The indoor games namely carom and chess. Everyone looks forward to these games year on year to know who the champs will be and of course from which department. It brings about healthy competition in all with almost all turning up to cheer their respective teams on to glory. This year was no different, except for the fact that there was an added special feature which turned out to be quite an event. And ensured its place for next year and am sure has become a part of our tradition already.
It was Arm Wrestling – for girls as well as boys, though they dint compete against each other. What a turnout it was! The girls really had everyone’s adrenalin pumping by their display of josh and strength. They also left the boys far behind in putting up a good show. We had some well matched opponents and some not so well matched ones. Some were hilarious. But all of them showed the true spirit of having fun and gave it their best shots.
Who won? Your guess is as good as mine!
The crowd was so engrossed in the special feature that the other finals of carom and chess were almost going unnoticed. And then a whoop of joy from one of the finalists drew all to the other games. This year it was a total domination by the COPs team. The finalists for singles of carom were both from COPs and the doubles final was between the COPs and CCS teams [a healthy sports rivalry is what their chemistry is all about].Narendra from COPs took the championship title of singles by winning against Sudesh from COPs by 3 games to 0. It was a total wipe out by Narendra who kept winning every match that he played against all his opponents and that was also the case of Faizal & Vinay from CCS in the doubles category. But they met their match in Narendra & Sudesh from COPs who won the doubles title against them by 3 games to 1.
Doing the honours with strong arms
And the mind game – Chess. Murali from IT swept through all his opponents until he faced Thomas V from Audit. All expected the game to go on for a solid 3 hours plus as had all the previous ones, but Thomas trumped Murali to emerge as the Chess Champ of TeamLease for the year 2009. And he did it in lesser time than was expected. The joke doing the rounds was that as a strategy play a looooonnnnnnggggg game thus putting your opponent to sleep or bore him and then raid his entire camp and check mate him. Classic right!
Who says beauty and brains dont go togetherThe arm wrestling queen for 2009 was Shabana M from COPs. Her arms are stronger than most and she was so fast, that in a blink of an eye the opponents hand was touching the table and there would be a huge grin on Shabana’s face.
The crowds just loved it and wanted more and so stepped up the boys. You know how it is with boys and show of strength. They brought their baggage with them and quite a few matches had to be stopped and replayed.
Full on!
The final opponents were almost of equal strength, so much that the match was restarted thrice. In the end a final outcome was not on the horizon so both the finalists were declared champs. Again, it was Subrato from COPs and Selva from Skills.
The Finalists
With the outdoor games and dance competitions waiting to happen, it’s going to be a worthwhile wait to see if COPs outshines all this year or they have stiff competition and get piped at the finish line.
Watch this space for more of Fun Committee happening do’s!!
