Notice The 88th Annual General Meeting of the Members of the Willingdon Catholic Gymkhana will be held on Sunday, September 27, 2020 at 10:30 AM on a hybrid basis i.e. A Virtual AGM as well at the Orchid Hall of the Gymkhana to transact the following business: (Please also refer to the Notes below) Agenda 1. To ratify the Resolution passed at the Managing Committee Meeting held on 18th August 2020, reproduced below: "RESOLVED THAT in view of COVID-19 pandemic, any notice or other communication including Annual Report with Statements of Account of the Gymkhana for the financial year ended March 31, 2020, be sent/served on a member either by messenger or by post or by electronic media and the same shall be deemed to have been validly served on such member and the same shall be deemed to be in compliance of the Gymkhana Rules & Byelaws." “RESOLVED FURTHER THAT the Managing Committee be and is hereby authorized to convene and hold a Virtual Annual General Meeting of the Members of the Gymkhana through Video Conferencing (VC) or other Audio Visual Means (OAVM) for the financial year ended March 31, 2020 if so required in compliance with the Government Guidelines if any issued from time to time and till such time as the State Government lifts the lockdown and social distancing requirements in view of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.” Explanation/Clarification: The Government of India, Ministry of Corporate Affairs vide General Circular No. 22/ 2020 dated June 15, 2020 has clarified and allowed the Companies to conduct their AGM/EGMs through VC/OAVM up to September 30, 2020. This circular provides a guideline for conducting similar meetings this year by entities other than Companies. 2. To confirm the Minutes of the 86th Annual General Meeting held on September 30, 2018. 3. To read and confirm the Minutes of the 87th Annual General Meeting held on 29th September 2019. 4. To confirm and if deemed fit, adopt the Managing Committee’s Annual Report dated September 3, 2020. 5. To consider and if deemed fit, adopt the Audited Balance Sheet as on 31st March 2020 and Statement of Income & Expenditure for the Year ended on that date. 6. To appoint Auditors for the year ending 31st March, 2021 and fix their remuneration. 7. To consider any other business that may be placed before the General Body by the Managing Committee. Sd/- Deanne Menon Hon General Secretary Santa Cruz, September 08, 2020 Notes 1. Holding of AGM through Video Conferencing this year is on account of Government Guidelines due to COVID-19 Pandemic. 2. Pre-registration for 50 members to attend the Annual General Meeting as per the notification issued by the Government authorities and following the guidelines prescribed by the Government. 3. The quorum for the AGM will be 50 including physical and virtual members present. If there is no quorum at the appointed time, the Meeting will be adjourned by half an hour from the appointed time on the same day and be held immediately thereafter. For the adjourned Meeting, no quorum will be necessary. 4. Only Ordinary Members up to OM-1496 who are not in arrears of Membership Subscription, and those Ordinary Members who have converted as Life Members as per Rule 11(a), and Life Members up to LM-3096 and Benefactor Members B-33, will be entitled to attend and vote at the Annual General Meeting. 5. As per Rule 44(a), any Member as mentioned in Rule 10(i) to 10(iv), who may wish to place any proposition, before the Annual General Meeting, shall give notice thereof to the General Secretary 10 clear days before the date fixed for the meeting. The Managing Committee may then at its discretion, submit such proposition to the General Meeting. The last date for submission of such queries shall be September 17, 2020. 6. Members attending the meeting are requested to bring their WCG ID cards to allow for authentication of signatures in the attendance register of the meeting.
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The Chairman’s Address
Dear Members,
By the time you receive and read this message, it will be close to six months that our Gymkhana, city and nation have been in a lockdown. I am sure most, if not all of us, are facing such a situation for the first time and many of us are still trying to come to terms with it. Personally, for me it's been a time of introspection and concern, that there are certain events that are completely out of man's control and we are all at God's mercy. Regarding the activities of the Gymkhana, I think we have a great Managing Committee. Some of our MC Members have continued putting all the effort and time necessary at great personal risk to ensure that we use this time well, even though there is a lockdown.
