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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
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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 >ÃÊEÊ ÕÌ«iÝÊUÊ-V Ã
Snorkeling, Sidestroke, ", ÊUÊ ÊUÊ 1,ÊUÊ9 , Fin Swimming, Dog- " ÊUÊ ", ÊUÊ 9-", 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"««°Ê ÕÌ>Ê6iÜÊ-V ]Ê6`Þ>>}>À]Ê >}>ÕÀÊxÇÇ£äÓ ments: Olympic Games, Kochi:Ê °ÊÎÉxÎ]Ê*ÌÊ °ÊÓ£Î]Ê*>>«>ÞÊ >}>À]Ê V °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
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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 £Èää³Ê ÕÝÕÀÞÊ«>ÀÌiÌÃÊUÊ-ÕÌÊ£Ê>`ÊÓÊ"vwViÊ/ÜiÀÃÊUÊ,i}iÌÊ ÕL Munich Games in 1972. ÀV>`ip- ««}Ê iÌÀiÊUÊ*ÀÛÃÊvÀÊ >ÊEÊ ÕÌ«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 £Óää³Ê ÕÝÕÀÞÊ«>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
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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>ViÃÊUÊ ÕÌiÛiÊVÕL 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. Brigade Sonata, Palace Rd Brigade Meadows Next toÊ ÕÌÊ >ÀiÊ i}i >>>«ÕÀ>Ê,`]Ê i>ÀÊÀÌÊvÊ Û} Some major tournaments: Commonwealth Games, World Pool 3-bedroom luxury apartments 1-, 2- and 3-bedroom apartments Masters. A ‘billiards’ category—which covers pool, snooker and carom—featured in the 2005 World Games, Germany. The 2006 Brigade Orchards iÛ>> > Asian Games also saw the introduction of a ‘cue sports’ category.
Some leading players: Michael Phelan, Ralph “The Showman” Ph: +91-80-40467600/41379200 Fax: +91-80-22210784 [email protected] Greenleaf, Eddie Taylor. India: Wilson Jones, Michael Ferreira, Geet brigadegroup.com Sethi, Pankaj Advani. Trivia: Prof. Harvey C. Lehman, of Ohio University, Athens, using over 10,000 players as subjects, discovered that billiards champions Holidays / Festivals in March
have the highest average age of any sport considered. The peak age 1 Holi (R, RB) of a billiards master is 34.35; the average age of the people who set 13 Second Saturday (S) records in billiards is 35.67. (Pankaj Advani is just 24!) 16 Chandramana Ugadi (S) S—State C—Central Ó{Ê -ÀÊ,>>>Û>Ê(C,S) R—Restricted 3 ©BRIGADE GROUP ÓnÊ > >ÛiiÀ>Ê>Þ>Ì Ê(S) RB—Restricted in Brigade April—Front Brigade Group’s Calendar 2010
M T W T F S S April 2010 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
19 20 21 22 23 24 25 BRIGADE GROUP For a better quality of life, 26 27 28 29 30 upgrade to Brigade
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Chess Residential and Commercial Projects in Mysore Chess is believed to have originated in India, during the reign of the Image: chesshistory.com Gupta dynasty. With expanding ARTIST’S IMPRESSION trade routes, the popularity of chess soon spread around
Morphy making a move against Louis Paulsen during the world—the the First American Chess Congress (New York, 1857). game reached Western Europe and Russia by at least three routes, the earliest having been in the 9th century. BRIGADE VANTAGE, VINOBHA ROAD Governing bodies: The Fédération Internationale des Échecs (FIDE) or World Chess Federation connects the various national chess Brigade Vantage, Vinobha Road federations around the world and acts as the governing body for Retail space international chess competitions. FIDE was founded in Paris in 1924 and now has 158 national associations. Brigade Point, Gokulam Road Titles and rankings: Grandmaster (GM), International Master Retail and Office space (IM), FIDE Master (FM), Candidate Master (CM) and Woman Brigade Sparkle, J.P. Nagar Grandmaster (WGM). 2- and 3-bedroom apartments Some major tournaments: FIDE Grand Prix Series, World Brigade Horizon, Siddhartha Layout Chess Championship, World Indivi- 2- and 3-bedroom luxury apartments dual School Championship, World Junior Chess Championship, World UPCOMING PROJECT: Blitz Championship, World Senior Brigade Palmgrove, Bogadi Road Championship, World Chess Villas, Townhouses and Rowhouses Olympiad. Some leading players: Garry
