PANJIM: On the occasion of Maharashtra Day and Sindhudurg Foundation Day on May 1, Sindhu Runner Team organised Goa to Sawantwadi Inter-City 100km Ultra Run, recently.
The Ultra Run was flagged off from Sri Devi Navadurga Temple, Borim-Ponda, by Sanket Naik Mule. The run route was covered through Ponda, Mangeshi, Panjim Atal Setu, Porvorim, Dhargal, Tambosa, Banda and culminated at Sawantwadi.
The following runners participated, Omkar Paradkar, Prasad Korgaonkar, Dr Snehal Govekar, Bhushan Bandelkar, Bhushan Paradkar, Vinayak Patil (Kolhapur), Sunil Jadeja (Goa), Timothy Rodrigues (Goa), Narciva Nagvekar (Goa), Sagun Gawade (Goa), Mikil Mashelkar (Goa), Mahesh Shetkar, Sharwari Kher (Mumbai), Anup Kumar Chaudhary (Pune), Nikhil Tendulkar, Adv Sangram Gawade, Prajyot Rane and Namrata Kokare.
Dattaprasad Kalangutkar, Umesh Newalkar, Prana Panchal, Sanket Naik, Suraj Shingte and others provided assistance to the runners through the route.
The prize distribution ceremony was held at Sawantwadi Rajwada in the presence of Sawantwadi Sansthan Crown Prince Lakhan Raje Bhosle, Crown Princess Shraddha Raje Bhosle, Shooting Coach Kanchan Uparkar, Agriculture Officer Milind Nikam and senior social worker and former president of Rickshaw Association Sudhir Paradkar.
