SPORTS MANAGEMENT TEAM

ANNUAL REPORT 2012-2013

Senior Team Junior Team

Karthik R Himanshu Rai

Ankur Paul Bharat Basavaraj

Ashna Sanghai Monica Bommareddy

Medha Gautam Priyanka Gujar

Riju Dutta Rahul Ponodath

Ramneek Puri

Sports Management Team Report 2012-13

The Sports Management Team witnessed a grand array of events during the course of the

academic year 2012-2013. Every event was conducted successfully and achieved the aim of

bringing out the best in people, inculcating a sense of team-spirit and building bonds that last

beyond the field.

The Team conducted events that not only fostered a strong relationship between the juniors

and the seniors but also brought to everyone’s notice the sheer talent that the budding

managers of SIBM, Pune possess.

The team organized events as well as represented SIBM, Pune at events organized by other

Institutes. Detailed description of the events in a chronological order is elucidated in this

report.

UEFA Euro Finals Screening

On the night of July 1st, 2012, the Sports Management Team of SIBM, Pune screened the

Euro 2012 Finals between Italy and Spain, held in Portugal. The event was the first of the

academic year and the Auditorium was filled to the brim with both juniors as well as seniors,

all supporting their respective teams. It was a night to remember as every pass, every run,

every near miss was treated with a wide range of emotions.

The match itself was very intense, with both teams playing a very tactical game, however,

Spain’s quality shone in the end and their patient passing game led them to a glorious 4-0

victory. This was the largest margin of victory in the UEFA Euro Finals and Spain became

the first team to win the Euros twice consecutively (2008 and 2012).

Result:

Spain 4-0 Italy.

Man of the Match : Andres Iniesta.

Valhalla 2012

The first sports event of the academic year and what a spectacle it was. XLRI Jamshedpur

conducted their Sports cum Cultural fest, Valhalla 2012 from 27th

July, 2012 to 29th

July

2012.

Top 15 business schools from all over the country were invited for this event and this being

the first fest of the year, all B-schools were determined to make a mark in all the events in

order to build momentum for all the forthcoming tournaments.

The competition was stiff with top sporting teams from IIM Calcutta, IIM Raipur, XLRI

Jamshedpur and XIMB. However, SIBM Pune, in their first ever participation at the fest put

on a spectacular show and ensured that each and every participating college took note of

SIBM’s abilities outside the classroom.

SIBM, Pune took part in various Sports events, namely,

Badminton (Men And Women),

Table Tennis (Men And Women),

Basketball (Men And Women),

Volleyball (Men),

Throwball (Women),

Football (Men)

Athletics (Men)

After a long 30 hour train journey from Pune to Jamshedpur, the SIBM, Pune contingent of

49 people arrived on the XLRI campus at around 1:30 am on the 27th

of July. After a quick

bite at the campus canteen and a good night’s rest, Valhalla 2012 kicked off with the opening

ceremony at the college auditorium. After a speech by the director of XLRI and the

organizing committee, it was time for the fun and games to begin.

Badminton: (SMASH)

The SIBM, Pune team enjoyed great success in the badminton event. The team comprised of

Prateek Shellikeri, Riju Dutta, Soyinka Majumder, Indira Srikant and Monica Reddy.

Prateek Shellikeri took part in the men’s singles event, Indira Srikant took part in the

women’s singles event, Riju Dutta and Soyinka Majumder represented the men’s doubles

team while Monica Reddy and Indira Srikant made up the women’s doubles team.

After coming through a tough opening encounter with XIMB and a relatively competitive

fixture against the hosts XLRI, the SIBM badminton team made it through to the finals where

they were pitted against a very strong IIM-Calcutta team.

What was expected to be a tightly fought encounter turned out to be a fairly one sided affair

with SIBM completely dominating the finals. Prateek won his singles match in straight sets,

Indira won her singles match in straight sets and finally our doubles team of Riju Dutta and

Soyinka Majumder sealed the tie with a comprehensive straight sets victory in the men’s

doubles event.

The SIBM, Pune badminton team was crowned as the victorious team in the event.

