Flyleaf BRIGADE GROUP’s Calendar 2010 January—Front BRIGADE GROUP’S CALENDAR 2010 M T W T F S S January 2010 1 2 3 NEW YEAR 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 MAKARA SOLAR ECLIPSE SANKRANTHI 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 BRIGADE GROUP For a better quality of life, 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 upgrade to Brigade REPUBLIC DAY January—Back BRIGADE GROUP’S CALENDAR 2010 Swimming Stone Age paintings in Egypt seem to show human figures swimming; as does a Nagoda bas-relief dating back to 3000 BC. Obviously, we’ve been Image: dryswimtrainer.com swimming since pre-history, but swimming as a competitive sport probably originated in the early 1800s in Europe. In the HULKUL BRIGADE CENTRE, first modern Olympic Games THE CORPORATE OFFICE in 1896, swimmers competed in the choppy waters of the One of India’s leading property developers Mediterranean Sea. A 100- Brigade is an established name, with a reputation for innovation, quality metre pool was built for the and trust. Our diverse portfolio in property development covers residential, Games of 1908. Swimming is commercial and hospitality domains in South India. With a strategy that focuses Learning breaststroke (1921). now a star Olympic event. on leveraging our experience, expertise and established track record, Brigade Bangalore has been in the forefront of Indian swimming. Our Group is poised to achieve new heights in both real estate and hospitality. own Shikha Tandon, Rehan Poncha and Aaron D’Souza are among Our vision to provide world-class living and working environments has the best in the country. Incidentally, they have been recipients of the been strengthened by our ISO 9001:2008, ISO 14001:2004 (Environmental Brigade Group-Rotary Bangalore Midtown Young Achiever Awards. Management System) and OHSAS 18001:2007 (Occupational Health and Governing body: The Fédération Internationale de Natation Safety Assessment System) certifications. Brigade featured in the prestigious (FINA) is the world governing body for aquatic sports: pool “200 Best Under a Billion Dollar” Forbes’ List for the Asia Pacific region swimming, diving, water polo, synchronised swimming, open water in 2008. In a poll by Construction World, Brigade was recognised as one of swimming and master’s swimming. FINA has 201 member countries. India’s Top Ten Builders for the third consecutive year. In 2009, we received Common strokes in the “Regional Developer of the Year—South” Award from Realty Plus. swimming: Front Crawl, Butterfly, Backstroke, BRIGADE’S DIVERSE PRODUCT MIX: Breaststroke, Freestyle, «>ÀÌiÌÃÊEÊ6>ÃÊUÊ/Üà «ÃÊUÊ"vvViÃÊUÊ/Ê*>ÀÃÊUÊ- <ÃÊUÊ ÕLÃÊEÊ,iÃÀÌÃÊUÊÌià Ê-iÀÛVi`Ê,iÃ`iViÃÊUÊ ÛiÌÊ iÌÀiÊUÊ>ÃÊEÊÕÌ«iÝÊUÊ-V à Snorkeling, Sidestroke, ", ÊUÊ ÊUÊ 1,ÊUÊ9 , Fin Swimming, Dog- " ÊUÊ ", ÊUÊ9-", paddling, Combat Stroke Corp. Office: Brigade Enterprises Limited, and Individual Medley. Hulkul Brigade Centre, 82, Lavelle Rd, Bangalore 560 001, INDIA Some major tourna- Ph: +91-80-4046 7600 / 41379 200 Fax: +91-80-22210784 [email protected] Chikmagalur:Ê>`ÕÀÊ Û>Ã]Ê"««°ÊÕÌ>Ê6iÜÊ-V ]Ê6`Þ>>}>À]Ê >}>ÕÀÊxÇÇ£äÓ ments: Olympic Games, Kochi:Ê °ÊÎÉxÎ]Ê*ÌÊ °ÊÓ£Î]Ê*>>«>ÞÊ >}>À]ÊV °Ê* \Ê+91-484-4044494 Commonwealth Games, European Championships and the