“Initiatives like this will surely keep up the spirit amongst the tennis players, who are actively indulging in club activities and it will also develop fellowship. I am sure a lot of youngsters would be taking to the game when this tournament is in place for clubs through nook and corner of the country” - N Sankar
The Bombay Gymkhana club emerged as winner of the inaugural Sanmar-TNTA all-India-inter-city League Tennis Championships held at the Gymkhana club on 7 January 2010.
The Sanmar Group sponsored tournament which attracted the cream of India’s tennis talent, was a huge success. On its first edition outside Tamil Nadu, the championship received a warm welcome from the participants. Speaking on the occasion N Sankar said The Sanmar Group had been sponsoring the league tournaments in Chennai for the last 18 years.
“We will only be too glad to make it an all India affair,” he said. In all, 12 teams from all over India participated in the championships which carried prize money of Rs. 7.5 lakh. The teams played on a league-cum-knockout basis.
The Sanmar Group was the fi rst sponsor of TATE (Tamil Nadu Academy for Tennis Excellence), the coaching arm of TNTA.
With support from Sanmar, young tennis aspirants have the opportunity to get trained and excel in the sport. Sanmar sponsors the Sanmar Inter-club League Tournaments in the men and veterans categories.
Sanmar rolling trophies and awards
Sanmar rolling trophies and awards
Santhome Higher Secondary School was the proud winner of the Sanmar Cup in the fi nal of the PC Sekhar memorial cricket tournament for boys under-14 held on 13 January 2010. St. Bede’s Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School were the runners-up. Tamil Nadu and Chemplast cricketer Vidyut Sivaramakrishnan was the chief guest and gave away the prizes in the presence of SB Prabhakar Rao, Executive Director – Corporate Affairs. The cricket tournament was inaugurated by Bharath Reddy, former Indian Test cricketer and Vice President-Corporate Affairs on 6 January 2010 at St. Bede’s Higher Secondary School grounds. The tournament, sponsored by The Sanmar Group, drew participation from 28 schools.
Santhome Higher Secondary School,proud winners
of the trophy.