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September 2015

Programme for the month

Sat – 5th Sept – ‘Blue & White Ball’ with A-26 – 8:30 pm.

Fri – 11th Sept – iBrowse Book Club Meet – 6:00 pm.

Movie Night – 7:30 pm.

Sat – 12th Sept – Children’s Evening – 4:30 pm.

‘Limited Edition’ performing – 8:30 pm.

Fri – 18th Sept – Bacardi DJ & Cocktail Night – 8:30 pm.

Sat – 19th Sept – ‘Shyam’ performing – 8:30 pm.

Sun – 20th Sept – Sunday Brunch - 11:00 am.

Sat – 26th Sept – ‘TBA’ performing – 8:30 pm

Bar Nites: All Fridays – 8:30 pm.

Saturday Housie: All Saturdays - 7:15 pm.

Except 5th September.

Sunday Housie: All Sundays - 7:15 pm.

Whist drive: All Mondays – 6:00 pm.

Duplicate Bridge: All Tuesdays – 6:00 pm.

Rummy Knockout Tournament: All Sundays - 3:15 pm.

Edited by: Alton Gerald ViegasPublished by: Catholic Club, 22, Museum Road, Bangalore - 560 025Printed at: National Printing Press, Bangalore - 560 095

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Presidents Message

Dear Members,

It has been a great month of August. The Club celebrated “Family Day”. Nearly 2000 Members, families and their guests spent a rocking day at the Club. Our Spiritual Advisor, Msgr. S. Jayanathan was the Celebrant at the special Mass at St. Patrick’s Church. The Flag hoisting at the Club on our 69th Independence Day followed. The festivities began immediately after that and went on till midnight. Thank you Members.

Our Vice President, Mr. Brian D’lima initiated the plan to launch “Adopt a Child’s Education Program”. His Grace Dr. Bernard Moras - Archbishop Of Bangalore launched this program on 15th August at the Club. We had a lot of Members, who immediately signed up to support the education of under privileged children. We will be circulating the details of this program and we request Members to come forward and support this good cause.

The Club has been declared a “Litter Free Zone”. Mr. N.A Haris, MLA of our constituency, launched this initiative during the Family Day Program. We urge all Members to whole heartedly support this and keep the Club and its surroundings litter free.

Every day saw a lot more Members visiting the Club and the Weekends were a sell out. All the departments of the Club are putting together different events for you, the Members of the Club. Come and patronize these programs and activities. • Banquetmenuisundergoingchanges–Haveyourpartiesatthevarioushallswehave.• Housieprizeswillbeincreased-Comeandtryyourluck.• ShowsgaloreduringSeptember–Entertainmentatitsbest.• Lotsof foodandchoices-Satisfyingallpalates.• CampsforSwimming,Footballforkids,Squash&Badmintoncoaching.-Getathletic.• BilliardsandBridge–Honeyourskills.• Bookstoreadsor-Justhangout.

There’s some thing for every one. There’s no discrimination, we want every one to have a good time.

Let me assure you that the Managing Committee Members are putting in all efforts to upgrade the different resources of the Club and improve your overall experience. We need your encouragement and support.

Thanks in Advance.

Alton ViegasPresident

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August has been an eventful month with K.J. Sheridian Brass doing a Karaoke Jam which saw a big turnout and really amazing talent.

Our Family day on 15th August this year had record crowds with lots of fun and entertainment, the band A-26 from Goa surprised the crowd by playing on that afternoon.

Get your dancing shoes out as we kick of September with the‘Blue&White’bashon5thSeptemberwithourfavoriteGoan band A-26 who will keep us rocking to the wee hours.

We are starting Movie Nights on Friday, 11th September at 7:30 pm. This would be a kids special. So please do bring your kids and be at the Ballroom latest by 7:20 pm.

‘Bacardi DJ and Cocktail Night’ will be held on 18th September.

We will be having our Annual “Diwali Dhamaka” on 31st October. All participants who are interested in taking part in our Diwali Show, kindly register your names at the reception ‘B Block’ by the 15th September.

