The throwball players of Friends Sport Academy (both men and women) will be representing India in the International Throwball Championship to be held in Thailand from the Sept. 25-29.

Formerly known as RaceTech, the Academy was established in the year1991, and since then has been a pioneer in training and participating in State-level, National-level and International level throwball events. The Academy has several categories (from juniors to seniors) of players who have played in various level of tournaments across the world. The Academy also has to its credit the winner’s titles in both men’s and women’s category at the Asian World Throwball Championship-2018 held in Malaysia.

Teams taking part in this year’s championship are as follows:

Men: Ganesh Acharya, Robert Sabestian, Ranjith Mohan, Melrick Olivera, P.V. Sugnan, M.K. Nagaraj, Kushal Gowda, Mummoorthy Sankar, Srisai Bhuneshwari Sankar, K.R. Prannay and Esakkidurai, B.D. Umashankar.

Women: Joyce Wesley, Rochelle Konganda Dilip, Sandhya Murugan, Sharanya Manjunath, Arpita Paliya, Smrithi Sunayana Subramanya, G.P. Hema, Rakshitha Bomme Gowda, A.V. Harshitha, B.R. Deepika, Runel Eva D’souza, H.S. Bhavana, N.P. Preethi and Lakshmishree Sridhar.

General Secretary Narasimhamurthy Cheluvaiah, Team Manager Ravindranatha Ballur Katagi, Men’s Team Coach Naveen Kumar Narayana and Women’s Team Coach Dashrath Sidram Katke.