was at the peak today. 145 Poona Club Members(Women, Men and Children) have participated with age group 6 years old to 75 years old. Altogether 52 events were held over three days consisting of Freestyle, Breaststroke, Backstroke 20m, 40m, and Relay format.
A special committee comprising of Gaurav Gadhoke (Tournament Chairman), Tushar Aswani( Tournament Director), Shubha Gadkari, Sameer Sanghvi and Kunal Sanghvi has been formed for the smooth conduct of the event.
