Sunday, February 22, 2009

Stars shine at the Tata Sky Rnk Hockey Tornament

Mumbai, February 18th, 2009
Floodlights, Entertainment and action the perfect combination for a high energy event.Well lit stadium, zestful crowd, loud, peppy, foot tapping music with sizzling and electrifying atmosphere, eloquent commentator, one may guess that this might be a scene of a cricket match but hang on, this was a scene of the second day of the hockey match at Bandra Gymkhana playing hosts to the oldest five a side Rink Hockey in Mumbai.The tournament is successful in pulling a lot of crowd as well as the advertisers. The peculiarity of this tournament is the small quiz show or a small game sponsored by Tata Sky and 3G. SyBil Miranada, a former Indian Hockey Captain says,” the four breaks between each game gives us a chance to have quiz contests with prizes given away by the Celebrities and Hockey Stars. The Support for the game by the Bollywood stars, models and the International hockey players during the game which also attracts media attention is a major crowd puller, bring the advertisers to pour in money into the game, which is a need of the day.”.Throughout the evening one could see many familiar faces like Edgar Mascarenhas jr., Viren Rasquinha, the Prolific Indian Team Captain, who encouraged the players by giving autographs and wishing them good luck for their future.
Amit Gaur, model turned actor who also was a part of the audience said, I am happy that the national game of India is slowly getting response, obviously the credit goes to Chak De, which brought an awareness amongst the people, that there is a game of hockey still existing in India.The winners of the second day will be playing against the renowned teams like the Western Railways, Air India, M S Police and Mumbai Custom on Day 3.The Final match of the Day between Central Railway and RCF is any indicator for the buildup of the tournament, which Central won, a nail biting high energy match 12 goals to 11. The day three is not to be missed as the winners of the second day will be playing against the renowned teams like the Western Railways, Air India, M S Police and Mumbai Custom.

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