Power Panthers pip Mighty Mustangs in IDAK-KDD Basketball Tournament
KUWAIT CITY, Nov 13: The IDAKKDD basketball tournament was successfully conducted at the Dasman Bilingual School, Al Asimah, on Oct 21. Kuwaiti Danish Dairy Co. (KDD) were the official sponsors of the event and Anand Harith, Business Systems Manager of KDD was the Chief Guest for the event. Anand along with IDAK’s President – Dr Thomas Thomas met the captains of both the teams – Dr. Jagan Kumar representing the “Mighty Mustangs” and Dr. Manoj Koshy representing the “Power Panthers”.
Power Panthers were unstoppable right from the beginning, with Dr Chris George spear heading the attack. Mighty Mustangs were clearly outclassed by the duo team of Dr Chris and Dr Manoj, and the final score was 19-46 in favour of the Power Panthers.
The captains of both teams were the top scorers for their respective teams with Dr Jagan scoring 9 points for Mighty Mustangs and Dr Manoj of Power Panthers scoring 19 points. Dr Chris George received the best player award.
Teams
The women’s basketball match was more evenly matched where both the teams fought tooth and nail to get an upper hand. The spirited and pumped-up Power Panthers brushed past Mighty Mustangs 3-2. Dr Aastha Mehta was declared with best player for the women’s match. Vibrant and entertaining commentary for the event was provided by Dr. Thomas Thomas. At the end of the
Basketball tournament, Power Panthers have jumped to the top position in the points tally of the IDAK-KDD Sports Championship 2022-23 with 37 points, closely followed by Mighty Mustangs with 31 points.
Competition
IDAK kids had free-throw competition for children above 10 years and a basketball-relay race for kids under 10 years. For the free throw match, Jayden won the first prize, Kevin and Johan bagged the 2nd and 3rd prize, respectively. Another highlight for the evening was the “Lucky draw”sponsored by Kerala Ayurvedic Centre (Salmiya), which was won by Hansika and Haseena.
Anand KDD gave away the trophies to the winners. Mina Issac of Elgydium distributed gift bags to the winners. Dr Shamlan AlQenaie, of Kuwait University Faculty Association (KUFA) was specially thanked for supporting IDAK’s sports activities and for arranging the venue for the event.
The games of the day were controlled by referee Sadheesh Subramanian, who is working as the Physical Education teacher in Indian Community School, Kuwait and Nikhil Varughese, who is working as Biomedical engineer at Gulf Advanced Trading company.
IDAK Sports Committee led by Dr. Anjana Aneef was applauded for meticulously planning the event which was attended by over 100 members and children.