IBSA National Lawn Tennis Tournament

Having conducted two lawn tennis coaching camps in Delhi and Mumbai in 2018 and 2019, IBSA organized the 1st National Lawn Tennis Championship for the Blind in Patiala from 20-21 February 2020 in partnership with Patiala School for the Blind and Punjabi University. 12 players from B1 and 2 players from B2 Category participated in the event. The Championship trophy was won by Nibin Mathew (B -1 Category) and Manoj Kataria (B-2 Category).

Sight classification was done under 2 categories B1 and B2 at Govt. Rajinder Hospital, Patiala under the guidance of Ms Vansika (Ophthalmologist), trained by Dr. Tania Jain IPC classifier. The closing ceremony of the championship was held at Lawn Tennis Court of Punjabi University, Patiala (Punjab) on 21 February, 2020.

The Chief Guests were Dr. B. S. Ghuman, Vice Chancellor (Punjabi  University), Shri Davinder Kapur (Assistant Coach, Ireland), Col. Karaminder Singh (Hony. Secretary Patiala School for the Blind/Deaf.)