BHUBANESWAR 10-Jul-2016
Good Samaritan Trust (GST) felicitated four sportspersons and one coach with Sportslogon Award in a function here at Jaydev Bhawan today. The awardees were: junior international woman footballer Bannya Kabiraj, hockey international Dipsan Tirkey, international woman sprinter Srabani Nanda, former athlete Juletha Minz and athletics coach Nila Madhab Deo.
Banya received the Kumudini Krida Prativa Award, which carried a cash prize of Rs 10,000. Dipsan, Srabani, Nila Madhab and Juletha bagged the awards and a purse of Rs 25,000 each as Young Emerging Player of the Year, Sportsperson of the Year, Best Coach and Player of Bygone Era respectively.
However, Dipsan and Srabani could not join the function as both were busy with competitions. Dipsan’s brother, Prasant Tirkey and Srabani’s mother, Subhasini Rayguru recived the awards on their behalf.
Angul-Sukinda Railway Project CMD, Dilip Samantray, Hockey Olympian Lajrus Barla and Hockey Gangpur Odisha secretary, Debashis Gouda handed over the awads in the presence of GST secretary Tanmay Das and member Nanda Kishore Pattnaik.
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PHOTO: Awardees (L to R) Juletha Minz, Nila Madhab Deo and Banya Kabiraj in Bhubaneswar on July 10, 2016.
