A new year. A new team. A dream to take the club to new heights.

A strong will to ensure the constant flow of good times and a heart which said:

It is with these emotions that my team and I took on the responsibility of directing this illustrious club for a year.

The warmth and support that has flowed all around in the six months gone by, is the best reward one can expect to the time and energy that a active team gives to Rotary in a year.

Speakers as interesting as, a Kiran Kotrial to a Nitin Paranjpe. Donations for the blood bank and Rotary Kutirs, commitments for the Centralised kitchen and St Jude cancer centre as well as large support to the Uttarakhand relief operations has totalled to Rs. 3.75 crores.

Global grant commitment from the benevolent DG and an equal matching from Rotary International, once processed, would be a whopping figure of USD 1,40,000 (approximately Rs. 85 lacs)

Rotary Queens Necklace, with the consistent support of its members, is dripping excitement. 11 new members to keep the vibrancy alive. Bonding at the First International Fellowship tour to Muscat saw fellow Rotarians return as family members. We have set the pace. Now come join us strengthen the club and in raising the bar. It's your club.

Attend and Bond at meetings and spouse nights while gaining from the speakers expertise. Participate physically and monetarily in service projects. Unparalleled gratification, a priceless feeling is a guaranteed reward. There can be no limit on camadarie or service. I quote one of my mentors: " Good better best. Never let it rest, till your good is better and your better, best

Plug into RotaryRtn Sanjiv Mehta, President

Do Good, Feel Good

Engage Rotary, Change lives

Dear Ace President Sanjiv,

Its heartening to know that you are ready to showcase the happenings of your club via the first bulletin of your club. This can be the best P.R Exercise if distributed widely to the right people.

You have been an excellent leaner and have really digested well all the training programs the district provided from time to time starting from Pre Pets. What is creditable is that you are putting all that training into action and are planning and executing worthwhile Projects which truly “Engage rotary and Change Lives.”

Your Picnic to Muscat with 65 of your club members was a fantastic show of great leadership which bonded the members and has brought about a sea change in their efforts to support all the endeavors to benefit the club in each and every avenue of Service

Your support to the Thrust Areas of the district is Phenomenal. Your support to the Landmark Project “CHHATRA CHHAYA” by contributing for 20 Kutirs is highly appreciated. Again your single handed constant effort for the Midday meals Kitchen is laudable, and now that we have nearly progressed to obtaining a GlobalGrant, I am sure we will soon achieve the unachievable.

I sincerely believe that you are a true Rotarian at Heart and wish that all of us in Rotary could think and act the way you do with only one motto of “Service Above Self”.

Wishing you all the best in all your endeavors in 2013 -14 and ever after.

Regards,

DG Lata Subraidu

DG Speak’s

NECKLACE GLITTERSNECKLACE GLITTERSROTARY CLUB OF MUMBAI QUEEN’S NECKALCEROTARY CLUB OF MUMBAI QUEEN’S NECKALCE

R.I . PresidentRTN RON BURTON

Club PresidentRTN SANJIV MEHTA

District GovernorRTN LATA SUBRAIDU

Dear Fellow Rotarians

15th July MR KIRAN KOTRIAL

22nd July MR NITIN PARANJPE

Bollywood and TV dialogue and script writer, Mr Kiran Kotrial, presented a humorous Ham Show, “When Cinema Becomes Unwittingly Funny”.

Forbes India's Best CEO (Multinational Category) Awardee, MD of Hindustan Unilever, Mr Nitin Paranjpe, shared his experience, knowledge and vision for corporates and businesses to look within to achieve continuous growth and see if they are involved in service to community.

Chairperson, India Services & Foundation, Royal Bank of Scotland, Mrs Meera Sanyal, addressed us on "Let's get constructively involved rather than just criticize and analyze ". She left the Bank and joined full time politics as an independent candidate in Mumbai elections. Was conferred Honorary Membership to the Club.

