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17-June-2004: Chappel Clinic for Cricket enthusiasts - Letter from MichCA President

Last year with our Vice Chairman Nabil Ahmed's help we had all time great Wasim Akram with us. This year with P.K. Guha's help we will have legendary cricketer "Greg Chappel" coach us on how to improve our game, coaching and also how to be a better Captain. Most impotantly an opportunity for kids, our future of Cricket in America. Imagine a one-on-one session with this legend.

The "Chappel Clinic" is scheduled between July 12th and 18th 2004 at Birmigham, Michigan the center point for Detroit. Easy to commute. Cricket enthusiasts from Toronto and Ohio have already started registering. We have limited seats. Please register as soon as possible. We expect this event to be over booked. If you are late and do not get an opportunity forgive us. Greg is here for just 7 days.

We will have a banquet and certificates distribution function with photo session with Greg Chappel for the partcipants. I suggest all the MichCA member club Captains, Coaches and players register for this event. We have organized this for you and your kids. Please take the full benefit of this.

Attached email and www.michca.org has all the details. Please forward this email to all your corporate and community buddies.

02-June-2004: The Finals of Table Tennis Tournament of year 2004 concluded on 23-May-2004. Anup Netrawali and Malathi Kamath won the Men's and Women's championship respectively. All the matches were well fought and spectators had a good time too. Overall match scores were:

Men's Winner:                   Anup Netrawali
I Runner-up:                     Venu Baliga
II Runner-up:                     Harish Pai

12-May-2004: The second round Table Tennis Tournament of year 2004 concluded on 09-May-2004. There were plenty of matches and some very good games to watch. We had last minute entries with Dr. C.K.Kamath joining Group-A and Radha Netrawali joining the Women's group. Thanks to Anup & Radha Netrawali and other volunteers, everyone had plenty of fun and good dinner after the matches. Raj Pai and Harish Pai from Men Group-A, Anup Netrawali and Venu Baliga from Men Group-B, Malathi Kamath and Vani Baliga from Women Group-A qualified for the Semi-Final round which will be played on 23-May-2004 between 1:00pm and 4:00 pm at Venu and Vani Baliga's residence. Overall match scores are:

Men's Group-A : Raj Pai bt. Niranjan Shenoy 2-1 (21-17, 18-21, 21-18); Raj Pai bt. Mohan Kamath 2-0 (21-10, 21-09); Mohan Kamath bt. Dr. CK Kamath 2-1 (21-17, 11-21, 18-21); Harish Pai bt. Dr. CK Kamath 2-0 (21-09, 21-12); Harish Pai bt. Mohan Kamath 2-0 (11-00, 21-11); Harish Pai bt. Raj Pai 2-0 (21-17, 21-18); Raj Pai bt. Dr. CK Kamath 2-0 (21-15, 21-12); Raj Pai bt. Mohan Kamath 2-0 (21-14, 21-12);

Men's Group-B: Ajit Pai bt. Vasudhan Bhat 2-0 (21-12, 21-14); Venu Baliga bt. Naren Kamath 2-0 (21-13, 21-12); Anup Netrawali bt. Naren Kamath 2-0 (21-10, 21-06); Naren Kamath bt. Niranjan Shenoy 2-0 (21-16, 21-13); Anup Netrawali bt. Niranjan Shenoy 2-0 (21-14, 21-05); Venu Baliga bt. Niranjan Shenoy 2-0 (21-11, 21-08); Anup Netrawali bt. Venu Baliga 2-0 (21-16, 21-10)

Women's Group-A: Malathi kamath bt. Vani Baliga 2-1 (21-18, 17-21, 21-14); Srimala Pai bt. Prabha Bhat 2-0 (21-10, 21-05); Malathi Kamath bt. Srimala Pai 2-1(21-15, 13-21, 21-11); Vani Baliga bt. Radha Netrawali 2-0 (21-16, 21-17); Vani Baliga bt. Srimala Pai 2-0 (21-13, 21-18); Srimala Pai bt. Radha Netrawali 2-0 (21-17, 21-14); Malathi Kamath bt. Radha Netrawali 2-0 (21-07, 21-06); Vani Baliga bt. Prabha Bhat 2-0 (21-04, 21-10); Malathi Kamath bt. Prabha Bhat 2-0 (21-10, 21-09); Prabha Bhat bt. Radha Netrawali 2-1 (21-14, 08-21, 21-17)

