GSTTA honours state paddlers with 76 trophies, Rs 3.75 lakh cash prize

The Gujarat State Table Tennis Association (GSTTA) presented Rs 3.75 lakh cash awards and gave away as many as 76 trophies in its effort to recognise the outstanding contributions of its state paddlers at its glittering annual awards function held at the Sports Club in Ahmedabad recently. GSTTA and the Gujarat State Masters Table Tennis Committee jointly organised this grand ceremony.

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The reigning national champion Manush Shah of Vadodara received a cash award of Rs 2.5 lakh, while the state women’s team, consisting of Krittwika Sinha Roy, Oishiki Joardar, Frenaz Chipia, Filzah Fatema Kadr,i and Riya Jayswal, was rewarded with Rs 1.5 lakh for their historic bronze medal in the 86th Senior National and Inter-State Table Tennis Championships 2024. The awards ceremony was held on Sunday, April 27.

Krittwika is best overall player

The best Overall player award went to seasoned paddler Krittwika who had a prolific year where she grabbed gold medals at WTT Feeder Cagliari 2024 in Italy and WTT Feeder Caracas 2024 in Venezuela.

She came back with a silver and a bronze medal from WTT Feeder Cappadocia 2024 in Turkey. As captain of the team, Roy played a key role in helping the state women’s team win the historic bronze medal at the 86th senior nationals 2024 held in Surat. She capped off the year with yet another bronze medal at the 51st All India Inter-Institutional Championships 2024 held at Chandigarh.

GSTTA acknowledged the efforts of the state’s para paddlers, including Tokyo Paralympics silver medallist Bhavina Patel and five others.

A total of 41 state veteran players, who returned with medals at the 31st National Masters Table Tennis Championships 2024, were also felicitated during the function.

Awards list

Best Hopes (U-9) female player: Prisha Parekh (Surat); Best Hopes (U-9) male player: Rehansh Singhvi (Kachchh); Best Hopes (U-11) female player: Dhimahi Kabrawala (Surat), Best Hopes (U-11) male player: Dhruv Bhambhani (Kachchh); Best Cadet (U-13) female player: Daniya Godil (Surat); Best Cadet (U-13) male player: Dev Bhatt (Rajkot); Best sub-junior (U-15) female player: Mouboni Chatterjee (Ahmedabad); Best sub-junior (U-15) male player: Malav Panchal (Ahmedabad); Best Junior (U-17) female player: Pratha Pawar (Ahmedabad); Best Junior (U-17) male player: Himansh Dahiya (Ahmedabad); Best Junior (U-19) female player: Mouboni Chatterjee (Ahmedabad); Best Junior (U-19) male player: Aayush Tanna (Surat); Best women player: Krittwika Sinha Roy (Surat); Best men player: Chitrax Bhatt (Ahmedabad); Best veteran female player: Prasunna Parekh (Ahmedabad); Best veteran male player: Parag Shah (Ahmedabad); Best Coach (cadet & sub-junior): Sahijjot Singh Jaggi (Ahmedabad); Best Coach (junior & youth): Mahavirsinh Kumpavat (SAG / Aravalli); Best Coach (senior): Sailesh Gosai (Vadodara); Best Umpire: Nirav Agrawal (Surat); Best Overall Player: Krittwika Sinha Roy (Surat); Best Organised State Tournament: 1st Gujarat State Ranking Table Tennis Tournament 2024 conducted by Bhavnagar Jilla District Table Tennis Association.

Para Senior National Table Tennis Championships 2024-25 & Khelo India Para Games 2024-25 medallists: Yezdi Bhamgara, Bhavina Patel, Sonal Patel, Kajal Makwana, Jamani Nurjahan. Khelo India Para Games 2024-25 medallist: Bhavika Kukadiya. Best Coach (Para TT Players) - Lalan Doshi - Proud Coach of Ms. Bhavina Patel, World Rank No.1.

Deaf and Dumb Table Tennis – International Medallist: Shiney Gomes.

31st National Masters Table Tennis Championships 2024 medallists: Anjula Barupal, Dhwanika Bhatt, Padmini Desai, Subhangi Hardikar, Jyotsanaben Joshi, Sonal Joshi, Pranav Joshipura, Girija Kabra, Jayendra Kapadiya, Avinash Kaur, Nazmi Khinkhabwala, Arun Kothari, Shraddha Maheshwary, Hiral Mehta, Pathik Mehta, Kalpana Modha, Ranjit Nagadia, Shripad Joshi, Baraiya Pallaviben, Divya Pandya, Madhu Parikh, Kinnari Patel, Neha Patel, Suryakant Patel, Viral Patel, Indresh Purohit, Dhirubhai Rajput, Mahesh Raval, Balavantray Kansara, Anjana Shah, Bhavana Shah, Shital Shah, Biren Soni, Sanjay Tayal, Malay Thakkar, Laxmanrao Thakre, Rajeshkumar Trivedi, Chaitali Udeshi, Mihir Vyas, Gaurav Doshi, Sikandar Jam.