EVENT : CHAMPIONS BOAT LEAGUE -3 : TROICAL TITANS BEAT COAST DOMINATORS COMFORTABLY AT KAYAMKULAM

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ALAPPUZHA, 23 NOVEMBER 2023:

Reigning title-holders Tropical Titans came back to reckoning in the Champions Boat League Season-3 (CBL-3) at Kayamkulam today, outsmarting blackhorsesCoast Dominators by a comfortable margin in the ninth race of the IPL-model water festival.

Tropical Titans, rowing the Veeyapuram snake-boat owned by Pallathuruthy Boat Club, clocked 4:45.03 minutes, earning an impressive win over Coast Dominators (owned by UBC Kainakary Club, rowing Nadubhagom Chundan) who finished with a timing of 4.48.09. Ripple Breakers (Punnamada Boat Club on Karichal) sprang a surprise third(4:50.40), overall promising more excitement in the remaining three races of the championship being organized by Kerala Tourism.

The results of the races meant a sweet revenge for Tropical Titans, who had beenpushedtothe second place in the previous leg on October 28 at Karuvatta. This evening, asCBL-3resumed after an official break of three weekends, Tropical Titans and Coast Dominatorsdisplayed a neck-and-neck show while covering three-fourth of the track. Then, dramatically towards the last 100 metres, the rowers of the Tropical Titans snake-boat surged ahead of their rivals to finish first.

Mighty Oars (NCDC rowing Niranam Chundan) ended fourth, followed by Raging Rowers(Police Boat Club on Mahadevikadu Kattil Thekethil). At sixth were Thunder Oars (KBC&FBC on Payipadan Chundan), ahead of Backwater Kings (NiranamBoat ClubonSt Pius Tenth). Pride Chasers (Vembanad Boat Club on Ayaparambu Pandi) came eighthandBackwater Warriors (Kumarakom Town Boat Club on ChampakulamChundan) last.

Overall, Tropical Titans lead with 86 points, followed by Coast Dominators at 84.

The Kayamkulam races were inaugurated by Smt U. Prathibha, MLA. Present at theceremony chaired by Kayamkulam Municipality Chairperson Smt S. Sasikala wereDistrictCollector Shri John V. Samuel, along with members of civic bodies, TourismDepartmentofficials and top functionaries of the CBL.

The next (tenth) race will be held on November 25 at Kallada (Kollamdistrict) followedbyone at Pandanad (near Chengannur in Alappuzha) on December 2. The final of CBL-3will beon December 9 at Kollam, coinciding with the famed President’s Trophy.

Tropical Titans have been CBL champions in both the previous editions (2019 and’22). CBLSeason-3 began on August 12 at Alappuzha, with the famed Nehru Trophy Boat Race.