For Your Eyes Only !

Pictures of
Semi Final 2 :
Plato vs Copernicus and,
Grand Final :
Zeno vs Copernicus are available.

The previous games pics that are available

at here and here

The end of eVolleympics'07. eVolleympics'08 begins...

Finally, there is cease fire. The war of eVolleympics'07 has ended.
The champions are crowned. Copernicus.
They won against Zeno with 3 - 15, 15 - 6, 15 -9, 15 -11.
Copernicus were crowned by the CEO, Mr. Pratul Shroff.


Copernicus remain unbeaten through out the championships. As they say, there can only be one winner.
But there are no losers. Each team fought well and fought hard.

Before the final battle, there was "friendly fire" amongst the Coaches and the Champions.
The Champions won 15 - 13.

This championships is a celebration of team spirit of eInfochips. A big thank you to all.
It could not have been possible without the support of the top - level management.
They encouraged all of us to go ahead and do the tournament.

The much abused but totally committed HR.
They spell support and money for us.

The Admins and the office boys who were the logistics back bone for us.
Without them, there was no volleyball.

The eVolleympics organizing committee.
They took time off from their schedules so that this tournament equals success.

The most important of all, You, the chipmate !
You who participated in this championships.
You who cheered for your team.
You who voted and followed the whole eVolleympics.
You who forgave all our shortcomings and failures.
You who were there when it mattered the most.
To borrow a cliche, indeed there is no success without U.

We don't believe that this is the end. We know we will be back next year. With eVolleympics'08.
The practice begins from next Sunday @ 7:30 AM MG Science College Ground.
See you there !

Final - The Crowning Glory !

Zeno - The underdogs throughout the tournament. The most underrated team.
Copernicus - The most likeliest team that can claim the trophy.


The Final of eVolleympics 2007. Who was the crowned team. Did Scientist win the trophy or was the Philosopher reigned supreme? The battle for supremacy was at its culmination.

In front of the teams laid a match that could be played upto maximum 5 sets. None of the teams were in a mood to play that long. They wanted to win quick and fast.

Zeno won the toss and elected to serve. Served they did. Copernicus did not know what hit them. Before they could spell V-O-L-L-E-Y-B-A-L-L, they were down 10 -1.
By the time, they spelt, it spelt DOOM for them as Zeno won the first set 15 - 3 !

Talk about reversal of fortune. Zeno did everything right in the first set. Alas, that was the only set that they did right. Copernicus wokeup after a slumber with the energizing TANG!.



It was Copernicus's time to serve in the second set. Hardik opened the serve. And he was in no mood to let go. The score card started behaving like a up-counter. Copernicus whizzed past 0 - 0 to 6 - 0 in 5 minutes.



Now, it was time for bureaucracy to take over for few minutes. A debate rose what if Copernicus scores another point, do they win the set 7 - 0 as there is no break in the serve ? What does the rule book say asked Zeno. Copernicus were pretty sure that they will win 7 - 0. The rule book did not mention anywhere about the 7 - 0 rule. The person who wrote the rule book was the captain of Copernicus team ! Fortunately, the debate did not last long as the Rule book saved the day. Copernicus had to reach 15 points to win the set.

By the time Hardik lost his serve, the score was 10 - 0 in favour of Copernicus. A position from which Copernicus never wavered. They swiftly won the second set 15 - 6.

In the third set, Copernicus were in top form. They cruised along to win 15 - 9.

The beginning of the fourth set saw some attacking game from both the teams. The scores were levelled at 8 - 8. This was the set where Zeno could capitalize and return in the match. Few tactical errors on Zeno's part and good smashes from Rohit of Copernicus, and Copernicus eliminated the need of the 5th set. Copernicus won the set 15 - 11.

The final score is available at the Scoreboard. Copernicus were the champions of eVolleympics 2007 !

The CEO of eInfochips Ltd, Mr Pratul Shroff presided over the ceremony and awarded the trophy to Copernicus.

Most Wanted Revisited

!!!!!!!!!!!!! ATTENTION !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Last week we told about two gangs. Only one gang Zeno survived.

This Saturday, two more gangs are in shoot-or-boot mode. Either they shoot out the other gang or they get booted out.
Plato and Copernicus are the names of the gangs. They are very very dangerous with lot of most wanted people on their list.

We list down the name of these dangerous people.

