The second day of Coimbatore Vizha started with a Mini Marathon on the theme “Run for Coimbatore” was organised with the support of Kovai Athletic Club. The Marathon was flagged off by Mr Panchatcharam, Assistant Commissioner Traffic, Coimbatore & Mr Shankar Vanavarayar, Event Chair, Coimbatore Vizha & Chief Executive, Sakthi Textiles.About 2000 participants enrolled and they were divided into 4 categories Boys - 5 km(Students), Girls - 3 km(Students), Men - 10 km(Professionals) & Women - 5 km (Professionals). The Men category had to run for 10 Kms.
Mr Thiyodar, Regional Assistant Director, Tamil Nadu Sports Development Corporation gave away the prizes for the Men Category. The prizes were won by Mr A Venkatesh Raj, Kovai Athletic Club, Mr T Raj, Athletic Foundation & Mr P Boopathi Kumar, Athletic Foundation. Mr S Srinivasan, Secretary, Kovai Athletic Club gave away the prizes for the Women Category. The were won by Ms S Padmavathi, Ms Usha Nandini & Ms Syndhya Mari Marasrat. Mr Giri, Programme Head, Hello FM gave away the prizes for the Boys Category. The prizes in this category were won by Mr R Vijayan, Govt HR Sec School, Madukarai, Mr P Karthi, Kovai Athletic Club & Mr V Arulprakash, Govt HR Sec School, Solayur Anaikkatti. Mr Rohit Rajendran, Chair – Young Indians & Executive Director, Premier Spinning & Weaving Mills Ltd gave away the prizes in this Category. The prizes in this category were won by Ms P Dhana Priya, Chatrapathy Shivaji Sports Club, Ms P Siva Ranjani, Mariammal Girls School Pollachi & Ms T Kiruthika, Mariammal Girls School Pollachi. Mr Dipendar Singh, Proprietor, Popular Automobiles delivered the Vote of Thanks after the prize distribution ceremony.
The event was well organised, well participated and the spirit of the event was well received. All was well with the event and it invariably ended well.
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