14th Edition of Monsoon Regatta commences from tomorrow at Hussain Sagar Lake
HYDERABAD: The 14th Monsoon Regatta commences racing on the 18th July with top national sailors attending this hotly contested ranking event as part of the Federation Calendar.
The Monsoon Regatta Rolling Trophy and the prestigious SH Babu Memorial Trophy for the best sailor without discard are on offer apart from a plethora or medals for both boys and girls.
This Monsoon Regatta is special with the introduction of the under 19 International 420 Mixed Class which is essentially an expression of gender parity at the International Olympic Committee level and a reflection of the policies of World Sailing the International Federation
Top seeds are Dharani Laveti of the Yacht Club of Hyderabad and Vadla Mallesh of the Navy Boy Sports School Goa who recently won the 420 Open event at Hussain Sagar Hyderabad followed by Nancy Rai and crew Aniraj Sendhav of Bhopal
In the under 15 Sub juniors Ekalavya Batham of NSS Bhopal looks unbeatable and is all set to win both trophies. He won the 1st edition of the SH Babu Memorial last year , a trophy that was instituted by Mr. STS Prasad in memory of his father SH Babu and tragically also passed even before he could hand over the trophy in his fathers name to the first winner.
Amongst Girls the top seeds are local girls from Rasoolpura Deekshita and Komaravelli and her sister Lahiri both from Udbhav School.
The Monsoon Regatta will be served by an International Jury Chaired by Leonard Chin of Malaysia alongside Ron Yaffe from Israel and Col. Kanwar from India all International judges.
Capt. Abhimanyu Patankar of India will serve as the Chief Umpire for the Team Racing event in the Sub Juniors.
The entries are from Bhopal, Mysore, Goa, and Chennai. Majority participants are from Hyderabad
The 14th Monsoon Regatta also features a Green Fleet for beginners and a Light Fleet for this who are much too light for the heavy Monsoon weather normally expected during July
The Monsoon weather has far from set if with light to medium winds across the last month but yesterday some good winds showed up and the sailors and organizers are hoping the Monsoon Regatta is actually played in the normally expected heavy weather.