This called for a different attitude and though we have had heavy rains and the pandemic, the Team worked together. I quote Vince Lombardi, 'Individual Commitment to a Group Effort - that's what makes a Team work, a Company work, a Society work, a Gymkhana work.' The current Committee has tried doing just that. Though our last physical MC Meeting was in March, many of us have met virtually and discussed and deliberated on various issues and taken decisions accordingly.
Just to keep you abreast of the happenings at the WCG during these times, given below are some initiatives in progress:
-- The WCG is implementing a new Club Management Software and we expect it to go live before the year ends, while parallel runs will start from October.
-- The entire Electrical system is being re-done with state-of-the-art equipment bearing in mind the safety of our Members and Staff.
-- The Kitchen infrastructure is being revamped completely and most of the defunct appliances are being replaced.
-- New Catering services will start as we begin operations. A satellite kitchen with limited options will be ready if needed. Our Projects, F&B, General Secretary and Treasurer, with our General Managers, have put in a tremendous amount of time in ensuring we engage the best contractors, at the best rates, to come in.
During these times we had to resort to some cost cutting measures and the respective
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Secretaries have taken prompt action. I wish to put on record our appreciation for some of our Staff members who, despite all odds, continue to ensure that the WCG is kept open, clean and safe for completing the initiatives we have taken.
The QuaranShine Sundays have been well received and member participation has been encouraging. A big Thank You to the Social, Youth and Communications Teams for a well- coordinated effort and please look forward to some more innovative initiatives from them. I encourage members to please come forward with ideas, sponsors and connections in any area that helps the WCG in moving ahead. There is a saying, 'A car's windshield is so large and the rear-view mirror so small because our past is not as important as our future. So, let's look ahead and move on.'
The Website is being redesigned with a new look and feel from October 1st and with an assurance that content will be constantly updated. I request all Members at regular intervals to visit the Website for latest updates and events. This will be integrated with a Payment Gateway shortly. It is also important to know that we have had setbacks, mainly a delay in getting the Change of User and the approval for the reduced Tariff of the Tennis Court from the Collector. Though these were at advanced stages, changes in the government and the lockdown has just brought all these activities to a standstill.
Meanwhile, a close watch is being kept on the directives issued by the Government on resumption of Gymkhana activities and we have already opened the WCG for outdoor activities making sure that the SOP's are followed.
Please go through our Financial Report and send in your queries early so that the Treasurer along with the Finance Team can be ready with the answers. This is the first time an AGM is being conducted in this manner, so please bear with us if there are some glitches. Though at the start of the year we had planned to have an SGM to address some of the rules that warranted a change, we were constrained from doing so because of the lockdown and will plan it for early next year.
Thank you and God Bless you and your families.
Rawlin Pinto Chairman
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The Managing Committee
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The Year 2019-2020
The Managing Committee met on 12 occasions up to September 03, 2020. Please find below a record of the meetings attended by the Managing Committee.
The Managing Committee Portfolio Meetings Attended
1. Rawlin Pinto Chairman 12
2. Deanne Menon General Secretary 12
3. Sunil Lobo Treasurer 10 Secretary - Projects & Estates 4. Maurice Caeiro Joint Secretary 10
5. Stanley Lasrado Joint Treasurer 7
Trustee 6. Neil Francisco 11 Secretary - Membership/Rules
Trustee 7. Ryan Martin 9 Secretary - Indoor Sports Trustee 8. Dr. Martin D’souza 7 Secretary - Library Secretary 9. Percival Aguiar 11 Housie Secretary 10. Lorraine Martin 11 HR & Communications Secretary 11. Colin Coelho Jr. 9 Food & Beverage Secretary 12. Joaquim Carvalho 3 Outdoor Sports Secretary 13. Mimosa Almeida Pinto 8 Social & Cultural
14. Joaquim A Barretto Member 6
15. Leslie Mascarenhas Member 4
16. Deepak Netto Member 11
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Membership Statement as on March 31, 2020
Category March 31, 2019 March 31, 2020
Life Member 2867 2887
Benefactor 33 32
Ordinary Member 679 684
Associate Patron 159 158
Associate Benefactor 517 515
Associate Member 306 303
Associate Life Member 300 301
Honorary Member 6 9
Nominal Member 26 31
Sports Member 1 17
Total 4894 4937
Memberships Deleted During the Year Under Review
Death 22
Resignation 04
Termination -
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MEMBERS WHO PASSED AWAY WCG deeply regrets the sad demise of 22 of our dearly respected members. The managing committee conveys its sincere condolences to the family members of the deceased.
