As it is Said "Winning is Not Everything, but the Effort to Win Is." And Who can better explain how it Feels when that Effort gets paid Off ??.......Only the Ones who WIN....
All Those Badminton Lovers out there.Its time to witness the Clash of the Titans..Well this time it won't be the Hot Favorites or rather World Favorites Peter Gade, Lin Dan or Ning Zhang but Would be our Own ATDians. One of the greatest Victories of ATD against all Divisions in SISO, which finished last weekend. It was the Fight between the Best, the Strongest & the Toughest ........
So Ladies and Gentlemen Lets take a virtual tour of how it went, especially for those who Missed the Action Live. The Event started with a Big Bang having 80 odd participants from 6 Division who came out in the Center to fight it out and Win it for their Divisions. The Journey till Semi-Finals was pretty easy for the Team ATD (Anupam/Santosh) & same was the case with the Women's Event (Vaishali-ATD). This time it was not a matter of Winning for ATDians but Time for Defending the Title.... Crucial time to retain the Glory of last year & send out a Message to All..
"Hey u dare not Touch that Title .Its OURs".
The Matches were conducted as a Team Event comprising of a Singles, Doubles and Reverse Singles. The Team which wins 2 out of these 3 Goes Ahead. But it's not that easy as it seems coz to Win Even one of these Matches the Opponents had to play Best of 3 Games. So Lets Start The Amazing Badminton Tour of ATD......
The Semi Final Was against DPD (Dhirendra/Antony). a strong team to play against. As Santosh decided to play the first singles he went on the court with fresh Stamina and with One eye on the Final Goal "ATD Glory". The Singles began with both the players (Santosh & Dhirendra) playing some wonderful shots, Smashing the Shuttle hard along with some deceiving experiments. Santosh won the First game with ease. A big Blow for DPD fans cheering outside. Now if DPD had to come back into the Game to win the Singles, they had to Win the other 2 games Straight & clear. With a small break the Second Singles game started. This Time with a relaxed mind and some wristy Shots Dhirendra was back in action as he took a big lead to win the Second one. But the Game's not over .. This was not enough...He needed to win the Third one too. Both the players were exhausted completely. They had put in all their efforts, all the Stamina, all the strength. Now the person, who kept his cool, changed his Strategy and Exploits the others Weakness wins it. And this is what happened as Santosh Won the Third Singles to Clinch the First singles for ATD. With the singles over in the Team Event it was time now for some Doubles Action. Doubles??......... Yes. a Game Faster than the Singles, A Game in which the Shuttle gets ruthlessly killed & A Game where D players have to be Best with their Coordination without which, U can be Sure to Lose It All. The Doubles came out to be an easy one for the ATDians(Santosh/Anupam) as they sweeped both the initial double's games (best of 3) making a place in D Finals and sending the DPDians back Home, thwarting their Hopes.
With Smiles all around on the faces of ATDian Fans out there. the Joy was Immense having Registered themselves in the Finals but Back of everyone's mind was one big Question "Will they be able to. having played already and with half the Stamina?? " ..It was time now for ATDians to Relax before the Big Game which everyone was waiting 4.. for Long. D GRAND FINAL's.
The Final's started with Women's Event and the Finalist being Vaishali (ATD) & Surekha (TND). Having proved their toughness in the League matches, Quarter Final's and Semi's these 2 had finally emerged out of their respective Pools to Test it out again...Infact Test Each other One on One..to Find out who is the Best.. D King of the Court...Who Rules D 44*20 ft Place.
It was a Best of 3 Singles Match to decide this. The First Singles began with some lazy movement by the Ladies on the court... Unwilling to move from their Places & Stretch out to reach for the shuttle. Once the reply goes past from the opponent the players were seen just standing and watching the shuttle fall .as if Both Making a Wish watching a Shooting Star. Still the Fans cheering their respective Divisions Coz what mattered was the End Result for All. After some 10 points or so people could see the ladies move and cover the court. With ATD in the lead, The TND fans were on their toes to motivate their player, Pushing her hard from outside. But it was too late as the first singles was taken away by Vaishali (ATD) by 21-14. To Win the Women's Championship and to Rule the court for the year, Surekha (TND) had no option but to win the other 2 games left. But with Vaishali already having won the First singles was in High spirits. Taking the Advantage of the Situation and hitting the Shuttle at the Right places and Corners of the Court she won the Second Singles too by 21-13..to Win the Women's Championship for ATD. J J ....
