Thursday, September 24, 2009

The Inter-batch Crocker Tournament that Rocked DB Egmore!


8 Teams and over 100 DB Egmore Past Pupils showed up on Sunday, September 20, 2009 for the first ever Inter-batch Crocker tournament. It was not just nostalgia and fun that kept the evening lively; the competition got quite intense during the last few games and showed that the DB Egmore spirit is well and truly alive! Crocker a game unique to DB Egmore   might have seen its popularity wane a little bit over the last few years but Sunday's tournament proves that Crocker still rocks! There were teams from 1976 to 2008 and the enthusiasm was unbelievable! Here's a quick summary of how the teams fared!

Quarter Finals: 

  • I Quarter Final: 1981 beat 1990 (Shock Defeat? Not if you saw how good the 1981 team was)
  • II Quarter Final: 2006 beat 2008 (2006 looked the team to beat!)
  • III Quarter Final: 1989 beat 1976 (Not as easy as it might have seemed!)
  • IV Quarter Final: Assorted Team beat 1987 (The wildcards came together and took the game away)

Semi Finals:

  • I Semi Final: 1989 beat 1981 (Was a keenly contested game) 
  • II Semi Final: 2006 beat the Assorted Team (2006 looked even better than the Quarter Finals)

And then it was the Grand Finale. 2006 were put into bat and made 88 runs in 6 overs and defended the total beating the Class of 1989. 

It was a super Sunday and an evening that nobody would forget for a long time. The good news is that we will probably have more :)