Reigning champions Javed and Sonam Sultana Soma have been drawn as top seeds for men’s singles as the 38th National Senior Table Tennis Championship will kick-off today at Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmed Indoor Stadium in the capital.
Bangladesh Table Tennis Federation is organising the tournament and sponsored by Wistom Attire and co. sponsored by BKMEE. Incidentally Javed and Soma are both playing for Bangladesh Ansar who are top contenders for two team titles with Bangladesh Army.
State Minister for Youth and Sports Zahid Ahsan Russell MP is expected to inaugurate the five-day meet as the chief guest Bangladesh Olympic Association Deputy Secretary General Ashikur Rahman Miku will present as the special guest.
A total 260 players from 44 teams including 13 female teams from 35 districts, four divisions, three services teams and two universities are taking part in the championship.
Seven events have been included in the championship. The events are: Men’s team, women’s team, men’s singles, women’s singles, men’s doubles, women’s doubles and mixed doubles.
The budget of the championship has been estimated to near about Tk 10 lakh to run the championship. The champions and runners-up teams will be given trophy and medal.
In this regards, a press conference was held yesterday at Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmed Indoor Stadium to provide all the details of the meet.
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