Kasparov, Robert “Bobby” Fischer, Mysore Branch: Brigade Point, Boris Spassky, Judit Polgar, Vladamir Gokulam Road, V.V. Mohalla, Mysore 570 002, INDIA. Kramnik, Anatoly Karpov. India: Ph: +91-821-2511239 Fax: +91-821-425 2239 [email protected] Viswanathan Anand, Humpy Koneru, brigadegroup.com Dibyendu Barua, P. Harikrishna. Trivia: In India, from the early 6th century, it has been known as ‘chaturanga’ (Shatranj in Hindi), a Sanskrit word meaning ‘four divisions’, standing for the divisions Holidays / Festivals in April
of the military: infantry, cavalry, elephants and chariotry. These early 2 Good Friday (C, S, RB) divisions slowly evolved into the chess pieces we are familiar with 10 Second Saturday (S) today: rook, pawn, knight and bishop. 14 Dr Ambedkar Jayanthi / S—State C—Central Soura Ugadi (C, S) / Vishu (R) R—Restricted 4 ©BRIGADE GROUP 20 Sri Ramanuja Jayanthi (R) RB—Restricted in Brigade May—Front Brigade Group’s Calendar 2010
M T W T F S S May 2010 31 1 2 MAY DAY 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
17 18 19 20 21 22 23 BRIGADE GROUP For a better quality of life, 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 upgrade to Brigade
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Basketball State-of-the-art office facilities by Brigade #ORPORATE /FlCES s )4"0/ &ACILITIES Basketball is the invention of Dr James Naismith, a professor and instructor of physical education in Massachusetts, USA. Looking for an indoor game to keep his students fit and occupied during ,/-/½-Ê *, --" the winter of 1891, he invented one based on rules from a children’s game ‘Duck on a Rock’. He called it Basket Ball. Senda Berenson, a physical education teacher at Smith College, modified Naismith’s rules for women
in 1892. , Ê,1 8]Ê /Ê/"7 -* Governing body: 4HE )NTERNATIONAL "ASKETBALL &EDERATION MORE COMMONLY KNOWN BY THE &RENCH ACRONYM &)"! (Fédération Brigade Rubix Internationale de Basketball Amateur), is the world governing body HMT Township for basketball. Established in 1989 and headquartered in Geneva, Retail and Offices it now has 214 member federations. Some major tournaments: &)"! 7ORLD #HAMPIONSHIP &)"! Summit 1 & 2 @ Brigade Metropolis Mahadevapura, Whitefield Road World Championship for Women, EuroLeague Basketball, European Up to 800,000 sft with larger plate for IT / ITES / BPOs Basketball Championships (EuroBasket), NBA Playoffs, NBA -«Ài>`Ê>VÀÃÃÊÓÊÌÜiÀÃÊViVÌi`ÊLÞÊÃÞLÀ`}iÃÊUÊ ÕÌiÛiÊV>ÀÊ«>À} Championship. ÀÊ«>ÌiÃ\ÊÓä]äääÊÃvÌÊÌÊ{ä]äääÊÃvÌÊUÊ`ÊVÕÀÌÊUÊÞÊUÊi«>` Variations of the game: Wheelchair basketball, Water basketball, Beach basketball, Dunkball, Slamball, Streetball, Unicycle basketball, North Star @ Brigade Gateway >iÃÜ>À>,>>>}>À Deaf basketball and Bankshot basketball. Some leading players: Michael Jeffery Jordon, Kareem Abdul >}>Ài½ÃÊÌ>iÃÌÊvwViÊLÕ`}ÊUÊÎäÊÃÌÀiÞà Most ideal for corporate headquarters / regional offices Jabber, Earvin “Magic” Johnson Jr, Wilt Chamberlain, Kobe Bryant, £ ÊÃvÌÊUÊÀ>`iʳ³ÊëiVwV>Ìà Karl Malone. i«>`ÊUÊiÛiÊV>ÀÊ«>À Trivia: 4HE lRST BASKET was literally that: it was a Brigade Point Õ>Ê,>`]Ê ÞÃÀi ‘peach basket’ that retained Office space of 25,000 sft and retail space of 10,000 sft its bottom, so that balls had
to be retrieved manually. Image: thehistoryofbasketball.com In 1906, peach baskets Ph: ³£nä{ä{ÈÇÈääÉ{£ÎÇÓää Fax: ³£näÓÓÓ£äÇn{ÊÊÊViÀV>JLÀ}>`i}ÀÕ«°V were replaced by metal brigadegroup.com hoops with backboards (the backboard was added because the audience who Holidays / Festivals in May