May their Souls Rest in Peace
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Outdoor Sports: Joaquim Carvalho Indoor Sports: Ryan Martin
Ambition is the pathway to success and Persistence is the vehicle to arise. If one has the qualities of courage, determination and perseverance there is no goal which is unattainable. All these were visible in plenty in the WCG Sports Tourneys 2019/20 in various disciplines held at the Willingdon Catholic Gymkhana.
The WCG tournaments have been getting successfully bigger with humongous crowd support and that has set a hallmark for sportspersons and institutions to participate with fantastic prize money, prizes and credit for this also goes to the top class infrastructure and sporting atmosphere that works well for participants.
Rink Football and Rink Hockey with many innovative ideas and rule changes to bolster the game and make it more spectator and player friendly have been initiated and implemented in these last editions. To entertain the crowds and keep their enthusiasm high a Zaldi Five Housie was held during the half time duration of the hockey finals held in a packed atmosphere which was a runaway success and kept the spectators glued to their seats. The football tournament has been growing from strength to strength with the participating teams increasing in the Men, Women, Veterans Men and Schoolboys category and the Hockey Tournament drawing outstation teams like the star studded Indian Oil Corp., and South Central Railway from the North and South Central Railway from the South respectively, in addition to the city top team making this rink hockey tournament larger and much more than just a local affair.
The games are getting bigger, better and drawing large crowds which we are sure will produce and keep producing champions who have emerged from these platforms offered by the WCG. The women have always been encouraged by the WCG with the Tourneys in Hockey and Football being closely fought affairs with more players and more teams participating, and several inquiries for more participation from outstation women teams.
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The Quadrangular Badminton Tournament featuring WCG, Catholic Gymkhana, SAISA and Bandra Gymkhana was another tourney held with the WCG team going down fighting to the Catholic Gymkhana team in a nail biting finish on our courts; however, the team not resting on their laurels went on to take part in the Inter Club Badminton tournament and finished yet again to be the runners up
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Another milestone and as mentioned earlier, the WCG can build and sustain our sports legacy by nurturing sports talent in the young and old by providing them a platform to participate; in an innovative tournament the WCG hosted and organized the first ONE DAY Parent Child Tennis tournament which was another runaway success. The parent child combination tennis event highlighted the child for once encouraging the parent to pull on and put forth his best in their quest to win the match and further progress in the tournament. There were parent child combinations from outside Mumbai going by the popularity of the WCG. This tourney was fully coordinated by our very own Olympian Merwyn Fernandis.
To promote and develop sporting interest among the young in an under 12 football tournament drawing more than 30 teams held on our tennis courts, the finalists were given a football each besides the trophies for the winners and runner up. This tourney witnessed a packed stand, filled with parents, fans, players and spectators.
For scouting talent and then moulding them into top class sports persons, we have the WCG Coaching Academies in Tennis, Badminton, Swimming, which have been growing and producing players who can compete at the top level in sports. At the WCG we wish to consolidate and leverage the existing sporting success and bring in more laurels and opportunities to budding sports persons.
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Our Honorary Life Members
Leander Adrian Paes
Paes has won eight doubles and ten mixed doubles Grand Slam titles. He holds a career Grand Slam in men's doubles and mixed doubles, and achieved the rare men's doubles/mixed doubles double at the 1999 Wimbledon tournament. His mixed doubles Wimbledon title in 2010 made him the second man (after Rod Laver) to win Wimbledon titles in three decades. Paes received the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award, India's highest sporting honor, in 1996– 97; the Arjuna Award in 1990; the Padma Shri award in 2001; and India's third-highest civilian award, the Padma Bhushan prize in January 2014, for his outstanding contribution to tennis in India. He won a bronze medal for India in singles in the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games. He competed in consecutive Olympics from 1992 to 2016, making him the first Indian and only tennis player to compete at seven Olympic Games. He is a former Davis Cup team captain, and holds the record for the most Davis Cup doubles wins with 43 victories (surpassing Nicola Pietrangeli's 42).
