Tata Sports Club holds 69th annual athletic meet
February 12, 2007

The 69th annual athletic meet of the Tata Sports Club was held at the University Stadium, Marine Lines, Mumbai, on Saturday and Sunday, February 3 and 4, 2007. In all, 127 athletes from 16 Tata companies participated in the meet. Companies that participated were:

• Tata Steel - Mumbai/Jamshedpur
• Tata Steel - Wire Division
• Tata Motors - Pune/Jamshedpur
• Tata Power
• Tata Consultancy Services
• Tata Chemicals
• Tata Interactive Systems
• The Associated Building Company
• Tata Projects - Hyderabad
• Indian Hotels Company
• Taj President
• Taj Sats Air Catering
• Tata Sons
• Tata Services
• Telcon
• Voltas

A total of thirty-two events were held.

The JRD Tata Individual Championship Challenge Cup for Men was awarded to Sanjeev Kumar of Tata Steel, Jamshedpur, with 9 points. The Tata Hydro Sports Club Individual Championship Challenge Cup for Women was won by Pooja Agarwal of Taj Sats Air Catering with 9 points.

The Tata Sons Championship Challenge Shield for Men was awarded to Tata Steel, Jamshedpur, with 117 points. The J D Engineer Team Championship Challenge Shield for Women was awarded to Taj Sats Air Catering with 39 points.

The A P Sabavala Memorial Runner-up Challenge Shield for Men was awarded to Tata Motors with 44 points and the Hardlines Shield for Men's Team Championship was awarded to Tata Steel (Wire Division) with 26 points. The Tata Sports Club Runners-up "Women's Team Championship Challenge Shield" was awarded to Tata Power with 22 points.

Four teams participated in the tug-of-war, namely Tata Chemicals, Tata Power, Voltas and Tata Services. Tata Chemicals - Mithapur team won the title, defeating Tata Power.

The following special awards were also presented to outstanding sportsmen for their contribution in various fields:

Avtar Singh of Telcon, Jamshedpur, was given the Tata Electric Companies Officers' Guild Special Award for Excellence in Sports for Cycling.

The Tata Electric Companies Officers' Guild special award for The Best Gentleman Sportsperson was awarded to Harbhajan Singh of Tata Steel for Handball and Basketball.

The Special Award instituted by the managing committee to a sportsperson for his contribution to the cause of sports was given to Francis Nunes of Tata Motors for Football.

Homi R Khusrokhan, managing director, Tata Chemicals, was the chief guest and Dhanoo Khusrokhan gave away the prizes and awards.