The finale of “Thunderbolts Cup 2022” in association with Accolade Management Services was organized recently.

The finale took place in the esteemed presence of Mr. Vivek Gupta, MLA, Assembly Constituency Jorasakho, Mr. Madan Mitra, Member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly, Mr. Sujit Bose, Minister of State in the Ministry of Fire and Emergency Services, Mr. Subhroto Bhattacharya, Indian former footballer along with Mr. Pawan Kumar Patodia, Chairman & Co-owner, Kolkata Thunderbolts, Mr. Sumedh Patodia, Team Director, Kolkata Thunderbolts and Board Members of the tournament at Orchid Arena.

The Thunderbolts Cup is the biggest celebration of Volleyball organized in Kolkata. There were altogether 48 puja committees with 480 volleyball players who took part in this event.

This tournament united players from remote corners and districts of West Bengal including Midnapore, Purulia, Siliguri, Asansol, and Durgapur.

The 2 teams who played the grand finale of the tournament were Howrah Annapurna Bayan Samity and College Square. Kolkata Thunderbolts give a ball and net to every committee so that the game is played throughout the year in their neighborhoods. In addition to this, each committee got 15 jerseys, and Kolkata Thunderbolts distributed 500 championship-winning jerseys between the players and officials.

The team is on a mission to develop the Volleyball ecosystem infrastructure in the entire eastern part of the country.

It is expected that the Thunderbolts Cup will turn into a ‘Friendship Cup’ and will be organized on a grand level next year.

Priyanka Dutta