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Dear Leaders and Sports Lovers,

International Throwball Federation (ITF) participated in the "World Congress on Sports Science + Sports Medicine" actively and gained lots of attention on playing throwball from eminent participants!!

It gives immense pleasure to Throwball Team for sharing the below details.

Our Throwball Team Coaches, Players and members of TFI, ATF and ITF, Dr Ramanna Sir, Mr Mani Sir, Mr Prabhu Sir, Mr Ramu Sir, Mrs Sampoorna, Mr Santhosh Sir, Mr Sharan sir, Mrs Nethra and 14 Throwball players attended the World Congress on Sports Science + Sports Medicine Conference and even had a demo match regarding the same.

Dr Mani sir as a guest speaker, spoke about Journey of Throwball and Mrs Sampoorna as a Guest of Honour & Guest speaker, spoke about how our Throwball can be used as therapy under the presence of Dr Ramanna Sir. We all had the wonderful opportunity to meet the different people associated with Sports and Medicine under one roof. Thanks to Dr Kaukab Azeem  Sir, Dr Kalyan Biradar Sir for giving us the opportunity.

Study on Impact of Throwball for Health, Body fat, Muscle Bulk and Mental Health Improvement with Alcoholic and Drug Abuse Youth - https://www.sumc.lt/index.php/se/article/view/1990

ScienceNet paper presentation publication news :

Throwball for Health: Presentation in ScienceNet conference, Australia.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wx4MCCjZXlg

We're happy to inform you that, Erode District throwball association conducted the state level vijayannand Memorial Trophy on 29th August 2021 at Suriya Engineering college, Erode.32 teams both boys and girls Participated in the championship. The following teams won the championship. 
First Place‐ krishnagiri dt(boys)
Second Place‐ karur dt.(
(boys)
First Place ‐ Tirupur Dt (girls)
Second Place‐ trichy Dt.
Third Place ‐ Erode Dt.

We're happy to inform you that, Erode District throwball association conducted the state level vijayannand Memorial Trophy on 29th August 2021 at Suriya Engineering college, Erode.32 teams both boys and girls Participated in the championship. The following teams won the championship. 
First Place‐ krishnagiri dt(boys)
Second Place‐ karur dt.(
(boys)
First Place ‐ Tirupur Dt (girls)
Second Place‐ trichy Dt.
Third Place ‐ Erode Dt.

The following District teams have Participated in the state-level matches. Coimbatore dt got 1st Place and runner up by Trichy dt.At President, we have only 4 districts.
Coimbatore, Erode, Trichy, salem

"First ever 3rd Gender State level Throwball Tournament held in Erode, Tamilnadu, India. "

4 districts participated where Coimbatore emerged as Winner, Trichy as Runner, followed by Erode and Salem. Throwball is always a diversity-friendly game and encourages inclusiveness and special attention to all types of diversity to play the game. Thanks to Dr. Mani (President, Throwball Federation of India) and his team for encouraging the 3rd gender teams. International Throwball Federation (ITF) also would encourage taking this across the world, supporting diversity."

State-level Throwball Tournament for 3rd gender

"Dialysis Patients were given a Demonstration of the Throwball- Based Exercise during the World Kidney Day on Thursday 11th Mar 2021 at Bangalore, India."

 Bangalore- Selective Exercises of the Sport of Throwball are being Paired with therapeutic measures to empower patients with dialysis for Kidney Problems. Doctors from India Throwball Federation (ITF)  and Bangalore have joined hands with these Innovations Projects. The Projects was initiated at an event at Trust Well on Thursday 11th Mar 2021 as Part of World Kidney Day.
 
This is to be updated as  " At this event, people who are undergoing dialysis were given a demo exercise using Throwball. A practical demo was conducted by Mr Santhosh - International Coach and Mr Sharan -International Throwball Player".
 
Dr Arvind Canchi (Nephrologist) said "People who go through dialysis are mentally stressed, also physically suffer.  This is the first time I've been advocating sports-based exercises. We conducted this study with the Throwball Federation and an IT Startup team - BloomValue. Generally, we advise patients to do physiotherapy for these patients. However, Physiotherapy, walking and other exercises are mechanical and monotonous. But Sports-based exercises are not monotonous. These kinds of exercises have a much better effect. It is refreshing both physically and mentally.
 
"This is the first time a professional outdoor sport has been used for treatment. The ball used in the Throwball is not too hard and bigger in size. It has grips. It also offers a hands-on acupressure experience. The ball is not expensive. It is also easy to play in or out of the house. This will improve the blood circulation throughout the body, just by catching and throwing." explained Assistant Secretary-General, International Throwball Federation - Sampoorna Hegde.
 
 
"Throwball is originated in England and Australia. However, it is India that has brought professionalism to the game. Dr T Ramanna, known as "Father of Throwball" has taken an initiative and taken to the international level with 40+ countries affiliation. Men, Women, children and specially-abled can also play this game. We have also organized a wheelchair throwball tournament." said Sampoorna Hegde.
 
The trial of this therapy is now in the pilot stage. There are still many studies to be done on this. We are planning to publish scientific papers on this." say Sampoorna.

