Prabodhankar Thackery Kreeda Sankul, Vile Parle witnessed a full house on last Sunday for the finals of the DCB Bank-Mumbai Premier League (MPL) – Table Tennis 2023. The hard work put in by the young volunteers of Prabodhankar Thackeray Kreeda Sankul made this possible under the leadership of Mr. Arvind Prabhoo and his team led by Samir Bhate, Hon. Sectretary of TSTTA . This three day tournament also saw some talented players, who got an opportunity through this Super League to prove their mettle.
This big event was inaugurated by Chief Guest, Captain Yogendra Singh Yadav, recipient of the Param Vir Chakra and thereafter for three days during last weekend we witnessed a good competition among eight teams fighting for their place in the knock out stage. And this is where good team work was noticed among the eight teams. Those teams which were well balanced made it to the Knock out stage in the semi finals.
On the final day we witnessed two semi finals in the morning session and the finals in the evening session in presence chief guests Chess Grandmasters Praveen Thipsey and Bhagyashree Thipsey along with Billiards champ Dhruv Sitwala. The crowd response was really good on the final day. It was very difficult for them to remember the team names, but they really enjoyed watching one of the semi finals which was closely fought. But, the winners of this League Thunder Falcons proved their supremacy in semi finals as well as final match. They proved to be a perfect balanced side comprising of Reagan Albuquerque , Manushree Patil, Vineet Deepak, Sana D’Souza, Vibum Sadhale and Suhas Rane. The team owners Preeti Bhowmick and Ashlesha Trehan were more than happy for their perfect selection of team.
The tournament was well organised Many veteran players who were present in large number, felt that the names of the teams for this league should be named with local areas of Mumbai like Dadar-Shivaji Park, Kandivali-Borivali, Bhandup- Mulund, Colaba- Cuffe Parade and so on. “Otherwise, let the major clubs in Mumbai should come forward to sponsor their teams, which will generate more interest. We will surely try this in our Masters’TT League soon. And we will be liberal to invite one or two district players in each team as our guest players.” they said.