Nutritionist and Fitness Consultant, Mr Luke Coutinho, talked on “Building Healthy Lifestyles - The Great Indian Diet”. He suggested lifestyle changes which are easy and doable.

On 19th August, Rtn Sunil Shah, Ex-MD of HDFC Securities, spoke on “Challenges to Family Business Continuity and the Solutions”. A family constitution, documents the shared vision and values of the family and its policies regarding the ownership and operation of the family business. It acts as a tool for establishing and maintaining the balance between the best interests of the business and the well being of the family.

MONDAY MEETINGS

29th July MRS MEERA SANYAL

5th August MR LUKE COUTINHO

19th August RTN SUNIL SHAH

26th August MR RONNIE SCREWVALLA

Named in Esquire's List of the 75 Most Influential People of the 21st Century, listed amongst 25 Asia's Most Powerful by Fortune Magazine, titled the Jack Warner of India by Newsweek, Mr Ronnie Screwvalla, addressed the Club on 26th August on “Entrepreneurship, Giving and Media”.

Mr Amit Chandra, Managing Director, Bain Capital Advisors addressed the Members on “Making sense of the current business environment and where do we go from here”. He is a active in India's not for profit space and serves as a Trustee and Board Member of The Akanksha Foundation and GiveIndia India's leading philanthropic exchange.

Club Assembly and Pre-OCV. Rtn Amit Dalal and Rtn Nimish Shah briefed the Members on the Rs 5600 crore NSEL Scam. This was followed by review with AG Rtn Anita Shantaram regarding preparations for Official Club Visit of DG Rtn Lata Subraidu.

21st October MR ROHAN SINGAL

Mr Rohan Singal, Director, Energy Infinite addressed our Club on “Being the Shining Star in Life”. He asked the Members to practice giving wow response to every situation, actively nurture and grow others, acknowledge genuinely and regularly family members, focus on future instead of past, be aware of our thoughts and words and use the power of declaration constructively.

14th October PRE-OCV

16th September MR AMIT CHANDRA

MONDAY MEETINGS

11th November MR BHASKAR SHARMA

Mr Bhaskar Sharma, Director India Operations, Red Bull spoke on “Innovations in Brand Building and Marketing Strategies”. Red Bull is the most popular energy drink sold by Austrian company Red Bull GmbH, with 5.2 billion cans sold in 2012. Its slogan is "Red Bull gives you wings" and the product is marketed through advertising, events (Red Bull Air Race, Red Bull Crashed Ice), sports team ownerships (RB Leipzig, FC Red Bull Salzburg, Red Bull Brasil, Red Bull New York, Red Bull Racing, Scuderia Toro Rosso), celebrity endorsements, & music, through its record label Red Bull Records.

On Friday, 29th November Rtn Piyush Goyal, Member of Rajya Sabha and Treasurer of Bharatiya Janata Party addressed the members of five Rotary Clubs in a joint meeting on "India Scenario - Present & Future" at the M.C. Ghia Hall. The participating Clubs were RC of Bombay Pier, RC of Mumbai Queen's Necklace, RC of Mumbai Malabar Hill, RC of Mumbai Cuffe Parade and RC of Bombay Metropolitan.

2nd December SWAMI SWATMANANDJI

Director of the Chinmaya Yuva Kendra and Head of Chinmaya Mumbai chapter, Swami Swatmanandji is a powerhouse on Gita and Upanishads. He is tech savvy and a cricket enthusiast. He enlightened us on the common heard statement “I am spiritual I am not religious” and highlighted how both are interconnected.

On Monday, 9th December, the Club had its AGM wherein it adopted the Audited Accounts of Club and Trust and re-appointed the Auditors for the next RY. Returning Officer, Rtn Vikram Shah, announced the names of Office Bearers and Directors for the RY 2014-15 and President Nominees for the RYs 2015-16 Rtn Kalpesh Shah, 2016-17 Rtn Rajen Shah and 2017-18 Rtn Hiten Shah.

