The Chennai District Masters Athletic Association is conducting the XVIII Chennai District Masters Athletic Championship on 18th and 19th December 2021 at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium from 6.30am to 5.30pm.
This meet is for all men and women above the age of 35 years. The senior most athlete in men is 90+ and woman is 85+. Most of the Chennai athletes have represented Tamil Nadu in Nationals, Asian Meets and World Meets.
The Chennai District Masters Athletic Association President Mr. M. Shenbagamoorthy, Mrs. Sasikala (Treasurer) invited the athletes and honoured the Chief Guests.
The grouping for competition is done as 35 to 39yrs, 40 to 44yrs, 45 to 49yrs and so on upto 95+ yrs (every 5 yrs is one age group).
The Championship was inaugurated by Dr. R. Anand Kumar, IAS, MEMBER SECRETARY, Sports Development Authority of Tamil Nadu.
Winner Details
Appreciation Award – Inspector E.Rajeswari
75+ Men 5KM Walk – Major Vidya Sagar Chitrapu
40+ Men Shotput
1. Thamaraiselvam
2. Derek Hutson
3. S.Narayanan
35+ Men Shotput
1. S.Chandrasekar
2. Prathap Singh Robinson
3. Vijayaraghavan. V
35+ Women – Shotput
1. Sangeetha Mohan
2. Amirdha Jacqueline A.S
3. B.Prameena
70+ Women Shotput
1. V.Ananthavally
2. Bhama Sudharsan
Guests of Honour
Shri Murthy R Idreams MLA Royapuram,
Smt.A. Latha, Secretary Tamil Nadu Athletic Association and Joint Secretary of Athletic Federation of India and
Dr George Abraham ,Principal YMCA College of Physical Education ,Nandanam
Mr. Jayamurugan Chairman, SNJ Distilleries.
Shri M P Surya Prakash C & MD Pon Pure Chemicals Pvt Ltd.
Special Guests
Actor Arun Vijay
Actor Vishnu Vishal
Actor Shivani Narayanan
Chief guests graced this event with their presence and honoured the winners with medals.
Chennai District Masters Athletic Association Bearers:
Mr. M. Shenbagamoorthy, President, CDMAA
Mrs. T Rukmini Dev, Secretary, CDMAA
Mrs. P. Sasi kala, Treasurer, CDMAA.