‘Still, I’m in my dreams… Can’t imagine; it was like movie style – Lagaan and Kartika was Bhuvan of our team’, Anjana Agarwal (Player CHAMPIONS BLUE SKYWALKERS)
What an unbelievably nail-biting finish by the Blue Skywalkers in the final match against the tough Orpington Ocelots. The winning sixer was hit by Kartika from Blue Skywalkers. Then there was no stopping of the scream and jubilance hugs and tears of joy. Captain Kiran Tankella was ecstatic as this was the first time most in the team had played cricket.
Honourable Trustees of Indian Gymkhana Club, Mr Sutantar Soni and Mr Raj Bancil were present throughout and played a pivotal role in offering the prestigious venue, Indian Gymkhana Club Osterley to for non-playing, home makers passionate Cricket lovers to live their dreams.
Chief Guest of the day were Mayor Southwark Cllr Sunil Chopra and Mayoress Mrs Varsha Chopra ji
Guests of Honour were Former MP Mary Macleod, Ms Khushbu Jain (Eminent Inspiring Lawyer Supreme Court of India) and Former PC Ms Purnima Rawal and respected Mr Ravi Sharma who as usual sheer brilliance kept the crowd engaged and entertained with remarkable ease.
Special Guests were Cllr Bandna Chopra, Cllr Ranjit Pendhar Singh Gill, Cllr Prabhakar Kaza, Cllr Allan Joseph.
Women of the match was sponsored by “JALTARANG” and was given jointly to Kartika Singh Goud – (75 runs, winning sixer and 7 wickets) and Etika Agarwal (6 wkts and 80 runs). Commentators / Hosts Baljinder Singh Rathour Anita Anand Nayyar hosted the opening and closing ceremony. Ms Chino Kishore and Mr Vijay Kamdar handled the score card meticulously. Umpires Amit Vig, Vishal Sharma, Krishan Gopal, Gobind Verma handled the Umpiring and kept the bursting emotions and temper under control.
DJ – YUVRAAJ was amazing with his song collections. All had super fun with dancing to his music.
The Teams :
Croydon Challengers:Gunjan Bhardwaj – Captain, Babita Maindan – Vice Captain, Varsha Nogaja, Dipika Shetty, Chamini Senevirathna, Anwesha Reddy, Vijaya Kumari Vakkanti, Swati Umale, Tinu Bansal, Namrata Revankar, Payal Sankhe, Sonal Patankar
Orpington Ocelots:Etika Agarwal (Captain), Sarika Handa (VC), Bhavika Sevani, Meera Srinivasan,Pallavi Bhaskar, Supritha Shetty, Spuritha Mokshgandam, Manisha Chauhan, Teena Naik, Manasvi
Rise and Shine:Pallavi Vishwakarma (captain), Arti Thakur (vice-captain), Jyothi Bandaru, Roopa sadhu, Kiran Peddireddi, Swati Sharma, Minal Kathare, Meera Jagadish, Shwetha Murthy
Super Smashers:Shilpa Choudhary (Captain), Yogita Kaushik (VC), Kanchan Pasalkar, Syamasundari Nukala, Ritu Sharma Pachori, Bindi Desai, Gauri Utturkar, Neha Jain, Nidhi Jain, Swati verma, Parimala
Legendary Londoners:Heenaba Zala (Captain), Abhnash Bains (Vice Captain),Narendra Kaur, Shital Patel, Darshana, Saptati Datta.Riya, Payal
Blue Sky Walkers :Kiran Tankella (Captain), Anjana Agarwal (VC), Kartika Singh Goud, Swati Kirve, Samidha Jhaveri, Divya Chari, Neha Premgi, Anu Nair Mathievanan, Amuthini Mathievanan, Susany Mathan, Usha Parmar
Some of them kept pinching themselves that they actually played such thrilling matches with a gala family time in such bright sunny weather. Memories etched for life indeed.
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Congratulation& Celebrations when i tell everyone- that u are the shining STARS Have FUN & keep FIT!regards& best wishes for the future!Bharat Shah Luton( member at LTICC – Luton Town Indian Cricket Club