EX KERALA STATE BASKETBALL PLAYER AND FORMER TREASURER PASSED AWAY
27/02/2017
Kochi: John Cashimir(Kishore) Ex Kerala State Basketball Player and former Treasurer Kerala Basketball Association Passed away at the Age of 68, at Amritha Medical College Hospital in Kochi on Monday.
Kishore a native of Fort Kochi presently Director Board Member of Fort Kochi YMCA. He is survived by wife Lizy and a daughter Dhnaya married to Augustine Kerala Police.
Funeral tomorrow(Tuesday) at 10.00 @ Fort Kochi Velly Cemetery. Body now at His residence at Vaduthala and tomorrow morning at 8. 00 am onwards at Y M C A Fort Kochi in Kochi
Kishor started his basketball journey with YMCA Cochin and IGA Kunnamkulam. He represented Ernakulam District basketball team and went on to captain Kerala Men team in 1970 Agra National Basketball Championship. He has also contributed immensely to the growth of basketball in Kerala by leading as secretary of Ernakulam District Basketball Association for seven years (1993 – 2001) and in his capacity as Treasurer to Kerala Basketball Association from 1997 to 2005.
