GUWAHATI, Dec 22 - The 3rd Guwahati Open Junior Tennis Championship, organised by the Guwahati Lawn Tennis Association (GLTA) will be held at the RG Sports Complex, Nehru Stadium, here from January 6 to 11.
The tournament will be held for Boy�s and Girl�s Singles � U-12, 14 and 18 years respectively. All winners will be awarded with cash scholarships. The championship will carry a total amount of Rs 2.20 lakhs as scholarship. The Boy�s and Girl�s Singles U� 18 category champions will receive Rs 10,000 and runner ups will receive Rs 7,00 as scholarship money while in the U�14 winner will receive Rs 7,000 and runner-up will receive Rs 6,000. In the U-12 category winner will receive Rs 6,000 and the runner-up will receive Rs 5,000 respectively. Scholarship money will be awarded to the players from quarterfinal stage in all categories. The tournament will feature more than 200 players from various parts of the region.
An organising committee has been formed with Riniki Bhuyan Sarma, Pronoy Bordoloi, Kishore Jayanta Madhaband, Anirban Das as advisors, Kalyan Kumar Das as chairman, Nabajyoti Kalita as organising secretary, Rishi Das as tournament director, Rupam Gogoi as chief referee and Dilip Pathak as treasurer to run the championship.
