Lac-taka prizemoney TT tournament underway

Futures Sporting Club, with support from Shaon Smash Up, has organised a two-day table tennis tournament at the iconic building of Lab Aid in Kalabagan, Dhaka which got underway yesterday.

Twelve teams are participating in the two-day competition. The teams are: Shaon Strom, Dhanmondi TT Club, Futures Sporting Club, Uttara TT Academy, Mirpur TT Academy, Shaon Evergreen, Muhammad Ali Fighters, Elites TT Club, Braincraft TT Club, Asad TT Team, Team Dark Horse and Lalbagh Leopards.

National team's star player and five-time national champion Manas Chowdhury, national team player Rifat Mahmood Sabbir, Masood Rana Parag, Federation Cup champion Mufradul Khair Hamza, former national junior champion Faisal Himel Khan, former national senior player Ripon Khan and other national team players are participating in the tournament.

The games are being played in round robin league format where the teams have been divided into four groups. The four teams with the highest points will play in the semifinals. The prize money for the tournament is Tk one lac. Along with the trophy, the champion team will receive 50 thousand taka while the runners-up team will get 30,000 taka. The two losing semi-finalist teams will be given 10,000 taka each.