MARGAO
Offroad Trail Club (OTC) Goa organised the most awaited off-road competition of the season “ Offroad Challenge 2023, at Navelim, recently.
This was the third season of Goa Offroad Challenge organised by OTC.
The competition saw participation by 35 4x4 vehicles in 6 categories “ Jimny/Thar 2020, stock petrol, stock diesel, modified petrol, modified diesel, pro-modified open. A group of off-roaders from Satara, Maharashtra traveled to Goa specially to participate in this event amongst offroaders from all over the state. The competition consisted of six tracks, each designed to test the ability and skill of the vehicle and the driver. All the stages were designed and managed by Team OTC.
The champion of the year rolling trophy was bagged by driver Siddesh Naik & co-driver Cletus Pires. Other category winners were Nolan Fernandes (1st Jimny/Thar 2020), Akhil Vaz(1st Stock Petrol), Pratik Mohite (2nd stock petrol), Pauras Patil (1st stock diesel), Siddhart Joshi (1st modified petrol), Viddesh Madgaonkar (2nd modified petrol), Siddesh Naik (1st modified diesel), Sheryl Fernandes (2nd modified diesel), Viddesh Madgaonkar (1st pro-modified open) and Sairaj Sawant (2nd pro-modified open).
Digambar Kamat, MLA - Margao constituency flagged off the event along with Prabhav Naik. Capt. Venzy Viegas MLA of Benaulim handed over the prizes to all the winners in the evening.
