JOIN US The Karnataka Amateur Rowing Association felicitated its rowers who won the overall championship at the 18th sub-junior and 19th Challenger Sprint Rowing Championships at the Trishna Club on Saturday.
Among the felicitated was Keerthana TK, who also won the bronze medal at the Asian Junior Rowing Championships held in Wuhan, China, last week.
Keerthana, who trains at the Trishna Club that is a part of MEG, represented the country in the coxless crew event. She has represented the state in single scull events.
While she has always been a keen athlete, Keerthana moved to rowing in 2012 and has bagged a host of national and international awards.
Speaking at the felicitation, she said, “Rowing has a lot of adrenaline and is a very daring sport. That is what makes it attractive and challenging.”
The individuals that were felicitated were part of the sub-junior category and for a lot of them, balancing academics and rowing is a hard task. “I believe that it is possible to excel at both,” said Keerthana, a bronze medallist at the Asain junior meet.
Winning the overall championship was a moment of pride for the association but secretary G Somasekharappa believes that unless there is a larger established club, rowing will not grow among civilians.