watched the game from the 1 May Day (C, S) balcony often created chaos 8 Second Saturday (S) by reaching for the ball). 16 Basava Jayanthi (C, S) S—State 18 Sri Sankara Jayanthi (R) C—Central 5 ©BRIGADE GROUP ÓÇÊ Õ`` >Ê*À>Ê(R) R—Restricted June—Front Brigade Group’s Calendar 2010
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Tennis State-of-the-art retail facilities by Brigade
Games of racket and ball (known as Real Tennis in " */Ê Image: en.wikipedia.org Great Britain, Royal Tennis in Australia and Court Tennis in the United States) originated from Orion Mall @ Brigade Gateway, Malleswaram-Rajajinagar Lawn tennis, 1887. From the pictorial collections a 12th and ÊviÃÌÞiÊ>ÊUÊ`>½ÃÊ>À}iÃÌÊÕÌ«iÝÊÜÌ Ê££ÃVÀiiÃ]Ê>>}i`ÊLÞÊ*6, of the Library of Congress, USA. 13th century V ÀÊÃÌÀiÃp >`>À]Ê7iÃÌÃ`iÊ>`Ê-Ì>ÀÊ >â>>À French handball game called Jeu de Paume or Game of the Palm. "iÊvÊÌ iÊ>À}iÃÌÊv`ÊVÕÀÌÊ>`ÊiÌiÀÌ>iÌÊâiÃÊÊ`> ÊÜ`iÊV ViÊvÊÀiÌ>Êë>Vià Tennis, as we know it today, is termed Lawn Tennis and originated in the United Kingdom in the late 19th century. The oldest surviving Arcade @ Brigade Metropolis, > >`iÛ>«ÕÀ>]Ê7 Ìiwi`Ê,>` tennis court in Great Britain is the Royal Tennis Court at Hampton / iÊi} LÕÀ `Êà ««}ÊV«iÝ]Ê`i>ÊvÀÊÀiÌ>ÊÃÌÀiÃÊ>`ÊÃ>ÊvwVià Court Palace, built by King Henry VIII in 1529. *À«Ãi` Mall @ Brigade Metropolis Other forms of tennis: Paddle tennis, Soft tennis, Squash tennis, Deck tennis, Beach tennis, Wheelchair tennis and Turbo tennis. Mall @ Banaswadi—Óxä]äääÊÃvÌÊV>ÌiÀ}ÊÌÊ>Ê«ÀiÕÊÃi}iÌ Governing body: The International Tennis Federation, established Premium Retail Space @ Residency Road—ÓÓ]äääÊÃvÌ in France in 1913, is the governing body of world tennis. It is made «ÀiÕÊÀiÌ>Êë>ViÊÊÌ iÊ i>ÀÌÊvÊÌ iÊVÌÞ up of 205 national tennis associations. Some major tournaments: The Grand Slam Tournaments Brigade Vantage @ Vinobha Road, Mysore—£xä]äääÊÃvÌÊ (Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon and US Open); ATP World Tour Masters, Large Format Store, OMR, Chennai—{Ó]äääÊÃvÌÊ Olympic Games. Some leading players: * \ʳ£nä{ä{ÈÇÈääÉ{£ÎÇÓääÊÊÊÊ>Ý\ʳ£näÓÓÓ£äÇn{ÊÊÊÊÀiÌ>JLÀ}>`i}ÀÕ«°V Rod Laver, Roger Federer, brigadegroup.com Pete Sampras, Bjorn Borg, John McEnroe, Jimmy WORLD TIMES >Ãi`Êʳ®ÊÀÊq®Ê`>Ê-Ì>`>À`Ê/iÊ-/® Connors, Steffi Graf, Martina Navratilova, Chris ÕÃÌÀ>> -}>«ÀiÊ Ó\ÎäÊ ³® Ê UÊ*iÀÌ Ê Ó\ÎäÊ ³® -ÕÌ ÊvÀV>Ê Î\ÎäÊ q® Evert, Serena Williams. Ê UÊ ÀÃL>iÊ {\ÎäÊ ³® / >>`Ê £\ÎäÊ ³® India: Vijay Amritraj, >Ê Ó\ÎäÊ ³® 1 Ê £\ÎäÊ q® Ramanathan Krishnan, iÀ>ÞÊ {\ÎäÊ q® 1 Ê x\ÎäÊ q® Leander Paes, Mahesh Bhupathi, Ramesh Krishnan, Sania Mirza. >«>Ê Î\ÎäÊ ³® 1-Ê>`Ê >>`> Trivia: Why is tennis scored the way it is? One theory is that iÞ>Ê Ó\ÎäÊ q® Ê UÊ*>VwVÊÌiÊ £Î\ÎäÊ q® ÕÜ>ÌÊ Ó\ÎäÊ q® Ê UÊ ÕÌ>ÊÌiÊ £Ó\ÎäÊ q® the number 60 was considered auspicious in medieval times, so >>ÞÃ>Ê Ó\ÎäÊ ³® Ê UÊ iÌÀ>ÊÌiÊ ££\Î äÊ q® the points were set at 15, 30, 45 (later changed to 40) and 60. Yet iÜÊ>`Ê È\ÎäÊ ³® Ê UÊ >ÃÌiÀÊÌiÊ £ä\ÎäÊ q® another theory has it that, as there was usually a clock at the end of }iÀ>Ê {\ÎäÊ q® the tennis court, scoring was based on quarter hours. Holidays / Festivals in June S—State C—Central 6 ©BRIGADE GROUP £ÓÊ -iV`Ê->ÌÕÀ`>ÞÊ-® R—Restricted July—Front Brigade Group’s Calendar 2010
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Soccer Corporate Social Responsibility
