corporate shooting grand prix 2014
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Shooting as a Sport: Untapped PotentialTRANSCRIPT
The first event of its kind in India
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Relatively simple to pick up by amateurs
Can be played individually and in teams
Lends itself well to real life Corporate World inhabited by words like target, strategy, teamwork , goals , focus , achievement etc.
Waiting to be Corporatized as a Sport
Date : January 6th-January 13th, 2014 Place : Helipad Grounds, Salt Lake Stadium 3 member teams from Corporates to vie for top honours in a team
shooting contest Open to all amateur Corporate shooters Suggested Team composition is one member each from Senior,
Middle & Junior management
• Arjuna Awardee
• World No.4
• Olympian
• Commonwealth Games Gold Medalist
• Gold in Australian Open Championships
• Current Asian, South Asian and National Record holder
World Class non combat rifles and non combat bullets with Olympic level targets will be used for the contest
There will be professional shooters who will supervise each round and each team
The Ministry of Sports, Government of West Bengal is supporting the contest
Proceeds from the contest will be ploughed back to set up a Shooting Academy and groom future Olympians
Corporate Teams will be divided into Groups thru a draw of lots
There will be round robin leagues within each group to select the Top 8 team
The Top 8 teams will go thru the Quarter Finals, Semi Finals & Finals to vie for Top Honours
The whole contest will culminate in an Awards Ceremony, where the Olympic Medal Winners will felicitate the Top 4 teams
In each face off, each member of the Corporate team will get to shoot 5 targets placed at a distance of 5 metres
In total the 3 member team will need to make 15 attempts to hit the targets
The teams will have to forecast their points from the round with each target hit counting as 10 points
Over achievement or Underachievement of forecast will attract negative marks
There will be ways a team can earn a Wild Card
The Wild Card will entitle them to use one of the Professional Shooters present to shoot 5 targets on their behalf
The contest will be preceeded by shooting workshops for all team members by Joydeep Karmakar, the ace Olympian Shooter
Joydeep Karmakar will introduce the sport to the team members and guide them to learn the finer nuances of the sport
Joydeep Karmakar will also share the mechanics of the event and tips to do well in the event
Seminars
Sports Celebrities
Tollywood celebrities
Musical extravaganza with DJ
Dance shows
DJ
A Great Networking Opportunity
Workshops with Joydeep Karmakar : Jan 4-5th
Round Robin Stage : Jan 6 th- 10th
Quarter Finals : Jan 11th
Semi Finals : Jan 12th
Finals : Jan 13th
Awards Ceremony : Jan 18th
6000 seconds on Red FM with 30 RJ mentions
10 hoardings in Kolkata
1000 seconds on 24 Ghanta, the leading Bengali news channel
1000 sq cm in Calcutta Times, Times of India / Ei Somoy
6000 sq ft of branding in the venue
Corporates can send any number of 3 member teams
Any Corporate fielding 5 teams and above gets:
◦ Logo presence in all Mass Media ads and in-venue branding
◦ Additionally they get 5 passes for the Awards Ceremony
Networking opportunity at seminars in the venue
Participants also get opportunity to join networking dinner on prize distribution day at ITC Sonar
INR 50,000 per team
All payments by cheque and/or Demand Draft payable to “ Maverick Minds”.
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