M.M. Somaya
A former field Hockey player having represented India at three Olympics, 2 - World Cups, 2 – Asian Games. He is an Olympic Gold medalist at the 1980 Moscow Summer Olympic Games. Having gone on to play two more Olympic Games, i.e. the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Olympic Games, and the 1988 Seoul Summer Olympic Games. He was the captain of the 1988 Olympics team. He has also represented India at two World Cups and two Asian Games. In 2007, Somaya was bestowed the Life Time Achievement award by the Petroleum Sports Promotion Board. He is also a recipient of Arjuna Award and the Shri Chhatrapati Award. He has played over 200 International Matches and selected for the World XI & Asian All Star Team. He has retired as Director Aviation from Bharat Petroleum.
Dhanraj Pillay
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Achievements: · Four times Olympian, 4 World Cups, 4 Asian Games · Member of World Eleven side during the 1994 World Cup · Padma Shri in 2000, Arjuna Awardee, Shiv Chhatrapati Awardee · Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award (1999) Dhanraj Pillay has been one of the best all time Hockey players of India and also one of the most popular ones the game has ever produced in the nation. He has been the only Hockey player who has participated in 4 Olympic Games (held in the years 1992, 1996, 2000 and 2004), 4 World Cup Tournaments (held in 1990, 1994, 1998 and 2002, 4 Champions Trophy Tournaments (held in 1995, 1996, 2002 and 2003), and 4 Asian Games (held in 1990, 1994, 1998 and 2002). He also served as the Captain of the Indian Hockey team for some time and led the team to victory in Asian Games 1998 and Asia Cup Hockey 2003. Dhanraj was the highest goal scorer in the Hockey event at Bangkok Asian Games 1998, and has been the only Indian player to appear in the World Eleven team at Sydney World Cup Tournament 1994.
As an honour to his extraordinary excellence and devotion towards the game of Hockey and his contribution towards the nation through his efforts made in the game, the highest sporting honour of India, the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna was bestowed upon Dhanraj Pillay by the Government of India for the year 1999-2000, and was honoured by the Padma Shri award in 2000. At the Champions Trophy tournament 2002 held at Cologne, Germany, he was named the Player of the Tournament. He has always been a great support to our Gymkhana in the field of Promotion & Development of Sports. WCG Sports Heroes
No. Member Name Awards 1 Adrian Dsouza Olympian/Arjuna Awardee 2 Angela Dsouza Asian Games/Shiv Chhatrapati Awardee 3 Avitus Dcruz International Padmashree/4 times Olympian and Rajiv Gandhi 4 Dhanraj Pillay Khel Ratna 5 Edward Sequeira Olympian/Arjuna Awardee 6 Godfrey Pereira International and Shiv Chhatrapati Awardee 7 Iqbaljeet Singh Grewal Olympian 8 Joaquim Carvalho Olympian/Arjuna Awardee 9 John Correia International 10 Leander Paes Olympian/Arjuna Awardee 11 M.M. Somaya Triple Olympian/Gold Medalist and Arjuna Awardee 12 Mervyn Fernandis Triple Olympian/Gold Medalist and Arjuna Awardee 13 Vandana Rao Carvalho Olympian/Arjuna Awardee 14 Viren Rasquinha Olympian/Arjuna Awardee 12 | Annual Report 2019-2020
Housie: Percival Aguiar WCG No.1, or the Bamboo door at 54, or maybe just that unlucky 13! Either one could win you the jackpot, if you were at WCG on Saturday evenings or maybe even Thursdays…why not? The Housie at WCG has become the go-to place on Saturday evenings, or even Thursdays for that matter. Housie enthusiasts from all corners of Mumbai make a beeline to WCG. Young, and not so young, members and guests - it's a game they all enjoy, especially at WCG. Fair play, a friendly team, a great atmosphere and the best prizes; are just some, among the many other attributes to the Housie games at WCG. We are sure you don't want to miss out, so come, do join us when we start again. We would like to thank the Housie Subcommittee for their dedication and time committed on at least two days every week, through the year.