ATD already having Won the Women's title the Onus was know on the Men's (Anupam/Santosh) to fight Hard for the Men's Team Event Championship. It was not gonna be Easy for the 2 against WTD (Nagi/Sameer) their Opponents for the Finals. WTD being fresh on their stamina and this being their Only Match for the Day they had every Possibility of winning it and they were offcourse the Top Favourites to win it. All ATD fans and players in Tension ..but amidst this A Big Surprise for ATDians..Everybody turned their Heads to See Someone arriving into the Arena..And Who it could be ??? None other Than Dr. Raghu himself to cheer the Players and Boost his team to Win it. J J With Energy back into the ATD Players and ATD fans cheering hard, the match started with the First Singles to be Played between Anupam (ATD) & Nagi (WTD).
The Players Entered the Arena with Strategies working in their Minds, Fury in their Eyes, Ready to Sweat it out, Show their Endurace & Skills. The Game Started With the Shuttle bearing the brunt of the players Strength & Anger. The Game was going pretty close with Scores almost level. No one ready to Give the game away.as it went on to ..18All... With Silence all around and people watching with bated breath . only thing Audible at that time was the Shuttle getting Smashed with the feathers leaving their ground till it could no longer be Used. Scores going as .... 19All....20All.....21All.....22All.......23All.....24All....25All............
The Game could go anywhere, anyside as the Players unwilling to Give up or make any Unforced errors. But the Final Shot from Anupam (ATD) ......as it landed just outside the Boundary line & the Lines man calling it Away... A shock and disheartening for ATD fans as the Game went to WTD. winning it by 27-25. Now ..the Game would go Tougher for Anupam, if he had to win it, he had to win the rest 2 games. Without any Rest the Players started with the Second singles. It was pretty unusual but Nagi (WTD) took a big Initial lead which was impossible to catch up. With Anupam hardly making any Attempts to compete it seemed he had lost Stamina completely and He lost the Second Game Easily to Nagi (WTD) by 21-7.
A Silence atmosphere in the ATD crowd, Their faces down but still trying to cheer the players and boosting them. ATD had no other option now to Win the Doubles and the Reverse singles. As the Doubles started Anupam/Santosh (ATD) had made up their minds.It was a Do or Die Situation and They Decided to DO it ... Killing the Shuttle hard, putting all their strengths behind their game, whatever Stamina they had...Without any unforced errors . They clinched the Doubles From WTD (21-10, 21-6) to get back into the Quest for the CHAMPIONSHIP taking the Match to a decider..i.e Reverse singles. Nobody had thought the Finals would become So Tight as WTD were the favourites from the start. Now it was on Santosh (ATD) and Sameer (WTD) to fight it out for their divisions.
The Reverse singles started with Santosh having difficulties in moving around and playing his natural Game. Fighting hard to overcome his weakness (stamina) having played many matches, he lost the first Singles by 21-18. All ATDians de-spirited by this initial loss and Watching Santosh lose his Stamina and energy it became even more Tense out there. The Second singles started with everybody having fingers crossed. Santosh had to Fight and he did fight hard enough to pull the Second one Taking a big lead and winning it by 21-15. Now the Match Went into the Deadly Decider Game.3rd of the Reverse Singles. One who WINS it makes it 4 himself and His Division too. With both the players getting loads of Boosting and Strategic inputs from their partners ... finally entered the Court once and for All to Decide it Last...This time its "Aar Ya Paar" ... The Game started with Lots of unforced Errors from both the players, both being Horribly Tired, their legs had refused to move, cramps everywhere.. but still they had to fight. Somebody had to play his Natural game....... Take advantage of the others Tiredness with his skill ..... or change his Strategy for last.. With the scores leveled at 18 All. the Championship could have gone to Anyside....But Giving himself A Big Boost Santosh Hit 2 Die Hard Smashes pulling the 2 points into his pool and leaving Sameer(WTD) diving around to catch those. Score now 20-18... & Championship Point For Santosh .. The Goal was just 1 Point from him.... Just 1 Point...& he Served.. a Deadly silence prevailed Everywhere as the Shuttle went high in the air from Sameer's Reply...Everybody with their fist closed..trying to Put energy into Santosh's shot, trying to Transfer their Stamina to him..... And He Smashedddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddd..............Smasheddddddd as hard as he could .... Taking the last point and Clinching the Championship for ATD........WOooooHOooooooooooooo......... ATD had won .... the Title had been Defended......... Everybody came Rushing on the Court... Smiling faces All around .. D Players & Teams Congratulating each other..... J J ..
"Nothing Succeeds like the Appearance of Success". And this could be easily Seen on the Faces of ATDians that Day. Congratulations To All who Participated and Won....... Keep the Winning Streak Going...... Still a Long way to Go .. J
ATD - Active Talent Division .. Keep Discovering your Talents so that Winning becomes an ATD Characteristic Not a Habit.