Naveen MendonzaMIC

Bar

Entertainment

Oscar shall be performing at the Bar with all the Golden

Oldies on the 25th September. Kindly look up the Notice

Board for other Bar events and offers, make sure to ask

your Bar Man / Waiter for offers of the day.

Naveen Mendonza

MIC

‘Blue & White’ Bash with our favorite Goan Band A-26.

On Saturday, 5th September, 2015from 8.30 p.m. onwards.

Category advance On show Day

Member 200 400

MemberChildbetween5&12 100 200

GuestChildbetween5&12 100 200

Single Guest 500 1000

Guest Couple 750 1500

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The Gym has seen a steady increase in its usage and we look forward to seeing many new Members, both young and old, utilizing it in the coming months. Our instructors Wayne and Suresh are ever ready tohelp you in achievingyourfitnessgoals. We are in the process of adding some new cardio and strength equipment and it should be in place in a month’s time. For those of you who feel the Gym isn’t your calling thendoavailof theotherfitnessprogramsconductedattheClub. We have aerobics conducted by instructor Linsey De Nazareth every Monday, Wednesday and Friday morning. You need to be a Gym member to avail of her classes for free. We also have classes in different types of Yoga throughout the week with sessions in the morning and evening conducted by instructors Erica Saldanha, Priya Girish and Vijay Dhruve. Zumbaclasseswillcommenceshortly.ContacttheOfficefordetails regarding the above classes.

My Sub-Committee members are Maya Bashyam, Nasreen Varkey, Nelson Phillips and Rizwan Bakhi. Feel free to contact any of us with your ideas and suggestions.

Fitness Quote: the pain you feel today will be the strength you feel tomorrow!

Tushar Fernandes MIC

At 45 I realised I had an 8 year old who I couldn’t keep up with. The fear of being partial to my sons and not being able for my daughter hounded me and I knew I had to do something to get strong again.

Helloallyoufitnessfans,

I’ve been an active member of the Catholic Club Gym for the past four years and apart from thoroughly enjoying the experience, I have benefitted tremendously in my physicalfitness. The very well thought out and superb range of equipment has helped me build up my stamina and tone my physique in the right places.

We are lucky to have a very friendly and qualified Gyminstructor in Wayne who ensures a proper balance and distribution of exercises while maintaining the limits of each person’s capabilities so that mishaps due to over exertion, are strictly guarded against.

Come join us, you will soon see the difference!

Neroy Lopes Membership No. 9376

YES! The Club matters! Keep your Club clean....It is now a litter free area!!!

There are bins all over for waste material.

And ash trays in the designated smoking zones for your cigarette butts.

Let us work together to make our Club a place to be proud of.

Our Club is also going to be a happening place next month beginning with the Blue and White Ball on the 5th., Bacardi cocktail n Deejay nite, Oscar at the Bar, variations on the popular quiz show, What’s the Good Word, the return of the Sunday Brunch, on the 20th, Cricket and a lot more!!!!!

Who wants to go anywhere else??

Last year was a good year for Cafeteria with many Members and their guests patronizing the Club for the food. Thank you all our Members and can assure you of many cuisines this coming year.

We have a new kiosk serving delicious pizzas, so do try them out.

We will be doing a brunch on the 20th of September, so block the date. Details will be up soon on the notice board and also via SMS.

Gregory Pacheco

MIC

Our Catholic Club ‘B’ team comprising Kishan Thomas, EuginVictor,Vivan Sequiera andmyself finished runnersup at the Inter Club Handicap Snooker Tournament conducted by Indian Gymkhana. Congrats boys! Well played! Congratulations to Sean Davis and Michael Rebello, winner and runner up respectively of our Club Snooker Open Tournament. Kudos to both of you for what was a thrilling final.Onbehalf of theManagingCommittee,IwouldliketocongratulateourMemberVidyaPillaiwhofinishedRunner- up at the recently concluded World 6-Red Ladies Snooker Tournament held in Karachi. We wish you all success in your future forays’.

