Li Ning - Nikhil Kanetkar Badminton Academy, Pune, India YEARS YEARLY PROGRESS REPORT

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1 Li Ning - Nikhil Kanetkar Badminton Academy, Pune, India 5 YEARS YEARLY PROGRESS REPORT

2 BRAND DEVELOPMENT Summer Camp 2015 at Pune Like every year, NKBA conducted its 5th Li-Ning - NKBA Annual Summer Camp from 20th April to 31st May The camp was spanned over 6 weeks, comprising of 183 participants in total. This was a new record for NKBA, also the recognition of the quality of coaching at NKBA. Participants hailed from various regions of Maharashtra and other states added different flavors to the camp. As the statistics goes, out of 183 players, 118 players were from Pune and 64 were from outside Pune. 42 players were from Maharashtra state and 22 were from 6 other states namely W. Bengal, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, & Assam. Players from Maharashtra were from cities like Akola, Ahmednagar, Ratanagiri, Nasik, Wai, Baramati, Pen, Jalgaon, Nanded, Ichalkanji and Mumbai. The summer camp participants were given rigorous training at NKBA by the Head Coach Nikhil Kanetkar along with his team of 12 coaches and 3 physical trainers. As a special feature, a renowned coach from Kolkata, Badal Bhattacharya Sir, having huge experience in coaching, trained players for a week with his own style. It was indeed a privilege for the participants and coaches to learn new method of coaching from him. It was heartwarming to witness the felicitation of Badal Sir and Modak Sir (Nikhil's coach during his formative playing years) during the closing ceremony. The camp was concluded with an Internal Tournament within the participants. The winners received prizes, sponsored by Li- Ning, at the hands of Mr. Omprakash Bakoria Joint Municipal Commissioner Summer Camp 2015 at Nashik 2nd Annual Summer Camp was held at Nashik. This was sponsored by Li Ning-NKBA. More than 50 players participated. Mr. Amit Deshpande & his coaching team were guided by Nikhil Kanetkar for planning of coaching. Director's Visits Director & Head Coach Nikhil Kanetkar was invited as a speaker in the Sports Journalists National Convention. Nikhil visited Kolkata & Jamshedpur in December on invitation Bengal Badminton Association to train their players. More than 25 players participated and had rich experience of training to enhance their skills. Visit to Latur for training the local players and delivered a seminar in Poddar college. Sponsoring School Nationals at Pune All India 6th School National for Under 19 players was organized by Maharashtra Government from 6th to 9th May Li Ning NKBA partly sponsored this important event. Kanetkar Sports Foundation (KSF) was formed in June to help needy & deserving players in future.

3 SUMMER CAMP 2015, PUNE Felicitation of senior coach Anil Modak Sir Rangoli at the entrance Felicitation of rekowned coach from Kolkata Badal Bhattcharya Sir Summer Camp 2015 Participants SUMMER CAMP 2015, NASHIK Coaches & Winners Participants with coaches at Nashik Camp SPONSORING SCHOOL NATIONALS AT PUNE Dias for inauguration of National School Championship Mr. Suhas Patil (DSO) introducing NIkhil Kanetkar to Minister Mr. Girish Bapat Logo

4 NKBA ACHIEVEMENTS There was significant improvement in NKBA players and is clearly revealed through their achievements at District Level, State Level, National Level & International Level Tournaments. Following is the brief report of their achievements - Eight NKBA players reached finals in various categories in Solaris Tournament; NKBA won the 5 finals. This was dominating performance by NKBA players! In Amanora Badminton Tournament also yet another dominating performance with 8 finals and Purva Barve winning Triple Crown - Girls Under 19 & Under 17 also Womens Singles! This was commendable performance by NKBA player. Jhanavi Kanitkar and Varun Kapur won the titles in Under 15 Category. New kids on the block - Addya Parasnis played his heart out to loose graciously the Boys Singles Under 11 Finals but Tara Shah won the Girls Singles Under 13 event. Consistent performance is the hallmark of NKBA players. Even in State Level & State Championship, NKBA players exhibited their skills. In Senior State Championship (Maharashtra) NKBA player Mudra Dhainje won the Womens Singles Crown by upsetting the Indian Top Ranked payer Neha Pandit. Highlight is the Pune District team won the team championship under the guidance of coach Nikhil Kanetkar!