Long Live ATD .. So keep Hiring Active Talents. J J..
Have a great day!
All Those Badminton Lovers out there.Its time to witness the Clash of the Titans..Well this time it won't be the Hot Favorites or rather World Favorites Peter Gade, Lin Dan or Ning Zhang but Would be our Own ATDians. One of the greatest Victories of ATD against all Divisions in SISO, which finished last weekend. It was the Fight between the Best, the Strongest & the Toughest ........
So Ladies and Gentlemen Lets take a virtual tour of how it went, especially for those who Missed the Action Live. The Event started with a Big Bang having 80 odd participants from 6 Division who came out in the Center to fight it out and Win it for their Divisions. The Journey till Semi-Finals was pretty easy for the Team ATD (Anupam/Santosh) & same was the case with the Women's Event (Vaishali-ATD). This time it was not a matter of Winning for ATDians but Time for Defending the Title.... Crucial time to retain the Glory of last year & send out a Message to All..
"Hey u dare not Touch that Title .Its OURs".
The Matches were conducted as a Team Event comprising of a Singles, Doubles and Reverse Singles. The Team which wins 2 out of these 3 Goes Ahead. But it's not that easy as it seems coz to Win Even one of these Matches the Opponents had to play Best of 3 Games. So Lets Start The Amazing Badminton Tour of ATD......
The Semi Final Was against DPD (Dhirendra/Antony). a strong team to play against. As Santosh decided to play the first singles he went on the court with fresh Stamina and with One eye on the Final Goal "ATD Glory". The Singles began with both the players (Santosh & Dhirendra) playing some wonderful shots, Smashing the Shuttle hard along with some deceiving experiments. Santosh won the First game with ease. A big Blow for DPD fans cheering outside. Now if DPD had to come back into the Game to win the Singles, they had to Win the other 2 games Straight & clear. With a small break the Second Singles game started. This Time with a relaxed mind and some wristy Shots Dhirendra was back in action as he took a big lead to win the Second one. But the Game's not over .. This was not enough...He needed to win the Third one too. Both the players were exhausted completely. They had put in all their efforts, all the Stamina, all the strength. Now the person, who kept his cool, changed his Strategy and Exploits the others Weakness wins it. And this is what happened as Santosh Won the Third Singles to Clinch the First singles for ATD. With the singles over in the Team Event it was time now for some Doubles Action. Doubles??......... Yes. a Game Faster than the Singles, A Game in which the Shuttle gets ruthlessly killed & A Game where D players have to be Best with their Coordination without which, U can be Sure to Lose It All. The Doubles came out to be an easy one for the ATDians(Santosh/Anupam) as they sweeped both the initial double's games (best of 3) making a place in D Finals and sending the DPDians back Home, thwarting their Hopes.
With Smiles all around on the faces of ATDian Fans out there. the Joy was Immense having Registered themselves in the Finals but Back of everyone's mind was one big Question "Will they be able to. having played already and with half the Stamina?? " ..It was time now for ATDians to Relax before the Big Game which everyone was waiting 4.. for Long. D GRAND FINAL's.
The Final's started with Women's Event and the Finalist being Vaishali (ATD) & Surekha (TND). Having proved their toughness in the League matches, Quarter Final's and Semi's these 2 had finally emerged out of their respective Pools to Test it out again...Infact Test Each other One on One..to Find out who is the Best.. D King of the Court...Who Rules D 44*20 ft Place.
It was a Best of 3 Singles Match to decide this. The First Singles began with some lazy movement by the Ladies on the court... Unwilling to move from their Places & Stretch out to reach for the shuttle. Once the reply goes past from the opponent the players were seen just standing and watching the shuttle fall .as if Both Making a Wish watching a Shooting Star. Still the Fans cheering their respective Divisions Coz what mattered was the End Result for All. After some 10 points or so people could see the ladies move and cover the court. With ATD in the lead, The TND fans were on their toes to motivate their player, Pushing her hard from outside. But it was too late as the first singles was taken away by Vaishali (ATD) by 21-14. To Win the Women's Championship and to Rule the court for the year, Surekha (TND) had no option but to win the other 2 games left. But with Vaishali already having won the First singles was in High spirits. Taking the Advantage of the Situation and hitting the Shuttle at the Right places and Corners of the Court she won the Second Singles too by 21-13..to Win the Women's Championship for ATD. J J ....
