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Regd News Paper I Regd No. KA/BG-GPO-2535/06-09 I RNI No. Kareng03340/2008 I Permitted to post at Bangalore GPO I Posting Date: 29 and 30 I 10 Pages

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July 2015

Programme for the month

Sat – 4th July – ‘Rodeo’ in attendance – 8:30 pm.

Fri – 10th July – iBrowse Book Club Meet – 6:00 pm.

Sat – 11th July – ‘Wild Orchids’ in attendance – 8:30 pm.

Sat – 18th July – ‘Fabian’ in attendance – 8:30 pm.

Fri – 24th July – What’s the Good Word [Game Show] – 7:30 pm.

Sat – 25th July – Musical Evening – 8:30 pm.

Bar Nites: All Fridays – 8:30 pm.

Saturday Housie: All Saturdays - 7:15 pm.

Sunday Housie: All Sundays - 7:15 pm.

Whist drive: All Mondays – 6:00 pm.

Duplicate Bridge: All Tuesdays – 6:00 pm.

Rummy Knockout Tournament: All Sundays - 3:15 pm.

Edited by: Alton Gerald ViegasPublished by: Catholic Club, 22, Museum Road, Bangalore - 560 025Printed at: National Printing Press, Bangalore - 560 095

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Another year has gone by.Some good times.Some not so good times.And a lot of great times!This was all possible only because we had a good team in the Managing Committee, great Staff to carry out the work, and, of course, a superb membership who frequented our events in large numbers!! By the time you receive this newsletter the new team will be in place.Some old faces, some new, even a lady!All with the same brand of enthusiasm to take our Club to even greater heights.New programmes will be planned.Proven formulae will be repeated.But one thing will definitely not change..... The ethos of our Club and of you, dear Members.We look forward to your continued support and a great 2015 - 16 !!!

The first Sunday of June saw the CC Party at the Pool. Yes folks! It was the Penguins Party. Well attended by Anya and Siddharth (4 years) to Shanthraj (*** years old!)

The little ones in the Baby Pool had a lot of fun collecting coloured balls, the teenagers did handstands. The parents added a lot of festivity by cheering, booing and clapping loud. Lots of goggles, caps and chocolates were won.

The finale of the party was the keenly contested tug – of – war won by Abishek Lobo’s team.

All in all a great close to a glorious Summer.

Suresh MonteiroMIC

This Member’s Nite held on 30th of May was a nostalgic night for all you members with music from the 1940’s to the 1990’s. Am sure you have enjoyed every bit of it.

As we go into July with the New Committee, entertainment for the month shall be planned by the New MIC. Kindly look up the Notice Board.

From the Editorial Board

Swimming Pool

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Entertainment

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I would like to take this opportunity to thank the Entertainment Sub Committee Members for all their support during the year.

Last but not the least, I would like to thank you, dear members, for your continued patronage, support and participation in attending all the events in large numbers and making Catholic Club the best destination for Entertainment.

Naveen MendonzaMIC

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Proposals passed at the AGM held on 28th June 2015ELECTIONS TO THE MANGING COMMITTEE 2015-16 RESULTS & PORTFOLIOS

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Members are requested to note the changes, which are effective from 1st July 2015.Members who have paid their subscription in advance are requested to pay the difference at the earliest.

Members who have hired any of the halls and not collected back their Security Deposit are requested to do so at the office during working hours. This amount can be credited to your Smart Card.

The 2nd Open Bridge Tournament was a great success, right from the record number of 112 entries, the

food, and the clockwork precision with which it was conducted. Some feedback from players:

1 Hi All,Really it was well organised and very good turn-out. It was a very pleasant environment and we enjoyed the whole day, leave alone winning or losing.My sincere thanks to all those involved. Congratulations to the winners.Good day.(S. Gandhi.)

a) Revision in Subscription Rates:

Special thanks to the Election Team Leaders:Mr. Syed Mumtaz, Mr. Gerald Pereira and Mr. Gilroy D’Silva. Team Members Ms. Jovina Smith, Mr. Daryl De Nazareth, Ms. Yentyl D’Silva, Ms. Steffi De Nazareth, Mr. Jonathan Smith and Ms. Nikita Pereira.

