Overview
- The third Corps of EME Sailing Regatta concluded at Hussain Sagar Lake in Hyderabad on Tuesday, June 23, 2026, with HQ Southern Command awarded the overall championship trophy.
- Races in single-handed ILCA classes produced clear podiums: ILCA-6 was won by Agniveer Patil Anuraj with Sepoy Mahesh second and Agniveer Patil Siddhesh third, and ILCA-7 was won by Agniveer Harsh Tiwari with Lt. Col. Mayank Srivastav second and Maj. Lanka Kiran third.
- Lieutenant General Neeraj Varshney presided over the closing ceremony and framed the regatta as a deliberate effort to revive competitive sailing within the Corps of EME and build a larger pool of skilled sailors.
- Organizers highlighted the strong showing by Agniveers, noting many learned basic sailing within two to three weeks and that the regatta is intended as preparation for events such as the ILCA Open Sailing Competition and Hyderabad Sailing Week.
- The event caps an internal program by MCEME and the EME Sailing Association to rebuild institutional sailing capacity, a step that could shift selected personnel from short training into broader national and regional competition circuits.