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Food & Beverage: Colin Coelho Before the lockdown, F&B was in overdrive. The caterer introduced many new items on the menu and held authentic food festivals like Mangalorean, Parsi and Goan. Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays saw our restaurant packed, bubbling with music amidst the clinking of glasses and clatter of cutlery! Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, our members and their guests were spoilt for choice between dining at the restaurant or enjoying a sumptuous meal on our newly reopened terrace under a starlit sky. Our F&B team also introduced a winter menu which brought back a lot of our old time favourites like steaks, sizzlers, pork chops and more. Recently, we appointed a new caterer, Udhan Hospitality Pvt. Ltd. Depending on notifications from the Government and until normalcy returns, they will be ready to start with a snack counter as we are in the process of renovating the kitchen. We would like to bid adieu to Aurum Foods, our outgoing caterer, and wish him the best in his future endeavours.
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Social & Cultural: Mimosa Almeida Pinto Halloween night in October was an incredibly colourful, fun filled successful event followed by An Affair to Remember in November which was a musical extravaganza featuring some of Mumbai's best singers, backed by an all star band, This jam-packed event was held under a thousand stars.
Gymkhana Day on December 3rd, and the feast of our patron saint -St. Francis Xavier, began with the Eucharistic celebration. The celebrants were Reverend Fathers Reuben Tellis & Savio De Sales. The celebration theme was ‘Blessed & Thankful’; Michael & Sunita & Desmond Taylor were in attendance to entertain members on the dance floor.
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The Christmas season commenced with the Special Children's Christmas Tree. Children from various special schools and orphanages were treated to an evening of fun, magic, dancing & gifts from Santa Claus. Terence Lewis was our celebrity guest. Carol night was filled with well-known choirs from across Mumbai that put everyone in the Christmas spirit. The highlight was the candle lit community carol singing.
Another event that is much in demand is the popular Christmas Bazaar. We had stalls selling everything from marzipan & milk cream to sorpotel, cakes, candles that had members spoilt for choice. The bazaar was even more interesting as members and guests heralded these Christmas shoppers with karaoke while they shopped.
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The Children’s Christmas Tree spread Christmas cheer to some 250 children with Santa in attendance. Christmas Dance set the pace with Rockin Marmalade who drew a packed dance floor. The music and ambience had people work up quite a sweat till the wee hours!
Let’s Be Friends, another traditional and extremely popular event at WCG had a packed Orchid hall, dancing to music by Getting Dizzy with D. New Year's Eve was wonderfully unique this year as WCG brought down the curtains on 2019 with the entire family - a first time for us and this of course was with a live band in attendance and a grand fireworks display.
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In mid January 2020, DJ Nelson kept our Senior Citizens Brunch rocking with good music and the games organised added to the excitement. Jazz night in late January was a night to remember. A rapt audience watched Samantha Noella and the Crooked Tailbones enthrall everyone with some well-known jazz standards.
. Valentines Ball was a scene set for a romantic night. A houseful danced, suited and booted, to soulful classics by Sensations with Mario & Nikita & won prizes galore.
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Carnival Fiesta was an evening of fun and dancing kickstarted with a colourful parade led by King Momo and Queen Mimi. Seven dance groups kept the crowd spellbound with their performances. Petula & No Strings Attached had everyone on the dance floor.
Women's Day Brunch saw well-known gynaecologist Dr. Rashmi Sequeira, ‘Mrs. India’ Deepa Jhaveri & The Sassy Songbirds set the tone for this lively afternoon brunch which celebrated woman power. Compere Darryl Loyola & DJ Nelson made our energetic women set the dance floor on fire!
Due to the lockdown, we have been reaching out to members through the online series of QuaranShine Sundays, a musical extravaganza where our own members are the performing stars.
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Projects: Maurice Caeiro In line with the Chairman’s vision, we have completed renovation on the badminton court, 2nd floor washroom, squash court, swimming pool and more. In the swimming pool the changing rooms, flooring, outdoor shower, exterior décor has been redone.
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The badminton and squash court have been painted, floors repaired and polished and the viewing gallery and the washrooms refurbished.
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The entrance has been overhauled and redesigned. The Statue of the Holy Family has been accentuated by repositioning it. Further the area in front of the statue has been revamped to accommodate additional parking space. Storm water drains have been reconstructed in the entrance area to prevent water logging.