23rd December MR NIPUN MEHTA

Mr Nipun Mehta, Founder of ServiceSpace, addressed us on “Being the Change, Changes the Being”. Their aim is to create more goodness in the world through string of gift-giving projects, and hands-head-heart gatherings. Organic opportunities led the to not only share 'Giftivism' stories with thousands in grass root settings, but to also shift the conversation towards "inner transformation". They initiated 3-day "Moved by Love" retreats for change makers around the country - quite powerful.

29th November RTN PIYUSH GOYAL at JOINT MEETING WITH 5 ROTARY CLUBS

9th December AGM

MONDAY MEETINGS

Rtn Sanjiv Mehta was installed as the President of the

Club at a grand function organized at the Vivanta by Taj President. It

was attended by all South Mumbai ACE Presidents and their

spouses, District Dignitaries, Distinguished Guests, Rotarians

and R/Spouses of our Club.

INSTALLATION

7th July Installation Meeting

The Spouse Night was held on 10th August from 8 pm onwards at The Pier, Old Tetsuma, Colaba. The Dress Code was men in black and women in sequence. It was a smashing success with a record attendance of 127 members and spouses.

FELLOWSHIP

10th August AT THE PIER

The OCV began with Meeting with Partners in Service, Closed Door Meeting, Regular Meeting & Club Assembly and ended with

Diwali Party. The OCV was held at The Lounge, BCA. Jewellery, hotel stay

vouchers, designer goods, paintings were some of the gifts sponsored by our big hearted fellow Rotarians for the raffle

tickets. Proceeds of Rs 1,20,000 from the sale of these raffle tickets went to charity.

26th October OCV & DIWALI NIGHT

On 26th October DG Rtn Lata Subraidu was on her Official Club Visit to our Club along with DS Rtn Preeti Shah, AG Rtn Anita Shantaram and GC Rtn Shabbir Shakeel.

FELLOWSHIP

On 30th August the Fireside Meeting was hosted by Rtn Mihir & Shefali Mehta at their residence. 12 couples including 5 new and prospective members, Past Presidents and Senior Members attended.

23rd September was a Joint Fellowship Meeting with Innerwheel Club of Mumbai Queen's Necklace an Evening of Thanks Giving a session of Meditation and Satsang conducted by Ms Aparna and Ms Leena of the Art of Living Foundation at Royal Oak.

Mr Atul Khatri, English Standup Comedian and Mrs Savitri Kochar, Hindi comedy artist and poetess entertained us.

23rd September Spiritual Evening with AOL

Fire Side - Courtesy Rtn Mihir Mehta

18th November Stand up comedians, Mr Atul Khatri & Mrs Savitri Kochan

20th December Dhoom3 show

Transcript of telcon between Aamir Khan (AK ) and President Rtn Sanjiv Mehta (SM)

SM : Hello President RCMQN speaking. Who is this ?AK : Namaste this is AK. Paay Lagoon SirjiSM : arrey kyun sharminda karte hon Yaar ? Aisa kya Hua aur tum Se umar main itna toh Bada NahinAK : sirji jab Se aap ne block booking ki Dhoom 3 ki , meri toh jaan Nikal gayi thi. Aapke Director GP Ko Bahut samjhaaya. Par woh ek na maane. Bus show toh Karna hi hain. Members ki demand ke aage aap ki request ki koi value Nahin, aisa kah diya unhonne.SM : ab toh aap Khush hain ? Kahte hain 200 crore agle hafte aur shayaad 300 crore collect HO jayenge ?Aur aap Ko jaan kar Khushi hogi ki hamaari puri membership ne aap ke liye kitna Bada balidaan diya.AK : Balidaan ? Aap ke members ne ?? woh kya ??????SM : kamaal hain har newspaper main headline thi aur aap Nahin jaante ???Humne New Excelsior theatre ki half size , uncomfortable khursi par baithna agree kiya.800 common public ke Saath hum ne baithna agree kiya. Hum ne Katrina ki har song par seeti bhi bajaayi. ( how middle class )Sirf EK Iraada. aap ki bankruptcy bachaane KaAK : sir tabhi toh pehle hi kaha. Paay Laagoon aap sab Ko Aapke liye meri agli film : "PK - Peekay " Ka EK show arrange kar doonga.Hum par daya rakhnaSM : Sochenge. Ab Monday meeting Ka waqt HO Gaya. Phone rakhonAK : Thank You , thank you sir for your time and God Bless RC of Mumbai Queens Necklace