First ever South Asian Throwball Tournament to be hosted in Bangalore

Six teams to feature at South Asian Throwball Championship

BengaIuru, 24 Feb 2019
Six teams, India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri lanka, Bhutan and Maldives, will take part in the South Asian Throwball Championship, to be held here next month.
The three-day event will be organised at the Kitoor Rani Chennama Stadium here on March 28.
Throwball is a game that originated in India and can be traced as one of the oldest games played. By organising the first South Asian Throwball Championship, the federation was looking at creating the momentum for inclusion of the game in global events, said Throwball Federation of India general secretary T. Ramanna.
Throwball has not been able to grab the attention and we would like to change that, he said and added, “Through the tournament, we want to create excitement and bring the game into the spotlight,” he said.

BengaIuru, 26 November 2018,

Under the banner of Asian Throwball Federation, Throwball Federation of India hosted a press conference today along with the Secretaries from 7 different countries to announce the upcoming, first ever. South Asia Throwball Tournament, slated to be held in Bangalore, India in January 2019. This tournament will be held in order to promote the game of throw ball across South Asia and countries like Bangladesh, Nepal, Srilanka, Bhutan, Maldives will be in participation.

Present at the event were Mr. T Ramanna, Secretary General. Indian Throwball Federation, Mrs. A Yasa Ramachandra, President, Asian Throwball Federation, S. Mani, Secretary General, Asian throwball Federation and the SecretaryGenerals of the associations from Bangladesh, Nepal, Srilanka, Maldives, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia and Philippines.
Even though Throwball is a game which originated in India, and can be tracked back as one of the oldest games played, it hasn’t been recognized Globally. By organizmg the first ever South Asian Throwball tournament, the Federation is looking at pickmg up the momentum and being included at several international tournaments.

Mrs. A Yasa Ramachandra, President, Asian Throwball Federation said, “We are excited to host the South Asian Throwball League in Bangalore next year. Through this tournament we want to remind people about this game and encourage more people to take up this sport. The sport is deceivingly physical and is especially good for people looking for a fairly simple, but energetic sport to take up. A majority of schools do have an option of the sport on their campus and the infrastructure for this is among the simplest and economically viable for any school, college, public area, apartment complex etc.”

Present at the event, S. Mani, Secretary General said, “The Federation is very excited to host the first of such tournaments in the country where the sport originated and are sure that the tournament will gamer a lot of excitement. With the participation of six countries there is ample proof of how far the sport has reached and we are happy to announce that the preparations for the tournament are going ahead in full steam. We hope that this tournament will start the ball rolling in taking this sport across the international sports platforms and build the respect of the sporting community.”
Mr. T Ramanna, Secretary General. Indian Throwball Federation said, “Indian Men’s and Women’s team have participated in many international tournaments and have won many games yet have not received the recognition they deserve. Throwball as a Sport has not received a lot of attention and we would like to change that. Through the tournament we want to evoke excitement amongst people and bring the game into the spotlight.”

City Today News

BengaIuru, 30 Mar 2019

South Asian Throwball Championship 2019 organised by Asian Throwball Federation (ATF) and Throwball Federation of India (TFI) at Gopalan International School, Hoodi, Bengaluru 28-29th Mar 2019.
The second day of the match began with Men's matches, with India and Bangladesh playing against each other. Both the teams gave their opponents a good fight. There were several rallies keeping the spectators engaged. Nagaraj, the Indian team captain, Hemant, Aman Tiwari, Nitesh gave their best shots to collect the points. Finally, the Indian team beat Bangladesh by 25-12; 25-23 in the first match. This was followed by Women's finals with Bangladesh. In the first match, Bangladesh won the toss, selected to serve first. In the first set, both the teams played equal with closely competing points, like 5-4, 12-10, 20-18. Finally, India team won with 25-23.

In the 2nd set, the Indian team took the lead from the beginning, limiting the points to opponents. Finally, they won the set by 25-8. With that, India women's team were declared the winner of South Asian Throwball Championship 2019. Then the final match of the day started with having India and Bangladesh men meeting again. This time Indian men were at their best, being cautious and with witty shots. They easily sailed through and clinched the South Asian Throwball Championship 2019.

Throwball being a true team game, entire Indian team played well to get the winning Trophies. In the closing ceremony, we had Chief Guest Nitin Rao, General Manager, Gopalan International School addressing the gathering. He expressed the point of fitness needed for all and game is the best way to keep fitness. Shameem Al Mamun, Secretary General, Bangladesh Throwball Association mentioned that games bring multiple nations together and spread peace and collaboration. He also recalled and thanked India for playing a big role in getting Independence for Bangladesh.

We have already finished the Basque throwball league 2019-2020. We have played 4 games and in the end, the best team has been "Bilbao Jaurti". The other two teams, "Koiu Baloia" and "Throwlariak" have played very well.

Most of the games we have played in the Olabeaga (Bilbao) fronton, but on the last day (26 of April) we played in Derio´s park. We made two teams between my two children, my girlfriend and me. Just 2 players in each team because of the confinement by the Covid-19. Hopefully, this situation improves and in August we will be able to bring together a good number of players and organize the II. Basque Throwball Championship.