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MANAGING COMMITTEE

Mr. Ranjit JacobPresident

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Mr. ChandramouliImmediate Past President

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Mr. R. RamachandranVice President

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Mr. Anil NairHony. Secretary

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THE PRESIDENCY CLUB NEWS

Dear Members,The EGM on July 4th, 2008 was interesting with all theresolutions being passed unanimously. This shows theconfidence that the members have in the management! As Sherlock toldWatson - ̀ we must be doing something right'.

Members night on, Saturday, July 12th, was a great occasion for seniormembers to meet and catch up with old times and for new members tomake new friends! The arrangement and décor were par compare and thefood delectable. There was wide variety of entrainment - something foreverybody. Kudos to the committee for working together as a ̀ team' anddoing a grand job.

The staff of the club and the catering department, in particular, deservesspecial mention.

It was disappointing that many of the members who warned in for dinner didnot turn up. Members must understand that for every reservation, effort is putin terms of seating, catering, logistics etc. Members should show the commit-ment to be present, once they have sent in their warn in/registration.

Our ambition to host an Inter Club Music event is finally a reality. The day ishere! Watch out or Presidency ~ Karlsburg Karaoke Inter Club Singing Festivalon Thursday August 14th, Sat the 23rd and Sat the 30th August. The Finals willincidentally coincide (?)with the 2nd birthday of The I Bar (Turns 2 in August2008. Yeah, time flies!) and the finals on 30th will be held at The I Bar.

Kettengala. Kettengala!!! The new Tandoori Kitchen is now operational (did Ihear you say: ̀ finally !? '). Thank you for holding up!

The Guest House room renovations (8 regular rooms, 16 Deluxe Rooms and2 State of the art Super Deluxe Rooms) is complete. MIC Mr. G. Suresh hasdone a truly wonderful job. Congrats- Suresh!

The Guest House was such a vital and important project hence we had tokeep some other dear projects on hold. Now with that behind us, we canfocus our attention on to other areas. As our next project, we are on withthe renovation of the Cards room and (the long overdue) renovation of theEmerald Room. In the interim, the Cards room will move to Safire Hall andChildren will be allowed in Crystal Room.

On Projects, I do believe that the way to more forward in current times, is toraise the levels of Infrastructure at the club. This is no easy task, but beassured that the process is on. Wait & Watch!

With warm regards,

Anil NairHonorary [email protected]* more inside


August 2008 CLUB CLASS2



The I Bar becomes 2 shortly. The Second Anniversary

falls on August 26th, 2008. Going down memory

lane, here’s The I Bar Story…

For ages, once the members at the then existing

The Island Bar when they finish with decimating the

lousy weather and cursing the ruling government,

inevitably the subject turns to renovation of the bar.

Members felt that this was long overdue! The Island

Bar was certainly the best in its Class when it was

first inaugurated and stood as a fine bar for most of

its life span, but over the years it had weathered and

needed a whole new look. It needed an adrenaline

shot!

This cry for change from members was taken up in

right earnest by the then sitting Committee who

wholehearted was of the view, that the facility

needed an immediate new look. The then Honorary

Secretary Mr. R. Ramachandran (currently Vice

President) constituted a ‘Project Committee’, which

got the ball moving forward. The Project committee

consisted a team of Committee Members, Mr. Anil

Nair (currently the Honorary Secretary), Mr. Vivish

George (MIC- Bar & Entertainment October 2005-

September 2007), Mr. Viji Joseph (currently the

Honorary Treasurer), Mr. K. Satyanarayana (

currently serving as Committee Member) and The

Honorary Secretary himself. This committee was to

report and clear all proposals in principle with the

main committee.

The Main Committee besides the Project Team and

the Honorary Secretary, serving in office (portfolios

as held then) consisted of IPP Mr. K. Sathyendra

Kumar, The President Mr. Chandramouli, Vice

President Mr. Ranjit Jacob, Treasurer

Mr. Ramani and Committee Members

Mr. Chandrakanth Jain, Mr. T.S. Sivanagam, Mr.

Sham Kripalani, Mr. Ramasamy, Mr. G.P.

Vijaykumar & Dr. Janardhanam. Their inputs and

fantastic support was the key to the success and

timely delivery of the project.

