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MANAGING COMMITTEE
Mr. Ranjit JacobPresident
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Mr. ChandramouliImmediate Past President
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Mr. R. RamachandranVice President
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Mr. Anil NairHony. Secretary
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Mr. Viji JosephHony. Treasurer / EDP
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Mrs. Latha KumarasamyBar, Library, SifyOff : 24330279 / Res : 28273407Mob : 9940168728
Mr. Raghava RamTennis & EntertainmentMob : 9840031519
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Mr. Tarun Kumar BaggaBadminton, Squash,Swimming Pool & Snack BarOff : 28254513, Res : 28272124Mob : 9840028012
THE PRESIDENCY CLUB NEWS
Dear Members,The EGM on July 4th, 2008 was interesting with all theresolutions being passed unanimously. This shows theconfidence that the members have in the management! As Sherlock toldWatson - ̀ we must be doing something right'.
Members night on, Saturday, July 12th, was a great occasion for seniormembers to meet and catch up with old times and for new members tomake new friends! The arrangement and décor were par compare and thefood delectable. There was wide variety of entrainment - something foreverybody. Kudos to the committee for working together as a ̀ team' anddoing a grand job.
The staff of the club and the catering department, in particular, deservesspecial mention.
It was disappointing that many of the members who warned in for dinner didnot turn up. Members must understand that for every reservation, effort is putin terms of seating, catering, logistics etc. Members should show the commit-ment to be present, once they have sent in their warn in/registration.
Our ambition to host an Inter Club Music event is finally a reality. The day ishere! Watch out or Presidency ~ Karlsburg Karaoke Inter Club Singing Festivalon Thursday August 14th, Sat the 23rd and Sat the 30th August. The Finals willincidentally coincide (?)with the 2nd birthday of The I Bar (Turns 2 in August2008. Yeah, time flies!) and the finals on 30th will be held at The I Bar.
Kettengala. Kettengala!!! The new Tandoori Kitchen is now operational (did Ihear you say: ̀ finally !? '). Thank you for holding up!
The Guest House room renovations (8 regular rooms, 16 Deluxe Rooms and2 State of the art Super Deluxe Rooms) is complete. MIC Mr. G. Suresh hasdone a truly wonderful job. Congrats- Suresh!
The Guest House was such a vital and important project hence we had tokeep some other dear projects on hold. Now with that behind us, we canfocus our attention on to other areas. As our next project, we are on withthe renovation of the Cards room and (the long overdue) renovation of theEmerald Room. In the interim, the Cards room will move to Safire Hall andChildren will be allowed in Crystal Room.
On Projects, I do believe that the way to more forward in current times, is toraise the levels of Infrastructure at the club. This is no easy task, but beassured that the process is on. Wait & Watch!
With warm regards,
Anil NairHonorary Secretaryanil@anaindia.com* more inside
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The I Bar becomes 2 shortly. The Second Anniversary
falls on August 26th, 2008. Going down memory
lane, here’s The I Bar Story…
For ages, once the members at the then existing
The Island Bar when they finish with decimating the
lousy weather and cursing the ruling government,
inevitably the subject turns to renovation of the bar.
Members felt that this was long overdue! The Island
Bar was certainly the best in its Class when it was
first inaugurated and stood as a fine bar for most of
its life span, but over the years it had weathered and
needed a whole new look. It needed an adrenaline
shot!
This cry for change from members was taken up in
right earnest by the then sitting Committee who
wholehearted was of the view, that the facility
needed an immediate new look. The then Honorary
Secretary Mr. R. Ramachandran (currently Vice
President) constituted a ‘Project Committee’, which
got the ball moving forward. The Project committee
consisted a team of Committee Members, Mr. Anil
Nair (currently the Honorary Secretary), Mr. Vivish
George (MIC- Bar & Entertainment October 2005-
September 2007), Mr. Viji Joseph (currently the
Honorary Treasurer), Mr. K. Satyanarayana (
currently serving as Committee Member) and The
Honorary Secretary himself. This committee was to
report and clear all proposals in principle with the
main committee.
The Main Committee besides the Project Team and
the Honorary Secretary, serving in office (portfolios
as held then) consisted of IPP Mr. K. Sathyendra
Kumar, The President Mr. Chandramouli, Vice
President Mr. Ranjit Jacob, Treasurer
Mr. Ramani and Committee Members
Mr. Chandrakanth Jain, Mr. T.S. Sivanagam, Mr.
