Ladies’ day out!

EVENT International Women’s Day saw more than 300 women enjoy themselves at The Hindu Metroplus Heels on Wheels Car Treasure Hunt. ARCHANA SUBRAMANIAN

Here are three clues for you — 110 cars, Citi Centre, Sunday. Go on, rack your brains and find out what we are talking about. It’s the all-women car treasure hunt, Heels on Wheels, organised by The Hindu last weekend. The event held at Citi Centre saw more than 110 cars lined up packed with enthusiastic team members, some of whom even managed to colour coordinate themselves to make the perfect team. Geared with enthusiasm and the spirit to win the treasure hunt was flagged off by danseuse Priyadarshini Govind.

The hunt begins

A briefing, some tips and tricks each team was charged enough to give the car engines a run for its power. As the clock ticked, Chennai saw various cars scurrying across roads each wanting to outdo the other. The tabloid given was similar to a newspaper except that each article was related to the question that one needed to answer on the sheet provided. Not only do the stories lead you to the answers, they also hint the route you should be taking for your next answer. Twenty seven such questions took the teams from Citi Centre, Secretariat, Flower Bazaar, Parrys, Mint street, Nehru stadium, Ritherdon road, Kilpauk to Anna Nagar. At the first pit-stop, the first sheet had to be submitted and a second tabloid was given, which covered areas like Annanagar, Shanti Colony, Nelson Manickam Road, Greams Road, Mount Road and back to Citi Centre.

The last leg had some clues at Citi Centre too. Besides the attractive prize money, there were some extra mileage points that could be earned using your camera: by clicking as many photos from the list that was given. Four hours seemed too short a time but only till you understood how to go about it. Spirited teams also got mehendi and caricatures done. Quizzes and on-the-spot talent contests were some of the other highlights. The women multi-tasked as they chopped onions, painted logo and applied make-up in three minutes. There were also a few events for the couples. MP Kanimozhi distributed the prizes to the winners of the event and the talent contest.

Sponsors

The title sponsor was Pothys. The Associate sponsors were Naidu Hall, Sowbhagaya and Mustafa. The Venue Partner was Citi Centre. The TV Partner SS Music, Radio Partner was Chennai Live, Water Partner was Sabols and Food Partner was Mc Donalds. The Gift sponsors were Witco, La Belle, Palam Silks, Srinivasa Silks, Aspen Watches, Viveks, Kerala Jewellery, Taj Coramandel, Courtyard by Marriott, Ambassador Pallava, Hero Honda, O2 Health Studio, Bubbles Family Salon and Spa, Mahavir Optics and Melange.
Winners
In first place was team no. 39 Vinatha Hari, Geetha Prakash, Shweta Vinod, Vaidehyi Kandaswamy. In second places was team 73 Vanitha Karunakaran, Pradhiba Gnanavel, Kayalvizhi Manikandan and in third place was team 83 Dr.R.Priya, Dr.Vanathi, Dr.Kavitha and Dr.Divya