Football:

The Football tournament at Valhalla 2012 unearthed a lot of new talent from the SIBM, Pune

team. The team comprised of Joe Joseph, Karthik Ramkumar, Ankur Paul, Riju Dutta, Jasaon

Reynold Goveas, Soyinka Majumder, Kartik Shanmuga, Hijaaz Ali, Abir Lavasa, Prateek

Shellikeri, Bipul Upreti, Varun Gill, Varun Rajawat and Rahul Mathew Ponodath.

The team started the tournament in blistering form, beating a strong IIM Raipur team 4-1 and

thereby announcing their arrival at the tournament. Next up was a crucial encounter against

IIM Calcutta. SIBM had to avoid defeat in order to advance to the finals. After a few nervous

moments, SIBM, Pune held off IIM Calcutta and drew the game 0-0 and thereby advancing

to the finals.

In the finals, SIBM again faced the home team XLRI. This was a great contest and amidst the

immense support for the home team, SIBM, Pune’s incredible effort led us to win the match

1-0 and thereby become the Football champions at Valhalla 2012.

Table Tennis:

The SIBM, Pune table tennis team too displayed great talent and skill in the tournament,

showing a great deal of effort, fight and determination against their opponents. The team

comprised of Rajat Nagar (men’s singles), Prateek Shellikeri and Karan Nandani (men’s

doubles), Indira Srikant (Women’s singles) and Indira Srikant and Debasmita Dey (women’s

doubles).

Facing stiff competition from XLRI and XIMB, SIBM lost out very narrowly in their ties

with these two teams. However, the team kept getting better as the tournament went on and

made up for the losses by convincingly beating IIM Raipur and IIM-Calcutta in their final

matches. Winning the tie 3-0 and as a result winning a large number of admirers through their

sheer effort and never say die attitude throughout the tournament.

The team was declared at the 3rd

position in the tournament.

Basketball:

Basketball was probably one of the most exciting events of the fest. The SIBM, Pune men’s

basketball team comprised of, Bharath Harish, Jorawar Singh, Ashish Agarwal, Bharat

Basavaraj, Ramneek Puri, Abir Lavasa, Joe Joseph and Karthik Shanmuga.

The team opened their score with an overwhelming victory over a skilful IIM Raipur team.

Riding on the confidence from this win, the team went on to take on the formidable IIM

Calcutta team. This was a very closely fought encounter with great support from both ends.

After a great fight, SIBM, Pune came out victorious and made their way to the finals of the

Basketball tournament. In the finals, they faced the host team XLRI. This was another heated

encounter and our team showed great character coming back from a 5 point deficit to even

the game with just a few minutes left. However the team unfortunately lost out in the final

moments and XLRI ran out as the eventual winners. But the SIBM team earned great respect

from the crowd and was applauded at the court for their tremendous effort.

Volleyball

The SIBM, Pune volleyball team comprising of Soyinka Majumder, Prateek Shellikeri, Abir

Lavasa, Jorawar Singh, Bharat Basavaraj and Sameer Phalke played its first match against

XIMB and gave tough fight to the competition. It had a close call with victory but lost the

match in the final sets. The team displayed great skill while playing victoriously with XLRI

and IIM-C in the event.

The team was ranked 3rd

in the tournament.

AWARDS AND ACCOLADES

1) Football, 1st position, Valhalla 2012, XLRI, Jamshedpur

2) Badminton, 1st position, Valhalla 2012, XLRI, Jamshedpur

3) Basketball (Men’s), 2nd

position, Valhalla 2012, XLRI, Jamshedpur

4) Table Tennis, 3rd

position, Valhalla 2012, XLRI, Jamshedpur

5) Volleyball (Men’s) 3rd

position, Valhalla 2012, XLRI, Jamshedpur

6) Athletics (Men’s): Silver (2 medals), Bronze (1 Medal)

INTRAMUROS

It was the month of August and the college hosted one of the most popular events the inter

specialization indoor games event –Intramuros. The name means "within walls" in Latin,

signifying a fortified city, ready for battle. True to its name, many wars were fought as

students represented their specializations at the three day long festival of sport pieced

together by The SIBM Pune Sports Management Team.

A democratic vote was taken on campus and the top seven indoor events viz Box Cricket,

Chess, Carrom, Futsal, Arm Wrestling and Poker were conducted in the Symbiosis Lavale

campus from 27thth

to 29th

August 2012. A Sports Quiz was conducted on the August 29,

2012 to mark the end of the event. The sports included were:

Futsal: 70 players, 14 teams

The convocation ground was stage to some brilliant action as the footballers' were out in full

force to showcase their intricate skills and passing moves in classic five on five action. The

fast paced 16 minutes game gave the organizers logistical headaches as balls disappeared out

of the courts and into the abyss of a valley below, never to be found.