My Sub-Committee Members Syed Mumtaz, Noel De Nazareth, Kush Medhora, Eugin Victor and myself are great

Club Matters

CAFETERIA

Indian Gymkhana Snooker Handicap Tournament Runners Up

Billiards

lovers of the game and we all will be more than happy to hear from you your suggestions / ideas.

Tushar Fernandes

MIC

Health Club

Member testimonial - 1

Member testimonial - 2

I took to Zumba while in the United States and back in India I hit the Catholic Club Gym. The results are in.

Motivation came from a friend in the United States and then reinforced by my trainer Suresh at the Gym. He’s dedicated and reallyseriousaboutfitness.ButyesIhavegothimtosmile.

Also Aerobic classes held by Linsey De Nazareth provides a break in my routine on alternate days. I’m very grateful to her.

Its not about the weight. I felt beautiful even then.

Some form of exercise must be part of our daily routine.

STRONG is the new FIT.

Samantha Pasha Membership No. 2278

Before after

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Housie

A few small innovations and your enthusiastic support, dear Member, are making Sunday Housie at CC more fun.Bookletprizesandbiggerprizesforthefirstgamewill encourage you to get in early.

Guests may pick up smart cards at the Reception and order anything from the Kitchens or Bar at Member rates, paying directly (limited to use during Housie).

Leonard Correia won the Snowball and Jackpot on Sunday 23rd August. Congratulations!!!

Celebrating the Nativity, we will have Housie with prizes up to Rs. 1 lakh on September 13. Save the evening for the BIG Housie at Catholic Club.

Naveen FernandesMIC

Engagement, Roce, Wedding, Birthday, no reason at all, are the best inspiration for a Banquet at the Catholic Club. Prices have been moderated to welcome you. Togiveyourpartysomemoreflavour,wehaverolledout several new menu options. You may now also have your bash catered by any food outlet in the Catholic Club.

Lunch, tea, dinner, board meetings, for 10 to 250 guests can be catered at our many venues.

Membersspecial–20%discountonHallchargesforall Members having their own party.

Naveen FernandesMIC

Inviting all our young Members between the ages of 5 to12yearstojoinusforafunfilledeveningof games,fun and entertainment with your favourite Minion. Come dressed in shades of yellow and blue.

Childrens Evening : 12 Sept 2015, 4:30 pm to 6:30 pm. Neil D’SouzaMIC

SPORTICO had an exciting month so far.

Squash/ Badminton:We conducted a “Tin and Bottle” tournament, where we saw over 50 enthusiastic players participate.Our winners of the badminton court was “Team Marie”.

Squash had a tie between 2 strong teams, “Team Jai and Team Kenuite”. All’s well is what ends well. When it comes to an after party we have a big happy bunch of sports enthusiasts. Winners popped the bottle open and there began an eveningfilledwithwhatwas thebest strike or drop picked etc, thanks to our generous sponsor “ Managing Committee”.

CC invited the Woodrose Club from J P Nagar for a Squash tournament. Catholic Club led the score board with a smashing score of 5-3. Kudos to the youngest star of the evening, Dhruv Menden’s, who won 3-2 against a 36 year old player from Woodrose Club, that surely was the highlight of the evening.

Mekhala Subedar is a 4 time National Champion and an International Squash referee. She was kind enough to conduct a Squash workshop for all age groups on 21 Aug 2015. We had tremendous participation. Mekhala has also offered to conduct coaching classes on weekdays. Kindly ring up the Club Reception to know more.

We will also be starting Badminton coaching soon, please call the reception for more details.

Football:

If you are wondering, what our junior football fans are doing with the best of studs and jerseys every Mon / Wed / Fri between 5 and 6 pm, they are going through some robust coaching by the “Bangalore Youth Football Academy”.

Banquets

CHILDREN

Sportico Month of August saw 11 kids between age of 6 and 13 registered for this event. If your child is a football fan, have them enroll in the coming month. Guest kids are welcome too.

As the saying goes “Seven days without exercise makes one weak”. Come use the SPORTICO facility.

