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The National Sports Trust (NST) announced on International Women's Day the Annual Tuljabhavani Awards for Sportswomen . The award comprises of Rs.11000 as cash prize and a replica of Goddess Tuljabhavani to appreciate excellence in the field of sports.

Tulja Bhavani Awards 2012 Recipients

Outstanding Player : Deepika Joseph for guiding Team India to glory at the World Cup

Upcoming Junior Player : Janabai Hirve of Satara for her Gold medal on debut at the National Junior Cross Country Championships

Sports Organizer : Sheila Kanungo for excellence in organization at the Indian Rifle Association

Best Coach : Reena Thakur of Amravati for Wrestling

Sports Administrator : Rachita Mistry

Best Manager : Madhu Bhandarkar for Handball

Technical Admin : Gurubans Kaur for Athletics

Best Team Performance : Kho Kho Team Maharashtra for winning the National Championships

Complimentary Award : Sucheta Kadethankar for being the first Indian Woman crossing the Gobhi Dessert

Selection Committee : Manisha Ghate-Kondhalkar , Smita Shirole-Yadav , Neeta Talvalikar , Bhagyashree Biley , Shobha Nikam , Jayashree Bulbule

Being the only Indian player to play professional volleyball for the Italian club Trevisco , being rated amongst the top ten attackers in the world in the 1980's and winning the bronze medal at the Seoul Asian Games in '86 this image of a 6'2'' human spring leaping high in the air and staying their longer than most could , made Jimmy George a legend in Indian Volleyball.

Born in in a remote and obscure village of North Kerala , Peravoor , on 8^th March 1955 the Volleyball player in Jimmy was groomed at his country court at Peravoor. The meteoric rise of the Volleyball wizard started from his Calicut University Team and then onto becoming the captain of the Kerala Volleyball Team. He represented the country in the Asian Games and played for Abudhabi Sports Club and Trevisco Volleyball Club in late 70's and 80's.

At age 21, George was the youngest volleyball player to win the Arjuna Award. He was given the G.V. Raja Award in 1975 and won the Manorama Award, for the best sportsman of Kerala, in 1976. Later on Jimmy was honored as the best sports person in Kerala of the 20^th Century

Jimmy George might not be known for his heroics in his own country but he had a considerable fan following during his six seasons in the Italian Volleyball league. Jimmy made sure his club was promoted to Serie A top division .Jimmy died on November 30^th , 1987 , at the age of 33 in a car accident in Italy , just two months after his son was born. An Indoor stadium in Brescia was named after him. And a street of Colleto club , close to Milan , has been christened Jimmy George ! The Great Jimmy George has become immortal.....

Born : 8^th March 1955

Calicut Univ team : 1970

Kerala State Team : 1971 (at the age of 16 !)

Captain of Kerala : 1973

Indian Team debut : 1974

Abu Dhabi Sports Club : 1979 to 1982 (adjudged best player in Gulf)

Trevisco Club Career : 1982 to 1987 (promoted to Serie A)

India Honors : 1974 Tehran Asian Games

1978 Bangkok Asian Games

1985 Captain of Indian Team in Saudi Arabia

1986 Champions at the India International Gold Cup

1986 Seoul Asian Games Bronze

Died : November 30^th , 1987 (at the age of 33)

Source : Wikipedia and TheIndianExpress

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