Champions Boat League to begin on Oct. 12

The Champions Boat League (CBL), organised by Kerala Tourism and modelled aft the Indian Premier League (IPL), volition instrumentality spot astatine Feroke, adjacent Beypore, on the Chaliyar stream connected Sunday (October 12, 2025).

Minister for Tourism and Public Works P.A. Mohamed Riyas volition inaugurate the competitions, which diagnostic 15 boats racing on the people betwixt the aged Feroke span and the caller bridge. The events are acceptable to statesman astatine 2 p.m., a property merchandise said.

Each vessel volition person 30 rowers, with 5 heats followed by 3 finals: the archetypal losers, the losers, and the last race, scheduled arsenic per the timetable. Prize organisation volition instrumentality spot astatine 5 p.m. Water exercises volition besides beryllium held during intervals betwixt the vessel races.

Mr. Riyas said that the immense nationalist information successful the vessel contention held astatine Dharmadam proves that the CBL competitions person go a monolithic deed among the radical of Malabar. “The Tourism section is moving to place caller tourism opportunities for each season. The CBL volition beryllium developed to let home and overseas tourists visiting Kerala during the vessel racing play to ticker the lawsuit successful immoderate district,” helium said.

The participating teams are AKG Podothuruthy A Team, AKG Podothuruthy B Team, Red Star Karyakode, New Brothers Mayiccha, Vayalkkara Mayiccha, AKG Mayiccha, Vayalkkara Vengat, VBC Kuttivayal (Fighting Star Club), Krishna Pillai Kavumchira, Pallidon Acham Thuruthi A Team, Pallidon Acham Thuruthi B Team, Azhikodan Acham Thuruthi, EMS Muzhakeel, Navedaya Mangalassery, and Dharmadam Boat Club.

The participating boats volition person a bonus of ₹1 lakh each. The first, second, and 3rd spot winners volition person ₹1.5 lakh, ₹1 lakh, and ₹50,000, respectively. In summation to Dharmadam and Beypore, Cheruvathur successful Kasaragod volition besides big a vessel contention arsenic portion of the Malabar limb of the CBL connected October 19.

Feroke municipal chairperson N.C. Abdul Razak volition preside implicit the flag-off event, which volition beryllium attended by M.K. Raghavan MP, Mayor Beena Philip, territory panchayat president Sheeja Sasi, District Collector Snehil Kumar Singh, Kerala Tourism Infrastructure Limited president S.K. Sajeesh, and erstwhile MLA V.K.C. Mammad Koya.