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Sports Bangalore

Bangalore is the hub of most sporting activities.It has produced sports persons in all the major sports played across the country The city has a rich sporting tradition in a range of sports such as tennis, hockey, cricket, badminton, aquatic sports, and horse racing. . Some of the best sportspersons the city has produced are Erapalli Prasanna, Bhagwat Chandrashekar, Brijesh Patel, Gundappa Viswanath, Roger Binny, Syed Kirmani, Rahul Dravid, Anil Kumble, Javagal Srinath, Sunil Joshi, Venkatesh Prasad, to name a few in Cricket, Mahesh Bhupahi in Tennis, Prakash Padukone and Vimal Kumar in Shuttle Badminton, Ganesh in Hockey, Shantha Rangaswamy in women's Cricket and Ashwini Nachappa in Athletics. The current starts of Bangalore includes Joshna Chinappa in squash, Pankaj Advani in billiards, Shikha Tandon in swimming, and Anju Bobby George in athletics. Bangalore’s Rahul Dravid is the current captain of the Indian cricket team. These are just a few of the great sports personalities who have put Bangalore on the world map.

The City has got good sports facilities in all the disciplines of the game like a world class cricket stadium in Chinnaswamy stadium,an artifical poly-grass turf for hockey, a good football stadium, golf courses, badminton & tennis courts,etc.With all these wonderful facilities it's no wonder that sports has bloomed in this garden city with major tournaments,coaching and training organised all round the year.

The M. Chinnaswamy Stadium is one of the premier cricket stadiums of India, located in Bangalore, Karnataka. Flanked by picturesque Cubbon Park and uptown MG Road, this three-decade-old stadium is situated in the heart of the city of Bangalore. Formerly known as Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) stadium, the ground was later rechristened in tribute to Mr. M. Chinnaswamy who had served the KSCA for four decades and was president of Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) from 1977-1980. This 55,000 capacity stadium not only regularly hosts Tests, One-day internationals and other first class matches, but also other musical and cultural events. The stadium is the home ground of the Karnataka state cricket team.

Sports Clubs of Bangalore

Bangalore Turf Club
Bangalore Golf Club
Tennis Village
Princess Riding Club
Prakash Padukone Badminton Academy
Karnataka State Cricket Association
Karnataka State Billiards Association
Sports Network Website

Addresses of some of the Sports Clubs and Coaching Centres

 

 

 

CRICKET CLUBS & COACHING CENTRES

Bangalore City Cricket Club
Lal Rakhra Agencies, Sports World
15/39, Cambridge Road
Ulsoor Ph: 25291122, 25555684

Bangalore City Cricket Club
63 Venkateshwara Colony,
(Sapthagiri)
New Tippasandra, Bangalore 560075
Phone: 25219622

Basavanagudi Cricket Academy
C/o Olympic Sports
K. H. Road Ph: 22220571, 22226418 or 98440-68896

National Cricket Academy
M.G. Road,
(Chinnaswamy Stadium)
Bangalore GPO, Bangalore 560001
Phone : 22869970

Imtiaz Ahmed Cricket Academy
Crown Events Management
(next to Brigade Towers)
No. 136, Brigade Road
Richmond Town Ph: 22212752

Sirurpark Sports Club
Hatrick Sports, Silly point
Government Arts College, Gandhinagar
Contact: Mr. M. Chakravarthy
Ph: 23536226

Karnataka Institute of Cricket
RBANMS Ground, Opp.to Ajantha Theatre
Near Ulsoor Lake, Bangalore - 560042
Contact: Mr. Irfan Sait
Ph: 98440 61391
Email : cricketkioc@hotmail.com
URL : www.kioc-bangalore.com

K S C A Cricket Academy
Mahatma Gandhi Road,
(Chinnaswamy Stadium)
Bangalore GPO, Bangalore 560001

Brijesh Patel Cricket Academy
1B Lavelle Mansions
1/2 Lavelle Road
Ph: 22271359 or 98440 36023
Contact: Mr. Kamal Tandon

Star Cricketers XI
21, I Main Road
R. K. Layout, Padmanabha Nagar
Bangalore - 560 070
Contact: Mr. Prasad Phone: 26693467

Brittania Roger Binny Cricket Academy
3373K 13th A Main
Indira Nagar, Bangalore 560038
Phone: 25263577

HOCKEY
Karnataka State Hockey Association
Ph: 22275020, 22277007, 2227737
 
GOLF

Bangalore Golf Club
High Grounds, Sankey Road
Bangalore - 560 052
Ph: 080-22281876
Fax: 080-22257997

Army Staff College and Centre
Golf Course, Domlur, Bangalore, Karnataka

Eagleton Golf Club
29th Km, Bangalore - Mysore Highway,
Bidadi Industrial Area, Bangalore.
Telefax: +91-80-7287222 /33/44/55/66/77
Mobile: +91-98456 91121 / 98450 74687 / 98450 74688