FELLOWSHIP

35 couples went on an international fellowship trip to Muscat, a beautiful

city with blue oceans and picturesque mountains from 28th September to 1st

October or 2nd October. Stay was arranged at the luxurious Shangri-La's Barr Al Jissah Resort & Spa, Muscat.

FIRST EVER INETERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP TOUR

28th September to 2nd October Muscat

The project cost is Rs 1 crore of which Rs 55 lakhs has been funded and disbursed in full by the Club and the balance Rs 45 lakhs is funded by Somiaya Trust for setting up state-of- the-art Blood Bank. Thus with 50% cost of capex being taken care of, the hospital will subsidize blood and its derivatives to the needy at a subsidy of approx. 75%. Effectively, blood will be sold at Rs.250/- as against the normal cost of Rs.1,000/- and platelets will be sold at Rs.450/- against normal cost of Rs.2,000/-. To sustain the running cost, blood bank will sell at full price all blood to the high end cancer hospital ie Asian Institute of Oncology, which has also been started in the same complex, which is a paid for service hospital. The general hospital which the blood bank caters to

has 500 beds as well as medical college attached, which ensures supply of blood as well as deployment at the same time. The FDA clearance is expected by February 2014 after which the project will be inaugurated.

Many thanks to Mr Guru Kher for their magnanimous donations of Rs 25 lakhs and Rs 10 lakhs, respectively, and also from Club members towards purchasing equipments for the blood bank at Somaiya Hospital.

PROJECTS

SETTING UP OF STATE-OF-THE-ART BLOOD BANK AT SOMAYA HOSPITAL

ROTARY SANSKARDHAM VIDYALAYA

Rotary Sanskardham Vidyalaya is a marquee project of our Club. Our Club has set up a school and college for the hearing impaired children in Goregaon, Mumbai, funded by Club Members and their families and friends to the tune of Rs 3.5 crores. The school caters to 127 hearing impaired children as also to children with other handicaps such as spasticity, vision, mentally challenged, speech defects and learning disability. It concentrates on all around development of children. Out of these 127 children, 47 children live below poverty line. The approximate cost towards education per child per year works out to Rs 25,000/-. For these 47 children Rtn Amit Dalal has arranged a donation of approximately Rs 11 lakhs through the Tata Trust towards their education cost. This Project has been bestowed with several honors from Rotary luminaries as also by prominent citizens in the city. Our Principal, Mrs Lata Nayak has been the recipient of an award from the President of India. The Sanskardham School has been adjudged the best in Maharashtra in the category of Hearing Handicapped.

Achievements:l 20 students from the school have been integrated into regular schools. l 34 students have passed the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) exam with good results. 22 students passed the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) exam this year. l 5 students have received admission for higher education in the United States. l A student from the school who was pursuing a course in B.Sc IT (final year), has got passed with First class. She stood 3rd in her college and is now working in an IT firm Saar IT Resource Co. l A student from the school was in the third year of her B.com course at JM Patel College of Commerce, Goregaon. She has secured 2nd class in B.Com and is now working in an IT firm Saar IT Resource Co. l We have now been associated with Integreon Managed Solutions who is helping our students to develop their careers in IT and other life skill programs.