Soccer, alterna- tively known as football or asso- ciation football, is Image: en.wikipedia.org the most popular form of football. The game has its roots in the traditional football games played all over Europe, par ticularly in medieval England. Soccer, as we Mob football, a 14th century predecessor of soccer and rugby. know it today, began with the formation of the Football Association in London in 1863. The Association standardised the rules of the game, for till then different clubs followed their individual codes and matches took Pavitra Chalam (documentary film maker) receives the Young Achiever Award 2009 from M. R. Jaishankar, CMD, Brigade Group, as Rtn Nagendra place only after rules of play were agreed upon. (District Governor, Rotary Bangalore Midtown) and Chief Guest Pankaj Advani (World Champion in Snooker and Billiards) look on. Governing body: The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) is the international governing body of soccer, with Over the 23 years of Brigade’s evolution, we have taken many initiatives as corporate citizens, in Bangalore and Mysore. 208 member associations. Some major tournaments: The FIFA World Cup (with an UÊ Developed and constructed the further extension of 24th Main Road in J.P. Nagar, Bangalore, now known as Brigade Millennium Road. audience double that of the Summer Olympics!), the European UÊ ÃÌÌÕÌi`Ê Ì iÊ >Õ>Ê ÃÌ>ÌiÜ`iÊ 9Õ}Ê V iÛiÀÊ Ü>À`]Ê Ê >ÃÃV>ÌÊ Championship, South America’s Copa América (CONMEBOL), with Rotary Bangalore Midtown—to recognise the achievements of young African Cup of people in Karnataka (This is the fourth year since its institution). Nations (ANC), FIFA UÊ ÃÌ>i`Ê>ÊÃÌ>ÌÕiÊvÊ-Ü>Ê6Ûi>>`>Ê>ÌÊ1ÃÀ° Confederations Cup. «>ÀÌÊ vÀÊ Ì iÃi]Ê ÜiÊ >ÛiÊ >ÃÊ Õ`iÀÌ>iÊ Ài`iÛi«iÌÊ vÊ ÃÕÃ]Ê India: Durand Cup, renovation of police stations, adoption and beautification of parks and Federation Cup, traffic islands and setting up of public toilets. IFA Shield, Subroto Cup, Nehru Cup International Football Tournament, Santosh BRIGADE GROUP Trophy. For a better quality of life, Some leadings players: Pele, Diego Maradona, Zinedine Zidane, upgrade to Brigade
Ronaldo, David Beckham. India: Baichung Bhutia. Ph: +91-80-40467600/41379200 Fax: +91-80-22210784 [email protected] Trivia: The name ‘soccer’ was originally a slang abbreviation brigadegroup.com of the word ‘association’. Of the 45 national FIFA affiliates in which English is an official or primary language, only three (Canada, Samoa and the United States) actually use ‘soccer’ in their organisations’ Holidays / Festivals in July official names. 10 Second Saturday (S) S—State 24 Brigade Annual Day C—Central 7 ©BRIGADE GROUP 28 Shab-e-barat (R) R—Restricted August—Front Brigade Group’s Calendar 2010
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Golf Brigade’s luxury hotels… with international associates The origin of golf has In a pioneering initiative, Brigade been variously has entered into arrangements with attributed to the international hospitality brands like Image: leith-rules-golf.co.uk Roman game Starwood Asia Pacific Hotels & Resorts
of Paganica (1st ARTIST’S IMPRESSION for its Sheraton Bangalore and Sheraton century BC); the Mysore hotels; and with Intercontinental Chinese game Hotels Group (IHG) for the Holiday Inn, of Chuiwan (8 Bangalore International Airport. The Duke of York playing at Leith Links (17th century). to 14 century); Strategically located within the and several other games played in England, France, Persia and premises of Brigade Gateway, a lifestyle Netherlands. It is most likely that golf originated in Scotland around enclave, Sheraton Bangalore Hotel will the 12th century, with shepherds knocking stones into rabbit holes. be connected to the North Star Office That site is the location of golf’s most venerated club: the Royal and SHERATON BANGALORE HOTEL Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews. @ BRIGADE GATEWAY Tower and Orion Mall & Multiplex by Governing bodies: The R&A is the ruling authority of golf sky-bridges and will feature: four