Kenuite MartisMIC

Kids at BYFL Session

Slack Lining workshop at Catholic Club

This has become an active Department and now includes not just books and magazines for your reading pleasure.

There is the vibrant Book Club, iBrowse, which is growing every month. Read all about it inside.

What’s the Good Word is also getting bigger with more and more kids too getting involved. July saw 7 teams and August saw 9!!!

Congratulations to the winners of the Tournament held on 16th August:

1st Place - Al Merandez

2nd Place - S Xavier

Runners up

Paul Augustine

Melvyn James

Syed Tabraiz

Jeffrey Menezes

Patrick D’Costa

Premila Shantharaj

Library iBrowse

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Cards

In June and July, it was the kids team of Reena, Amal, Aarya, Nihal, Neysa, Leo and Sanjay who won.

However in August, Rosalind, Rebecca and Sean managed to get the better of them.

The Bridge Room now has an intercom installed to facilitate communication with the Banker, the Cafeteria and the Bar

Gavin Cordeiro MIC

Congratulations to all the winners!!

Don’t miss out next month, even if you are in the Audience. It is an evening that keeps you guessing!!

Gavin Cordeiro MIC

For theveryfirst timeweat iBrowseon the14thof August, had the pleasure of showcasing a travelogue. ‘1400 bananas, 76 towns and one million people’ written by Samir Nazareth, and published by Leadstart, which takes us on his six month trip, to all the little towns starting from the remote North West of India and climaxing way above sea level at the Indo-Tibetian border. Samir who lives in Nagpur introduced us to his back pack wanderings, which connected with us readers at so many levels and evoked a lot of memories in us of places we ourselves have visited. No fancy pre-booked hotels and five starmeals. Samirworked the trip ona shoe- string budget of about 80k and as the book’s name suggests, ate a lot of bananas along the way!

The hall was packed, there were lots of questions which just kept coming once the ice was broken, and the evening had Rohit Dave, theatre personality, read excerpts selected from across the book. Infact he did it so well, that he concluded the evening with a reading out of the last chapter, which was heartwarming and had a big crowd line up to buy a copy. As always authors give iBrowsers a good discount off their list price and everyone goes home happy.

The KGA (Karnataka Goan Association) generously came forward and sponsored the wine and cheese evening which had delicious canapes added to the trays of cheeseandthewineflowed.ThankyouKGAformaking the evening extra special, with your generosity and magnanimous support. Vani has a gifted copy of the book, for those who missed the evening.

Our next author for the 11th of September is Pankaj Sekhsaria with his novel -- ‘The Last Wave’. Pankaj has workedinthefieldof theenvironmentandof wildlifeconservation with a particular focus on the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Not many of us know about these islands and it would be a great opportunity to interactwithascientist,workinginthefield.Docomeon the 11th of September at 6pm in the Ball room. All welcome.

Marianne de Nazareth Sub–CommitteeMember

Get Club sMs – stay in touch!

We have changed our SMS service provider. Those members desirous of receiving Catholic Club SMS alerts, Kindly send

staRt CC

to 7760962764

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Catholic Club Orphan’s Trust

The CCOT conducted a medical camp on 23rd August for 200 boys of St. Marys Orphanage. The boys, height, weight ,eyesight and medical health were checked, the doctors administered the necessary drugs for their varied illnesses. The boys were also given note books, pencils, sharpeners, erasers and chocolates.

A Big Thank you to Dr. Bobby Joseph, Dr. Pritesh and their team for patiently examining all the 200 boys at the Orphanage. A note of thanks to all the volunteers who helped us carry out the camp with speed, accuracy and efficiency.WealsowishtothankMrs.FabiolaThimmayaforherdonationof 275notebooksand192pencilboxes.

We appeal to all our doctors to help out in our next medical camp which will be conducted on the 27th of September in our Club premises.

Joey Santiago Chairman - CCOT

annual “DiWali DhaMaka” on 31st October 2015.

All participants who are interested in taking part in our Diwali Show, kindly register your names at the reception ‘B Block’ by 15th September 2015.