Sports:l Three hearing-impaired students from the school are the first individuals with special needs in the country to have achieved black belt second degrees in Karate. l At the Special Olympics games held in Mumbai last year, the school team won the first place in football, the third place in Bocce. Students also won several medals in Athletics. l The school's Malakhamb, karate and Archery teams have won several inter-school competitions up to the district level. l Students also participate in other sports such as chess, cricket, swimming, archery, football and American football.l Our students have bought accolades for our school at 5th Akshay Kumar International Kudo Tournament 2013 held in Oct-Nov 2013. Mr Akshay Kumar from his personal account gifted a cheque of Rs 1 lakh to the outstanding student Ms Pooja Averi.l Our school has been awarded first prize for Karate at 36th International Krida Mahautsav held from 11th to 14th December 2013. In this event 51 schools were participating from Dahisar to Bandra, Mumbai. Our school was only disabling school to participate.l A sports meet for special children was organized by Narsee Monjee Educational Trust on 17th December 2013.There were 28 special schools all over Mumbai participating in this event. Out of which we won - 1) Sports Championship trophy - 1st place, 2) March Pass - 1st place, 3) 14 Gold medals, 4) 4 Silver medals and 5) 3 Bronze medals

Others:l A student Master Vishal Sarvaiya from the school won a dance competition on Sony channel and currently works as a tutor in Shiamak Davar's troupe. l A student Master Sohail Lakhani has also featured in a Bollywood film titled 'Bubblegum'. Ten students have acted in the soon-to-be-released film 'Barfi', while a group of 8 students have performed a dance act in a Kannada film. l A student represented India for Chess competition held at Portugal in 2010.

PROJECTS

St. Jude Child Care Centre for cancer patients is the brainchild of Mr. Nihal Kaviratne, Ex-CEO of M/s. Hindustan Lever Ltd./India. Tata Memorial hospital being the No.1 facility of its kind in India and offering world class services at a highly subsidized rates. When the patient is a child of age group of 4 months to 15 years, patient is always accompanied by both parents, adding to accommodation and food costs. St. Jude (The Saint of the Desperate one) provides housing for all such non-resident children up to the age of 15 along with their parents. They also provide services of admission into Tata Memorial, highly subsidized or free chemo, free medication, daily meals, transportation to and fro, vocational training to the parents to help them on their return to their villages and education to the child patient, which he or she misses during prolonged treatment period. All this is provided free of cost. The entire emphasis of this organization is on the hygienic and holistic care which includes counseling, which has led to their success in saving lives by 60% to 70% more than other similar organizations. St. Jude currently has 11 such centres in India and 3 more will open shortly with each centre spread over 5000 sq.ft. and capable to house 23/25 patients and families in each centre.

Tata Memorial has been allocated 3 buildings of 15000 sq.ft. each from Mumbai Port Trust at Cotton Green. Of the 45000 sq.ft., 5000 sq ft is reserved for Tata Memorial Offices and balance has been offered by them to St.Jude to set up a plaza of centres. Our Club has committed funding for one centre of 5,000 sq ft to the tune of Rs 90 lakhs and a smaller centre of 2,500 sq ft is also being set up on Dr E Borges Road, Parel at a cost Rs 35 lakhs.

To provide maximum funding to St Jude eight South Mumbai Clubs have been convinced to offer Rs 5 lakhs each as a joint sponsorship for the centre. More Clubs are likely to join to expand our reach.

The Club has disbursed funds of Rs 16 lakhs for building 20 low cost housing shelters for the tribal families at Shilonde Village. 10 Kutirs have been funded by Rtn Rajesh Mehta, 3 kutirs by PP Rtn Anju Siraj and balance by other Club Members. The District has given two dates namely 8th February and 15th February for donor Clubs to offer shramdaan wherein members can help to build the shelters. Work has already commenced for building 100 kutirs. Currently huts are being built next to their existing homes where the families can shift to till such time the kutirs are built. The intention is to create a model village zone by enhancing the number of kutirs, executing a large water project, creating schools, community centre, healthcare centre, which will all be supported by various clubs of the district.

