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Courtesy: essendonfc.com.au

Published: 18th December, 2013.

After a successful inaugural tournament in 2012 the second Aussie Rules national championship was held in India, at Goa, a city based on the western coast of India.

The tournament consisted of six teams in a round robin format for the honour of being crowned India’s champions.

A fantastic show of passion, excitement and drama was on display during the tournament as a range of different social and economic backgrounds rallied together to play for the OGM Cup, sponsored by Perth based mining company OGM, along with its Indian counterpart RP Group of Companies.

Essendon Football Club is proud to continue on building good will and relationships among the Indian community.

Secretary General of the ARFAI (Australian Rules Footall Association of India Sudip Chakraborty thanked Essendon Football Club for their support of the tournament.

“It has taken a lot of hard work since last years’ national champs, travelling around India continuously and especially making three trips to Goa to set up the tournament on unfamiliar grounds,” Chakratborty said.

“AFL India would like to thank all the supports of the group including the three AFL clubs involved; Essendon Bombers, Richmond Tigers and GWS Giants for the support they have shown towards the tournament.”

The Bengal Tigers ran out premiers of the competition after a brawl between the Kerala Bombers and Maharashtra Giants saw them disqualified from taking part in the final.

Essendon Football Club would like to congratulate the Bengal Tigers on their success.

Courtesy: worldfootynews.com

Published: 9th December, 2013.

Following last year’s success of the inaugural national level tournament of Australian Rules Football in Kerala, India and the wonderful reception it enjoyed from people, it was time for hosting the 2nd annual national championship – AFL India – OGM Cup 2013. The venue for the tournament this year was the richest state of India, in terms of per capita GDP, Goa which is located on the western coast of India.

There was a fair bit of improvement in the tournament than last year which witnessed participation of five teams from three states of India. But this year, with the immense popularity of the sport increasing day by day, a new state featured in the tournament from West Bengal, the birth place of Footy in India. This year saw participation of six teams- three junior teams and three senior teams. The senior teams were Bengal Tigers, Maharashtra Giants and Kerala Bombers and the junior teams were Maharashtra Giants, Maharashtra Tigers and Tamil Nadu Kangaroos. All the teams played in round robin format with the top teams qualifying for the Grand Final. This year the tournament witnessed two winners-one in the senior division and one in the junior division attesting the fact that the popularity of Footy in India is disseminating like wildfire.

A regal show of passion and devotion for the sport along with dexterous skill were on display as the players from different strata of social and economic backgrounds and age groups faced each other, all aiming to lift AFL India – OGM Cup, sponsored by Perth based mining company OGM, along with its Indian counterpart RP Group of Companies.

The tournament was organised by the Australian Rules Football Association Of India (ARFAI) at the Village Panchayat Ground, Sangolda, Goa from 15th of November to 17th of November,2013. The opening ceremony saw some eminent personalities of the Australian Rules Football fraternity. The tournament was inaugurated by Andrew Cadzow – AFL Asia Pacific Manager, who was in India as a part of a broader initiative undertaken by the ARFAI through the Australian Sports Outreach Programme (ASOP) grant sanctioned by the Australian Sports Commission. Also gracing the event were Peter Cullen – Founder and current National Development Manager of Reclink Australia, Rhan Harris – ambassador of Reclink Australia and the legend himself Gavin Crosisca – who played 246 games for the Collingwood Football Club apart from coaching the North Melbourne Kangaroos & Hawtorn Hawks.

All the three days had its share of excitement, passion and drama. The first day saw the coaching persona of Andrew Cadzow and Gavin Crosisca train not just the players but also the development officers of ARFAI, coaches/mentors from the different states along with the coaches from the international sports NGO – Magic Bus, who is one of the partners in the ASOP programme that ARFAI is working on at present. Their competent advices to the players were evident from the skills the players showed during the tournament. On the other hand the second day vouched for the passion that the players feel for the game and momentousness of the tournament is to them. During a senior division match between Kerala Bombers and Maharashtra Giants incessant sledging could be witnessed and in the end this led to a nasty brawl between the two teams. Even though this incident showed the passion of the players for the game but the ARFAI officials along with Andrew, Gavin and Peter rightfully condemned the incident.

