BPP Athletes Sweep Awards At DPC Athletic Meet

ByPT Reporter

The DPic_2 copyadar Parsi Colony Gymkhana Floodlit Annual Athletic Meet, held from the 24th to 26th April, 2016, had eight BPP athletes crowned Individual Age Group Champions for winning all three Championships – Men, Women and Inter-Club.

Tania Nava, sponsored by BPP Chairman, Yazdi Desai and wife Anahita Desai, was adjudged the ‘Best Athlete of the Meet’. In all, BPP Athletes won a total of 135 medals that include fifty-nine gold, forty one silver and thirty-five bronze, including relays.

Pic_3 copyThe BPP Annual Athletic Camp for the mo
nth of May is taking place at Rustom Baug, conducted every Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday, from 7:30am to 9 am. A total of seventy-four athletes have registered, with two year old Riaan Marker being the star attraction this year!

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