A Charity Auction that United the Sports Fraternity
A match of football makes your adrenaline run sublime to its zenith. Few of us really understand the ups and downs that the players face in reality. The main component that makes the players popular are the trail of fan following. If you are a bong you know the excitement of sitting in the stadium or in front of the television sets for a football match between East Bengal and Mohan Bagan.
Footballers are famous and so are their die-hard fans; the ardent lovers of Mohan Bagan and East Bengal never fail to cheer for their supporting teams. Therefore, Xtratime took a noble initiative with the concerned #Sportsforfans towards helping two ardent fans Bapi Maji and Alip Chakraborty; the former a Mohan Bagan fan and latter an East Bengal Fan. WE CARE as the name of the auction goes, arranged by Xtratime to help the families of cancer patient Bapi and late Alip so that they could be helped in their hour of need.
Insight to the Auction Program:
Mohun Bagan Footballers with Bapi Maji
Dated 11th June, 2016 WE CARE an initiative of Xtratime was a sports auction arranged in the Hotel Aauris. This was a star embedded night with guest panel of all famous personalities. If you are a football fan and looking for latest sports news here we go with the list of guests for WE CARE auction event:
- Manoj Tiwari (Bengal Captain),
- Utpal Ganguly (Secretary IFA),
- Subrata Dutta (President IFA),
- Sourasish Lahiri (Ex Bengal Cricketer),
- Dipendu Biswas (Ex-Footballer, MLA),
- Sambaran Banerjee (Ex-Cricketer, Ex-National Selector),
- Saradindu Mukherjee (Ex Cricketer),
- Sanjoy Sen ( Mohun Bagan Coach),
- Pranay Halder, (Mohun Bagan Footballer),
- Pritam Kotal, (Mohun Bagan Footballer),
- Souvik Ghosh, (Mohun Bagan Footballer),
- Shilton Paul (Mohun Bagan Footballer),
- Arindom Chatterjee (Music Composer),
- Ash King (Singer)
Philanthropic Approach with a Dignified Cause:
Football Signed by Pele
Leander's Racket
Sony Norde's Jersey
Sourav Ganguly's Cricket All Star Jersey
Since all the fans are interested in the sports update, this initiative will be alluring with its noble cause behind. Not only did the stars appear at the auction there were sellers who provided the best bid for items. The philanthropic approach from the buyers was the heart of the event since they created a history. Provided below are several items that were auctioned and the name of the sellers who supported #Sportsforfans:
| Items | Buyer | Sold Price |
| Signed Brazilian jersey by Pele | Srinjoy Bose | 1,00,000 |
| Signed football by Pele | N Bagoria | 1,10,000 |
| Atletico de Kolkata jersey signed by Pele | Malay Mukherjee | 50,000 |
| Wicket-keeping gloves of MS Dhoni | Suresh Sethiya | 1,00,000 |
| Wicket-keeping pads of MS Dhoni | Malay Mukherjee | 50,000 |
| All Stars T20 League jersey signed by Sourav Ganguly | Utpal Ganguly | 1,25,000 |
| Tennis racquet signed by Leander - 2015 Wimbledon mixed doubles | Manoj Tiwari | 1,50,000 |
| Indian ODI jersey of Rahane | Subrata talukdar ( on behalf of Sanjeev Goenka) | 25,000 |
| Signed Atletico de Kolkata jersey of Iain Hume | Kaushik Chatterjee | 25,000 |
| Signed Atletico de Kolkata jersey of Helder Postiga | Chirag Paul | 25,000 |
| Indian football team jersey signed by national players | Prithijeet Das | 75,000 |
| Mohun Bagan jersey signed by Sony Norde | Tanmoy Bannerjee | 35,000 |
| Indian team jersey signed by Sunil Chhetri | East Bengal Club | 95000 |
| Gloves of Shakib al Hasan | Anurag Chirimar | 25,000 |
| Laxmi Ratan Shukla's jersey (Vijay Hazare winning jersey) | Mayank Joshi | 50,000 |
| Signed Sunrisers Hyderabad jersey of VVS Laxman | Ash King | 21,000 |
| Mohun Bagan jersey signed by Debjit Majumder | Anilava Chatterjee | 10,000 |
| World T20 jersey of Ashoke Dinda | Aniruddha Guha Roy | 10,000 |
| Wicket-Keeping gloves of Wriddhiman Saha | Arindom Chatterjee | 10,000 |
| Signed Mohun Bagan jersey by Sanjay Sen | Arunava Kar | 55,000 |
| Match Ball signed by Ashoke Dinda | Kaushik Chatterjee | 10,000 |
| Indian test jumper of Pragyan Ojha | Mayank Joshi | 10,000 |
| Batting gloves of Wriddhiman Saha (scored his 2nd test fifty) | Sunando Bannerjee | 20,000 |
| KKR jersey of Manish Pandey | B. Dasgupta | 10,000 |
| Football boots of Ranty Martins | Manoj Tiwari | 10,000 |
| Signed bat of Manoj Tiwary | Meghdut Sur | 75,000 |
| Tie worn by former ICC president Jagmohan Dalmiya | Utpal Ganguly | 20,000 |
With a lump sum amount of 13 lakhs and 66 thousand as after the event, WE CARE successfully fulfilled its purpose. Well this event might be a step towards all the future initiative that Xtratime takes to help the fans in need. An appraoch to save mankind, this strives to increase the count of days that Bapi will live and help Alik's family face the crisis.
[…] "We Care" Initiative by Xtratime. A Charity Auction that United the Sports Fraternity A match of football makes your adrenaline run sublime to its zenith. Few of us really understand the ups and downs that the players face in reality. The main component that makes the players popular are the trail of fan following. If you are a bong you know the excitement of sitting in the stadium or in front of the television sets for a football match between East Bengal and Mohan Bagan. Footballers are famous and so are their die-hard fans; the ardent lovers of Mohan Bagan and East Bengal never fail to cheer for their supporting teams. Therefore, Xtratime took a noble initiative with the concerned #Sportsforfans towards helping two ardent fans Bapi Maji and Alip Chakraborty; the former a Mohan Bagan fan and latter an East Bengal Fan. […]
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