Karnataka Golf Association
1, Golf Avenue, Kodihalli
Bangalore - 560 008 Ph: 080 25298841/45-47/25299282

TENNIS

Karnataka State Lawn Tennis Association
Cubbon Park
Bangalore GPO, Bangalore 560001
Ph: 2869797

Garden City Tennis Clinic
Bellary Road,
(Maharaja Jayachamraja Wodeyar Tennis Centre)
Malleswaram, Bangalore 560003
Phone: 23467421

Tennis Advantage
Koramangala, Bangalore 560034
Phone: 31845296

Tennis Village (C G K Bhupathi & Mahesh Bhupathi)
183/4 Tindlur Road, Vidyarayanpura Post
Malleswaram, Bangalore 560003
Ph: 23641747

KIMS Tennis Academy
5 Wheeler Road,
(Indian Gymkhana Club)
Frazer Town, Bangalore 560005

KINESIS SPORTS PVT.LTD.
1630, 6th Main, E-Block,
AECS Layout, Whitefield,
Bangalore - 560037
Phone: +91-80-41162962/41482020.
E-mail: info@kinesisnet.com
http://www.kinesisnet.com

BADMINTON

Malleshwaram Association
110 7th Cross
Malleswaram, Bangalore 560003
Phone: 23311924

Prakash Padukone Badminton Academy
4 Jasma Bhavan Road
Vasanthanagar, Bangalore 560052
Phone: 22283747

Karnataka Badminton Association
#4, Jasma Bhavan Road
Millers Tank Bed Area
Bangalore Ph: 2254760, 2263686

Canara Union
42 8th Main Road
Malleswaram, Bangalore 560003
Phone: 23317980

HORSE RIDING

Equestrian Centre for Excellence
Jayamahal Road,
(Palace Grounds)
Sadashiva Nagar, Bangalore 560080

The Princess Academy of Equitation
Bellary Road, (Palace Grounds)
Sadashiva Nagar, Bangalore 560080
Ph: 080-23617331 Fax: 080-23340171

The Embassy International Riding School
149/2 Torhunse Village, Jalahobbli
Bangalore Viswavidyalaya, Bangalore 560056
Phone: 2846829

Bangalore Amateur Riders Institute
Bangalore Turf Club Premises
Race Course Road
Ph: 2262393, 2262391

BILLIARDS & SNOOKER
KSBA
# 5/1, Miller Tank Bed Area
Bangalore - 560 052
Ph: 2251223, 2269970
 
ADVENTURE SPORTS

Bangaloreans of late have been lucky to get into more Adventure sports like River Rafting, Parasailing, Hiking, Kayaking, Rock climbing, which were hitherto not heard of in the city. The credit of bringing these sports to the City goes to several organizations. Check out one near you and have some adventure into your life.

Organizations promoting/arranging Adventure Sports are :

Agni Aerosports Adventure Academy
Hangar No. 2, Jakkur Aerodrome,
12th km, Bellary Road, Bangalore 560 064
Tel: 080-28560060 Fax: 080-25565574
Email: agniaviation@yahoo.com
www.agniaviation.com

CARE
(Centre for Adventure & Rejuvenation of Environment)
" RATHNAM COMPLEX"
109, 18th Cross, 8th Main Road
Malleswaram
Bangalore - 560 055
Contact nos/ Ph: 080-41281478 /
Mob: 98456-95350 & 94810 94548
Contact Person Mr. Sheshadri S.K.
Activities Outbound Team Building, Parasailing, River Rafting, Trekking, Wilderness Camps, Cave Exploration and other adventure sports
www.careindia.in

General Thimayya National Academy
of Adventures

3rd Floor, State Youth Centre,
Nrupathunga Road, Bangalore 560 001
Tel: 080-22210454 Fax: 080-22215602

Jungle Camps & Adventures
No. 566, 21st Main, 36th Cross, Jayanagar, Bangalore 560 041
Tel: 080-26657961

Manav
193, Hebbal agricultural farm
Bangalore - 560 024
Tel:+(91)-(80)- 5669 4088
http://www.manav.official.ws/

Merlin Nature Club
No. 13, 8th Cross, 30th Main, Sarakki,
ITI Layout, J P Nagar, Ist Phase, Bangalore 560 078
Tel: 080-26644682, 26653350
Fax: 080-26653350
Mobile: 98440 07351
Email: merlinc@eth.net

NAT VENTURE
Nature Adventure,
No. 57, 2nd Main, 3rd Stage,
3rd Block, Basaweshwarnagar,
Bangalore 560 079
Tel: 080-23382860
Email: harip57@hotmail.com

Ozone
No. 4, 9 A Cross, 12th Block,
Kumara Park (W) Bangalore 560 020
Tel: 080-23561871, 23561872, 23448054
Fax: 080-23448054
Email: ozone@ozoneindia.com
www.ozoneindia.com