Chess: 50 players

It wasn't all physical action at Intramuros. Those who preferred good ol' mind games came

out and fiercely contested a rapid Chess tournament in the Symbiosis Recreation Centre. The

devious and cunning stratagems on show would have made even history's most infamous

plotters proud.

Carrom: 60 players, 30 teams

Probably the most played game on campus, the Carrom players finally got the spotlight that

they deserved as they duked it out in teams of two.

Pool: 60 players, 30 teams

One of the quieter events decibels wise, the players in this game let their actions do the

talking.

Sports Quiz

The Sports Quiz was conducted by Himanshu Rai. The event was lively and the competition

was cut throat. Marketing B continued their hot streak and secured first position.

BOX CRICKET TOURNAMENT

Thrilling cricket under the lights : Box Cricket

The journey began with the extremely popular and exciting Box-Cricket which is a very

unique format of cricket that sees participation from both men and women.

The event acts as a fun way of improving the relationships between the 1st and 2

nd year

students in the college. A lot of bridges were built during the course of this event. It also

witnessed a great audience as the battle of the specializations brought out the best competitive

spirit in people.

Result: The winners were the Marketing A team of Ankur Paul, Ankur Gautam, Varun

Arora, Hanuman Agarwal, Bharat Basavaraj and Sumedha D.

3RD

SIU INTER-INSTITUTE T-20 CRICKET TOURNAMENT

SIBM-Pune hosted the SIU Cricket tournament

December saw the Sports Management Team, SIBM, Pune taking the opportunity of

conducting the prestigious SIU (Symbiosis International University) T-20 Cricket tournament

at the brand new cricket ground in the Lavale campus.

The week long tournament saw various colleges from the Symbiosis family take part in this

grand event. SIBM, Pune played gracious hosts for this event and event hosted out-station

teams on campus.

This formally conducted event witnessed a great deal of sportsmanship from the various

participating teams. Professional umpires ensured a fair-play of events.

The tournament is an opportunity for the cricketing talent of the Symbiosis institutes to get

picked for the University team and represent the team at national level tournaments. And

thanks to SIBM, Pune’s good run in the tournament, Abir Lavasa from MBA I, Marketing A

was selected to represent the University team and played a zonal level tournament too.

The event concluded with the Director of SIBM, Pune Dr. Vivek Sane personally felicitating

the winners and the runners up of the event.

Results: Winners: Symbiosis Centre for Management Studies (UG)

Runners’ Up: Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, Pune

SPRINT 2013 – S. P. JAIN, MUMBAI

Next stop for the sporting bunch of SIBM Pune was the sports fest (SPRINT) conducted by

SP Jain, Mumbai. A 45 member contingent from SIBM, Pune took part in various sporting

events such as Cricket, football, badminton, swimming, LAN gaming, volleyball, throwball,

table tennis and basketball.

The happy winners at SP Jain Sports fest

The Sports Management team ensured that the entire contingency representing SIBM, Pune

was taken care of for all the days of the event in the city of Mumbai. The various teams

competing with talent from the top B schools of the country, performed admirably, returning

with lots of medals and accolades.

Results:

1) LAN Gaming (Counter Strike) : Gold medal

Team : Neelanshu Mishra, Aditya Jajoo, Joy Wangdus, Himanshu Rai, Bharath Basavaraj

2) Swimming :

50 metre freestyle, Gold medal : Prashant Khuller

100 metre freestyle, Silver medal : Prashant Khuller

50 metre backstroke, Silver medal : Prashant Khuller

50 metre breaststroke, Silver medal : Joy Wangdus

50 metre backstroke, Bronze medal : Joy Wangdus

3) Basketball : Silver medal

Team : Bharath Harish, Ramneek Puri, Jorawar, Bharat Basavraj, Angad, Abir Lavasa,

Karthik S, Joe Joseph, Shreyansh

4) Cricket : Silver medal

Team:Samarth Saxena, Varun Arora, Ankur Paul, Rajat Nagar, Abir Lavasa, Avinash

Taneja, Bharath Basavraj, Ankur Gautam, Navdeep Rathore, Sunny Kumar, Babul,

Prateek Shellikeri, Mittul

5) Badminton (Women) : Silver medal

Team: Indu Srikant, Monica Reddy, Ashna Sanghai

DWANDVA

The Sports Management Team also conducted ‘Dwandva’, which is an annual battle between

MBA-I and MBA-II and includes 10 sports. It is one of the most awaited events of the year,

and witnesses both great participation and viewership.