As first step few architects were asked to make a

presentation to the project committee. The short

listed few were then placed before the committee

for a presentation. The committee finally chose a

young firm of architects, graduates from IIT, to do

the job – Rajiv and Ritu. One found that they

were enthusiastic and bubbling with novel ideas

and concepts. We wanted a bar that was a trend

setter and of international design.

It was decided as matter of principle that this

renovation would not just be a renovation but a re-

building exercise.

There were elaborate discussions and debates on

everything! One had to balance between budget,

practicality and comfort- what a job!

In short the work carried out at the bar included;

New flooring, New false ceiling, new lighting, New

Daiken Air-conditioning which today can handle a

bar that is spilling out of its seams with people at

events, New windows and doors, New Furniture &

Seating would also help with NVH (Noise Vibration

Harness), a dramatic all wood Bar Counter, Back

Office for storage & billing, fantastic wall art laced

with humour, 40" LCD TV (recently upgraded to 50"

Plasma), Jamo Audio for music, classy Cutlery &

Crockery, heavy duty Electrical housing, Bar Counter

props…the list is endless. Simple, New

Everything!

The work began in May of 2006 and was

completed and inaugurated on August 26th, 2006

with a mega launch. The I Bar turned out to be most

of the most swanky and stylish bars in the city. Still

continues to be one of the best bars among Clubs

in the Country.

A bigger challenge was – what to name it! While

some were in favour of retaining the old name –

tradition etc., some opined that since the bar was

redone it should be renamed too! The concept of

the Island had also now changed with the bar

counter now being positioned to one side.

This turned out to be a project by itself! After much

debate and after going through countless

suggestions it was decided to name the same as

The I Bar. Trendy, catchy and short with a leaning to

the old name and has strong attitude. Even the

signage was given thought too and was designed

by one of the leading design houses in Chennai M/

s. Signet Designs. In short every inch of detailing


May 2008CLUB CLASS 39August 2008CLUB CLASS 5

was looked

into.

The launch of

the stylish

outdoor facility

Stratosphere,

The I Lounge

which was later

rechristened

Ozone – the

non smoking

lounge

completed the

all areas of the

primary Bar

project. In

keeping with the swanky new bar, the Staircase

leading up to the bar and the Toilets were redone.

In the world of renovation and construction and

with the ever spiraling costs of raw material, the

THE PRESIDENCY CLUB NEWSteam had to come up with a smart bar within a

modest budget. To that extent this project had

more than achieved this goal.

The 1st event at The I Bar was in April of 2007

which was four weekends of the unforgettable

event that started it all – Karaoke Nites – the

contest for PC’s Karaoke King & Queen. This

was followed by many events, with the 1st

anniversary being celebrated in August 2007, with

a performance by India’s most popular Rock & Pop

Band ‘Skinny Alley’. The trend of exclusive events

at The I Bar continues to this day with events such

as the Jazz & Wine, Cocktail Nite, Ladies Nite,

Pub Quiz, The Beer Fest to name a few fantastic

events held this year. This facility also continues to

bring in large number of members and their guests

on a daily basis.

The I Bar is a classic case of ‘WORKING

TOGETHER WORKS’!


YES, it was a fun-filled tennis tournament with serious matches on the one hand and glitz & glamour-filled

social get-together at the end of the tournament.

For the first time, a tournament was organised for kids and we have an encouraging participation from 36

kids, all of them playing with great enthusiasm. The kids played with gusto in the Bunny-rabbits edition, while

the others battled it out with a lot of Bravado for the Lions-Trophy. After sifting through the pretenders, the

tournament found the worthy winners, whose names are published in this issue of the News magazine.

The prize distribution function was presided over by Mr. Brijehwar Singh, IAS, who gave a polished speech.

Our friendly neighbor, the Hon’ble. Deputy Commissioner Mr. P.M. Hamsa, .from Srilanka spent a lot of time

with our members and gave a diplomatic but interesting speech. Thereafter, more than 120 members and

family members joined for cocktails and lavish dinner with light music by Mr. Shafee and group. It was

Razzmatazz all the way, and kudos to the tennis fraternity.

All the kids who participated were awarded medals for their efforts.

