President's Trophy Boat Race

President's Trophy Boat Race
Event information
Race areaAshtamudi Lake, Kollam Kerala
First race2011

The President's Trophy Boat Race is a popular boat race held on the Ashtamudi Lake in Kollam on 1 November every year. The day marks the birth of the Indian state of Kerala known as Kerala Piravi. This is the most popular of the races to be held during the season of the harvest festival, Onam, in autumn. There are races in five categories, namely Chundan Vallam (snake-boats), two grades of Veppu Vallam, and two grades of Iruttukuthi Vallam. Sixteen snake-boats compete in four heats. The trophy had been instituted in the name of the President of India who gives away the trophy and cash prize to the winning team. The race will become a part of Kerala's Indian Premier League-model boat race league from 2019 onward. The Government of Kerala is planning to make the President's Trophy Boat Race as the finishing event of Champions’ Boat League.[1]

About the event

The race takes place in Kollam along the Ashtamudi Lake, starting from the water column near Thevally Palace and finishing in front of the house boat terminal along a length of the river measuring 1,250 m (4,100 ft). As the oarsmen throw their oars in unison to the fast paced rhythm of the vanchipattu (Song of the Boatmen), the huge black crafts slice through pristine race course of Ashtamudi Lake to a spectacular finish.

Champions

Winners of the first edition of President's Trophy Boat Race - Sree Ganeshan Chundan(St. Francis Boat Club, Kollam).[2]

The President of India, Pratibha Devisingh Patil inaugurated the first President's Trophy boat race. A gold-plated trophy and rupees 10 lakhs (10,00,000 or 1 million) INR cash award is also provided to the winner.

Year Winners Club Captain
2011 Sree Ganesh Chundan Saint Francis Boat Club K Arun Kumar
2012 Jawahar Thayankari Sangam Kannety
2013 Karichal Chundan Jesus Boat Club-Kollam
2014 Anary Kumarakam Town Boat Club
2015 Not Conducted
2016 Kattil Thekkethil New Alapy Town Boat Club
2017 St. Pious Xth SFBC
2018 Not Conducted
2019 Nadubhagam Pallathuruthy Boat club(PBC) Narayanankutty
2020 Not Conducted
2021 Not Conducted
2022 Nadubhagam NCDC
2023 Veeyapuram Pallathuruthi PBC Allen and Aiden Moonnuthykkan
2024 Veeyapuram Village Boat club Kainakari Saju sebastin
2025 Niranam Niranam Boat club

Patrons

  • Chief Patron: Hon. Chief Minister of Kerala
  • Chairman: District Collector of Kollam
  • General Convener: District Magistrate of Kollam
  • Mayor, Corporation of Kollam

References

  1. ↑ "Row, row, row your boat for a big prize money". Business Line. 2019. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
  2. ↑ "President's Trophy boat race, Ashtamudi,Kollam". Retrieved 7 September 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
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