World Dubai: P.O. Box No. 49191, #708, Atrium Centre, Bank Street, Bur Dubai Swimming Championships. Ph: -04-355 5504 Mob: 050-1888604 Fax: -04-355 5541 [email protected] Some leading swimmers: Michael Phelps, Matthew Nicholas brigadegroup.com Biondi, Ian James Thorpe, Jennifer Elisabeth Thompson. India: Bula Chowdhury, Khazan Singh, Mihir Sen. Holidays / Festivals in January Trivia: The Orthlieb Pool in Casablanca, Morocco, is the world’s 1 New Year’s Day (R, RB) largest swimming pool, measuring 8.9 acres (1,574’ l x 246’ w). It is 9 Second Saturday (S) filled with salt water. 14 Makara Sankranthi / Pongal (S) S—State C—Central 24 Madhavanavami (R) R—Restricted 1 ©BRIGADE GROUP 26 Republic Day (C, S) RB—Restricted in Brigade February—Front BRIGADE GROUP’S CALENDAR 2010 M T W T F S S February 2010 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 BRIGADE 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 BRIGGROUADP E For a betterGR quOUalitPy of life, upgrade to Brigade For a better quality of life, upgrade to Brigade February—Back BRIGADE GROUP’S CALENDAR 2010 Archery We introduced Bangalore to a luxury called “enclave”... The use of sharp projectiles as weapons dates back to prehistory; the bow seems to have been invented by about 9000-8000 BC. Archery Brigade pioneered the concept of ‘integrated enclaves’ in Bangalore. features in the mythologies of many cultures. Archery feats and Conceptualised as self-contained communities, these enclaves contain apartment complexes, commercial and retail spaces, hotels, clubs, parks, tournaments played water bodies, schools and parking facilities. a crucial role in both the Ramayana and the Mahabharata. Image: en.wikipedia.org Until the invention of gunpowder, archery was an important military and hunting skill in many civiliza- tions. Archery first A panel, dated 1496, depicting archery in England. From a book by Joseph Strutt (1801) titled ‘The sports appeared as a sport and pastimes of the people of England from the in the 1900 Olympic BRIGADE METROPOLIS, MAHADEVAPURA, WHITEFIELD RD earliest period’. Games in Paris, Brigade Metropolis, Mahadevapura, Whitefield Road but was dropped in 1920 due to lack of uniform rules. With the 40-acre integrated enclave, close to the IT hub implementation of standardised rules, Archery reappeared at the £Èää³ÊÕÝÕÀÞÊ«>ÀÌiÌÃÊUÊ-ÕÌÊ£Ê>`ÊÓÊ"vwViÊ/ÜiÀÃÊUÊ,i}iÌÊ ÕL Munich Games in 1972. ÀV>`ip- ««}Ê iÌÀiÊUÊ*ÀÛÃÊvÀÊ>ÊEÊÕÌ«iÝ Governing bodies: The Federation Internationale de Tir a The Brigade International School nearby l’Arc (FITA) was founded in 1931 in Switzerland. The International Brigade Gateway, Malleswaram-Rajajinagar Crossbow-shooting Union, founded in Germany in 1956, is the world 40-acre lifestyle enclave, right within the city governing body for crossbow target shooting. There are 137 member £Óää³ÊÕÝÕÀÞÊ«>ÀÌiÌÃÊUÊ>>`iÊ>iÊUÊ>>ÝÞÊ ÕLÊUÊ ÀÌ Ê-Ì>À\Ê"vwViÊ/ÜiÀ associations. / iÊ À}>`iÊ-V ÊUÊ- iÀ>ÌÊ >}>ÀiÊÌiÊUÊ ÕL>ÊÃ>ÊëÌ> Types of competitive archery: Target, 3D, Clout, Crossbow, "ÀÊ>\Ê,iÌ>Ê>VÌÞ Flight, Ski, Popinjay, Field, Beursault Field, Hunter and Animal rounds. * \Ê+91-80-40467600/41379200ÊÊÊÊÊ>Ý\Ê+91-80-22210784 [email protected] Some major tournaments: Olympics, Commonwealth Games, brigadegroup.com Target World Championships, FITA World Outdoor Target Archery Championships. Some leading players: Hubert Van Innis, Kim Su-Nyeong, Conversion Factors Julien Brulé. India: Limba Ram, Satyadev Prasad, Tarundeep Rai, Jayant Talukdar and Dola 1 inch = 2.54 cm 1 sqm = 1.196 sq yards 1 foot = 30.48 cm 1 sq yard = 0.836 sqm Banerjee. 