Noel De NazarethElection Officer

President

Vice President

Treasurer

Advisory

Committee

Naveen Mendonza Elected Unopposed Entertainment, Bar and Sponsorships

Amanda Santiago Elected Unopposed Chambers and Elders

Kenuite Martis Elected Unopposed Sportico and Indoor / Outdoor Games

Denis Eric D’Silva Elected Unopposed Estate Management

Suresh Monteiro Elected Unopposed Swimming Pool

Neil D’Souza Elected Unopposed IT, Youth, Teens and Children

Gavin Cordeiro Elected Unopposed Cards, Library and Newsletter

Gregory Pacheco Elected Unopposed Cafeteria

Cyriac Thomas Co - Opted Affiliations and Legal

Dheeraj Kumar Co - Opted Youth Representative

Roopa Saldanha Co - Opted Lady Representative

MeMbeRShiP TyPe CATegoRy PReViouS New

Ordinary Membership Individual 100 150

Ordinary Membership Family 125 200

Probationary Membership Individual 150 250

Probationary Membership Family 300 400

Associate Individual 100 150

Associate Family 125 200

Temporary Individual 150 200

Temporary Family 300 400

Corporate Individual / Family 500 750

Non Resident Individual 150 200

Non Resident Family 300 400

Sr. Dependent Individual 25 50

Cards

Post Result Portfolios

Alton Gerald Viegas Elected Unopposed

Brian D’lima Elected Unopposed HR, Administration and Membership

Lukose Abraham Elected Unopposed Finance and Faith Activity

Tushar Fernandes Elected Billiards and Health ClubNaveen Fernandes Elected Housie, Marketing and Banquets

b) Security Deposit

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The final event of the year....football.....was well attended, and we even had to say No to some teams who came in a little late! Thanks to all who took part.

With the proven popularity of Football, it is time now to bring the game to our youngsters....through the Bangalore Youth Football League. They will commence their sessions from Monday 13th July from 5.00p.m.

The cost will be Rs.2200/- per child.Register at the Office asap.

Gavin CordeiroMIC

Hello everyone,

In the month of June we conducted the XXXII Capt. George Mathias Memorial Inter Club Snooker Tournament 2015. We had a super response. The Club had 5 teams and 18 teams from other clubs took part in this prestigious event. Sadly the Catholic Club “C” team consisting of Sam Texeira, Vivan Sequeira and Anand Paul lost in the semi finals (better luck next time) .I would like to congratulate The Indian Gymkhana who took the trophy by beating HBCC Club “A” 2-0 in the finals which was witnessed by a packed audience.

Billiards

2 Fabulous turnout, well organized event, excellent food & refreshments, & lots of exciting bridge hands, all in all, a gala Saturday for bridge lovers. Brian, Cyril, Gavin, on behalf of our bridge community my appeal is such a popular yearly event should have two day status from next year, you have to ensure it happens:)

Cheers,Koushik.

3 Hi!The 2nd Annual Catholic Club Bridge Tournament held on June 6, 2015, had the record-highest turnout of 56 pairs (28 tables) for match point pairs event and 24 teams for Board-a-Match event. We thank Catholic Club and particularly Brian Albuquerque, President, Gavin Cordeiro, Cyril Mani, Rex D’Souza and the bridge playing members of Catholic Club for their wonderful hospitality and excellent playing conditions. The tournament was inaugurated by Brian. Satyan, as always, most efficiently directed the tournament. Special thanks to Mukesh Ghatiya for scoring and giving us the pairs results within minutes after completion of the event. Thanks Gavin for your valuable support and encouragement in promoting bridge in Catholic Club, where we love to come on Tuesday evenings.

Best regards,Girish Bijoor

Congratulations to the winners of the last Rummy Knock Out Tournament for this term.