A decision was taken to take disciplinary action against the teams involved in the brawl and they were banned from the tournament. As a result of which Bengal Tigers were announced as the winner in the senior division of the tournament, but not the winner in the conventional sense per say; instead they were the Fair Play Champions.

But the excitement didn’t dampen as the junior division matches went on as scheduled with some really prodigious play on display. The main lodestone of the third day was the Grand Final of the junior division. The two deserving teams- Maharashtra Giants and Maharashtra Tigers- went into the finals. The portentous show of skills and sportsmanship went on to nullify the unfortunate incident that happened the day before. As was said by Vince Lombardi “Winning is not everything, it’s the only thing”. Those words of Lombardy seemed to be ingrained in the mind of all the players. They played with all they had, they gave in their best efforts. It was a really close contest with Maharashtra Tigers having the last laugh defeating Maharashtra Giants 3-6-24 to 3-3-21 and lifting the AFL India-OGM Cup from the hands of Wayne Lewis, Commissioner to India, State Government of Victoria. For Wayne who has just settled in India, it was an overwhelming experience to attend a tournament of his favourite sport in India, which he had no clue had started making its mark on the cricket crazy nation, and thus he promised bigger support in the future from the Victorian Government’s side to help develop Aussie Rules in India, arguably Victoria’s best product ever.

Sudip Chakraborty, Secretary General of the ARFAI hosted the awards ceremony. The ARFAI presented Footies with the logos of the sponsors to the supporters and dignitaries present. Reflecting on the events of the past few days Sudip said “It has taken a lot of hard work since last years’ national champs, travelling around India continuously and specially making three prior trips to Goa to set up the tournament on totally unfamiliar grounds. But the best part is the scale of the tournament went up quiet high compared to last year along with the skill and passion for the game on display by the players. Now that we have a team of officials together thanks to the ASOP grant, we look forward to a much bigger tournament next year with other new tournaments filling in the year as well.”

AFL India would like to thank all the three AFL Clubs, Richmond Tigers, Essendon Bombers and GWS Giants for their support they have shown towards the tournament, along with other sponsors Victorian Government, Reclink Australia, Musashi, India Unbound, and Patchi. We are also grateful to Reclink Australia for providing the wonderful support in helping Lincoln Harris set up the Maharashtra teams and Rick Shrowder, Director of Global Community Sports, based in England, for the wonderful work he has put it in Tamil Nadu which culminated in the popularity of the sport in the state through the work of an NGO named Patchi, led by Syed Ali . We would also like to thank Rhan Harris, Ambassador of Reclink Australia for flying up to Goa from down under specially for the tournament, and sharing his skills and knowledge with the players from all the teams and training the umpires for the tournament.

With the success of this year’s tournament, the third instalment is surely going to take place next year and probably with involvement of more states as Australian Rules Football Association of India has already decided to promote the sports in the states of Jharkhand and Rajasthan. All the information regarding AFL in India will be up on our brand new website www.aflindia.in (it redirects one to our Facebook page at the moment) which will be launched in the New Year and we are looking forward to offer advertisement space to everyone interested.

Courtesy: worldfootynews.com

Publihsed: 13th November, 2013.

The 31st October 2013 marked a historic day for the Australian Rules Football Association of India (ARFAI). A successful bid for the Australian Sports Outreach Programme (ASOP) grant resulted in the Australian Sports Commission (ASC) and the AFL Headquarters signing an agreement to pass the grant in favour of ARFAI. The grant will help the ARFAI develop Aussie Rules Football in India with help from partner organisation Magic Bus – India.

