Hassan, Karnataka, 19th November, 2016: The 33st Youth National Basketball Championship 2016 tipped off today morning at Hassan in southern Karnataka. The matches are being conducted at three venues - the indoor and outdoor courts of the Hasanamba Stadium and the courts of the Malnad College of Engineering. The championship is being organised by Karnataka State Basketball Association (KSBBA) under the aegis of Basketball Federation of India (BFI). Shri Pramod Madhwaraj, Hon’ble Minister for Fisheries, Youth Empowerment & Sports, Government of Karnataka was the chief guest for the inauguration ceremony held in the evening. Guests of honour included Shri H D Revanna (MLA & Former Minister), Shri HS Prakash (MLA), Shri MS Gopalswamy (MLC), Shri Anupam Agarwal (IPS & Director, Department of Youth Empowerment & Sports), Shri HS Anil Kumar (President, Hassan City Municipal Corporation) and Mr Prem (Kannada Cine Actor). From the organizing team, Shri Om Prakash (Chairman, Organizing Committee and President of Karnataka State Basketball Association) and Shri K Govindaraj (MLC/Organizing Secretary/Hon Secretary of Karnataka State Basketball Association/ Parliamentary Secretary to the Chief Minister, Government of Karnataka/ President of Basketball Federation of India). We rendered service to all players by picking up in hotel to drop them into the Stadium ..we are on full duty, from morning to night(11.45) finally at the last day we dropped players in their consisting stations like Railway station and Bus stand