On the request of the Indian Army, as part of a major peace initiative titled 'Operation Sadhbhavana', The Sanmar Group hosted two friendly games with a young cricket team from Kashmir.
The Sadhbhavana initiative is an integral part of measures to win the hearts and minds of people of Kashmir towards achieving and maintaining peace in the valley.
The team, 'Srinagar Shah Jahans' is on a national integration cum sports tour for the youth of Kashmir from Srinagar to Chennai. They were runner-up in the recently concluded Kashmir Premier League (KPL).
A Sanmar XI defeated Srinagar Shah Jahans by 51 runs to sweep the two-match T20 event held at the IIT Chemplast cricket ground on 10 and 11 January 2012.
Dr Bhaskar Ramamurthi, Director, IIT Madras, was the Chief Guest and gave away the prizes.
Sanmar′s flagship cricket team Jolly Rovers triumphed over Globe Trotters in the final of the VA Parthasarathy Memorial Trophy Tournament at the MA Chidambaram Stadium on Thursday, 1 March 2012.
The triumphant Jolly Rovers team
This is Jolly Rovers′ fifth win since the inception of the trophy in 2005-06.
Piyush Chawla′s attacking innings of 117 runs and two wickets earned him the ‘Man of the Match’, award.
The Sanmar TNTA Veterans 45 plus league championship witnessed some quality tennis at the Besant Nagar court on 15 March 2012 when Besant Nagar Club defeated the Madras Gymkhana Club by 2-1 in the final. N Sankar and MA Alagappan, President, TNTA gave away the trophy and cash awards to the proud winners.
Winner of the tournament, Chettinad Vidyashram with Chief Guest C Hemanth Kumar and Members of the Management Committee of PS Senior Secondary School.
Chettinad Vidyashram emerged winners in the tournament with Santhome Higher Secondary School for the PC Sekhar Memorial Boys under 14 cricket tournament for The Sanmar Cup
The tournament was conducted from 4 -12 January 2012 and drew participation from 31 city schools.
C Hemanth Kumar, South Zone Ranji Trophy player, presided over the valedictory function on 12 January 2012 and distributed the prizes. The tournament was inaugurated on 4 January by R Jesuraj, South Zone Ranji Trophy player.
R Jesuraj at the toss