1st – Vijay Kumar2nd – Rajendra Patel

Runners Up:P.E. DavisGavin CordeiroMeera RMarjorie Texeira

Gavin CordeiroMIC

Outdoor Games

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A big thank you to all participants, The KSBA and The George Mathias Family for their continued support.

I would like to thank my sub-committee and also Mr. Syed Mumtaz for their help during the tournament.

We finished off the year with a three a side Sunday fun tournament. Dylan, Eugin and Gary won the tournament beating Chander, Kush and Lionel.

Michael De Rebello MIC

Finalist

Semi Finalist

Runner up

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There was tremendous excitement in the air, as all the WTGW regulars braved the incessant downpour and heavy flooding to converge at the Catholic Club for the latest round of What’s the Good Word, on the 29th of May, 2015.

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Library

For the very first time, it was the young children who conducted the entire show, right from conception to implementation. The team comprising of Alicia and Aaron Augustine, Jason and Ethan Dsouza and Leo, Aarya, Nihal, Neysa and Amal handled the entire show with panache.

The theme set was: “Back to School”, based on a range of topics extending from Chemistry, Biology, Physics, History, Geography to English! Needless to say, there wasn’t a single ‘un-sweaty’ collar in the room. All parents, grandparents including teachers were tested within a hairs breadth of their limits!

These kids showed us no mercy.. (hmmm….retribution time..?)

First place went to newcomers Kripa, Hiren, Rajit, Sylvia and Naveen Fernandes and the second place

went to Rhea, Nikhil, Vibha and Anil Misquith.

But the true stars of the show were the kids who single handedly organised and conducted the entire event.

We hope this encourages greater participation from many more of our young members and hope to see many more of you at the next event!

Neil D’Souza

MIC

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Leaving home with Half a Fridge!

Every iBrowse meet is exciting and one never knows how the evening will pan out. It just evolves with author, moderator and audience input, changing the pace of the evening. The 12th June, with CP Belliappa and his book “ Victoria Gowramma : The last princess”, turned into a thoroughly interactive evening.

Soft spoken and erudite, Mr Belliappa explained the importance of deep research when writing a book of this nature. He revealed that it took him over 10 years to collect his material before actually writing the book. The four books that he needed for his research he looked for across the globe in a variety of libraries. But, they were out of print. To his great joy, he found them for free on the incredible world wide web (www) via the Google search engine.

iBrowse

So sitting in a rural estate in Coorg, he said he travelled the world virtually through his computer and worked on the book. He did however have the launch of the brand new novel in 2010 in the Nehru Centre in London, UK. The book is all about Gowramma the daughter of a Coorg Raja, who was taken under the mantle of Queen Victoria, when she showed interest in being converted to Christianity. The Queen added her name to Gowramma at the baptism and Victoria

Gowramma lived for the rest of her life in England, married to an English soldier for 30 years.

The book discussed was ‘The Scarlet Pimpernel’ by Baroness Orczy. Enjoyed by all iBrowsers the book was first published in 1905 and is written well over 100 years ago and yet makes for very enjoyable reading. The elusive Scarlet Pimpernel, ruthless French agent Chauvelin, the beautiful Lady Blakeney, the novel is full of swashbuckling adventure of the time. Ask Vani for a copy saved in the library, for those who would like to read it.

The author for July is Arathi Menon who is flying in from Mumbai to introduce her book “ Leaving home with half a Fridge.” So block the 10th July at 6pm in the Ballroom, and come hear Arathi’s story of how she managed with just half a fridge.

Marianne de Nazareth

Sub – Committee Member

Thank you ladies for taking time out of your busy schedules and we applaud your can-do attitude towards gracing all the successful lady events held at the Club. ( be it -the ladies coffee mornings or the bar nights .Special thanks to Avis Deans and Arlene Rego for helping me with the International womens day )

To my Sub Committee - Members - Celia, Shobha, Luana, Reshma and Preethi thank you for being such a great team! You all are the best!

Louella D’Souza

Ladies representative

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