KAB to sponsor Bengal Karate players who qualify for Nationals
Kolkata/IBNS: Karate-Do Association of Bengal (KAB), which recently organized the West Bengal State Senior Karate-Do Championship at Guru Nanak Institute of Hotel Management in Panihati here, said the players qualifying for the Nationals will get full sponsorship from KAB.
The event postponed for two years began with the exhibition of Karate and declaration of the championship open.
In total, there were 150 selected players from all districts of West Bengal who took part.
President of KAB, Hanshi Premjit Sen, said the efforts of all the players and coaches of Bengal made everyone come back after the pandemic.
Sen announced all those players from Bengal who will qualify for the Nationals will be given a full sponsorship from the Karate Association of Bengal in their participation.
The players showed some extraordinary prowess when the event began.
Rizong Tamang grabbed the gold medal in the male senior Kata category, whereas Debanjali Karmakar bagged the gold medal in the senior female kata category.
Ranadeep Sarkar (-55kgs), Nirmalya Das (-60kgs), Pijush Das (-67kgs), Rony Bahadur Sunar (-75kgs), Arghatan Das (-84kgs) and Tanmoy Dutta (+84kgs) were the champions in their respective categories of Senior Male Kumite Category.
Ishika Shaw (-50kgs), Soma Das (-55kgs), Putul Kumari (-61kgs) and Alolika Das (+68kgs) won gold in their various categories of senior female Kumite category.
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