The names of the players who are coming out on top in this competition are volleyball player Aruna Shahi and football player Savitra Bhandari.
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As this year's NSJF Pulsar Sports Awards are being held in Pokhara, one question is attracting everyone. This is how many times have athletes from Gandaki been successful in this award so far?
An emotional answer to this question is that Gandaki players are ahead in winning this award the most times. Mathematically, the exact answer is 13 times. It is certain that this number will increase further in the coming days.
Gandaki is producing players for Nepali sports one after another, so it is natural for this region to win so many awards. The names of the players who come out on top in this competition are volleyball player Aruna Shahi and football player Savitra Bhandari. Why is this so? They have won this award twice. Aruna had said on both occasions, ‘This award is inspiring me to become a better player.’
Aruna first won the People’s Choice Award in 2076 BS. Then she won the Best Female Player of the Year award in 2078 BS. Savitra became the Best Female Player of the Year in 2075 BS and in 2077 BS she became the Best Female Player of the Decade. At that time, Savitra made the organizing organization of this award very emotional. She used to say, ‘There is a Nepal Sports Journalist Forum and I keep getting inspired to play well.’
The People’s Choice Award is a category where, in a way, it can be said that there is a majority of players from Gandaki. The first player to start this series was Manju Gurung from Pokhara. More precisely, Manju from volleyball is the first historical player to win it since the series began. This year was 2066. Then in 2068, Sipora Gurung from volleyball won this award. Jharana Gurung from Usu continued this series in 2069.
Then, Aruna proved to be successful in this category all at once. The last time, Usha Bhandari from volleyball won this award. She achieved this success in 2078. Thus, 5 players from Gandaki have been successful in winning the People’s Choice Award. Coincidentally, all of them are women. And on four of those occasions, volleyball players were victorious. Weightlifter Tara Pun won the Women's Player of the Year award in 2068.
Badminton player Shobha Gauchan excelled in the same category in 2074. Thus, one of the most important awards in the award program, the Best Women's Player award, has been won by players from Gandaki on 5 occasions. In the men's category, two players from Gandaki have won this opportunity: Yukesh Gurung and Rajendra Bhandari.
Paragliding player Yukesh got this opportunity in 2075. In the same year, his coach Yogesh Bhattarai was declared the Best Coach, which was expected. When the awards were resumed in 2060, Athletics' Rajendra won the Men's Player of the Year award.
Cricketer Karan KC received a special award in 2074. Two others have also won awards representing Gandaki in this category. Moreover, Pokhara should feel proud of having both of them as its own. One of them was Sahara Club, which has been organizing the Aha-Rara Gold Cup. Sahara had won this award in 2064. And in the year 2079, the same award was received by photojournalist Sudarshan Ranjit.
'Sabika Sudarshan Dai' is the only winner from Gandaki whose identity is not a sportsperson. But where is his contribution to Nepali sports less? Now the next question is, how many people from the Gandaki region will win awards when this time the award program is fortunate enough to be held in Pokhara? This question will make this time's award even more intriguing and exciting. Now we don't have to wait for many days for it.