25-April-2004 (as of 9:20 p.m): There has been a tremendous response to the Sports activities that will commence perhaps by April last weekend. Following registrations have been received for various sports:

Table Tennis: Venkat Mallya, Niranjan Bellare, Raj Pai, Venu Baliga, Mohan Kamath, Malathi Kamath, Anish Hegde, Naren Kamath, Vaibhav Mallya, Srimala Pai, Vani Baliga, Naren Kamath, Ajit Pai, Harish Pai, Vinod Pai

Basket Ball: Ami Sardesai, Venkat Mallya, Vaibhav Mallya, Anup Netrawali, Naren Kamath, Snehalata Kamath, Anish Hegde, Raj Pai, Srimala Pai, Venu Baliga, Vani Baliga, Ajit Pai, Prabha Bhat, Radha Netrawali

Volley Ball: Mohan Kamath, Malathi Kamath, Anup Netrawali, Naren Kamath, Raj Pai, Srimala Pai, Anish Hegde, Venu Baliga, Vani Baliga, Ajit Pai, Harish Pai, Prabhakar Padiyar, Snehalata Kamath, Prabha Bhat, Radha Netrawali

Carroms: Venkat Mallya, Anup Netrawali, Venu Baliga, Vani Baliga, Ajit Pai, Harish Pai, Prabhakar Padiyar

Cricket: Raj Pai, Niranjan Bellare, Anish Hegde, Venu Baliga, Naren Kamath, Anil Bhat, Venkat Mallya, Vaibhav Mallya, Ami Sardesai, Prabhakar Padiyar, Ajit Pai, Harish Pai, Vinod Pai,

05-May-2003: The first game of cricket for this season was played on 03-May-2003 between 10:30 am and 2:00 pm in Camelton School Grounds in Sterling Heights. There was plenty of fun, sun and of course cricket. 11 team members showed up from near and far. Players from Ann Arbor, Canton, Westland, Rochester Hills, Farmington Hills braved the distance and the free-way construction detours to sweat it out. Drinks were sponsored by Venu Baliga and Anup Netrawali. The Cricket kit was sponsored by Venu Baliga and Raj Pai contributed with T-Ball.

The 11 players that played were Anil Bhat, Anila Shanbhag, Anup Netrawali, Ashwin Betrabet, Geeta Betrabet, Hemant Betrabet, Manjunath Prabhu, Naren Kamath, Niranjan Shenoy, Shashidar Kamath, Venu Baliga. Players who had other commitments but expressed to join the next week were Harish Pai, Mohan Kamath, Rajendra Pai, Priyan Manjeshwar. Kudos to Geeta Betrabet who did so well, and we look forward to Deepti Manjeshwar, Vani Baliga, and Srimala Pai who have expressed their interest in joining the game.

Visit the Events/ Sports page on this website for details of next schedule. Team members listed below have already been sent out emails on 05-May-2003. If anyone has not received the email may please contact Naren Kamath.

23-Apr-2003: The first game of cricket is scheduled to be played on 03-May-2003. Details of which is posted on the Events/ Sports page on this website. Team members listed below have already been sent out emails on 27-Apr-2003. If anyone has not received the email may please contact Naren Kamath.

The Michkon Cricket Club (MCC) team members in alphabetical order are:
Ajay Shenoy, Anil Bhat, Anila Shanbhag, Anup Netrawali, Ashwin Betrabet, Geeta Betrabet, Harish Pai, Hemant Betrabet, Manjunath Prabhu, Mohan Kamath, Naren Kamath, Nikhil Hoskeri, Nikhil Shetty, Niranjan Shenoy, Priyan Manjeshwar, Rajendra Pai, Ramkrishna Bhat, Shashidar Kamath, Venu Baliga

08-Apr-2003: The Sports Committee received good response for the Sports sign-ups at the Ugadi celebrations. Sign up was for gathering response for participation in sports activities and future tournaments. Members signed up for Cricket, Volley Ball, Table Tennis. Anup Netrawali, Raj Pai, Niranjan Shenoy shall get back with the enrollees very soon, and the activities shall start as soon as we are blessed with good weather. Members who want to enroll are welcome to contact Anup Netrawali, Raj Pai or Niranjan Shenoy.

