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GymOctober -M Novembera 2018 g Chennai | Kanchipuram | Vellore www.pachaiyappas.in 044-28155455 COMMITTEE MEMBERS CONTENTS & PORTFOLIOS From the President’s Desk 4 PATRON: Lt.General ST UPASANI, SM., VSM All the President’s Men 6 PRESIDENT: MR. C. VENUGOPAL** [email protected] / 99520-07711 Snapshots of the 1st General Golf, Legal, Gym Mag & Website Committee Meeting 8 VICE PRESIDENT: Mr. SANJAY SHROFF** From the Hon. Secretary’s Desk 10 Library & Gym 3S Green Is The Way To Go 11 VICE PRESIDENT: BRIG. V.N. SAWANT**# [email protected] / 96380-38800 How To Get Into Green Living and 12 HONORARY SECRETARY: DR. T. GUNASAGARAN** Self Sustaining Homes By Spending Less [email protected] / 94421-26998 Honeymoon Capital Of The World 13 HONORARY TREASURER: MR. K. PARTHASARATHY** [email protected] / 98845-90999 Shifting Sands 14 Finance & Accounts and Software N. KUMAR** The Emperor of All Mind Sports 15 [email protected] / 98410-31562 Cricket & Gymnasium Events 16 M. FAZAL MOHAMMED** [email protected] / Benefits of Swimming 21 98410-21234 House, Residential Quarters, Garden and Environment Reena's Recipes 22 ARVIND C. MEHTA [email protected] / 98410-19475 Chess, Table Tennis & Darts Andaman and Nicobar Islands Unraveled 25 K. MANIKANDAN News Round-up 26 [email protected] / 94442-42671 Catering Capt. S. SESHADRI (Retd.) [email protected] / 99403-00006 Entertainment SURENDRA KUMAR CHORDIA [email protected] / 98844-36000 MADRAS GYMKHANA CLUB Bar The Island, Anna Salai, Chennai 600002 email: [email protected] | [email protected] VIGNESH BHASKER www.madrasgymkhana.com [email protected] / 94887-60003 Tennis GOLF ANNEXE, GUINDY: VIKRAM JALAN Phone: 22350319, 22300093 | mgcgolﬂ[email protected] [email protected] / 98403-72929 ** Swimming, Billiards & Snooker and Children’s Park General Manager: Mr. R. Manoharan | Ph: 9962072788 VINAY KUMAR SYAL Enquiries: Oﬃce, Party booking, Catering and Accomodation [email protected] / 98410-10747 Bridge 25364320, 25368160/8/9 ** COL. S. KARTIK# Published by Dr. T. Gunasagaran, Honorary Secretary [email protected] / 83008-28137 Managing Editor: Mr. C. Venugopal, President COL. GAUTAM ROY# GYM MAG is a bi-monthly magazine exclusively for circulation [email protected] / 98009-97474 among the members of the Madras Gymkhana Club. ** MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE # MEMBERS NOMINATED BY GOC 3 FROM THE PRESIDENT’S DESK My Dear Fellow Members, Compliments of the Season! First of all, I wish to very sincerely & whole heartedly ‘THANK YOU’ for electing me as the President of our prestigious Club. Your confidence in me has me deeply humbled, doubly motivated and all the more committed to uphold the pride and prestige of this great institution. I thank all the Past Presidents and Committee Members with whom I have worked. They played a very vital role in preparing me for taking up the responsibilities of this coveted post. I am fortunate to have a very dedicated and dynamic Team of Committee Members who have already formed their Sub-Committees and are in the process of bringing you various activities and improvements in their respective portfolios to keep you entertained all through the operational year. Being my first communication as President to all our Members, I wish to share with you some aspects of my larger vision for improving your experience at our Club: 1. You will see a fully restored and renovated Main Lobby by the end of February 2019. 2. The fully renovated kitchen is almost ready and will be operational in about two months’ time. 3. The process to appoint an experienced Executive Chef who will be overall in-charge of procurement, catering and service is already underway. This practice of having an experienced Executive Chef is in keeping with International Hospitality Standards and will go a very long way in changing your dining experience at our Club. 4. The long-time demand by the Members to have place for Indoor Games like Chess, Darts and Table Tennis and Courts for the Badminton & Squash also will be met with shortly. 5. The renovation of the Family Dining Room (RENDEZVOUS) will commence in January 2019 and will be available for use by June 2019. 6. An ‘All Day Dining Facility (PATIO)’ facing our expansive beautiful Main Lawn and renovation of the Island Lounge are also under planning and will try to have these operational by September / October 2019. 7. You will also see a face lift for the Children’s Park very soon. 8. At the MGC Golf Annexe, the planning for renovation & up-gradation of the facilities for Golfers at the 11th Hole has already started and will be ready for inauguration by March 2019. 9. On the Staff Welfare front, the work for a Staff & Workers Dining Room with attached toilet is also to be taken up shortly. The above improvements are being facilitated by ensuring smart usage of space available. I am also taking steps to ensure that all the above improvements are carried out under the expert advice of an Experienced Honorary Panel of Professionals drawn from our own Club Members to ensure the aesthetic & technical correctness with transparency while facilitating. 