The launch of the agreement was hosted at the Australian High Commission in Delhi. The grant was passed to assist focused development of Footy in the states of Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Jharkhand. ARFAI in this period will be working in close quarters with Magic Bus, India which is an international sport NGO helping unprivileged children using sports as a medium to relay social messages. Apart from the social programmes, ARFAI will also engage in educational programmes in other states as well through the India chapter of Global Community Sports (GSC) which is a company conducting educational and global cultural exchange programmes using Footy as the medium.

The 10 months long programme was inaugurated by the Australian Deputy High Commissioner, Bernard Philip. Bernard, a Richmond Tigers fan himself, was very forthcoming in his desire to give the ARFAI initiative all the support it craved for. The event was also attended by Rekha Dey, the ASOP India Coordinator. The ARFAI Secretary General, Sudip Chakraborty for whom it was a momentous event, spoke of his journey for the past 5 years which has seen him travel the length and breadth of the nation trying to promote the sport in India, with nothing but his passion for the sport to drive him on. Sudip thanked ASOP for giving ARFAI the opportunity to employ 7 development officers (including himself), who in the next 1 year will develop Footy in India under a professional setup.

The Australian Trade Commissioner, Tom Calder and Pratik Kumar, CEO of Magic Bus India also graced the occasion. Novy Kapadia, renowned sports journalist in India, was special guest at the launch. Mr. Kapadia spoke of the importance of grass-root development in sports and how he thought Footy could be a part in the process. The event, which was covered by various national media houses, also hosted Indian and Australian corporate big-shots who were invited to support ARFAI endeavours in the future. Incidentally, Tinku Grewal of Musashi India announced his support for ARFAI henceforth to start off with in-kind sponsorship and he expressed his interest to support Aussie Rules in India in a bigger way in the future. It would appear that Sudip’s efforts for the past 5 years have finally born concrete fruits. The grant will no doubt go a long way in helping ARFAI put the wheels in motion. But the hard work now lies ahead and Footy looks to grow leaps and bound with continued support.

Courtesy: epaper.mailtoday.in

Published: 2nd November, 2013.

\The Australian Football League ( AFL) may be unknown to Indian sports fans. But Australian Rules Football, popularly known as Footy, hopes to make swift inroads into the Indian market, especially now with an Indian team on board.

Sudip Chakraborty, captain of the Indian Tigers AFL team, was hooked to the sport after watching it on TV. He also doubles up as the secretary general of AFL India and is quite upbeat about the sports future in the country.

“ People in India are unaware about the sport, but with support from the government and the corporates, footy has the potential to grow,” he said.

The Tigers have competed in two International Cups held in Australia against 20 other nations, and will compete again in 2014. The Australian High Commission in India has thrown its weight behind the game and has announced a partnership between the Australian Sports Commission and the Australian Football League to develop the game in the country.

An Indian team named Indian Tigers has already competed twice in the International Cup, held Down Under

Courtesy: \worldfootynews.com

Published: 1st November, 2013.

It is three thousand odd kilometres between Punjab in north India to Kerala far down south. It’s another 2000 kilometres between Gujarat far west and West Bengal on the eastern borders. Massive distance the figures suggest and the present Secretary General of the Australian Rules Football Association of India, Sudip Chakraborty, has travelled the length and breadth of the nation repeatedly for the past 12 months just for footy. Starting from the national championships in Kerala in 2012 and set to culminate in another championship in Goa this November, this twelve months has been one hell of a ride for this footy vagabond.

A cricket fanatic and open to new ventures, Sudip jumped on the footy bandwagon in 2008 and before long he had become an integral part of the sporting activities in the country. By the end of 2011, Sudip had already represented his country in two International Cups, and as the days rolled on, what started as an exploration, turned into a vision and a stubborn will to make his dream come true.

The dream in itself might sound mainstream – to see India become one of the top footy playing nations. But for a 19 year old (in 2009) to start developing a new sport from scratch, it takes more than wishful thinking. It requires that consummate concoction of planning, perseverance, patience and a bucket-full of stubbornness…and he had it aplenty.