Plato:
Natwar Agrawal, Niraj Patel, Divyesh, Mitesh Koradia, Laxman, Ajay Chauhan, Nandish shah, Maulik Desai, Pallavi paliwal

Copernicus:
Vishesh Agrawal, Tushar Bangoria, Nirav modiya, Hardik Mehta, Manish raizada, Jitendra Jain, Sanjay Jadav, Rohit Nanaiya, Deepti Arora


If you find them or see them, we repeat DON'T PANIC !
Just step off their way and watch them as they fight for survival.
Only one of them will survive this Saturday to fight against mighty Zeno.

eVollempics entering in to danger zone , favour your luck, be a part of the last 2 exciting matches.

Saturday 26th May'07

Second semi-final at 7.30

PLATO

vs

COPERNICUS

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Semi Final 1 - Tortoise & Hare.

This was a do or die match. For this was the first semi-final. An interesting day with many a things happening in the ground.
Both Zeno and Archimedes looked formidable. Zeno's captain Harshal returned a day before from Bangalore[1].

The match began. The first set began as if Archimedes were in a tearing hurry to wrap up the match. They took a cool 11 - 1 lead. Too fast too furious. They marched past to 13 - 3
But Volleyball had a will of its own. Somehow Archimedes went in a shell. A shell from which they could never recover.
Zeno were getting things working for them. The score got tied at 17 - 17.
Zeno continued the momentum and won the first set 21 - 17.

Time for a break. Hemal, the official referee for the match decided this was a right time to "Express yourself".

Archimedes had to break even the second set to stay in contention. But Archimedes were in no mood for a fight. Two teams one goal. Same goal, actually. As if they were helping Zeno to win.

In the middle of all these things, the willful Volleyball decided to settle on top of a tree. As this picture says it all.



And then Archimedes lost track of the rotating order. No one knew who would serve next. It all helped Zeno as they cruised to 21 - 8 win.

In the end, Zeno were the tortoise. They were persistent. They won. Kachhua jalao, Archimedes bhagao.

[1] - We suspect he came back for the match. But it's all Hush Hush ! ;-)

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

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.

Z to A in two games

Team Zeno displayed their A game over the weekend to clinch both the matches. The first one was easy win, but the second one tested our team spirit and also hunger to win.

In the exciting second match against Socrates the shouting captain kept reminding the team to stay focused. The team responded by giving 200% for the each point. Gaurav was safest and coolest player of the team. Even though Dhruvesh was playing for the first time, he played exceedingly well. Tarang won few crucial points in the second set, and Vinit served continuously well and kept the momentum going. In between Sanjay kept hitting cross court shots with ease. The first set was lost but it did not shake our confidence, we kept growing stronger and stronger and at the end we won.

The matches were played with very healthy spirit, though high on emotions, at the end every one enjoyed the weekend games.


- Harshal

Day 3 - The quest continues !

This is where the actual fun begins. Archimedes had lost to Copernicus. They had to win today to be in contention. So was the case with Socrates. Having lost to Plato, it was do or die situation for them.

Our satta bazaar could not predict which side the volleyball will fall. 50 - 50 chances for Zeno and Socrates. And Archimedes might just upset Galileo, the bazaar said.

The day began with the battle of Archimedes and Galileo. Galileo did not have their captain Hemal and it cost them dearly. Archimedes rose to the occasion and yes, they did get their Eureka ! moment to win comfortably with 15 - 6, 15 - 8.

The second big match of the day was between Socrates and Zeno. In Socrates, it was return of the Maaru Chhu man, Vishal Jaani. But if there was any doubt that yesterday's win of Zenoids was any fluke, it was all buried deep down in that court. A grueling battle that last over an hour and spanned over three sets saw that Zeno are at the top of the Philosophers with two win. Pop philosophy, anyone ?

Zenoids played like true champions and came back after losing the first set to win 10-15, 15 - 11, 15 - 10.

With so many upsets and victories, the championship is wide wide open. Who will make it to the last four, the quest continues !

The scores are available over here

Day 2 - The Juggernaut rolls

This was a beginning of a "long" weekend and Saturday, true to its promise, delivered two thrilling matches.

The poll result or our satta bazaar showed that it was going to be keenly fought contest.
Both the philosophers had good chance of winning with Zeno having an edge. While between scientists, it was any body's game.

Zeno, the paradoxical puzzler, won comfortably against Aristotle. The final score was 15 -4, 15 - 7. The captain of Zenoids (this word is our creation !) Harshal views his opinions over here.

In the other match, Galileons and Pythagoreans (hehe, these ones too are our creation) fought with vigour in the first set which the Pythagoreans won 15 - 11. In the second set, Galileons could not put a fight to lose to Pythagoreans eventually 15 - 11, 15 - 5.

Saurabh bhai proved that the rest of us are bachhas in front of him. Amazing display of agility and finesse.

The scores are available over here.