Issue : 33Vol. : 33 19-02-2014Date : Pages : 04

Rotary Midtown Sports awardMidtown has instituted many awards recognizing achievements of citizens from different streams of life.

Rotary sports award is one such annual award which recognizes efforts of sportspersons for Mysore. Today the honors goes to Mr.C.S.Amarnath. The award will be presented by ex-mayor Mr.N.Prakash.

Chief guest of the day N.PrakashToday's chief guest is

well known ex-mayor of Mysore, Mr.N.Prakash. Born in late 40's, Prakash i s a p a s s i o n a t e sportsman himself. He

started playing kho-kho as a school boy and went on debut representing Karnataka state during 1965 and consistently participated for more than 12 years. He played for Mysore division and also for Mysore University. He reached pinnacle when he captained the Mysore state team in 1970. He was the first person from south India to receive the prestigious “Ekalavya Award” in 1970 and even received “Dasara Award”. His political journey began when he was elected as a corporator in 1983 and retained the post by winning 3 consecutive elections holding the office from 1983 to 2002. He became Deputy Mayor in 1989 and then the coveted post of Mayor of Mysore in 1997. He was a member & chaired many committees in Mysore corporation.

He was nominated as a member of sports council of Karnataka for a period of 5 years. He has been an inspiration and a guide to thousands of kho-kho players.

Currently he is the president of Mysore District Kho-Kho Association and president of Pioneer Sports Club, which is one of the leading sports clubs well known in the country for contributing talented kho-kho players to the country.

H e a r t y w e l c o m e t o a n accomplished sportsman Mr. N. Prakash

“Rotary Sports 2014” awardee : C.S.AmarnathAmarnath, popularly known as “Chamundi

Express” is an accomplished International athlete from the police department. He was born in 1969 to Late S.Subbanna & Gowramma amidst greenery of Chamundi Hills. His stint with sports began in school days during which he used to participate in sports events “bare footed” and went on to win accolades when he was in college and university. A member of “Bomb detection squad” he joined police department in 1993 as a constable and has served in many police stations in the city.

His passion continued even after joining the department and participated in various events. He excelled in 100mts, 200 mts, long jump & 4*100 relay races winning several gold, silver and bronze medals. He got the tile “Sprint King” for his record of 12.31 seconds performance in 100mts dash in City Police Sports Meet held in 2011. In 2012 he became member of Mysore District Masters Athletic Club and since then he has participated in many national and international events winning laurels. “Handball” is another passion of Amarnath in which he has participated in many state and national tournaments. Here is a list of select achievements of Amarnath: Won 12 gold, 3 silver & 3 bronzes in State Masters Athletic

Championships (2007-2012) Won 1 silver and 2 bronze medals in 28th National Masters

Athletic meet held at Jaipur Won 2 gold and 1 silver medal in 29th Master Athletics meet

held at Ramnagara Part of the team which ran with the “Queen's Baton” torch

which came to Mysore before the Commonwealth Games at New Delhi in 2010

Won bronze medal in 31st Masters Athletic meet at Chennai in 2010

Part of the gold medal winning team in 4*100 mts relay in 16th Asian Masters Athletic meet held in Kualalumpur in 2010

Part of the silver medal winning team in 4*100 mts relay in 33rd Masters Athletic meet in Bangalore

Represented Indian in 26th Open athletic Championship held at Srilanka (participated in 100m,200m & long jump)He is ably supported by his family members (wife, Ms.

Shailasri, brother Mr.C.S.Vishwanath & sister-in-law Ms.Pankaja), Colleagues in the department and by International athlete Mr.M.P.Chandrashekar.