Raghava Ram, MIC



LIONS CLASS

WINNERS S.P. RAJENDRAN & HEMANTH PANDIA

RUNNERS - UP MANU VERGHESE & VIVEK GROVER

PRO-PRETENDERS CLASS

WINNERS T.D. MOHAN & SURAJ

RUNNERS - UP AMRETH & HRISHIKESH

BUNNIES TEAM:

WINNER - SANJANA

RUNNER UP - MUSTAFA

SUPER KINGS TEAM

WINNER - RANJIT JACOB & DEHAL

RUNNERS-UP - PHILIP THARAKAN & s.BALASUBRAMANIAM

Tarun Kumar Bagga – MIC

Come and check out the new

renovated shuttle court. It’s

smashing! Thanks are due to Mr.

Lanka lingam and Mr. San

Sharma for their assistance.

Anna Nagar Towers Club invited The Presidency

Club for a friendly set of matches at their club and

this invitation was wholeheartedly accepted by PC.

Thanks to the efforts Mr. Pughendi, member PC,

who is also a member of Anna Nagar Towers Club

for taking this initiative. Mr. G. Narasimhlu the

President of Anna Nagar Towers Club and Mr.

Ashok, the Secretary, along with the rest of the

fraternity, were extremely gracious hosts. It was an

evening of sport and enjoyment.

August 2008 CLUB CLASS8Club News continues on page 34


May 2008 CLUB CLASS30 August 2008 CLUB CLASS34


Raghava Ram, MIC

It was the time of the year when Presidency Club

dedicates a night of entertainment exclusively for its

members and spouse. On 12, July, our club

celebrated Members Nite with great aplomb.

Thanks to the rain gods, we were spared by the rain

threatening to disrupt the eventful evening and

Members were treated to a great night of

entertainment & dinner.

The tone for the night was set and started with

inspiring Carnatic Fusion played by the talented and

popular Mandolin Rajesh.

Then there was action packed Dance performances

by Abhishek’s Karun Krafts - to exciting Hindi & Tamil

music - by popular television artistes Sureswar, Sai

Prashanth, Narendra, Deepa, Devipriya, Vandana,

Priyadarshini & Master Roopesh which was

competently compered by Abhishek, leading TV

star.

Then was the time to reminiscence over the music

of yesteryears. Old Hindi & Tamil songs. Rajesh, Anu

& Mukesh, popular singers, set a very, very

melodious & nostalgic mood.

Next was scintillating, graceful and captivating

performances by International Dancers, twin sisters,

Nadia & Sasha Ivanova who came down specially for

this event. As the night went by and moods became

lighter and members wanting more of the same, the

action moved to the poolside, Music, dancing and

revelry continued upto 1 am

Senior members were able to enjoy the evening

upto the wee hours, thanks to the courtesy drop

after they were finished with the evening.



Special mention of thanks & appreciation to our

member Mr.Salai Kumaran, Director, Inida Land and

Tiger Beer who supported the events.

Our special thanks to Mr.Ranjit Jacob - President,

Mr.Chandramouli - Immediate Past President, Mr.R

Ramachandran- Vice President, Mr.Anil Nair -

Hony.Secretary, Mr.Viji Joseph - Hony.Treasurer,

Our Committee members - Mr.Ajay Bhalla, Mrs.Latha

Kumaraswamy,Mr.K.Sathyanarayana, Mr. T S

Sivagnanam, Mr K .Srinivasan , Mr. T K Srinivasan Mr G

Suresh & Mr.Tarun Bagga.

Thanks are also due to sub-committee members,

Ms.Jayashree, Mr.Saravanan, Mr.S.P.Rajendran,

Mr.V.Ananth, Dr.Shivaram Selvakumar, Mr.Koshy

Thomas, Mr.Chirag Batavia and Mr.Amit Kinger.

The guest room renovation is now imcomplete. In addition

to the Deluxe rooms the Club boast of Two Super Delux

Room Salient fautures of the room are :

1) 32“ Samsung LCD T.V. with Tata Sky connection

2) Mini Refrigerator

3) Exquisite Wooden Flooring

4) Discussion/Dinner Table

5) Extra thick mattress for the cots

6) Valet Calling bell direct to pantry

7) Toilets with Italian Marble & Koler fittings

8) Glass Shower Cubicle

9) Pressure pump for better water pressure.

Your club now boasts of the best Guest Rooms among clubs

in City. In fact they match to the best hotels in town!

G. Suresh – Member In Charge

May 2008 CLUB CLASS30 August 2008 CLUB CLASS36


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LIST OF NEW FICTION & NON FICTIONAL TITLES


Members are requested to fill in their email and SMS

numbers in the format below if they wish to receive

intimation from the club by email/sms.