SAHAS
No. 20, Ganesh Prasad Kirloskar Colony,
1st Stage, Bangalore 560 079
Tel: 080-23225525
Email: pareshdodiedo@hotmail.com

The Adventurers
No. 142, 69th Cross, 5th Block, Rajajinagar, Bangalore 560 010
Tel: 080-23305508, 23409712
Fax: 080-23324338
Email: honnemardu@satyam.net.in

Venture Adventure Club
# 107/7, Heritage Estate, Puttenahalli, Yelahanka
Bangalore - 560064
Phone:
9243068286 and 9243602124.
http://www.teamadventure.info

Wildcraft India
No. 121, 8th Main, 3rd Block, Jayanagar,
Bangalore 560 011
Tel: 080-22234818, 26647036, 26753876
Fax: 080-26647036
Email: wildcraft@vsnl.net www.wildcraftindia.com

Wild Track Nature Awareness & Adventure Camp
No. 1095, 9th Main Road,
Prakash Nagar, Bangalore 560 021 Tel: 080-23520901
Email: bvprakash007@yahoo.com


Z Axis
No. 569, Sajjanrao Road, V V Puram,
Bangalore 560 004 Tel: 080-26523514

Adreno
57, 2nd cross, 7th C Main
RPC Layout Vijayanagar 2nd Stage
Bangalore - 560 040
Tel:+(91)-(80)- -2314 3388
http://www.adreno.org/

Angel
No. 850, 13th Cross,
2nd Main, Mahalaxmi Layout,
Bangalore 560 086
Tel: 080-23495789 Fax: 080-23918506
Email: angelsuresh@hotmail.com

Bangalore Aerosports
No. 821, Shobha Windfall, Amruthahalli,
Sahakar Nagar Post, Bangalore 560 092
Tel: 080-23636413, 23637440
Fax: 080-23636413
Email: andrey@bangaloreaerosports.com
www.bangalore.aerosports.com

Institute for Nature Resources, Conservation, Education, Research & Training
No. 10, Sirur Park B Street,
Seshadripuram, Bangalore 560 020
Tel: 080-23364682, 23364142
Telefax: 080-23364142
Email: navbarat@blr.vsnl.net.in

Jungle Lodges & Resorts
2nd Floor, Shrungar Shopping Centre,
M G Road, Bangalore 560 001
Tel: 080-25597021, 24, 25 Fax: 080-25586163
Email: junglelodges@vsnl.com www.junglelodges.com

Nataraja Gurukula Adventure Academy
Somanahalli Post, Bangalore 560 062.
Tel: 080-28432496
Email: gurufreddy@hotmail.com

Nature Surf Adventurers
No. 91/3, Ist Main, Ist Cross,
Bhavipalya, Mahalakshmipuram,
Bangalore 560 086. Tel: 080-23498117

Sports Promotion Team
No. 830, 17 F Main, 6th Block,
Koramangala, Bangalore 560 095
Tel: 080-25526296 Fax: 080-25526297
Email: spt@hathway.com spt@sptindia.com
www.sptindia.com

The Karnataka Mountaineering Association
No. 307, 3rd Cross, 5th Main,
Gandhinagar, Bangalore 560 009 Tel: 080-22269053
Email: kmacamps@yahoo.co.in

The Wild
42-40/1, 3rd Main 7th block,
Jayanagar
Bangalore - 560082.
www.geocities.com/thewildbangalore
 

Vertigo Expeditions Pvt Ltd.
No 14/1, Wood Street,
Richmond Road, Bangalore-25
Tel: 080-51511606 Fax: 080 -51511607
Email:info@vertigoexpeditions.com
www.vertigoexpeditions.com

World Wide Fund for Nature India
No. 143, Kamala Mansion,
Infantry Road, Bangalore 560 001
Tel: 080-22866685, 22863206
Fax: 080-22866685

Woody Adventures
No. 12/A/1, 3rd Floor, Yamuna Bai Road, Madhavnagar,
Bangalore 560 001
Tel: 080-22259159, 51136270, 71.
Fax: 080-22208505
Email: woodyadventures@mailcity.com
www.woodyadventures.com

Youth Hostel Association of India (YHAI)
Bangalore South Unit
No. 18, 4th A main, Obalappa Garden, K R Road, Bangalore 560 082
Tel: 080-26762095 Fax: 080-26760541
Email: yhaibsu@rediffmail.com


Youth Hostel Association of India (YHAI)
Unit No. 2, Guru Nanak Bhavan,
Jasma Bhavan Road,
Off Queens Road, Bangalore 560 001

YHAI (State Unit)
National College Road, NSVK High School, 7th Block, Jayanagar,
Bangalore 560 006 Tel: 080-26760541

 

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