It is our pleasure to recognize and honor the accomplished athlete Mr.C.S.Amarnath with the coveted “Rotary Sports Award -2014”. Midtown wishes a very successful sports life to the humble “Chamundi Express” of Mysore!!!

rd23 February

Rotary celebrates its 109th birthday on Sunday 23rd February 2014. It has been a phenomenal journey from a humble beginning to a mammoth movement – biggest ever mankind has witnessed. Today Rotary International is actively participating in all parts of the world in making the world a better one. (Above seen 1930 picture is of the members who survived & continued to be members of the first Rotary club which was formed in 1905)

President Pranab Mukherjee conferred

Award of Honour of Rotary InternationalThe President of India, Pranab Mukherjee was

conferred Award of Honour on 11 February 2014 in New Delhi. The award was presented by Ron Burton, President of Rotary International at Rashtrapati Bhavan. The President, Mukherjee was awarded for the leadership he has provided and the India's victory over Polio. Recently India completed three years without reporting any case of polio on 13 January 2014. Officially the World Health Organisation (WHO) certified India as polio-free on 11 February 2014. The WHO on 24 February 2012 removed India

from the list of countries with active endemic wild polio transmission.About Award of HonourThe Rotary's highest award, Award of Honour is recognition for Heads of countries or governments

who have rendered unique service to the humanity and served the country and its people upholding values reflected in Rotary's motto Service Above Self.

RMA newsRotary Midtown Academy Students K.Kavya won first prize in Karate (53 kg) and Vijayalakshmi .J

won first prize in Karate (40 kg). They are seen receiving prizes from Director (Secondary Education) and Commissioner for Public Instruction, Bangalore, Karnataka. The state level sports & games competition was held on 11th & 12th Feb, 2014 at Raichur by Department of Public Instruction. Congratulations to the winners and their trainers.

Midtowners at Karaikudi !!!We, Midtowners embarked on our trip to Karaikudi

on Myladuthurai Train on Saturday afternoon. No sooner

than the train left Mysore, we were all looking at Vishwa

for his supply of fruits . He never disappoints! We were

treated to an assortment of cut fruits including

Blueboom, Black Grapes, Water melon etc., washed

down with the help of grape juice courtesy café Srini.

The whole compartment was filled with the aroma of

biriyani brought by café Srini. Sundar couldn't resist the temptation. Not only he, but also the T.T., who came &

enquired about the menu! Finally it was the dinner time! A heavy dinner to end the day.

Now the whole compartment was filled with noise as many Midtowners were competing with each other

in making louder snoring noise. Sometime it felt like relay race where batons are exchanged as they took turns

in snoring!

We woke up to a frothing filter coffee at Trichy .We

hopped on to the waiting cab for our next leg of

journey towards Karaikudi.

One more round of coffee by Chef Muthu

welcomed us to Rtn.Alagappan's abode. We got

refreshed and visited Pillayarpatti Ganapathi Temple

for Lord Ganesha's blessings.

Back home had a spread of lunch followed by a Siesta after that long journey. We were all ready dressed up

in White-Dothi-Shirt and Angavastram. We reached Rotary club of Karaikudi well in time to a warm welcome by

the host club.

A wonderful joint meeting followed

exchanging pleasantries and lot of views on both

states Midtowners handed over Mysore pak and

mementos over to Karaikudi Rotarians. They

returned the gesture with silver plaques and

shawls. Midtowners donated Rs.5000/- to

Rotaractors.Next day we visited Rameshwaram. A

wonderful trip with a mix of fellowship and spirituality came to an end as we boarded our

train to Mysore. Thank You Rtn. Allagapan for generous hospitality and Rtn. Srini for a meticulously planned trip.

- Rtn.Thana Mohan

1. Is it the TRUTH ?2. Is it FAIR to all concerned ?3. Wi l l i t bui ld GOODWILL and BETTER

FRIENDSHIPS?4. Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned ?

Rotary Quiz

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RI.Dist.3230 created a Guinness record by creating the largest human image of a hand formed by 7,084 people in Chennai on 5th October 2013.

Congratulations!!!Rtn.Gopala Krishna was honoured with Lifetime award 2013-14 by DEALiT for his 25 years of significant contributions to Mysore IT fraternity. Hearty congratulations to Gopalakrishna & CPPA.

Date : 26-02-2014 Wednesday Time : 6:30pm

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