Sponsorship for ANNUAL PRIMARY SCHOOL CHESS TOURNAMENT & Symposium on Pre-Primary & Primary School Education
(26-27 January 2008)
The International Centre Goa (ICG), as you may be aware, is an autonomous not-for-profit organisation founded in June 1987 “to promote understanding and amity between parts of the country and with different communities of the world” through a multiplicity of activities. These include the organisation of seminars and other intellectual meets; Initiating research on cultural, social, economic and political matters; Interaction and affiliation with national and international professional and educational bodies; Dissemination of information through reports, journals and books; and the provision of fellowships and scholarships. As an autonomous institution, our current operational costs are met by revenues generated from the services we render. However to fund our programmes we rely on grants and donations from local and international institutions as well as individuals.
Website http://www.goadialogues.com/
Taleigao Chess Academy (TCA), also a not-for-profit organisation registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 was formally established in February 2007 with the primary aim to promote chess as learning tool; and to promote chess at Pre-Primary and Primary level in Goa by organising:
a. Chess Coaching Classes for children, parents, teachers etc.
b. Chess Tournaments for Children
c. Exhibition of Chess Posters at Public Places
d. Holding seminars on Chess
e. Encouraging influential people to create Chess Parks
Website http://Www. Goachess.info
TCA is affiliated to the Goa State Chess Association (GSCA).
TCA started its activities in 2004. To start with its main thrust was on coaching youngsters. In a short period of time its pupils achieved considerable success. The most notable, of course, has been double World Under-8 Champion Ivana Furtado. Others to have achieve laurels have been Gouri Hadkonkar under-9 Goa I No. 3 and India No16, Varshita Reddy under-9 Goa No. 4, Rohan Ahuja under - 9 Goa No. 5. All together 11 chess players of TCA played in National age category tournament this year in Under 7, Under 9 and Under 11 categories.
The ICG and the TCA will organize ANNUAL ALL GOA PRIMARY SCHOOL CHESS TOURNAMENT on 26-27 January 2008 at the premises of ICG at Dona Paula. This tournament will be the biggest tournament ever held in Goa in this category and will be participated by over 500 students from all over Goa.
The ICG and the TCA collaborated first to organise 2nd All Goa Primary School Students Chess Tournament on 8-9 September at the premises of the Centre which was a great success. This tournament was participated by 240 primary school students from different parts of Goa. The tournament was also complimented by screening two films on chess “Knights of the South Bronx” and “Searching for Bobby Fisher”.
The ANNUAL ALL GOA PRIMARY SCHOOL CHESS TOURNAMENT to be held on 26-27 January 2008 will be a different experience for participating students as well as accompanying parents. The parents who will accompany their children will get an opportunity to attend and participate in the following programmes:
A. Symposium on Pre-Primary & Primary School Education
Chess is a game that inculcates helps children think better, and improves them in many ways, inculcates good habits like the ability to calculate faster, concentrate for longer periods, remember things better and much else. Taleigaon Chess Academy has planned a Symposium consisting of at least 5 interactive sessions with experienced educationists, Govt. Education and Sports Dept.officials and Chess Association officials to explain the benefits of chess for children. Here queries can be raised on this matter and doubts can be cleared. Award winning feature films 'The Knights of the South Bronx' and 'Searching for Bobby Fischer' will also be screened at the International Center's air conditioned auditorium.
B. Release of Book on Chess
A book on Pre-Primary and Primary school education and the Importance of Chess will be released and will be given to all the participants of chess tournament. A book of around 100 A4 size pages containing the Rules of Chess and other articles on related subjects such as the importance of chess as a learning tool and changing pattern of our schooling over 8 decades written by prominent Goans and others will be published.
C. Street Plays
Different groups will present street plays highlighting the changes that have taken place in our schooling over last eight decades.
D. Educational Institution Stalls: We are offering schools and educational institutions an opportunity to put up stalls at the venue to promote their ideas on education and to inform the large number of parents and others gathered there about the services offered by them – both curricular and co-curricular. Schools will also be given an opportunity to showcase their achievements by audio visual means to Goans at large.
Expenses for the tournament are estimated as follows:
Particulars Amount in Rs.
Prizes
(Prizes include 20 Original Imported DVD's of Grandmaster Roman Dzindzichashvili costing Rs. 1352/- each, Chess Books and Trophies) 50,000
Lunch & Refreshments for Participants 70,000
Printing of Book "Education & Chess" 75,000
Printing & Publicity 25,000
Venue Arrangements 1,00,000
Other Administrative expenses 25,000
Total 3,45,000
We wish to make this event a special one by venturing with your support by means of sponsorship. Your sponsorship could be direct monetary support or could be in the form of supporting a subhead as listed above. All such sponsorships will be duly acknowledged in the following ways:
- Pre-event publicity in newspaper articles, posters and banners, emails and ICG and TCA website
- Publicity during the event on 26-27 January 2008, and
- Post-event publicity in newspaper articles, ICG and TCA website, etc.
We would like to offer following Corporate Sponsorship packages
Co-Sponsor: Rs. 1 lac and above. Co-sponsor will have the following visibility:
1. Main event back drop at the inaugural function
2. Entrance of the tournament venue
3. Branding through print and electronic media, banners and posters
4. Prominent mention at the press conference
5. Publicity by way of giving prominent place to display logo at the venue during the tournament
6. Four colour pages space in Book of chess (Page Size 17 cm x 25 cm pp)
Associate Sponsor: Rs.25,000/- and above. Associate Sponsor will have the following visibility:
1. Main Event side-wings at the inaugural function
2. Side wings at the Entrance of the tournament venue
3. Branding through print, electronic media banners and posters
4. Mention at the Press conference
5. Publicity by way of providing space to display logo at the venue during the tournament
6. One colour pages space in Book of chess (Page Size 17 cm x 25 cm pp)
Advertisement rates on a A4 size page of in “Book on Chess”
Inside cover colour page Rs. 10,000
Full page colour Rs. 5000/-
Full page (B/W) Rs. 3000/-
Half Page (B/W) Rs. 1500/-
Art work to be published (17.5cm X 25 cm) in the book should reach us latest by 20th Dec 2007.
Draft/cheque may be in favour of Taleigao Chess Academy and posted to Taleigao Chess Academy, Dynasty Manor, Odlembhat, Taleigao-Caranzalem-Goa. 403002
We would be grateful if you could let me know the nature and extent of sponsorship you are willing to undertake so that we can plan the event.
I trust that in keeping with the aims and objects of the Centre as well as TCA, our mutual relationship and the spirit of the tournament, you will respond generously to this request.
Thanking you.
Sincerely yours,
M Rajaretnam
Director/ Chief Executive
The International Centre Goa
Shrikant Barve
Secretary,
Taleigao Chess Academy