ST JUDE CENTRE FOR CANCER PATIENTS

ROTARY KUTIRS AT SHILONDE VILLAGE

This Kitchen will feed 1,50,000 Midday Meals to children of age group of 5 years to 15 years of Municipal and non aided Government schools per day. Mr Sunil Dhamne, Deputy Municipal Commissioner has cleared the file and it is now with Mr Adtani, Additional Municipal Commissioner who also wants this project to happen. A lot of work has been completed and meetings have been held at very levels with Municipal Commissioner, Deputy Municipal Commissioner, Additional Municipal Commissioner and BJP Corporator, Mr Dilipbhai Patel. The total project cost is Rs 2.5 crores. The land at Byculla on which the kitchen shed is being built belongs to The Bombay Municipal Corporation. The vision that that the municipal corporation provided to us is that, once this kitchen is set up and running, they will provide space for 3 further kitchens to us with the target being to cover the entire city with 4 centralized kitchens.

DG Rtn Lata Subraidu has agreed to give US$ 50,000 for this project. A suitable international partner Club for a global grant is being identified for this project along with matching from that International District.

Rtn Vinay Kothari, Rtn Pranabh Mody, Rtn Uday Merchant, Rtn Pankaj Sheth, Rtn Sanjiv Mehta and Mr Rajesh Shah have committed Rs 25 lakhs each for this project

SETTING UP A CENTRALIZED MIDDAY MEALS KITCHEN PROJECT OPERATED BY ISKCON

Our Club continues to support A.K.Munshi Institution which does the honorable service of helping the mentally challenged children get basic schooling and vocational training. The school has recently been renovated and painted.

On 23rd December our Club celebrated Christmas by hosting a gala party for 140 mentally challenged kids of A K Munshi School in the school premises. Rs 25,000/- was donated by Rtn Deepak and R/ann Anju Harlalka towards the cost for the party.

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A K MUNSHI SCHOOL

Our Club participated in a Polio Plus Drive on Sunday, 22nd September at Nana Chowk Help Post. The Nana Chowk Help Post consists of 27 Polio NID Immunization Centres.

POLIO

PROJECTS

Rtn Amit Dalal, Rtn Nimish Shah and Rtn Nikesh Parekh gave a donation of Rs 25,000 each and Rtn Ketan Parekh, R/ann Falguni Mehta and R/ann Preeti Shah donated Rs 20,000. The total sum collected of Rs 95,000/- would be used to sponsor an outstation trip for 140 children to Aurangabad to help them experience life under normal circumstances.

Our dream of providing vocational training to the underprivileged youth of our society in coordination with Kohinoor Technical Institute has turned into a reality with the receipt of Global Grant of US$ 30,000. We commenced six month vocational training courses for underprivileged youth in Air conditioning and refrigeration Engineering Services, Electrical Engineering Services and Electronics engineering Services at a discounted fee. These students are from very poor background. The fees for each of the courses is Rs 21,500/-. Each student contributes Rs 6,500/- per course and the Club sponsors Rs 15,000/- per student per course. Kohinoor guarantees them employment with larger companies, offering salaries of over Rs 10,000 post probation / in house training. Once employed, they have to sign a bond to pay back Rs 500/- per month to Kohinoor, so as to subsidize the next batch of students and make it self-sustaining. The first batch comprising of 84 students and the second batch of 41 students have already secured jobs. The third batch of 150 students have already started the courses.

ROTARY KOHINOOR VOCATIONAL TRAINING

Our Club felicitated our Rtn Pranabh Mody for donating medicines worth Rs 45 lakhs towards Uttarakhand Relief to the Red Cross.

DONATION OF MEDICINES TOWARDS UTTARAKHAND RELIEF

SETTING UP OF TELEPHONE BOOTH

A generous donation of Rs 45,000 was received from Rtn Lalit Singhvi towards setting up a telephone booth opp Banganga Municipal School for a handicapped person and putting our Club's name as Sponsor of this project.

Our Club participated in the Rotary Carnival held on 24th November at CPRA Bayview Marina Gardens. It was a Night Bazaar a fun day for shopping, entertainment, food and games. Our Club though was not one of the co-host Clubs, sponsored one stall of Rs 12,000/- by giving it to a NGO Shri Atma Vallabh Mahila Kendra.