5 DISTRICT LEVEL NKBA Finalist with Chief Guest NKBA Finalist in Solaris Tournament STATE LEVEL - SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIP Mudra with her Womens Singles State Championship Trophy

6 In State Junior Championship held at Latur, Purva reached two Finals and won the title in Girls Singles Under 13 category. In State Sub-Junior Championship held at Parbhani (Maharashtra), Janhavi Kanitkar won the Double Crown (Girls Under 13 & Girls Doubles Under 13). Orijit Chaliha from Assam won the Double Crown (Boys Singles Under 17 years and Under 19 years) in Assam State Championship NKBA player Abhimanyu Singh won the Triple Crown in M.P. Senior State Championship. Yash Yogi won the Singles Titles (Junior & Senior) in Chhattisgarh State Championship Arunesh & Adarsh form Chennai (Trainees in last year summer camp) became Tamilnadu State champions Under 15 Singles and Doubles. NKBA coach Ajay Rathi reached 35+ Men's singles finals in Veteran State (Maharashtra) Championship at Nagpur

7 STATE LEVEL Purva with winners trophy (Under 17 Singles) & Runners up trophy (Under 19 Single) at Latur Janhavi receiving the trophy Janhavi with Doble Crown (Girls Under 13 Singles & Doubles) STATE LEVEL Triple crown fo Abhimayu SIngh in M.P. State Championship Orijit Winner of Under17 & Under 19 Singles Boys with a special trophy Yash Yogi with Double Crown Mens & Under 19 Singles in Chhattisgarh State Championship VETERAN +35 SINGLES CAMPIONSHIP Ajay Rathi with Veteran + 35 Runners up trophy

8 In National Level Ranking Tournaments, NKBA players excelled to mark their arrival at the National scene. India Ranking Tournaments: NKBA player Subhankar Day reached finals in V. V. Natu Memorial tournament at Pune. Subhankar Day won his first Men's Singles title in All India Senior Ranking Tournament held at Kochi Sukant Kadam is being trained at NKBA since last 1 and half year. He reached final of Men's singles in Para Nationals. Sasmit Patil won the Under 14 team Gold; Aniruddha Mayekar won the Under 19 team Silver in School Nationals held at Ahmednagar. Though it was beginning for NKBA players to play in International tournaments, the experience would be extremely useful in long term. Pratul Joshi - Indian ranked NKBA player, reached finals in Men's singles at Bahrain International Series In Singapore Asian Jr. International Series, Purva Barve and Orijit Chaliha did extremely well.

9 NATIONAL LEVEL Subhankar with Mens Singles Trophy (Kochi) Subhankar Runner Up in V. V. Natu Tournament (Pune) PARA NATIONALS SCHOOL NATIONALS Sukant Kadam with is trophy won in Para Nationals Aniruddha Mayekar Team Silver at School Nationals Sasmit Patil with Team Gold & Silver at School Nationals INTERNATIONAL LEVEL Purva Barve in Action Pratul Joshi with Runners up trophy procured in Bahrain International

10 Sachin Sharma - mentally challenged player, trained at NKBA, became World Champion in Mens Singles at Special Olympics at Los Angeles Akash & Arman Rattu from UK come to NKBA twice in a year to train at NKBA. Recently They won the local tournament in their respective categories. RANKING OF NKBA PLAYERS Excellent performance of the NKBA Senior and Junior players is reflected in their National ranking.

11 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP Sachin Sharma in NKBA after winning the World Singles Title Felicittaton of Sachin Sharma at the hands of Coach Nikhil Kanetkar & Suhas Patil (DSO) UK TOURNAMENT Akash with his trophies Armann with his trophy INDIAN RANKING IN SINGLES 1. Subhankar Dey (Mens) India No Pratul Joshi (Mens) India No Abhishek Yeligar (Mens) India No Orijit Chaliha (Junior) India No. 9 (Under 19) 5. Purva Barve (Junior) India No. 24 (Under 19) 6. Orijit Chaliha (Junior) India No. 5 (Under 17) 5. Purva Barve (Junior) India No. 4 (Under 17) WORLD RANKING 1. Orijit Chaliha (Junior) 40 (Under 19) 1. Purva Barve (Junior) 88 (Under 19)

12 LI-NING NIKHIL KANETKAR BADMINTON ACADEMY Training Center: Shree Shivchhatrapati Krida Sankul, Mahalunge-Balewadi, Pune , MS, India Tel.: I nkbapune@gmail.com KANETKAR SPORTS FOUNDATION KANETKAR SPORTS FOUNDATION Registered Office: 264, Kumar Elixir, C-30, Baner Road, Baner, Pune Tel.: I kanetkarsportsfoundation@gmail.com