Inter House Skating Competition 2014-15
The 4th inter house sports competition of the current academic year 2014-15 was for Skating, held in the first half of the month of October.
This competition was held group wise as per below:
- Group A: Beginners – Classes 1st and 2nd
- Group B: Sub Junior – Classes 3rd–4th and Classes 5th–6th
- Group C: Junior – Classes 7th and 8th
- Group D: Senior – Classes 9th to 11th
The Senior group took part in the Long Race in which a total of 4 students (one from each house) participated. The participants in this event were Durgesh Gami, Pranesh Dx Patel, Shreemad Patel and Uday Jariwala in which Uday Jariwala of Satyam House stood 1st and received 10 points.
The Junior group also had the Long Race event in which Krish A. Patel of Satyam House crossed the finish line first and earned 10 points for his house.
In Sub Junior group, from Std 3-4, a total of 5 participants took part in the Long Race event and Devam of Satyam House stood 1st, followed by Krishiv Savariya and Hari Martin. Also, from Std 5-6 in the Sub Junior group, Manthan Patel of Shivam House came 1st in the Long Race event.
The enthusiasm of the Beginners group students made them clearly stand apart from other groups. 11 students participated from this group in the Short Race event. From this race, the 5 students that qualified for the final race were: Jenil V. Patel (Satyam), Manthan M. Patel (Satyam), Yug S. Bhakta (Sundaram), Ved G. Patel (Shivam), Nihar N. Balar (Satyam) and Aum K. Patel (Suhradam). Yug S. Bhakta secured the 1st place, followed by Nihar N. Balar and Jenil V. Patel.
The points table at the end of the competition was as per below:
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HOUSE
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TOTAL POINTS
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POSITION
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SATYAM
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56
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1
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SHIVAM
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22
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2
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SUNDARAM
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10
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3
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SUHRADAM
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22
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2
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Written by: Rahul Patel
School Sports Captain
School Sports Captain
9th West Zone CBSE Cluster – Under 19 Basketball Competition
The CBSE Cluster-IX Basketball Tournament 2014 was held at Gujarat Public School, Vadodara from 2nd Oct to 5th Oct 2014. In the midst of academics and other activities with whatever time they could manage for practice, the AVM Basketball Team finally took the trip to Vadodara to take part in the tournament.The team started its journey via bus on the 2nd Oct itself and reached Vadodara after four hours. They were received by the host school’s bus and taken to the venue. This first day was spent in reporting, school registration and allotment of rooms to teams. At the end of the day, a total of 42 teams about 500 players from Gujarat, Maharashtra, Daman, Diu, Dadra and Nagar Haveli reported. The host school had also provided for food for all the guests.
The opening ceremony of the tournament was held at the newly opened Sama Indoor Sports Complex, Vadodara. Many eminent personalities were present in the ceremony. The tournament was declared open by Dr. S. K. Nanda, a senior I.A.S. Officer of the Government of Gujarat. He was also introduced to all the team captains and their coaches by the CBSE Observer. Regional dances and plays were held to glorify the spirit of the game. The ceremony ended with the Oath Taking by all the players.The first match of our school team was supposed to be on 3rd October but it resulted in a bye due to the absence of opposite team.
The second match was scheduled on the 4th October in the afternoon session against BK Birla Centre for Education, Pune. The game was in favour of AVM team in the first half of the game. The second half, however, saw a change in tactics by the opponent team. It eventually turned into a very close game with the final outcome decided in the last 2 minutes of the game! At the end, the game went in favour of the opponent team with a score of 18-13. In spite of losing, the AVM team was appreciated by the referees as well as other officials and coaches for their discipline and for playing with true spirit of the game.
The team then departed from the venue after attending the Navratri celebration and having dinner in the city and finally reached AVM via a train journey.
It was a very rich experience for the AVM Basketball Team players to participate in such a mega competition as it helped them gain a new vision for the game and for the school.
Reported by: Bankim Sir
GUJARAT STATE LEVEL TABLE TENNIS COMPETITION 2014-15
Following the impressive performances in the district level table tennis competition and getting selected to play at the state level, the best of the table tennis players of AVM looked forward to the Gujarat State Level Table Tennis Competition 2014-15.
The under 19 competition was held at the Surat Officer’s Gymkhana, Athwalines (Surat). 105 participants from 21 districts of Gujarat participated in this state level table tennis competition. 5 of them were from Atmiya Vidya Mandir: Krutarth J. Patel, Niramay J. Tanna, Uttam P. Italiya, Jil H. Patel and Divya K. Patel (all from class 11). These students gave their best performances and reached quarter-finals of the competition.The best 11 out of these 105 best players of Gujarat in the u-19 category were shortlisted, and it was a proud moment for the school that Jil Patel was one of these top 11. Ultimately, 5 out of these 11 were selected to represent Gujarat in the national league matches.
The under 14 category competition was held in Rajkot. Krutarth C. Patel of class 7 represented Atmiya Vidya Mandir at this competition.
The competition certainly helped boost the confidence of the students while also giving them an opportunity to learn from some of the best players of the country.
Written by: Devang Sir