Football tourney from May 24

D Sivappa Memorial Gold Cup Football Tournament 2019 organised by Blue Boys Youth Club will be held at the grounds of Government Primary School grounds in Suntikoppa in Kodagu from May 24 to June 2.

Bettageri estate owner late Doddamane Sivappa’s grandson and D Vinod Shivappa’s son Vishal Sivappa will flag off the tournament. He is the chief patron of the tournament.

Consumer Forum Hassan President A Lokesh Kumar, Kushalnagar DySP Dinakar Shetty and patron D Vinod Sivappa will be part of the inaugural session.

D Sivappa was one of the main patrons of football tournaments in Suntikoppa. After him, his son D Vinod Sivappa initiated a football tournament through Blue Boys Youth Club in loving memory of his father every year and has been sponsoring the trophies and cash prizes. Several philanthropists are behind the success of the football tourney in Suntikoppa, a press release said.

D Vinod Sivappa is sponsoring a cash prize of Rs 30,000 to the winning team, Rs 20,000 to the runners-up team, trophies and also other individual prizes.