| Bangalore, 25th January, 2012: City-based sports NGO, GoSports Foundation, is conducting trials to identify the recipients of their newly launched PACE (Promoting Aspiration, Commitment & Excellence) Scholarships which aims to support talented and high performing young athletes. Trials will be conducted for athletes who have been short-listed from over 150 applicants in seven disciplines: badminton, tennis, table-tennis, swimming, sailing, differently abled and other Olympic disciplines. With more than 150 applicants vying for 21 scholarships, GoSports Foundation adopted an extensive screening process to narrow down the list to 40 finalists. The screening process involved opinions from a panel which included eminent coaches and former sportspersons from the various disciplines. The next steps in the process to select the 2012 PACE Scholars are a rigorous physical fitness test to be conducted by Shayamal Vallabhjee (trainer to the Indian Davis Cup team having also worked with the South African and Indian Cricket teams), a round of skills assessment, mental preparedness and goal-setting to be conducted by experts in the field and a personal interview with an eminent panel. Speaking about the trials, Managing Trustee Nandan Kamath said, "We are committed to a rigorous and systematic selection process as the integrity of the selection process is essential for the success of the PACE Scholarships programme. Our aim is to ensure that the most deserving applicants win the PACE Scholarships and receive the benefits of the programme that we have created. We believe that all the applicants will gain tremendously from the feedback and experiences they will receive through the PACE Trials." The selection process kicks off with the first phase of PACE Trials for the badminton scholarships, which will be conducted on the 26th of January. The finalists include a number of top junior shuttlers who will be vying for the PACE Scholarships. The PACE Trials for the sailing and table tennis scholarships will be held in Chennai on the 31st of January and the 1st of February. The process will end with trials for tennis, swimming and other Olympic sports, scheduled for the 9th and 10th of February. After the stringent selection process, the final list of PACE Scholars for 2012 will be announced at the Awards ceremony on the 11th of February, 2012. Shortlisted athletes: Sailing: 1) Aishwarya N Chezhiyan 2) Aman Mohan Vyas 3) Chintan Mukesh Chhatbar 4) Ganapathy K C 5) Varsha Gautham 6) Ekta Yadav Table Tennis: 1) Ankita Das 2) K Spoorthy 3) Reeth Rishya 4) G Sathiyan 5) AbhishekYadav 6) Soumyajit Ghosh 7) Harmeet Desai Tennis: 1) Suraj R Prabodh 2) Anvit Bendre 3) Preeti Gokhale 4) Nikshep B R 5) Sowjanya Bavisetti 6) Kyra FirdausShroff Badminton: 1) Sameer Verma 2) H S Prannoy 3) Shikha Rajesh Gautam 4) G Ruthvika Shivani 5) P C Thulasi 6) Kidambi Srikanth | 
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