Giving up on all other possible career paths, post his Masters in Sport Management from UK, Sudip devoted himself entirely to footy. Without any financial backing or promise of support, Sudip has been on the road in buses and trains a million and one times in the past year. Early 2013 saw Sudip introduce the sport in the states of Gujarat and Rajasthan, having been invited to set his ideas rolling in motion by the present Chief Minister of Gujarat and Prime Ministerial candidate Mr. Narendra Modi and Prince Lakshyaraj Singh Mewar of Udaipur respectively.

His journey has also taken him to Mumbai and Delhi numerous times to seek corporate support and to urge influential personalities to extend their support. Perhaps his proudest moment in the past year was to witness a tournament in Mumbai completely organised by the local lads. Encouraging sign that, and a subtle reminder that there are people out there who might share his passion for footy. Another experience he will cherish for life is a visit to a footy manufacturing factory in Jalandhar, where he witnessed first-hand the complete footy manufacturing process; a process Sudip was pleased to confirm has no child labour involved.

For months on end Sudip kept travelling without any organizational support, spending a fortune in the process. It is not easy to inculcate a new sport in the minds of a cricket crazy population but Sudip through his efforts managed to conduct one-off introductory sessions for a staggering figure of 1000 students across Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Gujarat! He also held a few sessions with underprivileged kids from the international sports NGO Magic Bus in Maharashtra. On his journey he did find support from a few individuals who believed in his vision and the power of footy. Tom Calder, Australian Trade Commissioner in India, Lincoln Harris owner of India Unbound, and Rick Shrowder owner of Global Community Sports (GCS), have been pillars of support throughout his venture. Incidentally, Lincoln kick-started Footy proceedings in Mumbai and is still a regular supporter of all Footy activities in the busy city. Another source of support came in from former Fitzroy/Melbourne player Don Whitford who conducted a few training sessions for kids in Mumbai at Shivaji Park.

The past two months have seen Sudip’s effort bear fruit. A successful setup of Global Community Sports franchise in India to deliver educational and cultural exchange programmes to schools in Rajasthan, Gujarat and Haryana has also been a venture which is slowly being welcomed by the schools. Sudip’s efforts were also given a massive boost by the successful application for the Australian Sports Outreach Program grant sanctioned by the Australian Sports Council which facilitates the Australian Rules Football Association of India (ARFAI) to develop the sport in 3 states in collaboration with Magic Bus, in the next 10 months. To top it all off, Sudip plans to showcase a grand event in the form of the ARFAI national championship from the 15th to 17th of November to be held in Goa, where the Victorian Government has thrown in support this year.

Looking back at the last 12 months, Sudip said “These 12 months have given me bag full of experience to cherish for life, ranging from knowing how diverse cultures in India respond to accepting a new sport, to underprivileged kids from the biggest slum of Asia in Mumbai wanting to be a footy player for India like myself, to learning the entire process of how a footy is manufactured. Not to forget the continuous encouragement & support of a few close people like Tom, Rick and Lincoln and of course my parents who have kept faith in their son travelling around crazily for the love of his sport at his own expense. I should definitely mention about two of my best friends Vineet Basu and Mona Kalra, who have also voluntarily helped me in the process whenever I needed them and have been part of my journey on several occasions, all out of their love for me and sports. They have now rightly been recruited by AFL India as development officers for the ASOP project. Although there were many drawbacks during the period, and lack of support from Australian sources, I believe in one mantra i.e. Hard work never fails – It’s all about the good work at the end.”

Footy might not be big in India at the moment but whatever it has to show for, is squarely because of the sweat and toil of Sudip and his ‘madness’ surrounding the game. There have been times when he has felt shackled down by the system, but that’s the thing about true passion, it always finds a way out. And Sudip looks to be doing just that. With a more regular and steady access to resources, there’s no fathoming what he can achieve with the sport, and for those who have been part of his journey will not be surprised out of their wits to see him achieve greatness. For now, Goa beckons!

Courtesy: dnaindia.com

Published: 5th September, 2013.

