Date : 16-06-2012
Venue : CUIM, Bangalore.
fanatics came to the venue to listen to the Olympics experience from hockey stalwarts Jude Felix and Arjun Halappa.
The event started with presentation from Switch Hit Sports,
a sports management company providing a professional platform for sports and
sports persons to flourish by encouraging grass-root level sports. His
impressive talk touch-based areas – like managing sports personalities in
India, future targets in sports management, and so on.
Two-time Olympian (1988 and 1992), Jude Felix stressed nice
to have an ‘Olympian-tag’ tag and how lucky he had been to represent his
country in Olympics. He has seen from close quarters, when some of his
colleagues missing the Olympics bus by getting injured untimely. Also
highlighted the pain that he (and his team) went thru after losing to England
and eventually losing out on semi-final berth.
1992 Olympics happened to be filled bitter-sweet memories.
Team had an exceptional build-up to the main event and they remained unbeaten
in several matches. Whole world started talking about India’s resurgence in
field hockey and suddenly India became a medal contender. However, looked like
India ‘peaked’ a little early, lost crucial matches, and ended their campaign
in seventh position!
Jude expressed his displeasure about the current hockey
governance and predicted a top 6finish in London 2012.
It was now turn for the 2004 Olympian, the proud Kodava,
midfield maestro, Arjun Halappa, emphasizing a tough preparatory camp at US.
This was followed by some controversial moments in the National team –
exclusion of two key players from the team and hiring new coach.
Halappa took us thru an anxious moment in a crucial match
against Australia, where miscommunication from team members buried India hope
to making to the semis.
Olympics village experience invoked the lighter side of the
event, when Jude posed a picture with glamor tennis queen Gabriela Sabatini or
Arjun looked juxtaposed while taking a picture with tennis star Andy Roddick.
The social responsibility side of the event showcased a
couple of organizations – PACE Scholarships from GoSports Foundationmeant for
the talented athletes from Olympic and Para Olympic disciplines and Jude Felix
Hockey Academy (JFHA), a non-profit organization and registered charitable
trust, working towards promoting hockey among the under-privileged children.
The event concluded with a networking session, organizers,
giving a great platform to the participants, presenters, and even themselves to
network
Writings by: JERIN THOMAS, MBA - II yr Marketing.
Courtesy: Subhajyoti Banerjee(Sports Meet)
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" The article on Sports Meet which was conducted by Pro Athlete in association with the Marketing Club, CUIM"
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