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ATA-TAGC Badminton Tournament 2013-Success News

On September 29^th, 2013, Telugu Association of Greater Chicago (TAGC) together with American Telugu Association (ATA) conducted a badminton tournament at South Barrington Club. This is the second year in a row the tournament was conducted. About 100 men, women, girls and boys from all over chicagoland area participated in the tournament which was organized professionally by TAGC sports committee led by Chair Pradeep Kandmilla and assisted by co-chair Kiran Nuthulapaty, Jagan Bukkaraju, Anji Reddy Kandimalla and  ATA  Trustees Satya Kandimalla, Kalyan Anandula and ATA regional coordinator Srinivas Matta. 
 
Every one had a chance to play a minimum of two games. While the initial rounds were conducted in double elimination format, the final rounds were best of three.  The games themselves were very fast-paced and exciting to watch. All players including kids and adults displayed amazing talent in the sport of badminton. ATA President Karunakar Madhavaram, TAGC President Ramesh Garapaty congratulated the TAGC sports committee for pulling together a fantastic tournament and thanked the sponsors of the tournament Ugandher Gudur for sponsoring lunch,  Krishna Rangaraju and Srini Voruganti and Anil Koripally for sponsoring drinks and snacks. Thanks to all the volunteers who made this event a grand success.