4 FROM THE PRESIDENT’S DESK I strongly believe that we need to preserve our Club for our future generations and will take all steps for the same. Improvement is a continuous process which can be brought in only by hard work and sustained efforts. Members are our strength and their cooperation is absolutely necessary to complete each project successfully. Some minor inconveniences are bound to occur during the course of improvement works and I look forward to the cooperation of all Members to enable us to complete these projects in a time bound manner. With the festive season fast approaching, the Entertainment Sub-Committee along with the Catering Sub-Committee is actively planning to bring you a range of programmes like Kids Carnival, Carols Night, Boxing Day, New Year Celebrations, Pongal & Republic Day Celebrations. The Bar Sub-Committee has already successfully conducted Nadisha Thomas Barnite and pepped up the Friday & Saturday DJ nites with special offers on all the premium brands. A Karaoke night every alternate Wednesday at the Mixed Bar is also scheduled from December 2018. The screening of an average two feature films every month is going on uninterruptedly. GYM 3S has conducted two “Talks” by eminent speakers. The Library Sub-Committee had organised a story telling and Cupcake decorating session by Children to celebrate the Children’s Day in memory of Cha-Cha Nehru. The Cricket Sub-Committee conducted the annual ‘6 A Side Tournament’ on Saturday, 24th November 2018. ‘Madras Gymkhana Club Inter Club Cricket Tournament for Singaram Trophy’ will commence on 5th January 2019. The Sub-Committees for Tennis, Chess, Darts & Table Tennis have drawn up their plans for the year 2018-2019 and promises to be a very competitive year for our players. Tennis has conducted the ‘Vasanth Chari Memorial Tournament’ in October 2018. You may be, perhaps, aware that the oldest Tournament (since 1878) continues to be played in the world is the Inter Club Golf Tournament played between the Bangalore Golf Club, Bengaluru and the Madras Gymkhana Club, Chennai. This time, this Tournament will be played in our Golf Courses in Chennai on 1st, 2nd & 3rd February 2019. The Gymnasium Sub-Committee introduced ‘YOGA CLASSESS’ and it has proved to be extremely popular. Hamsa Dorai Kannu Memorial Tournament was successfully conducted by the Bridge Sub-Committee in November 2018. Memberships are open to bring in new quality Members though only with thorough scrutiny and checks. On the demand by large number of Members, the GYM MAG which was being published in Digital Form for last two years is reverting back to its original Paperback Form. Hence forth, GYM MAG will be a bi-monthly publication. Members who wish to advertise in the GYM MAG may please contact the Club Office. As you can see, we have lined up so many improvements and activities for the year ahead and I shall keep you posted on the progress periodically through the pages of this Magazine and also through other communications. Let me conclude for the time being by wishing each one of you & your family members ‘MERRY CHRISTMAS & A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR’ Best regards, C.VENUGOPAL President 5 ALL THE PRESIDENT’S MEN (Know your committee members for 2018 - 2019) Mr. C. Venugopal President Mr. Sanjay Shroff Brig. V.N. Sawant Vice President Vice President Dr. T. Gunasagaran Mr. K. Parthasarathy Honorary Secretary Honorary Treasurer Mr. N. Kumar Mr. M. Fazal Mohamed Committee Member Committee Member All the above are members of the Executive Committee 6 ALL THE PRESIDENT’S MEN (Know your committee members for 2018 - 2019) Mr. Arvind C. Mehta K. Manikandan Capt. S. Seshadri Committee Committee Committee Member Member Member Surendra Kumar Vignesh Bhaskar Vikram Jalan Chordia Committee Committee Committee Member Member Member Vinay Kumar Syal Col. S. Kartik Col. Gautam Roy Committee Committee Committee Member Member Member Managing Committee: 2018 - 2019 7 FIRST GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING of 2018 - 2019 SNAPSHOTS Glimpses of the first General Committee Meeting of 2018 - 2019 Language has a silent impact... Those who speak rudely cannot sell honey, those who speak sweetly can even sell chillies. 8 PRESIDENT’S SHIELD On the evening of 16th September 2018, the outgoing President, Mr. S.B.P Anand Mohan SNAPSHOTS hosted a high tea/cocktail for the members of the MGC Golf fraternity and presented the traditional ‘President’s Shield.’ GYM MAG brings to you pictures from this celebrated event. Members of the Managing Committee for the year 2017-2018 gave a fitting farewell to the outgoing President Mr. S.B.P. Anand Mohan in a glittering function. Picture here shows the incoming President Mr.

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