BSK Family Picnic 2023

BSK Family Picnic 2023

Billava Sangha Kuwait Family picnic was held on Friday, 17^th March 2023 at Andalous Park (Riggae) with Billavas getting together in large numbers. The weather was pleasant and gave an extra boost to the enthusiasm of the members who participated in the games.

Mr. Rajesh Kukian, Ms. Jyothi Sudhir, Mr. Prashanth Poojary and Mr. Mithun Vishwanath hosted the entire event. The function commenced with Guru Shloka followed by March past. Opening ceremony dance was performed by the BSK kids, choregraphed by Ms. Kavya Prashanth was the main attraction of the event. Lighting the Torch was done by Sports Secretary Mr. Sandesh Amin and flag was hoisted by President Ms. Sushma Manoj in the presence of all committee members.

President Ms. Sushma Manoj in her welcome speech conveyed her best wishes to all the participants. Sports Secretary Mr. Sandesh Amin in his speech welcomed all the members and urged to actively participate in the sports event.

The picnic had fun elements for each and every age group. The parents of 0 – 2 years age group kids played musical chair game with their cute babies and Lucky draw. The tiny tots 2 - 4 Years age group, enjoyed their game of picking the color ball and passing the ball, while the bigger children 4 - 8 Years age group, played Frog race and Cone race, 8 - 12 years children played Ice Cone race and Back ball throw, while 12 and teenager played Bow & Arrow and Lemon on the Spoon.

Ladies participated in blow and blast the balloon, Save your tail, Ladies Jodi took part in Filling the water bottle. Ladies Group played fun game, Stepping on the cardboard & Tunnel ball race and participated in Throw Ball and Tug of War.

Gents participated in Shot Put, Head spin race, Gents Jodi participated 3 Leg Race. Gents Group played Volley Ball and Tug of War.

The couples played and enjoyed the water balloon throw game. Spot Questions were asked and crowd responded wisely. The crowd tried their luck in the game of Housie-Housie and it was a real treat to watch the traditional coconut breaking game throughout the day.

Games and the winners list as below:

Sl.no.	Age Group	Games	Position	Name
1	0 to 2	Lucky Draw	1^st	Divisha Bangera
			2^nd	Atharva Hemant
2	0 to 2	Musical Chair (with Parents)	1^st	Smaya Sudesh
			2^nd	Atharva Hemant

3	2 to 4	Picking the Colour Ball	1^st	Siya Sudesh
			2^nd	Advin Sukesh
4	2 to 4	Passing the Ball	1^st	Advin Sukesh
			2^nd	Siya Sudesh

5	4 to 8	Frog Race	1^st	Ronak Harish
			2^nd	Shresht Sandesh
6	4 to 8	Cone Race	1^st	Pranipath Suresh
			2^nd	Ronak Harish

7	8 to 12	Ice Cone Race	1^st	Pranav Sudhir
			2^nd	Shaurya Kunder
8	8 to 12	Back Ball Throw	1^st	Shaurya Kunder
			2^nd	Atiksh K. Bangera
9	12 to 16	Bow & Arrow	1^st	Nikhilesh Raghav
			2^nd	Rakshith Raghu
10	12 to 16	Lemon on the Spoon	1^st	Ayush K. Bangera
			2^nd	Nikhilesh Raghav

11	Ladies – Individual	Blow & Blast the Balloon	1^st	Shwetha Santhosh
			2^nd	Megha Avinash
12	Ladies – Individual	Save your Tail	1^st	Kavitha Harish
			2^nd	Rakshitha Sujith

13	Gents – Individual	Shot Put	1^st	Anish Kotian
			2^nd	Sudhir Suvarna
14	Gents – Individual	Head Spin Race	1^st	Sachin Poojary
			2^nd	Praveen Poojary

15	Ladies - Jodi	Filling the Water Bottle	1^st	Kavya Prashanth & Yashoda Krishna
			2^nd	Prathima & Anusha

16	Gents - Jodi	3 Leg Race	1^st	Dheeraj Salian & Avin Suvarna
			2^nd	Mithun Vishwanath & Sujith Kotian

17	Couple Game	Water Balloon Throw	1^st	Jyothi - Sudhir
			2^nd	Sudha - Sandesh

18	Ladies - Group	Tunnel Ball Race	1^st	Team B
			2^nd	Team A
19	Ladies - Group	Stepping on the Cardboard	1^st	Team A
			2^nd	Team B
20	Ladies - Group	Throw Ball	1^st	Billava Queens
			2^nd	Blue Bird
21	Ladies - Group	Tug of War	1^st	Blue Bird
			2^nd	Dayi Baidaithi

22	Gents - Group	Volley Ball	1^st	Baidashree
			2^nd	Riggae Friends
23	Gents - Group	Tug of War	1^st	Riggae Friends
			2^nd	Baidashree

24	Open to All	Housie-Housie	Jaldi 5	Diyon Fernandes
			Top Line	Ranjith
			Middle Line	Aishwarya Suvarna
			Bottom Line	Praveen Poojary
			Full House	Dilip & Charanraj

25	Open to All	Spot Questions	Question 1	Vanitha
			Question 2	Ashok
			Question 3	Shwetha Praveen

Committee briefed the gathering about BSK’s participation in Scholarship program in coordination with Guru Charitable Trust, its intention to continue and urged everyone to contribute for the noble cause.

Media team Mr. Manoj Kumar, Mr. Chitrek Bangera, Mr. Sandeep Kumar Attavar, Mr. Santosh Kotian and Mr. Lohith Poojary beautifully captured the photography & Videography.

Mr. Hussain Bawa, Manager of M/s Sangeetha Restaurant arranged the tasty lunch.

We would like to thank Mr. Gokul Das for sponsoring Transportation facility, Mr. Chitrek Bangera for sponsoring Prizes for kids category and M/s Sri Annapoorna Veggie Restaurant.

Transportation was well coordinated by Mr. Sukumar Karkera and Mr. Sudesh Garodi. The unity of the committee members and active participation of the BSK members that eventually led to the success of the family picnic. Yet another memorable event was concluded on a very happy note with prize distributions to the winners.

BSK Management would like to thank Sports Secretary Mr. Sandesh Amin & his team, all the sponsors, supporters and wholehearted support of all the committee members, who toiled day and night in making the event successful.

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