YAI Monsoon Regatta hosted by Telangana Sailing Association concludes 

Hyderabad, July 16, 2022: The Yachting Association of India (YAI) Monsoon Regatta hosted by the Telangana Sailing Association which began on 12th July concluded on Saturday Evening
 
CV Anand, Police Commissioner of Hyderabad was Chief Guest and presented trophies and medals to the winners.
 
Speaking on the occasion, Anand confessed honestly that he never knew that such facility existed. I thought everything is operated from Sailing Club side. Kudos to Suheim Sheikh for building up such a huge and brilliant facility and successfully driving it forward for the past 13 years. And what is so appreciable is grooming kids from marginalized backgrounds as a professional sailor and transforming their lives, he said
 
Speaking further Anand added that every sport has some techniques and please master those techniques he told the young sailors. 
 
“I am a sportsman myself. I have become a police officer by mistake, I love to be a sportsman”, Anand told 200 plus audience comprised of sailors, officers and parents.
 
“You should have a killer instinct. That is the only way forward. And you must improve your performance every day. We Indians are high on skills but low on strength. Build your stamina,” he told them.
 
Adding, he said, “It is ruthless to say that you play to win. But what is use in spending time and not winning the medals. You must excel. You need not adopt wrong ways to win. But winning matters. It paves way for many things.”
 
 The city is known for many sports personnel like Sania, Saina, Sindhu and many such players. Aim big and achieve. It is possible to aim Olympics and win CV Anand told.
 
“I recently picked up a new sport Golf. I put a target to myself to excel in next six months and win a trophy.” He said.
 
The closing and awards presentation ceremony was graced by Suheim Sheikh, President of Yacht Club of Hyderabad. 
 
Lt.Gen KS Rao the President of the Telangana Sailing Association; Capt Manish Sen and others also graced.
 
The Monsoon Regatta is in its 13th edition and one of the most competitive ranking nationals for the under 15 sub junior fleet.
 
The top seeds Eklavya Batham boys and Divyanshi Mishra girls are from Bhopal just returned from the World championships at Turkey and hit the waters of Hussain Sagar.
 
Local talent and No.2 seeded girl Tanuja Kameshwar and Daniel Rajkumar from the boys’ fleet participated.
 
About 70 participants participate md from across the country while a major proportion of the sailors were from Telangana.
 
"13 years on a trot with no gaps is a matter of pride for Telangana to conduct a National Ranking Regatta", said Lt.Gen KS Rao the President of the Telangana Sailing Association
 
The winners of the Regatta include Optimist Champion for Girls Gold Medal was bagged by Divyanshi Mishra from NSS Bhopal.
 
The Gold for boys for the same category was bagged by Shashank Batham from NSS Bhopal. 
 
Lahari Kommaravelly and Shaban Kumar Dhoki we’re adjudged as the Overaall Optimist Greenfleet Champion in girls and boys.
 
Overall Optimist Trophy Champion in Girls and Boys winners were Divyanshi Mishra abd Shashank Batham respectively.
 
Ekalavya Batham was decorated with SH Babu Overall Trophy for Optimist Champion without Discard.