restaurants, a ball room, banqueting everywhere. In United States and Mexico, the US Golf Association facilities, health club, the renowned Angsana spa, and much more. (USGA) is the governing body of golf. The International Federation The Sheraton Mysore hotel will be Mysore’s first 5-star hotel, featuring of PGA tours is the trade body of the main men’s professional golf excellent business facilities, restaurants, hospitality space and banqueting tours. There are six full members. facilities. The Holiday Inn at Devanahalli is located very close to the Forms of golf: Match play, Stroke play, Skins, Stableford, Team Bangalore International Airport. Also planned is a hotel in Chennai. play (Foursome, Four-ball, Scramble, Greensome, Shotgun). Some major championships and tours: Men’s: The Masters, Ph: +91-80-40438000 [email protected] U.S. Open, British brigadehospitality.com Open, PGA, Japan Golf Tour, Asian Tour, PGA, European Tours. Women’s: LPGA Tour, U.S., (Kraft Nabisco Sunday 4:30 - 6:00 p.m. Championship, LPGA Monday 7:30 - 9:00 a.m. Championship, U.S. Tuesday 3:00 - 4:30 p.m. Wednesday 12:00 - 1:30 p.m. Women’s Open and the Women’s British Open), Ladies European Thursday 1:30 - 3:00 p.m. Tour, Evian Masters. Friday 10:30 - 12:00 noon
Famous golf courses: Augusta National, US; Pebble Beach, RAHUKALASaturday 9:00 - 10:30 a.m. US; Oakmont, US; St Andrews, Scotland, UK; Sunningdale, UK; Wentworth, UK. Some leading golfers: Sam Snead, Jack Nicklaus, Tiger Woods, Gary Player, Arnold Palmer, Phil Mickelson, Lorena Ochoa. India: Ali Sher, Arjun Atwal, Gaurav Ghei, Jeev Milkha Singh, Jyoti Holidays / Festivals in August
Randhawa, Shiv Kapur. 14 Second Saturday (S) Trivia: The world’s highest 9-hole golf course is in India—in the 15 Independence Day (C, S) lap of the Kanchenjunga, the third highest peak of the Himalayas. 20 Varamahalakshmi Vratha (R, RB) S—State C—Central (R, RB) 23 Thiruvonam / Rig Upakarma R—Restricted 8 ©BRIGADE GROUP 24 Yajur Upakarma (R) RB—Restricted in Brigade September—Front Brigade Group’s Calendar 2010
M T W T F S S September 2010 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 GANESH CHATURTHI / SWARNAGOWRI VRATHA 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
20 21 22 23 24 25 26 BRIGADE GROUP For a better quality of life, 27 28 29 30 upgrade to Brigade
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PHOTOGRAPH BY: CAPTAIN SURESH SHARMA Cricket Brigade Value Homes Affordable housing. Brigade Quality. C r i c k e t dates back Even those who thought they could not afford an to the 16th apartment, can buy one now. century and Image: en.wikipedia.org the reign of Brigade Value Homes projects will be located at: the Tudors. UÊÊ iÛ>> >p ÀÌ Ê >}>ÀiÊ By the 18th UÊÊ >>>«ÕÀ>Ê,>`Êi>ÀÊÀÌÊvÊ Û}®p-ÕÌ Ê >}>ÀiÊ c e n t u r y , UÊÊ ÞÃÀiÊ,>`Êi>ÀÊ i}iÀ®p7iÃÌÊ >}>ÀiÊ Club cricket in Sheffield, England, in 1821 (engraving). cricket had UÊÊ7 Ìiwi`ÊÊ °,°Ê*ÕÀ>p >ÃÌÊ >}>Ài
become the national sport of England and was spread further and Amenities:Ê-Ü}Ê«]Ê ÕL ÕÃiÊÜÌ Ê}Þ>ÃÕ]Ê`ÀÊ further afield—quite literally—with each colonial conquest. }>iÃÊÀ]Ê*>ÀÌÞÊ>Ài>]Ê >`ÃV>«i`Ê}>À`i]ÊTVÊViVÌ]ÊiÌV° Early institutions: The Hambledon Club was founded in the 1760s and, for the next 20 years until the formation of MCC and the ÀÊÀiÊ`iÌ>Ã\ opening of Lord’s Old Ground in 1787, was both the game’s greatest Ph: +91-80-4046 7600 Email: [email protected] club and its focal point. MCC became the sport’s premier club and the custodian of the Laws of Cricket. Governing bodies: The International Cricket Council (ICC) is the international governing body of cricket. Cricket is played in over 100 countries worldwide, the main ‘cricketing countries’ being