ATD already having Won the Women's title the Onus was know on the Men's (Anupam/Santosh) to fight Hard for the Men's Team Event Championship. It was not gonna be Easy for the 2 against WTD (Nagi/Sameer) their Opponents for the Finals. WTD being fresh on their stamina and this being their Only Match for the Day they had every Possibility of winning it and they were offcourse the Top Favourites to win it. All ATD fans and players in Tension ..but amidst this A Big Surprise for ATDians..Everybody turned their Heads to See Someone arriving into the Arena..And Who it could be ??? None other Than Dr. Raghu himself to cheer the Players and Boost his team to Win it. J J With Energy back into the ATD Players and ATD fans cheering hard, the match started with the First Singles to be Played between Anupam (ATD) & Nagi (WTD).
The Players Entered the Arena with Strategies working in their Minds, Fury in their Eyes, Ready to Sweat it out, Show their Endurace & Skills. The Game Started With the Shuttle bearing the brunt of the players Strength & Anger. The Game was going pretty close with Scores almost level. No one ready to Give the game away.as it went on to ..18All... With Silence all around and people watching with bated breath . only thing Audible at that time was the Shuttle getting Smashed with the feathers leaving their ground till it could no longer be Used. Scores going as .... 19All....20All.....21All.....22All.......23All.....24All....25All............
The Game could go anywhere, anyside as the Players unwilling to Give up or make any Unforced errors. But the Final Shot from Anupam (ATD) ......as it landed just outside the Boundary line & the Lines man calling it Away... A shock and disheartening for ATD fans as the Game went to WTD. winning it by 27-25. Now ..the Game would go Tougher for Anupam, if he had to win it, he had to win the rest 2 games. Without any Rest the Players started with the Second singles. It was pretty unusual but Nagi (WTD) took a big Initial lead which was impossible to catch up. With Anupam hardly making any Attempts to compete it seemed he had lost Stamina completely and He lost the Second Game Easily to Nagi (WTD) by 21-7.
A Silence atmosphere in the ATD crowd, Their faces down but still trying to cheer the players and boosting them. ATD had no other option now to Win the Doubles and the Reverse singles. As the Doubles started Anupam/Santosh (ATD) had made up their minds.It was a Do or Die Situation and They Decided to DO it ... Killing the Shuttle hard, putting all their strengths behind their game, whatever Stamina they had...Without any unforced errors . They clinched the Doubles From WTD (21-10, 21-6) to get back into the Quest for the CHAMPIONSHIP taking the Match to a decider..i.e Reverse singles. Nobody had thought the Finals would become So Tight as WTD were the favourites from the start. Now it was on Santosh (ATD) and Sameer (WTD) to fight it out for their divisions.
The Reverse singles started with Santosh having difficulties in moving around and playing his natural Game. Fighting hard to overcome his weakness (stamina) having played many matches, he lost the first Singles by 21-18. All ATDians de-spirited by this initial loss and Watching Santosh lose his Stamina and energy it became even more Tense out there. The Second singles started with everybody having fingers crossed. Santosh had to Fight and he did fight hard enough to pull the Second one Taking a big lead and winning it by 21-15. Now the Match Went into the Deadly Decider Game.3rd of the Reverse Singles. One who WINS it makes it 4 himself and His Division too. With both the players getting loads of Boosting and Strategic inputs from their partners ... finally entered the Court once and for All to Decide it Last...This time its "Aar Ya Paar" ... The Game started with Lots of unforced Errors from both the players, both being Horribly Tired, their legs had refused to move, cramps everywhere.. but still they had to fight. Somebody had to play his Natural game....... Take advantage of the others Tiredness with his skill ..... or change his Strategy for last.. With the scores leveled at 18 All. the Championship could have gone to Anyside....But Giving himself A Big Boost Santosh Hit 2 Die Hard Smashes pulling the 2 points into his pool and leaving Sameer(WTD) diving around to catch those. Score now 20-18... & Championship Point For Santosh .. The Goal was just 1 Point from him.... Just 1 Point...& he Served.. a Deadly silence prevailed Everywhere as the Shuttle went high in the air from Sameer's Reply...Everybody with their fist closed..trying to Put energy into Santosh's shot, trying to Transfer their Stamina to him..... And He Smashedddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddd..............Smasheddddddd as hard as he could .... Taking the last point and Clinching the Championship for ATD........WOooooHOooooooooooooo......... ATD had won .... the Title had been Defended......... Everybody came Rushing on the Court... Smiling faces All around .. D Players & Teams Congratulating each other..... J J ..
"Nothing Succeeds like the Appearance of Success". And this could be easily Seen on the Faces of ATDians that Day. Congratulations To All who Participated and Won....... Keep the Winning Streak Going...... Still a Long way to Go .. J
ATD - Active Talent Division .. Keep Discovering your Talents so that Winning becomes an ATD Characteristic Not a Habit.
Long Live ATD .. So keep Hiring Active Talents. J J..
Have a great day!
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