11 year old Divyanshi Bhowmick from Ryan International School, Kandivali has made tremendous progress in the game of Table Tennis this year. Divyanshi started playing Table tennis from December 2018 and within a short time she made remarkable progress in this game, in spite of the corona pandemic period during the years 2020 and 2021. During this period, when the schools were closed Divyanshi used this time to practice with her sister Hitangshi and father Rahul Bhowmick, with hard work , commitment and focus on this game. “ Besides these qualities, ‘discipline’ has been very instrumental in her progress so far,” says her mother Preeti Bhowmick.
Divyanshi has not only won medals just in Under -13 girls event but also in Under-15 and Under-17 Girls events. Now studying in 7th standard, Divyanshi’s recent achievements this year have been very good at at the National and state level TT tournaments. Divyanshi won Gold medal in the National Ranking TT Championship held at Indore in the month of May this year in the U-13 age event , followed by Gold medal in the 1st Maharashtra State Ranking Tournament held at Nanded in July in the U- 13 event and a silver medal in the U-15 girls event. Thereafter, double Gold medal in the 2nd Maharashtra State Ranking Tournament held at Nagpur in U-13 and U-15 Youth Girls event . She won medal in the 3rd Maharashtra State Ranking held at Nasik in U-13 event. Last month she won Gold medal in U-13 event in the 4th Maharashtra State Ranking Tournament held at Thane. There are many more medals won by her this year, including Triple Crown at the 2nd District ranking TT tournament.
Looking at her present performance at the age of 11 , we expect her to make further progress at the national level in the days to come. But, with her current performance, she has not only made her parents and family proud, but also her teachers in Ryan International School, Kandivali and Coach Aakash Kasar from Ace TT Academy, Thane. Sky is the limit for this little promising girl.