1 metre = 3.281 feet 1 acre = 43560 sft Trivia: Archery (Dha) 1 yard = 0.914 metre 1 acre = 0.4047 hectare is the national sport 1 km = 0.621 mile 1 hectare = 2.471 acres 1 mile = 1.609 km 1 HP = 0.746 K W of Bhutan. Competitions 1 sqm = 10.764 sft feature two teams in traditional dress shooting at small wooden targets placed 140 m apart (the Holidays / Festivals in February Olympic standard is 50 m). 12 Mahashivaratri (R, RB) S—State C—Central 13 Second Saturday (S) R—Restricted 2 ©BRIGADE GROUP 27 Id-Milad (C, S) RB—Restricted in Brigade March—Front BRIGADE GROUP’S CALENDAR 2010 M T W T F S S March 2010 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 CHANDRAMANA UGADI 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 BRIGADE GROUP For a better quality of life, 29 30 31 upgrade to Brigade March—Back BRIGADE GROUP’S CALENDAR 2010 Billiards Luxury living options in Bangalore Traditionally, ‘billiards’ has been used to describe a variety of ‘cue sports’—games played on a billiard table with cue sticks. However, the Image: georgiaindex.net specific games referred to depend on ARTIST’S IMPRESSION country, dialect and context. Dating back to the 15th century, table billiards soon became extremely popular with French and British nobility and gentry. It is likely that it came to America with Dutch and English settlers. BRIGADE CRESCENT, NANDIDURG ROAD The different types of billiards: Billiards could be called a distant Brigade Crescent, Nandidurg Road Carom or French billiards (includes relative of croquet or golf— Premium 3- and 4-bedroom luxury apartments since all cue games are believed balkline and straight rail, cushion to have evolved from outdoor Brigade Petunia, Jayanagar-Banashankari caroms, three-cushion billiards and stick-and-ball lawn games (later named ground billiards). Spacious 3- and 4-bedroom premium residences artistic billiards); Pool (includes eight- ÌÃÊvÊ«iÊë>ViÃÊUÊÕÌiÛiÊVÕL ÕÃi ball, nine-ball, straight pool, one-pocket and bank pool); Snooker; «iÊ«>À}ÊUÊ ÝÌiÃÛiÊ>`ÃV>«} a variety of obscure games that make use of obstacles and targets, Brigade PalmSprings, Brigade Millennium Road, J.P. Nagar and table-top games played with disks instead of balls. ÝVÕÃÛiÞÊÎLi`ÀÊ>«>ÀÌiÌÃ]ÊÃiÌÊÊ>ÊÜiViVÌi`Ê>Ài> Governing body: The ÕL ÕÃiÊUÊ-Ü}Ê«ÊUÊ*>ÀÌÞÊ>Ài>ÃÊUÊ>`ÃV>«} World Confederation of Billiard Sports is the international Brigade Courtyard, /Ê>Ê,>` ÓÊ>`ÊÎLi`ÀÊ>«>ÀÌiÌÃÊUÊ*ÀÛ>ÌiÊÌiÀÀ>ViÊvÀÊi>V Ê>«>ÀÌiÌ umbrella organisation encom- Ê ÕL ÕÃiÊUÊ-Ü}Ê«ÊUÊ>`ÃV>«i`ÊViÌÀ>ÊVÕÀÌÞ>À` passing the major cue sports (billiards-type games), includ- UPCOMING PROJECTS ing carom billiards, pool games of several varieties, and Brigade Exotica Brigade Omega Ol`Ê>`À>ÃÊ,`]Ê i>ÀÊ Õ` }iÀiÊ ÀÃà Thurahalli, Off Kanakapura Rd snooker. Founded in 1992, it 3- and 4-bedroom luxury apartments 2- and 3-bedroom luxury apartments Billiards at The Woodrose Club, now has 148 affiliated national Brigade Millennium enclave, Bangalore federations.