The Country Club Blog

As part of promoting ‘Save the Tiger’ campaign, Indian ace cricketer Yusuf Pathan visited Country Club Wildlife Resort Bandipur on 14^th July 2012. Taking time from his busy cricketing schedule, the aggressive all-rounder and wildlife enthusiast visited Bandipur National Park to spread awareness about the decline in Indian tiger population. He visited ‘Project Tiger’ sites and met forest officials in the National Park to study the ground realities and the success of Government sponsored programme.

Started by well-known Indian cricketers Sandeep Patil, Harbhajan Singh and Yusuf Pathan, ‘Save the Tiger’ campaign is an initiative to save the critically endangered species in India. To support the cause, many Indian cricketers have joined the campaign by adopting Tigers at various biological parks and zoos across the nation. ‘Save the Tiger’ team organizes exhibition cricket matches, fashion shows and entertainment events to spread awareness and raise funds for the campaign.

On 28th June 2012, The Country Club Dubai’s premium sports bar ‘The Players Lounge’ celebrated its 6th Anniversary. The Players Lounge is a typical English sports bar that provides numerous festivity options including live streams of sporting actions from around the world on several giant screens, multiple Billiards and Snooker tables to experience the live sport actions along with the get-togethers and a live music band with a DJ to add extra vigor to every party. Combined, these special features at the bar add extra zing to every celebration and provide best of revelry options to every patron.

As part of the 6th Anniversary Celebrations, numerous special events were held at the Players Lounge. The celebrations started with a special performance by the live music band and a DJ and later, multiple Billiards and Snooker competitions were held for the patrons and for the winners; various prizes were given-out including LCD Televisions. Also, a special menu was created for the event that included a wide range of typical English delicacies and savories. To mark the occasion, a cake was cut and shared across the floor among all the employees and the guests.