Sham Kripalani, Mr. Ramasamy, Mr. G.P.
Vijaykumar & Dr. Janardhanam. Their inputs and
fantastic support was the key to the success and
timely delivery of the project.
As first step few architects were asked to make a
presentation to the project committee. The short
listed few were then placed before the committee
for a presentation. The committee finally chose a
young firm of architects, graduates from IIT, to do
the job – Rajiv and Ritu. One found that they
were enthusiastic and bubbling with novel ideas
and concepts. We wanted a bar that was a trend
setter and of international design.
It was decided as matter of principle that this
renovation would not just be a renovation but a re-
building exercise.
There were elaborate discussions and debates on
everything! One had to balance between budget,
practicality and comfort- what a job!
In short the work carried out at the bar included;
New flooring, New false ceiling, new lighting, New
Daiken Air-conditioning which today can handle a
bar that is spilling out of its seams with people at
events, New windows and doors, New Furniture &
Seating would also help with NVH (Noise Vibration
Harness), a dramatic all wood Bar Counter, Back
Office for storage & billing, fantastic wall art laced
with humour, 40" LCD TV (recently upgraded to 50"
Plasma), Jamo Audio for music, classy Cutlery &
Crockery, heavy duty Electrical housing, Bar Counter
props…the list is endless. Simple, New
Everything!
The work began in May of 2006 and was
completed and inaugurated on August 26th, 2006
with a mega launch. The I Bar turned out to be most
of the most swanky and stylish bars in the city. Still
continues to be one of the best bars among Clubs
in the Country.
A bigger challenge was – what to name it! While
some were in favour of retaining the old name –
tradition etc., some opined that since the bar was
redone it should be renamed too! The concept of
the Island had also now changed with the bar
counter now being positioned to one side.
This turned out to be a project by itself! After much
debate and after going through countless
suggestions it was decided to name the same as
The I Bar. Trendy, catchy and short with a leaning to
the old name and has strong attitude. Even the
signage was given thought too and was designed
by one of the leading design houses in Chennai M/
s. Signet Designs. In short every inch of detailing
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was looked
into.
The launch of
the stylish
outdoor facility
Stratosphere,
The I Lounge
which was later
rechristened
Ozone – the
non smoking
lounge
completed the
all areas of the
primary Bar
project. In
keeping with the swanky new bar, the Staircase
leading up to the bar and the Toilets were redone.
In the world of renovation and construction and
with the ever spiraling costs of raw material, the
THE PRESIDENCY CLUB NEWSteam had to come up with a smart bar within a
modest budget. To that extent this project had
more than achieved this goal.
The 1st event at The I Bar was in April of 2007
which was four weekends of the unforgettable
event that started it all – Karaoke Nites – the
contest for PC’s Karaoke King & Queen. This
was followed by many events, with the 1st
anniversary being celebrated in August 2007, with
a performance by India’s most popular Rock & Pop
Band ‘Skinny Alley’. The trend of exclusive events
at The I Bar continues to this day with events such
as the Jazz & Wine, Cocktail Nite, Ladies Nite,
Pub Quiz, The Beer Fest to name a few fantastic
events held this year. This facility also continues to
bring in large number of members and their guests
on a daily basis.
The I Bar is a classic case of ‘WORKING
TOGETHER WORKS’!
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YES, it was a fun-filled tennis tournament with serious matches on the one hand and glitz & glamour-filled
social get-together at the end of the tournament.
For the first time, a tournament was organised for kids and we have an encouraging participation from 36
kids, all of them playing with great enthusiasm. The kids played with gusto in the Bunny-rabbits edition, while
the others battled it out with a lot of Bravado for the Lions-Trophy. After sifting through the pretenders, the
tournament found the worthy winners, whose names are published in this issue of the News magazine.
The prize distribution function was presided over by Mr. Brijehwar Singh, IAS, who gave a polished speech.
Our friendly neighbor, the Hon’ble. Deputy Commissioner Mr. P.M. Hamsa, .from Srilanka spent a lot of time
with our members and gave a diplomatic but interesting speech. Thereafter, more than 120 members and
family members joined for cocktails and lavish dinner with light music by Mr. Shafee and group. It was
Razzmatazz all the way, and kudos to the tennis fraternity.
