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Manchester Raiders Kabaddi Team
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History

Manchester Raiders Kabaddi Club is owned and managed by Moinul Islam MBE founder of community organisations Outta Skool and Let’s Get Active Community Enterprise CIC. Moinul already runs a Boxing, Football, Muay Thai and Taekwondo club through Outta Skool for under privileged young people and now adding Kabaddi to the offer. With a background in secondary education, Moinul is the first in the country to develop and deliver Kabaddi as a GCSE PE syllabus since 2010.

 

The Club is represented by players from around the Northwest, students, and professionals from various sectors with a wealth of experience in the sport. Being part of the BKL has given the club the opportunity to take this sport to a professional level. 

 

Our primary focus outside of BKL is to promote this awesome sport at grassroots and re-establish a love for this ancient sport in generations to come not only in the South Asian Community but the wider community. We are already working on a women’s and a youth team.

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Coach & Captain: Kishan Mistry
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Nickname: Mistry
Age: 23
Height: 5'8
Weight: 73kg


Occupation: Industrial sales engineer

Sports played : kabaddi, badminton, cricket, football
Played Kabaddi for: Since the age of 4/5
An interesting and unusual fact: Was born on the 1st of January

Giridhar Kopparapu
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Nickname: Lucky
Age 24
Height: 5’9
Weight: 75kg


Occupation : Student
Sports played : Kabaddi and cricket
How long they have played Kabaddi  : 7 years
An interesting and unusual fact : I am good at cooking and trying new recipes

Haresh Ganenthiran
Haresh-ganenthiran

Nickname: Haresh
Age: 21
Height: 5'8
Weight: 74kg


Occupation: Medical Student

Sports played : Kabaddi, badminton, cricket, football
How long they have played Kabaddi : 3 years
An interesting and unusual fact. He was born 2.5 months early. He has also broken/fractured a bone 6 times in his life

Hemanth Chintapally
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Nickname: Hims
Age: 24
Height: 5'7
Weight 62kg


Occupation: student

Sports played : Kabaddi, badminton, cricket
How long they have played Kabaddi : 6 years
An interesting and unusual fact. Becoming an entrepreneur at the age of 23

Akul Purohit
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Nickname: Akul
Age: 25
Height: 5'11
Weight: 82kg


Occupation - Doctor

Sports played - Football, Rugby, Cricket, Hockey

How long they have played Kabaddi - 5 years
An interesting and unusual fact. - Once went to the toilet in between Gareth Southgate and Steve McLaren

Kishen Mathi
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Nickname: Kishen
Age: 21
Height: 5’9
Weight: 70kg


Occupation: Medical student
Sports played: Kabaddi, Basketball, Hockey, Cricket
How long they have played Kabaddi: 3 years
An interesting and unusual fact: He has drowned 3 times (so he sticks to land sports).

Mahesh Reddy Nagendla
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Name: Mahesh Reddy Nagendla
Age: 24
Height: 5'7
Weight: 76kg


Occupation: Student

Sports played: Kabaddi, badminton , volleyball & badminton
How long they have played Kabaddi :from last 6 years
An interesting and unusual fact: ambidextrous

Matin Ahmed
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Nickname: Saabz 

 Age: 21 

 Height: 5'6 

 Weight: 64kg


Occupation: Medical Student
Sports played : kabaddi, rugby, tennis, table tennis, badminton, running, chess
How long they have played Kabaddi : 2 years
An interesting and unusual fact: He has completed a 100m bungee jump

Mitesh Mistry
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Nickname: Mits

Age: 25

Height: 5'6

Weight: 75kg


Occupation: Process engineer
Sports played : Kabaddi, badminton, cricket, kho kho
How long they have played Kabaddi : 18 years +
An interesting and unusual fact: He started off his kabaddi journey playing 9 Vs 9 and had to say "kabaddi" in one breath


Pyanam Om Narayana Reddy
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Name: Narayana
Age: 26
Height: 5'11
Weight: 89kg


Occupation: Student
Sports played: Kabaddi, cricket, badminton and volleyball
How long they have played Kabaddi: Since the age of 10
An interesting and unusual fact: He is a gambler



Ramesh Nenavath
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Name: Lucky
Age: 24
Height: 5’8
Weight: 70 kg


Occupation: Student
Sports played: Kabaddi, badminton and volleyball
How long they have played Kabaddi: For 6 years
An interesting and unusual fact: He can speak 5 languages

Roneel Bhagwakar
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Nickname: Ron
Age: 24
Height: 5'9
Weight: 79kg


Software Developer
Played football, rugby, water polo growing up
Played kabaddi for 10+ years
He has been injured for every Kabaddi semi/final for the last 5 years

Shreyas Annadate
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Nickname: Shrey
Age: 22
Height: 6'3
Weight: 88kg


Occupation: Student
Sports played: Rugby, athletics, kabaddi
How long they have played Kabaddi: 2 years
An interesting and unusual fact: "I don't know how to defend"

Mahesh Ajay Popat
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Nickname: Pops

Age: 24

Height: 5' 10
Weight: 70kg


Occupation: Dentist
Sports played: Football, rugby, climbing, swimming, badminton, kabaddi
How long they have played Kabaddi: 6years
An interesting and unusual fact. He has been circled by sharks in Sri Lanka

Sachin Ahir
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Nickname: Sachin

Age: 24

Height: 6'3

Weight:  75kg 


Occupation: Finance

Sports played: Rugby & cricket

How long played for: 4 years

An interesting and unusual fact: Sachin says he is, "Unquestionably the best chef in the British Kabaddi League !! ....  specialising in traditional Indian cuisine"


9th & 10th April - Wolverhampton
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16th & 17th April - Manchester
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23rd & 24th April - Birmingham
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