PARTICIPATION IN ROTARY CARNIVAL

Our Club was the Platinum Sponsor Club for the ACE TRF Seminar held on 27th December at Hotel United 21, Thane. For the First Time Two RI President (RIPE GARY Huang and PRIP KALYAN Banerjee) were on the same dais.

PLATINUM SPONSOR FOR TRF SEMINAR

We co-hosted “Sanskar” a training program for Presidents, Club Secretary, Treausrer of Interact Clubs. It was held at S P Jain Institute of Management. Students of our four Interact Clubs of Lady Engineer High School, Baretto High School, Sanskardham School and St Paul High School participated in this Program.

Our Club co-hosted Udaan, a District Interact Conference held at Sanmukhanand Hall which was attended by all our Interact Clubs.

13th July CO-HOSTED “SANSKAR”

27th September CO-HOSTED “UDAAN”

19th October CANCER DETECTION CAMP

Our Club sponsored the first Cancer Detection Camp for 100 ladies at Rahator Memorial Church Hall, Parel East, in association with Cancer Patients Aid Association.

This Camp was organized with the help of Rtn Dr Chandrashekhar Joshi.

On Sunday, 1st December, Rtn Jai Diwanji won the Men's Single Badminton Final upsetting the district's top seed of two/three years. Rtn Neeraj , Hiten , Nikesh , Amit and Saurabh cheered relentlessly to ensure he gave 110% and won.

On Sunday, 1st December our Club participated in the District Table Tennis tournament at Kalidas Indoor Stadium, Mulund West.

Table Tennis Doubles Finals - Nikesh Parekh and Hiten Shah Table Tennis Singles First Rtn Hiten ShahTable Tennis Rising Star Rtn Saurabh Mahajan

Finals were played against our very own Rtn Amit Shah and Saurabh Mahajan. Our Club won Gold and Silver medals.

CRICKET SOBO CUP

Our Club won the first Cricket Match of the season against Rotary Club of Bombay Peninsula. Anil Chauhan find of the season. Vinay Kothari's brilliant performance with bat and ball. Kalpesh Sanghavi on verge of a hat trick. Samir Sanghavi and Pranabh Mody wicket of first balls and Neeraj Gandhi partially retired from wicket keeping due to a bad back takes 3 catches in a row at short cover with one flying upwards. Congratulations to our Cricket Team !!

On Saturday, 16th November our Club played a cricket match against RC of Bombay Bayview. We needed 95 runs to win in 10 overs and scored it with one over to spare and with a six. Samir Haji opened with 35 runs, Neeraj and Samir Sanghavi with 35 runs each and Pranabh 24 runs. Vinay Kothari managed to hit a six and got out hit wicket.

On Saturday, 23 November our Club played a friendly cricket match against RC of Bombay Central where we lost. Rtn Pranabh scored 34 runs and Rtn Samir and myself touched a double figure. We were all out for 113 in the 17th over.

On Saturday, 30th November our Club played against RC of Mumbai Nariman Point. We scored 100 runs in first ten overs and 166 runs in 20 overs. Vishal scored 40 runs and Paresh Kapasi 30 runs plus. Kalpesh Shah took 3 wickets in 8 balls. Sterling performances by Vishal, Samir Sanghavi and all team members. RC of Mumbai Nariman Point all out for 100 runs.

From bottom of table to runners up our Club is a Silver Medalist.

DISTRICT CRICKET TOURNAMENT

On Saturday, 21st December, we won the First Match of the District Cricket Tournament against RC of Sun City in Trombay. It was the most exhilarating match in the last three years. Rtn Pranabh Mody and Rtn Samir Haji scored 24 and 21. Vishal hit 36 of 25 balls ending with a sixer. In the last over with only eight runs needed by the opponents, Rtn Vinay Kothari gave four runs and claimed a wicket. Vishal, Rtn Anil Chauhan and Rtn Vinay took two wickets each. Queen's Necklace won with three runs to spare.