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CLUB NEW E-MAIL ID

E-mails to the club to be directed to:

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DO YOU WISH FOR INFORMATION?DEPENDANT MEMBERSHIP

All members are special.

Membership requests received from son/

daughters are being processed on ‘first come

first served basis’.

� The Parking stickers for the Member’s cars will have reached you with the July 2008 issue of

the news magazine.

� Members are requested to ensure that the stickers are affixed to their cars to

� To facilitate parking within the Club, cars without the stickers may be denied parking.

� Valet parking is also available.

� On Club nights and high density party nights driver driven cars will have to be parked at Ethiraj

College and not within the Club Premises to provide parking for member driven cars.

� Parallel parking blocking the driveway at the entrance is strictly prohibited.

� Members are requested to ensure that their drivers are properly instructed and to

co-operate with the Security personnel.

K. Srinivasan - MIC

May 2008 CLUB CLASS30 July 2008 CLUB CLASS38

SUNDAY 10TH AUGUST 2008

LIGHTNING TOURNAMENT

WITH ‘BEER AND BIRYANI’

REGISTERNOW!!!

SECURITY & CAR PARKING

Member-In-Charge

WATCH OUT FOR THE MEGA RUMMY TOURNAMENT

COME SEPTEMBER 2008 WITH EXCITING PRIZES.

CARDSK. Srinivasan

Any requests from library users for specific

English or Vernacular magazines please e-mail

to [email protected]

Library Notice

Tarun Kumar Bagga - MIC

Power packed action of three days! Hardhitting! The first ever Version of thesquash tournament GET SQUASHED, was asmash hit! At the end of all the action, wehad the deserving winners. Thanks to ourPresident Mr. Ranjith Jacob , HonorarySecretary Mr. Anil Nair, all the committeemembers who graced the occasion andEspiem plastics and Mr. Vivek Sachdev. Aspecial word of praise to our squash courtmarker Mr. Pandian for conducting thedraw and the matches in such asystematic manner.

The winners were:Upcoming youngsters.

Gift Voucher of Rs.250/-

Anup Venkat

Viraj Shah

Abraham

Semi Finalists


Arnish Oberoi

Piyush Saraf

Runner Up


Vaarish Sawlani

Winner


Girish Sawlani


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Master Varun A Thakkar son of Dr. Nandita Thakkar

( M. No. R 701 ) a member of Tamilnadu Sailing

Association has won the DP World National Optimist

Sailing Championship 2008 . He had finished first by

winning 5 first places, 3 second places and 1 fourth

and 1 fifth place out of the 10 races. He was also a

member of the team that won the Gold in the team

racing event. Earlier in 2006, he had also won the under

12 national title in the Optimist class of boats. Varun

will represent TNSA at the forth coming international

events to be held at Bahrain, Bali and Doha.

Mr. V Kalyanaraman

( M.No. 616 ) has been

appointed as Chairman

of Working Group of the

Expert Committee to

review Cost Audit and

related issues.

He has also been

nominated as a member

of the Quality Review

Board to the Council of

ICWAI.

Both the above appointments are by the Ministry of

Corporate Affairs, Govt. of India.

Master SUMER

MALHOTRA, aged

10 years

represented

TamilNadu in the

26th Sub Junior

National Aquatic

Championship

held at Kolkota

from 26th to 29th June 2008 and secured Silver

medal for 100 mts Free Style and Bronze for 4 x

50 Free Style Relay.

Tarun Kumar Bagga – MIC

The following fresh juices are available in our

club - Sweet lime,Pomegranate , Orange ,

Pineapple , Grape , Watermelon, Apple ,

Papaya,Tomato and apart from these we have

introduced four more new juices, which are,

Sapota, Butter fruit , Musk Melon and Custard

Apple

THE MANAGING COMMITTEE HAS DECIDED THAT

club will use only Kinley and Bisleri Brands of

water.

Please take note that the AGM for the year 2008will be held on Saturday, September 20th, 2008

ANNUAL GENERAL BODYMEETING (AGM)Snack Bar

Hereafter the second Tambola ( Bumper ) of the

month will be on the 4th Wednesday instead

of last Wednesday of the month.

Tambola for August will be held on 13 th & 27th.

Look forward for a Super Bumper Tambola on

24th September.

T. K. Srinivasan - Member In Charge

Tambola, Maintenance&Newsmag

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