Every Sunday, a group of youngsters gather at Shivaji Park cricket’s hub to play a sport that appears to be a mish-mash of basketball, volleyball, rugby, sprinting, and football.

Curious onlookers fail to guess the name of the sport in three chances. Most believe it is rugby. However, some get it right once a hint is thrown that it was invented in Australia 155 years ago and is the most popular sport there.

If you have guessed it as Australian Rules football, you are correct. More popularly known as Footy, it was introduced to Australian cricketers to keep themselves fit during the off season. If cricket binds India, Footy does the same Down Under and is their national sport.

Well, it’s no coincidence that it took a legendary cricketer to introduce the sport in India. It was none other than Ricky Ponting, who introduced the sport to his Kolkata Knight Riders teammates during the inaugural edition of the IPL.

However, the sport was introduced in Mumbai by a much-lesser known Australian named Lincoln Harris, who owns a travel company called ‘India Unbound’.

The sponsorship for the sport in the city comes from India Unbound and a charity Australian Football club named ‘Reclink Football Club’, of which Lincoln’s brother Rhan Harris is an ambassador in Australia.

Footy is being kicked around in more than 50 countries now, including India. An International Cup is held every three years in Australia, where 18 countries participate.

Playing the most crucial role in the development and growth of the sport in the country has been Sudip Chakraborty, the secretary general of Australian Rules Football Association in India and operating as the official contact in India for the governing body of the Australian Football League (AFL), which has its headquarters in Melbourne.

Talking about the scene in the city, Sudip says, “Mumbai has always been welcoming to any new sport. What works in our favour is footy brings people from any sporting background together.

“The major chunk of AFL players in Mumbai come from Mahim, Matunga and Dadar and a few from Nerul. Their age group varies from 10-22 yrs.”

Sudip was a Mumbai University student, when he first represented India in 2008 and later went on to lead India to its first international victory against East Timor in the International Cup held in Melbourne in 2011.

The game has spread mostly through word-of-mouth, explains Sudip, “That’s why most of our players are from areas closer to Shivaji Park.

“Also, youngsters talk about the sport in their schools and colleges. This spreads awareness about the sport,” Sudip adds.

Mumbai had two teams fighting for top honours last season Mahim Cats and Matunga Tigers. The lads were divided into three age groups U-14, U-18 and an open age group, to fight it out in a best of three format.

The Mahim Cats emerged victorious in the U-14 and open-age encounters while the Matunga Tigers ran away with the U-18 honours. This season sees the introduction of the Dadar Lions, who hope to upset the two heavyweights.

Sumesh Sawant, 18, handles the operations of the sport across the state, and along with Lincoln is responsible for giving the sport the little reach it has in the city.

“I got the belief in the sport knowing that there’s a national team and a captain who is interested in giving the sport the exposure it so badly needs,” says Sawant.

“The best part of the sport is that it can be played at any sporting ground. So in a city like Mumbai where space is such a big issue, playing Footy can never be a problem,” he adds.

Both Sumesh and Sudeep believe that as youngsters nowadays are open to try out something new, something international, Footy has every chance to grow.

“We hope the sport reaches the level here it sees in other countries. The signs have been positive so far and the numbers turning up every weekend at Shivaji Park has been impressive,” said Sudeep.

Know Footy

First National Championship: November 2012 in Kozhikode
2013 National Championship: to be held in Goa from November 15-17

Playing area of pitch: 150 metres (or more) long goal to goal and 135 metres (or more) wide boundary line

Team strength: 18 players (4 rolling subs, squad of 22)
Length of game: four quarters of 20 minutes each

Scoring and Play
The game starts like a basketball game (jump ball), one runs with the ball like in rugby, you have to pass the ball (can pass forward unlike rugby) like you serve in volleyball (underpass). One can also kick the ball

The game involves scoring between two sets of four poles on sides of the circular pitch, two tall ones and two short. If one kicks between the two tall posts, six points. And between the tall and short, one point

The ball bears a striking resemblance to the one used in rugby but it is more rounded and more swelled up, helping players kick the ball a further distance.