Newskarnataka-Mangalore
Mangalore : Nikhilesh M Holla of Mangalore was declared the Best Individual Player in the below 17 years category at the chess tourney conducted as part of the 29th National Games 2013-14 held at Andhra Pradesh recently.
The event held from October 27 to 31 was organised by the School Games Federation of India and the venue was Tadepalligundam. Nikhilesh is a student of Canara High School Urva.
Also a talented swimmer, Nikhilesh had won the third place in the 400 meter free style event at the SGFI state level aquatic championship held at Bangalore in October.