All the kids who participated were awarded medals for their efforts.
Raghava Ram, MIC
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LIONS CLASS
WINNERS S.P. RAJENDRAN & HEMANTH PANDIA
RUNNERS - UP MANU VERGHESE & VIVEK GROVER
PRO-PRETENDERS CLASS
WINNERS T.D. MOHAN & SURAJ
RUNNERS - UP AMRETH & HRISHIKESH
BUNNIES TEAM:
WINNER - SANJANA
RUNNER UP - MUSTAFA
SUPER KINGS TEAM
WINNER - RANJIT JACOB & DEHAL
RUNNERS-UP - PHILIP THARAKAN & s.BALASUBRAMANIAM
Tarun Kumar Bagga – MIC
Come and check out the new
renovated shuttle court. It’s
smashing! Thanks are due to Mr.
Lanka lingam and Mr. San
Sharma for their assistance.
Anna Nagar Towers Club invited The Presidency
Club for a friendly set of matches at their club and
this invitation was wholeheartedly accepted by PC.
Thanks to the efforts Mr. Pughendi, member PC,
who is also a member of Anna Nagar Towers Club
for taking this initiative. Mr. G. Narasimhlu the
President of Anna Nagar Towers Club and Mr.
Ashok, the Secretary, along with the rest of the
fraternity, were extremely gracious hosts. It was an
evening of sport and enjoyment.
August 2008 CLUB CLASS8Club News continues on page 34
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Raghava Ram, MIC
It was the time of the year when Presidency Club
dedicates a night of entertainment exclusively for its
members and spouse. On 12, July, our club
celebrated Members Nite with great aplomb.
Thanks to the rain gods, we were spared by the rain
threatening to disrupt the eventful evening and
Members were treated to a great night of
entertainment & dinner.
The tone for the night was set and started with
inspiring Carnatic Fusion played by the talented and
popular Mandolin Rajesh.
Then there was action packed Dance performances
by Abhishek’s Karun Krafts - to exciting Hindi & Tamil
music - by popular television artistes Sureswar, Sai
Prashanth, Narendra, Deepa, Devipriya, Vandana,
Priyadarshini & Master Roopesh which was
competently compered by Abhishek, leading TV
star.
Then was the time to reminiscence over the music
of yesteryears. Old Hindi & Tamil songs. Rajesh, Anu
& Mukesh, popular singers, set a very, very
melodious & nostalgic mood.
Next was scintillating, graceful and captivating
performances by International Dancers, twin sisters,
Nadia & Sasha Ivanova who came down specially for
this event. As the night went by and moods became
lighter and members wanting more of the same, the
action moved to the poolside, Music, dancing and
revelry continued upto 1 am
Senior members were able to enjoy the evening
upto the wee hours, thanks to the courtesy drop
after they were finished with the evening.
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Special mention of thanks & appreciation to our
member Mr.Salai Kumaran, Director, Inida Land and
Tiger Beer who supported the events.
Our special thanks to Mr.Ranjit Jacob - President,
Mr.Chandramouli - Immediate Past President, Mr.R
Ramachandran- Vice President, Mr.Anil Nair -
Hony.Secretary, Mr.Viji Joseph - Hony.Treasurer,
Our Committee members - Mr.Ajay Bhalla, Mrs.Latha
Kumaraswamy,Mr.K.Sathyanarayana, Mr. T S
Sivagnanam, Mr K .Srinivasan , Mr. T K Srinivasan Mr G
Suresh & Mr.Tarun Bagga.
Thanks are also due to sub-committee members,
Ms.Jayashree, Mr.Saravanan, Mr.S.P.Rajendran,
Mr.V.Ananth, Dr.Shivaram Selvakumar, Mr.Koshy
Thomas, Mr.Chirag Batavia and Mr.Amit Kinger.
The guest room renovation is now imcomplete. In addition
to the Deluxe rooms the Club boast of Two Super Delux
Room Salient fautures of the room are :
1) 32“ Samsung LCD T.V. with Tata Sky connection
2) Mini Refrigerator
3) Exquisite Wooden Flooring
4) Discussion/Dinner Table
5) Extra thick mattress for the cots
6) Valet Calling bell direct to pantry
7) Toilets with Italian Marble & Koler fittings
8) Glass Shower Cubicle
9) Pressure pump for better water pressure.