With passion running high and support from both the batches up to the zenith level, the best

part of the event is the fun and camaraderie quotient which reaches levels rarely seen

otherwise. A healthy sense of bonding was observed when the seniors encouraged the juniors

every step of the game.

Dwandva for the first time in 3 years, was won by the batch of MBA I as the two batches

were taken to the wire by each other, with cricket being the deciding event to determine the

champions. The event further increased the bond between the two batches and strengthened

the SIBM, Pune community.

Results: MBA-I beat MBA-II

Dwandva Gallery

The winners: MBA-I

Squash at Dwandva 2013

Kabaddi at Dwandva 2013

Badminton at Dwandva 2013

Volleyball at Dwandva 2013

Table-Tennis at Dwandva 2013

SIBM-PUNE PREMIER LEAGUE (SPL 5)

The last event of the year, and certainly not the smallest was the 5th edition of the SIBM

Premier League. An event modelled on the Indian Premier League, over 140 players, spread

across 8 teams, all vying to become the champions.

It was a fabulous event with tremendous participation from every student in the college.

Some riveting cricket and there were some gems unearthed through the course of the

tournament. It was a fabulous event with tremendous participation from everybody in the

college.

The events in SPL in a chronological order are as follows:

Team Name and Captains’ Auctions

A formal auction of prospective captains of the 8 teams was organized. The captains prepared

videos introducing themselves and what they would bring to the team in a bid to win the

owners’ attention. Legacy Team Names (Wolves, Spartans, Eagles, Dragons, Sharks, Bisons,

Devils and Stallions) were also auctioned for points. The event was held at the Assembly hall

and was witnessed a huge turnout from both MBA I and II.

Players’ Auctions

Strategic planning

The Players’ Auctions was an exciting day for all aspiring cricketers. All the interested

players from MBA-I and MBA-II were auctioned to the 8 teams. This exercise helped in

understanding strategies and managing unexpected turn of events as every team had to

construct their team from scratch within 5000 points.

Every player got an opportunity to be part of a team and the teams were finalised and were

raring to get to the field.

SPL in Action

The week-long event had 8 teams : Wolves, Spartans, Eagles, Dragons, Sharks, Bisons,

Devils and Stallions. These teams were divided into 2 groups of 4 each and in each group,

every team played the other team once. After the initial rounds of the group matches, the top

two teams from each group went ahead to the semi-finals.

Captains of non-playing team acted as umpires during the other games to ensure fair-play.

And this year, 2013, we had Wolves, Spartans, Dragons and Eagles making up the 4 teams in

the semi-finals. After 2 nail biting matches, firstly between Dragons and Wolves, followed by

Spartans and Eagles, Wolves and Eagles made it to the finals of the 5th

edition of the SPL.

There was also a match held for the 3rd

and 4th

place which was won by the Dragons and

Spartans respectively.

The winners: Eagles and the Runners’ up: Wolves

The finals proved to be another riveting encounter with Eagles taking home the trophy after a

clinical performance.

SPL SUPER SELECTOR

Also, for the first time in the history of the SPL, the Sports Management Team, in association

with the Information Technology Team launched the SPL Super Selector which turned out to

be a huge hit.

The purpose of this was to get more involvement so that people who couldn’t come watch the

games would still be interested to know what was going on in the tournament so that they

could pick the best team as part of the super selector. The event was eventually won by

Avinash Taneja from MBA I, Marketing A.

Results:

Award Winner

First Position Eagles

Second Position Wolves

Third Position Dragons

Fourth Position Spartans

Best Batsman Abir Lavasa

Best Bowler Bharath Harish

Best Fielder Gaurav Tikas

Player of the Tournament Prateek Shellikeri

Abdul R. Khan Most Spirited Team Bisons

The Senior and Junior Sports Management Team 2012-13