Australia, Bangladesh, England, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, IMPORTANT PHONE NUMBERS (BANGALORE) Sri Lanka, West Indies and Zimbabwe. Main types of matches: A limit of 20 overs EMERGENCY SERVICES: Police 100 Fire 101 Ambulance 102 per side (Twenty20) to a game played over FIRE FIGHTING SERVICE: Central Control 2297 1600/550/500 5 days (Test cricket). HEALTH Some major tournaments: Test cricket: BLOOD BANKS: Rotary-TTK Blood Bank 2529 3486, 2528 7903 The Ashes, The Wisden Trophy (England CTC Sanjeevani 1062 and West Indies), Frank Worrell Trophy HOSMAT 25593796/7 Insignia of (Australia and West Indies). National cricket: Mallya Hospital 2227 7979 / 7997, 2224 2325 Brigade Group’s County Championship (England), Ranji cricket team Wockhardt 41994444 (Cunningham Road), 66214444 (Bannerghatta) Trophy (India), Plunket Shield (New Zealand), in KPL T-20 league Columbia Asia Hospital 3989 8969 (Yeshwantapur), 4179 1000 (Hebbal) Currie Cup (South Africa), Shell Shield (West Indies). Limited ‘One JUST DIAL (TALKING YELLOW PAGES): 2333 3333, 6999 9999 (all-India) day’ Overs: The Cricket World Cup. RADIO TAXI SERVICES: 2323 7191, 2323 8899 Some leading players: Donald Bradman, Garfield Sobers, Viv Richards, Brian Lara, Muttiah Muralitharan, Shane Warne, Wasim Akram. India: Kapil Dev, Sunil Gavaskar, Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Anil Kumble. Trivia: Bowling evolved around 1760 when bowlers began to Holidays / Festivals in September pitch the ball instead of rolling or skimming it towards the batsman. 1 Janmashtami (R) This caused a revolution in bat design because, to deal with the 3 Jumat-ul-Vida (R) bouncing ball, it was necessary to introduce the modern straight bat 7 Shab-e-Quadar (R) in place of the old ‘hockey stick’ shape. 10 Ramzaan (C, S, RB) S—State C—Central 11 Ganesh Chaturthi (C, S) R—Restricted 9 ©BRIGADE GROUP 21 Ananthapadmanabha Vratha (C, S) RB—Restricted in Brigade October—Front Brigade Group’s Calendar 2010
M T W T F S S October 2010 1 2 3 GANDHI JAYANTHI 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 MAHANAVAMI / VIJAYADASAMI AYUDHA POOJA
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
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Athletics Celebrate with Brigade Hospitality 7i``}ÃÊUÊ*>ÀÌiÃÊUÊ À«À>ÌiÊ ÛiÌÃ Organised athletics date back to the ancient Olympic Games from 776 BC. The tradition continued with the
Celts, Teutons and Goths >}i\ÊiÌ ÀÕiÃ}v°V°Õ participating in athletic contests. Between 1796- 1798, L’Olympiade de la République was held in -7 Ê*"" ÊJÊ11-/ "1,/9, ÊJÊ/ Ê7"" ,"- revolutionary France. A cen- tury later, athletics was a star event in the first modern Olympic Games. Main events: Running (Sprints, Middle and Long
Distance), Race-walking, ,Ê " 6 /" Ê /, 1 /",1 ÊJÊ ,Ê " 6 /" Ê /, Relays, Jumps (High Jump, Long Jump, Hurdles, Pole Hurdles in the 1900s. Located within Brigade Millennium enclave, J.P. Nagar 7th Phase, Vault), Throws (Javelin, Discus, Shot Put, Hammer), Multiple-Event the MLR Convention Centre and The Woodrose together present a suite Competitions including Pentathlon, Heptathlon and Decathlon. of delightful venues, with a unique modular plan and flexible services, Governing body: The International Association of Athletics to cater to celebrations of every scale and size. Federations (IAAF), founded in 1912, is the international governing The Woodrose is spread oveÀÊ£Ê> ÊÃvÌÊUÊ >µÕiÌÊ >ÊUÊ ÕvviÌÊ >Ê body for the sport of athletics. It has 212 member federations. UÊ ÕÌVÕÃiÊÀiÃÌ>ÕÀ>ÌÊÜÌ Ê>ÊL>ÀÊUÊ viÀiViÊÀÊUÊ« Ì i>ÌÀiÊ Some major tournaments: UÊ-Ì>ÌivÌ i>ÀÌÊÌV iÊUÊ/iÀÀ>Vi`ÊVÕÀÌyard Olympic Games, IAAF Outdoor World Championships, European Services ovviÀi`\Ê >ÌiÀ}ÊUÊ iVÀ>ÌÃÊUÊ->ÊEÊ-«> Championships,Pan-American