Your club now boasts of the best Guest Rooms among clubs
in City. In fact they match to the best hotels in town!
G. Suresh – Member In Charge
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Membership requests received from son/
daughters are being processed on ‘first come
first served basis’.
� The Parking stickers for the Member’s cars will have reached you with the July 2008 issue of
the news magazine.
� Members are requested to ensure that the stickers are affixed to their cars to
� To facilitate parking within the Club, cars without the stickers may be denied parking.
� Valet parking is also available.
� On Club nights and high density party nights driver driven cars will have to be parked at Ethiraj
College and not within the Club Premises to provide parking for member driven cars.
� Parallel parking blocking the driveway at the entrance is strictly prohibited.
� Members are requested to ensure that their drivers are properly instructed and to
co-operate with the Security personnel.
K. Srinivasan - MIC
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SUNDAY 10TH AUGUST 2008
LIGHTNING TOURNAMENT
WITH ‘BEER AND BIRYANI’
REGISTERNOW!!!
SECURITY & CAR PARKING
Member-In-Charge
WATCH OUT FOR THE MEGA RUMMY TOURNAMENT
COME SEPTEMBER 2008 WITH EXCITING PRIZES.
CARDSK. Srinivasan
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Tarun Kumar Bagga - MIC
Power packed action of three days! Hardhitting! The first ever Version of thesquash tournament GET SQUASHED, was asmash hit! At the end of all the action, wehad the deserving winners. Thanks to ourPresident Mr. Ranjith Jacob , HonorarySecretary Mr. Anil Nair, all the committeemembers who graced the occasion andEspiem plastics and Mr. Vivek Sachdev. Aspecial word of praise to our squash courtmarker Mr. Pandian for conducting thedraw and the matches in such asystematic manner.
The winners were:Upcoming youngsters.
Gift Voucher of Rs.250/-
Anup Venkat
Viraj Shah
Abraham
Semi Finalists
Gift Voucher of Rs.500/-
Arnish Oberoi
Piyush Saraf
Runner Up
Gift Voucher of Rs.1000/-
Vaarish Sawlani
Winner
Gift Voucher of Rs.1500/-
Girish Sawlani
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Master Varun A Thakkar son of Dr. Nandita Thakkar
( M. No. R 701 ) a member of Tamilnadu Sailing
Association has won the DP World National Optimist
Sailing Championship 2008 . He had finished first by
winning 5 first places, 3 second places and 1 fourth
and 1 fifth place out of the 10 races. He was also a
member of the team that won the Gold in the team
racing event. Earlier in 2006, he had also won the under
12 national title in the Optimist class of boats. Varun
will represent TNSA at the forth coming international
events to be held at Bahrain, Bali and Doha.
Mr. V Kalyanaraman
( M.No. 616 ) has been
appointed as Chairman
of Working Group of the
Expert Committee to
review Cost Audit and
related issues.
He has also been
nominated as a member
of the Quality Review
Board to the Council of
ICWAI.
Both the above appointments are by the Ministry of
Corporate Affairs, Govt. of India.
Master SUMER
MALHOTRA, aged
10 years
represented
TamilNadu in the
26th Sub Junior
National Aquatic
Championship
held at Kolkota
from 26th to 29th June 2008 and secured Silver
medal for 100 mts Free Style and Bronze for 4 x
50 Free Style Relay.
Tarun Kumar Bagga – MIC
The following fresh juices are available in our
club - Sweet lime,Pomegranate , Orange ,
Pineapple , Grape , Watermelon, Apple ,
Papaya,Tomato and apart from these we have
introduced four more new juices, which are,
Sapota, Butter fruit , Musk Melon and Custard
Apple
THE MANAGING COMMITTEE HAS DECIDED THAT
club will use only Kinley and Bisleri Brands of
water.
Please take note that the AGM for the year 2008will be held on Saturday, September 20th, 2008
ANNUAL GENERAL BODYMEETING (AGM)Snack Bar
Hereafter the second Tambola ( Bumper ) of the
month will be on the 4th Wednesday instead
of last Wednesday of the month.
Tambola for August will be held on 13 th & 27th.
Look forward for a Super Bumper Tambola on
24th September.
T. K. Srinivasan - Member In Charge
Tambola, Maintenance&Newsmag