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It
was 30 years ago in the year 1974 when Mr. D.
Bowler of Tollygunge Club who was then in
Calcutta in the British High Commissioner's
Office, proposed a swimming competition between
the children of the premier Clubs in Calcutta
having swimming pools, i.e. Calcutta Club,
Calcutta Swimming Club, Saturday Club, and,
Tollygunge Club. It was felt that this friendly
inter-club competition would provide an impetus
for improving the standard of swimming amongst
the children in these four clubs.
The first meeting of the representatives
(members-in-charge of swimming) of the four
clubs i.e. Capt. T. Mukherji & Mr. R.
Mookerjee of Calcutta Club, Capt. M.S. Wadwani
& Mr. Sashank Kochar of Calcutta Swimming
Club, Mr. Keshav Dutta & Mr. R.S. Brijnath
of Saturday Club, and Mr. R.H. Wright & Mr.
D. Bowler of Tollygunge Club, was held at
Calcutta Swimming Club in May 1974. The second
meeting was held on 4th June 1974 when
Tollygunge Club agreed to donate the
Championship Trophy which was named 'Tollygunge
Inter Club Challenge Trophy' and it was decided
to hold two swimming meets each with a programme
of 30 events for boys and girls in four age
groups - the first at Calcutta Swimming Club on
30th June 1974 and the second at Tollygunge Club
on 14th July 1974. The first TICCT Committee was
also formed with the representatives of the four
clubs as Members. Mr. D. Bowler was the first
Chairman of this Committee and Mr. Sashank
Kochar the first Honorary Secretary.
The TICCT have achieved the desired objective by
improving the standard of swimming in the four
clubs which is shown by the fact that at least
15 new records are broken by the swimmers every
year. Also quite a few of the children have gone
on to participate in State and National level
swimming competitions and have fared very well.
Quite a few of the TICCT children have also made
it to the swimming teams of American and other
Universities.
Capt. T. Mukherji of Calcutta Club was Chairman
of the TICCT Committee for 25 years from
1976 to 2001, and he is now Chairman Emeritus.
The present Chairman of the TICCT Committee for
the years 2004 and 2005 is Mr. Rajen Sood of
Saturday Club who took over from Mrs. Anuka
Dutta Kanungoe of Calcutta Swimming Club. Mr.
Ralph Basu of Calcutta Club continues to
function very ably as the Hony. Secretary. The
TICCT Committee for the year 2004 is as follows:
| Mr.
Rajen Sood (SC) |
Capt.
T. Mukherji (CC) |
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| Mr.
Ralph Basu (CC) |
Mrs.
Divya Lal (CC) |
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| Mrs.
Anuka Dutta Kanungoe |
Mr.
Prakash Sanganeria (CSC) |
Mrs.
Ruby Kapoor (CSC) |
| Mr.
Alok Baraya (SC) |
Mrs.
Tina Servaia (SC) |
Mr.
Dilip Burman (SC) |
| Mrs.
Roli Sabharwal (TC) |
Mrs.
Urmi Bhattacharyya (TC) |
Mrs.
Kiran Thomas (TC) |
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