Punchlines - Zeno !

Harshal
Key player, root of the team

Tarang
Innovator, brings key points for the team

Tarak
Player with disguise, street smart can fool the opponent easily

Gaurav
Complements Harshal very well, and keeps the crisis away with 100% accuracy

Vinit
Underarm genius, with excellent judgment calls at crucial points

Dhruvesh
Debut player of the tournament, but plays like a pro

Sanjay
Overarm champion, covers the court well

Punchlines - Archimedes !

Teams are coming up with cool punchline for their players. Here is for Archimedes.

Gunjan
"Mr. Perfect" An ace volley player, fantastic lifter, a play who can clear each and every ball from anywhere in the court and one who will dive to any end of the court to clear the ball…A key player and captain of team. Full of confidence and great motivation for the team

Rinkal
"Wrinkle free" player with good smash to serve, Handles the center net position. He has every shot in his style. Comfortable at any place of the ground. Key member for the team.

Mitul
All-rounder player with smile forever, perfect at any position with wonderful game. Extra ordinary game by him in each and every game.

Sumit
"Lambu" IT person with jumping around nets to grab points from opposition. He applies computer mind in the game too. Perfect with every shot.

Chirag
"Chhotu" player of the team with always underarm play. Precision is the key for him. Game with sweet smile always. Great play.

Jadav
"Cool" Banda, speechless always, but having a wonderful game that makes opposition speechless. Playing near net normally, excellent game by him.

Rahul
Again a "cool" one. Debut player had a cracking entry to world of volleyball. Full of Energy to make Archimedes wins. Playing like a champion every time.

Shaileshbhai
The man with "Power”. Over arm play is specialty of him. Able to play at any place of the ground. Nice game and nice support.

Vishaka
Another Debut player, still to perform, but motivation support and her enthusiasm of the game make Archimedes proud.

Yet Another Mail From Us !

Again an email from us.
Yeah Yeah, there is a match tomorrow.
Yeah, some semi-final is happening.
Alrite, Alrite, you want us to come over there
The story goes on ... Blah Blah Blah.

We are guilty as charged.
And know what, we are not sorry at all. No boss !

Cos, we know the mails may be predictable. The games are not.
Just like life.

The championships has delivered great moments.
Every point and every turn holds the unknown.
Celebrate with us the magic of winning and losing.
The joy of the game which is but Life on a grand scale.

Sunday - 20th May'07 First semi-final at 7.30

ZENO

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ARCHIMEDES

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The League of Extra-Ordinary Gentlemen and Ladies !

The league matches got over this weekend. And a clearer picture emerged as to who will go in the semi-finals.

It was a great competitive matches in the league round. All the players gave their best and all the teams went for the kill. The better team won on that day.

As it happens, only four teams will play in the knock-out rounds. The rest four can be assured that they gave a tough fight to the teams at the top of the groups.

Our congratulations to all the players who played in the true spirit of the game !

Moving forward, the challenges in the semi-finals will have a new twist. Yes, the rotation of the players at each service opportunity is now mandatory. The team that has got the best players that are skillful at all the position will definitely have an advantage.

The first semi-final is being played on 20th May (Sunday) between Archimedes and Zeno.
The second semi-final will be held on 26th May (Saturday) between Copernicus and Plato.

The polls are up. Happy clicking !

Day 5 & 6 - Apocalypse Now !

Four fantastic matches lined up on this Saturday (12th May) and Sunday (13th May). This weekend was the week of survival.

This weekend was suppose to decide which Scientist will qualify for the semi-finals. For the Philosophers, it was a matter of who will top the pool.

The Socratians and the disciples of Aristotle had a play-off on Day 5. Aristotle won 15 - 13, 15 - 13. The Socratians end up last but they were not the least.

Archimedes had a match with Pythagoras. Archimedes had to win this match to stay in contention for the berth in semi-final. They rose to the occasion and won 15 - 9, 15 - 4.


This had all the edge-of-the-seat excitement and resulting into a cliff-hanger with Archimedes now at 10 points, Copernicus at 10 points and Galileo at 5 points.
The sunday match between Copernicus and Galileo was crucial. If Galileo wins with a bonus point there would be a 3-way tie between Archimedes, Copernicus and Galileo.

The suspense in Scientists group stayed a little longer on Sunday as the Philosophers had played first. Plato and Zeno played without any pressure as they had booked their berths for semi-finals. In the end, it was Zeno who continued its unbeaten streak with the 15 - 12, 12 - 15, 15 - 7. Plato finishes second in the pool.

The scientists' lab was in the last phase of its experimentation. Today, two Scientists remained in the race. The last league match decided the fate when Copernicus who were minus their captain and short of one player won a hard-fought battle with Galileo. Copernicus cemented their top position in the group by winning 15 - 12, 17 - 15.

Copernicus also favoured Archimedes as Archimedes ends up second in the pool.


The final scores are updated in the Scoreboard.