31-Mar-2003: The Michkon Cricket Club shall commence its activities for this season in April (as soon as conducive weather kicks in). Members desirous of participating may please contact Raj Pai or Niranjan Shenoy and enroll. Following players have already enrolled: Raj Pai, Niranjan Shenoy, Anil Bhat, Venu Baliga, Harish Pai, Nikhil Hoskeri, Naren Kamath, Anup Netrawali, Ram Bhat, Mohan Kamath, Anila Shanbhag, Vinod Pai, Manjunath.

The games/ matches will be scheduled on weekends. Raj and Niranjan shall organize and co-ordinate the schedules and keep the players informed.

Cricket: The first cricket game of the season was played today at the Rochester Hill Elementary school grounds. 10 players showed up for practice session of 2 hrs.

Table Tennis: The first round of matches were conducted today. The results are:

Group-A: Niranjan bt. Anil (2-1); Srimala bt. Niranjan (2-0); Anup bt. Anil (2-0); Anup bt. Niranjan (2-0); Anup bt. Srimala (2-0)

Group-B: Venu bt. Naren (2-0); Harish bt Raj (2-0); Raj bt. Naren (2-1); Harish bt. Venu (2-1)

12-Mar-2003: Mark your calender for the upcoming TT tournament. The players are catagorised into 2 groups (A and B).

GROUP A: Nirupama Padiyar,Anil Bhat,Niranjan Shenoy,Venkat Mallya,Satish Padiyar,Nikhil Hoskeri,Anup Netrawali, Srimala Pai.
GROUP B: Pundalik Padiyar,Naren Kamath,Harish Pai,Venu Baliga,Rajendra Pai,Anish Hegde.

The time slot for the 1st set of games will be from 3 to 5 pm on Mar-16-2003 at Venu/Vani Baliga's residence in Rochester Hills. Please reply regarding the availability so that the matches can be accordingly scheduled. The directions will be emailed to participating contestants.

04-Mar-2003: The Table Tennis Tournament has received tremendous response. More than 10 participants have already registered and many more have made enquiries about the schedules and venue to consider participation. Anup Netrawali is the Event In-Charge and will be responsible for all aspects of this tournament, so please email your entries to Anup.

Last date for registration is 10-Mar-2003. Event Schedules and venue shall be decided and posted on 11-Mar-2003 under the Sports page of the Events tab on this website.

Anil Bhat, Venkat Mallya, Harish Pai, Nikhil Hoskeri, Niranjan Shenoy, Satish Padiyar, Rajendra Pai, Anish Hegde, Niru Padiyar, Pundalik Padiyar, Naren Kamath, Venu Baliga, Anup Netrawali.

04-Feb-2003: Raj Pai has volunteered to manage the cricket team and shall be responsible for activities of the cricket club. The cricket team:

Anil Bhat, Raj Pai, Venu Baliga, Niranjan Shenoy, Nikhil Hoskeri, Anup Netrawali, Vinod Pai, Harish Pai, Ram Bhat, Rajeev Nagarkatti, Shashi Kamath, Anila Shanbhag, Naren Kamath

12-Jan-2003: The Michkon Cricket Club had a promising start. Members responded very positively and enrolled themselves.

There is place for at least 22 players, so that we could form two teams and play friendly matches every weekend when spring sets in.

Men's Semi-Finals	Anup Netrawali bt. Raj Pai Venu Baliga bt. Harish Pai	2-0 2-1	21-17, 21-12 22-20, 23-25, 21-15
	Harish Pai bt. Raj Pai	2-0	20-14, 20-18
Men's Finals	Anup Netrawali bt. Venu Baliga	2-0	21-13, 21-16
Women's Finals	Malathi Kamath bt. Vani Baliga	2-0	Scores not available at this time

1.	Within each group all the players will be playing the others.
2.	Each contestant will have to play 3 matches with the opponent for deciding the winner.
3.	Each win will contribute 2 points towards the winner.
4.	If the player cannot make it during the predecided time-slot, he or she will lose the points to his opponent (if the opponent too is absent from the play, both players will be alloted 0 points.)
5.	Two players ( top 2) will be selected in each group.
6.	Out of the final four contestants selected from the 2 groups, each player from one group will play with both the other players in the other group. The top 2 players will be the winner and the unner-up respectively.