Games, The MLR Convention CentreÊ ÕÃiÃÊ>Ê{näÃi>ÌiÀÊ>Õ`ÌÀÕÊ Commonwealth Games (being cond- UÊ viÀiViÊÀÊUÊ >À`ÀÊUÊ ÕvviÌÊ >ÊUÊÕiÃÌÊÀÃÊ>`ÊÃÕÌià ucted in Delhi in Oct. 2010). UÊ`i>ÊvÀÊÜi``}ÃÊ>`ÊVÀ«À>ÌiÊVviÀiVes Some leading players: Carl Also, Augusta Club @ Brigade Gardenia; Lewis, Jesse Owens, Wilma Rudolph, Galaxy Club @ Brigade Gateway and Regent Club @ Brigade Metropolis Michael Johnson, Yelena Isinbayeva, Uwe Hohn, Usain Bolt. India: Milkha Singh, P.T. Usha, T.C. Yohannan, Anju Ph: ³£nä{ä£nÓÓääÉ{£x [email protected] Bobby George, Jyotirmoyee Sikdar. woodroseclub.com Trivia: The marathon was originally conceived as an 1896 Olympic race to commemmorate the run of a soldier in 490 B.C. Holidays / Festivals in October
Pheidippides ran from a battlefield at the town of Marathon, Greece, 2 Gandhi Jayanthi (C, S) to Athens to deliver a message. Legend has it that after delivering 7 Mahalaya Amavasya (C, S, RB) the momentous message “Niki!” (“victory”), Pheidippides collapsed 9 Second Saturday (S) and died. 16 Mahanavami / Ayudha Pooja (C, S) S—State C—Central 17 Vijayadasami (C, S) R—Restricted 10 ©BRIGADE GROUP 18 Tula Sankramana (R) RB—Restricted in Brigade November—Front Brigade Group’s Calendar 2010
M T W T F S S November 2010 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 KANNADA NARAKA BALI PADYAMI RAJYOTSAVA CHATURDASI 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28 BRIGADE GROUP For a better quality of life, 29 30 upgrade to Brigade
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Badminton A game resembling badminton was played in China (500 BC) and, Brigade Homestead as a children’s Serviced residences across Bangalore game, in ancient 6 Ê," ÊNÊ9 ,ÊNÊ ", G r e e c e a n d Egypt. Expanding trade routes
Image: historyofbadminton.com brought the game to India. As it seems to have been extremely popular in the
garrison town , 1, Ê" -/ Ê, - -]Ê ", of Poona, it Brigade Group pioneered the concept of Serviced Residences in Bangalore, acquired the about 8 years ago. These properties are professionally managed by Brigade The British playing badminton in Poona in the 1800s. name Poonai. Hospitality, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Brigade Group. Brigade British troops stationed in India refined the game to its now familiar Homestead’s fully-furnished apartments provide business and leisure avatar and brought it to England in the 1860s. travellers the comfort of a hotel—at lower prices, with larger spaces. Over Governing body: The Badminton World Federation (BWF) is a the years, Brigade Homestead has had a steady flow of many happy guests, 160-member association that governs international badminton and who have enjoyed the privacy, flexibility and comfort it offers. develops the sport globally. Today, Brigade Homestead has an inventory of over 200 apartments in Main types of matches: Doubles, Singles, Mixed Doubles, Left- prime locations across Bangalore. And it has moved to the nex t level —with the handed Singles, Left-handed / Right-handed Doubles Pair. addition of Mercure Homestead Residences. Managed by Accor, the French Some major tournaments: Olympic Games, Commonwealth hospitality giant, Mercure Homestead Residences offers 126 luxury suites, Games, BWF World Championships, BWF Super Series, Thomas Cup, a gymnasium, swimming pool, day spa and two excellent restaurants. Uber Cup (Women), Sudirman Cup, Grand Prix Gold, Grand Prix. Records: Men’s Doubles player Tan Boon Heong of Malaysia set Facilities at Brigade Homestead include: the official world smash UÊ i}>ÌÞÊvÕÀà i`Ê>«>ÀÌiÌÃÊUÊ7iiµÕ««i`ÊÌV iiÌÌià record of 421km/h in UÊ âÞÊÀvÌ«ÊÕ}iÊUÊ iiÌ}Êë>ViÊUÊ «iÌ>ÀÞÊLÀi>v>ÃÌ UÊ*iÀÃ>Ãi`Ê>ÃÃÃÌ>Vi the Japan Open 2009.