SPORTS NEWS

1st December MEN'S SINGLE BADMINTON FINAL

1st December DISTRICT TABLE TENNIS TOURNAMENT

PROJECTS & SPORTS

The first Eye Check up and Cataract Camp with Phacoemulsification "Laser" Surgery was held on Sunday, 20th October at Dhobighat Muni Marathi School, Opp Kasturba Hospital in association with Kalpatru Pratishthan and Bay View Clinic. Statistics - 330 registrations, spectacles distributed 220 and 60 people were identified for surgery, which will be performed by Rtn Dr Priyanka Doctor. Blood tests and ECG were taken. A Pamphlet for the Cataract Camp was circulated in nearby housing societies and in offices of members to enable maximum people to take advantage of the camp.

Rtn Bhupen Pacholi has provided a magnanimous donation of Rs 5 lakhs to be used for sponsoring cataract surgeries and eye care.

20th October CATARACT CAMP WITH LASER SURGERY

Bankim Doshi 17th June 1985Rajeev Kapadia 17th June 1985Niyogi Shah 17th June 1985Nikhil Shah 17th June 1985Ajay Aggarwal 1st November 1985Vijay Agarwal 1st July 1985Bhavin Kothari 1st July 1985Jayesh Sheth 1st November 1985Mahesh Shroff 1st August 1985Arun Todarwal 1st November 1985

Ashesh Masturlal 1st June 1987Priyakant Patel 1st November 1987Nimish Shah 1st July 1987Kishor Shah 1st June 1987Vikram Shah 1st June 1988Mahesh Dalal 1st June 1988Premal Udani 1st June 1988Yatin Vaghani 1st June 1988

- Amit Shah- Kalpesh Shah- Manish Mody- Sanjiv Mehta - Akshay Mehta

Pranabh Mody 5,500,000.00 Uday Merchant 2,500,000.00 Vinay Kothari 2,500,000.00 Pankaj Sheth & Associates 2,500,000.00 Rajesh Shah (Ref. Sanjiv Mehta) 2,500,000.00 Sanjiv Mehta 2,500,000.00 Rajesh Mehta 2,500,000.00 Guru Kher (Ref. Ashok Shah) 2,500,000.00 Chandu Memorial Trust (through Shri Babubhai Thakker) 1,000,000.00 Rajen Shah 1,000,000.00 Tata Investment (Ref. Amit Dalal) 1,000,000.00 Bhavin Kothari & friend 640,000.00 Bhupendra Pancholi 580,000.00 Nimish Shah 500,000.00 Kirit Damania (Ref. Chandubhai) 500,000.00 Chaitanya Mehta 500,000.00 Deepak Harlalka 450,000.00 Hiten Shah 300,000.00 Anju Siraj 240,000.00 Sohiniben 230,000.00 Amit Shah 200,000.00 Shatul Gupta 200,000.00 Premal Udani 200,000.00 Kuber Hemchand 150,000.00 Gaurav Patel 125,000.00 Jitesh Jogani 125,000.00 Sunil Shah 100,000.00 Nikunj Modi 100,000.00 Pradip Solanki 100,000.00 Ketan Parikh 100,000.00 Ajay Agarwal 80,000.00 Chetan Jhaveri 75,000.00 Ashok Sampat 50,000.00 Manish Mody 50,000.00 Kalpesh Shah 50,000.00 Amit Dalal 50,000.00 Nikesh Parekh & Friends 45,000.00 Gaurav Bhatia 25,000.00 Sujata Shah 25,000.00 Sona Shah 25,000.00 Hemang Gandhi 25,000.00 Dr. Mrinal Shah 25,000.00 Bharat Shah 25,000.00 Sonal Jhaveri 21,000.00 Priyakant Patel 20,000.00 Yatin Waghani 10,000.00

Know your New Members!<< HITEN & NAMITA JANGLA

PARESH & NANDINI KAPASI ^^

NITA MODY ^^

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