Despite the space constraint, the washroom on the 2nd floor has been renovated adequately and creatively. Another very significant project undertaken and commenced in August 2020 is the total revamp of the electrical cabling and change of the old transformer and accessories.
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HR & Communications: Lorraine Martin This is an appropriate opportunity to put on record the commendable performance of the WCG staff who, during the most difficult days of the lockdown, came through for the WCG essential functions every day and this effort was always accompanied with a pleasing disposition and fervent commitment. You will be happy to know that WCG has put into effect the prescribed guidelines with respect to SOPs, and that all government directives are being implemented as directed. When staff report at WCG it is only in compliance with the SOPs and we make sure the health risk is minimised as far as possible. Health insurance for unionised staff has been implemented in the year under review. We are happy to inform you that Ernest Louis, a highly qualified, experienced HR professional and a long time WCG member, has accepted our invitation to the HR Subcommittee. Regarding Communications, most, if not all that you read from the WCG, is generated by Communications. Niam Gupta works closely with Communications particularly in the dissemination of messages, making certain that messages reach members on time every time! Today, members are more aware of the happenings at WCG as more members opt to receive the WCG notices via WhatsApp. WCG Staff Pre & Post Covid19
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Finance: Sunil Lobo
For the year ended, 31st March 2020, our total income was Rs 3,45,33,499. In FY 18, the income was Rs 3,44,87,966 and in FY 19 it was Rs 3,55,91,376. The drop in income was primarily from Investments. As you are aware, interest rates have fallen and for tax efficiency, we had in FY’19, invested in FMPs for a period of 3 years. Thus, the income would be received on maturity. Our total expenditure for FY’20 was Rs 4,08,99,028. The major expenditures were salaries/wages, depreciation and projects. Thus, we ended the year with a negative of Rs 63,65,529. This includes Depreciation of Rs 43,26,974 and Repairs & Renovations of Rs 17,50,871, which are non-cash items. An important point to note, is the interest accrued on FMP’s is 97.90 lakhs (PY was 41.39 lakhs). Thus, if we incorporate the same in the P&L, our net income would be positive. However, for tax efficiency, the income would be seen only on maturity. As on 31st Aug 2020, the income accrued is around Rs 1.33cr and we estimate it to be above Rs 1.7cr on maturity. This would result in a huge positive income, given the maturity of the FMPs in FY22. The Investment Committee did consider, to redeem existing investments to fund the expenses. However, given the low interest rate scenario, it did not want to take a reinvestment risk. For the FY 2021, we have taken various cost savings measures, given the Nil facility income as on the date of this report. On the Projects front, we have been raising funds from new memberships (like we did in FY19). Of the total amount of INR 1.6cr spent on projects; Rs 86,77,500 was from new membership. With respect to our corpus, the investment philosophy has been capital protection, investing primarily in AAA rated papers and tax efficiency. The total corpus as on FY’20 was Rs 27,45,27,376. You may be aware that there has been turmoil in the financial markets over the last 1.5 years. However, thanks to the expertise, periodic reviewing and dedication of the Finance & Investment sub-committee members, we are pleased to inform you that our investments are safe and sound. I would like to specifically thank Lancelot D’Cunha, Rohin Gracious, Zenoh D’Cunha, Neil Francisco and Stanley Lasrado for their support in ensuring our investments are safe and give decent returns. They spend a lot of time in periodic reviewing of the portfolio. On the Financial Accounts, I would like to mention that WCG is one of the few Gymkhanas who have completed their audited financials on time, despite the lockdown. Here, again I would specifically like to thank Stanley, Lancelot D’Cunha and the WCG finance staff - Dinanath Sawant, Gawde who despite difficulty in commuting, ensured the accounts were finalized, along with the auditor and GST consultant.
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Youth Committee: Niam Gupta Founded in 2018, by our Chairman, Rawlin Pinto, the agenda for the Youth Committee was to connect with the youth. In the last 2 years we have made WCG visible on social media and also provided digital solutions where needed. In addition to the original agenda, the portfolio currently extends to include marketing and corporate memberships. The Youth Committee led by Niam Gupta comprises Angelique Jacquet, Laura D’mello, Niall Reynolds & Wesley Almeida, and with the guidance of 3 members of the Managing Committee – Rawlin Pinto, Deanne Menon and Lorraine Martin. The Youth Committee has risen to assist wherever required such as IT Department, Social Committee, filtration of the membership database. We have managed a few sponsorships for the Carnival and QuaranShine.