S o m e l e a d i n g BRIGADE HOSPITALITY SERVICES LIMITED players: David G. Corp. offices: 82, 2nd floor, Hulkul Brigade Centre, Lavelle Road, Bangalore 560 001. Freeman, Rudy Hartono, Corp. off.: +91-80-40438000 Luluk Hadiyanto, Lin Ph: +91-80-41870700/22220966/68 [email protected] Dan, Taufik Hidayat, Ji Xinpeng, Poul-Erik homesteadbangalore.com Høyer Larsen, Zhang Badminton at The Woodrose Club, Brigade Millennium enclave, Bangalore. Ning, Bang Soo-hyun. Holidays / Festivals in November India: Prakash Padukone, Aparna Popat, Pullela Gopichand, Chetan 1Ê >>`>Ê,>ÞÌÃ>Û>Ê(S) Anand, Sania Nehwal. 5Ê >À>>Ê >ÌÕÀ`>ÃÊ ]Ê-® Trivia: Badminton appears to have got its name in 1873, when 7Ê >Ê*>`Þ>Ê ]Ê-® it was played at a party in Gloucestershire, England. The party was 13 Second Saturday (S) hosted by the Duke of Beaufort, at his country estate—known as £ÇÊ >À`Ê ]Ê-]Ê, ® Badminton House. Ó£Ê ÕÀÕ>>Ê>Þ>Ì Ê(R) S—State C—Central 23 Huthari (R) R—Restricted 11 ©BRIGADE GROUP Ó{Ê >>>`>Ã>Ê>Þ>Ì Ê(R) RB—Restricted in Brigade December—Front Brigade Group’s Calendar 2010
M T W T F S S December 2010 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 CHRISTMAS BRIGADE GROUP For a better quality of life, 27 28 29 30 31 upgrade to Brigade
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Hockey Quality education in an outstanding environment, Hockey is one the oldest known
Image: life.com sports; depictions of games played across three different schools. with a ball and cur ve d s t ick s have been found in 4000-year-old drawings from A bas-relief panel (circa 1800) depicting a hockey-like game Egypt. Variations being played in ancient Greece. of hockey have been played by many civilizations, but modern field hockey originated in 19th century Britain. British servicemen then took the game with them to their various colonies. (The first hockey clubs in India were formed in Calcutta, in 1885.) Women’s hockey developed separately from men’s. The International Rules Board was founded in 1895. Types of hockey: Field hockey, Ice hockey, Roller hockey (Inline and Quad) and Street hockey. Governing body: In 1924, the International Hockey Federation J.P. NAGAR was founded in Paris. It is hockey’s global governing body and Three co-educational schools has 127 member federations, spread across five continents. Three different locations and curricula Some major tournaments: Olympic Games, Commonwealth One approach and vision
Games, Pan American Games, Asian Games, World Cup, Junior WHITEFIELD ROAD World Cup, Champions Challenge, Champions Challenge II, The Brigade Schools are established Champions Trophy. and managed by Brigade Foundation, Some leading players: Wasim Ahmad, Sohail Abbas, a not-for-profit Trust established by T. Taekema, Tuen De Noijer, Jamie Dwyer. India: Ajit Pal Singh, Brigade Group. MALLESWARAM-RAJAJINAGAR Balbir Singh Sr, Dhanraj Pillay, Dhyan “Chand”, Gagan Ajit Singh, K.D. Singh Babu, Leslie Claudius, Mohammed Shahid, Udham Singh. Trivia: The Teddington cricket club in England is credited with developing hockey into its modern form in 1871. Club members felt the Administrative Office: Brigade Foundation, 34, Cunningham Road, Bangalore 560052. need for winter exercise, Ph: +91-80-41148397/98 but weren’t keen on the obvious choice: football. Ph: +91-80-41301390/65602626 Fax: +91-80-4130 1391 [email protected] brigadeschools.org So they created a ‘stick’ game, broadly based on the rules of football and played on the smooth outfield of their cricket pitch. They used a Holidays / Festivals in December cricket ball for its smooth and predictable motion. 11 Second Saturday (S) S—State 17 Last Day of Muharram (C, S) C—Central 12 ©BRIGADE GROUP 25 Christmas (C, S) R—Restricted