Tuesday, January 29, 2002
Payyanur: The arrangements for the federation cup national volley ball tournament are in the final stage now. The tournament will commence on 3rd February at the specially arranged Jimmy George Floodlit Stadium in Govt Boys HS Grounds here. Sri. PM Sayed, the dy speaker of Loksabha will formally inaugurate the tourney on 3rd Feb . Various cutural and sports-related events are also conducted along with the tournment. A seminar on "Indian Sports- Issues and Hopes" will be condcuted on 2nd Feb. Sri. PP Lakshmanan will inaugurate the seminar. The veteran sports personalities in and around Payyanur will be honoured at this function. A special dance programme by Kerala Kalamandalam will be performed at AK Krishnan Master Auditorium in GBHS on the same day evening.
The work of the temporary gallery with a seating capacity of 10,000 is already completed. The ticket rates are Rs 30/- for gallery(Rs. 150/- for season ticket) and Rs.60/- for chair(Rs. 300/- for season ticket). Ticket charges will be raised by Rs.10/- for the matches from semi-final onwards. Total eight teams will participate in the men's section and 6 teams on women's section. A total of 26 matches will be played in the tournament which is conducted on a league-knockout basis. The final will be played on 10th February.