During the COVID 19 pandemic, Niam was instrumental in successfully putting QuaranShine on social media, thereby ensuring that not only were our talented members visible around the world, but also that WCG’s visibility spread far and wide. Niam is on the Subcommittee of Social and additionally works closely with the Secretaries of various portfolios such as Communications, Sports & IT. As Head of the Youth Committee, Niam would like to appeal to all the youth to get involved with the Youth Committee and/or volunteer their time and talent to make the WCG better and bigger. That way, you will not only give back to the community, but you will also gain work experience and develop skills that will go a long way in enhancing your career.
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The Disciplinary & Grievance Committee The Disciplinary & Grievance Committee (D&GC) continues to be available to members. We are pleased to inform you that there were no issues that came up this year.
Information &Technology The Managing Committee is happy to announce a few technology upgrades that will improve accessibility, transparency and efficiency - ZOHO Cloud Based Application Software – we can now keep track of everything from simple tasks to complex projects for greater transparency and ease of functional reporting. Club Management System - This is a fully Integrated Single Source Club Management System with Android /IOS Application Interface.
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Reciprocal Arrangements
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Achievers Deepa Jhaveri was crowned ‘Mrs. India Earth 2019’ and won The Most Stylish Diva subtitle award. This 3-day contest was a tough battle and yoga and meditation kept Deepa on track and in focus. Deepa is the first standup comedian to win this title and she is also a mother to a teenaged daughter. This title has opened many opportunities for her as apart from widespread news coverage, Deepa has also been a Special Guest at Bluebop Café, Colours of Spring Art exhibition and other inaugural events.
Kiara D’Souza represented Maharashtra State for the Nationals at SGFI New Delhi in 2019. She is also the winner at the All India Tennis championship series at Harvest, Jossowal. Kiara is the Runner Up at AITA CS Under 18 Tennis Tournament at VAN Sports Gurgaon and lastly she has qualified to play International Tennis Federation Women’s 25K in November 2019. Kiara is a good role model and a shining star that young members can emulate.
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Deanne Rodrigues is a multi-award winner having won the Double Titles at the 26th GD Birla Masters 2019 and Inter-Club Badminton championship at Bombay Gym. In Feb 2019 she also won the Women doubles with Palkan Nagori Dave and mixed doubles with Ashutosh Pednekar.
Kumar Hinduja won the Yonex Sunrise Maharashta 28th Old Monk Veterans State Level Tournament 2020 held in Poona. He is also a winner of 60 + Category Doubles Runners Up and the 60+ Singles Runners Up
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Not Just Hockey for Mervyn Fernandis 1980 Gold Medal-Winning Olympian Fernandis clinches Gujarat Open Racquetlon Title in the 55-Plus Age Group, where he excelled in Table Tennis, Badminton, Squash and Tennis.
Mervyn Fernandis (Left) With Racquetlon India Sports Association President KK Cheema In Ahmedabad India's 1980 Moscow Olympics gold medal-winning hockey forward Mervyn Fernandis, 60, is making quite a racket in the racquet sports arena. After finishing runner-up in the Men's Doubles Tennis event of the 60-plus category at Pune's Solaris Club earlier this year, and following it up with the Men's Doubles Gold at the All India Veterans tennis tournament in Nagpur, he has now clinched top honours in the Men's Singles (55-plus category) of the inaugural Gujarat Open Racquetlon Championships held in Ahmedabad in October 2019. Our Bridge Champions WCG participated in the 2nd Bombay Gymkhana Invitational Inter-Club Bridge tournament 2020 held at the Bombay Gymkhana in February 2020. After playing 7 rounds of Swiss League, WCG finished first among the 24 teams. In the finals of the Super League played between the 6 top teams of the Swiss League, WCG came a cropper in the penultimate round and eventually finished fifth. The WCG team comprised Rawlin Pinto, Ian Concessio, Marianne & Sandeep Karmarkar, Ivan Alphonso.
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