Inter House Basketball Competition 2014-15

With great joy and celebrations, the Atmiya Vidya Mandir - Sports Department organised the Inter House Basketball Competition from 27th Aug to 30th Aug 2014. This competition brought out the real keen competitive spirit of all the students and their support for their respective houses. The event was very eagerly awaited by all for the entire two weeks leading to the event, during which the house teams practised enthusiastically to be prepared to deliver their best.

The competition schedule was as per below:

Date	Day	Sub Junior (Std 4 to 6)	Junior (Std 7 - 8)	Senior (Std 9 to 11)
27 Aug	1	Sundaram v/s Shivam Satyam  v/s Suhradam	Satyam v/s Shivam	Sundaram v/s Satyam
28 Aug	2	Third place Final	Sundaram v/s Suhradam	Suhradam v/s Shivam
29 Aug	3		Third place	Third place
30 Aug	4		Final	Final

The first two matches in each group were knockout matches and the winners of these matches (in each category) would shake hands in the finals, whereas the losing teams would meet for the third place match.

Day 1: Wednesday, 27th August 2014
Sub Junior Group:

• In the first match of the tournament, Sundaram v/s Shivam in this group, Shivam House won by 8-2.
• In the second match, Satyam v/s Suhradam, Suhradam House won by 10-8.

Junior Group:

• In the third match, Satyam v/s Shivam in this group, Satyam House won by 26-14 points, thanks to a very good game played by Ojasbhai and Dhyeybhai.

Senior Group:

• The last game of the day was between Sundaram v/s Satyam in the Senior group. An electrifying performance by Manavbhai ensured the victory of Sundaram House by 39-11.

Day 2: Thursday, 28th August 2014
Sub Junior Group:

• The first match of the day was for the third place in this group, Satyam v/s Sundaram in which Satyam House won by 14-6.
• The next game was the final match in this group between Shivam and Suhradam and it was won by Suhradam House by 12-6.

Senior Group:

• The third match of the day was the knockout between Shivam and Suhradam in the Senior group, in which Suhradam House won 20-17 because of an awesome performance by Harshbhai Gondaliya.

Junior Group:

• The fourth and last match for the day was Sundaram v/s Suhradam in the Junior group. Sundaram House won the match by 33-8, thanks to an inspiring contribution of Shivambhai (Std 8).

Day 3: Friday, 29th August 2014
Junior Group:

• Out of the two matches played on this day, the first one was for the third place match between Shivam and Suhradam of Junior group. Shivam House won the match by 29-00!

Senior Group:

• The second match of the day, again a third place match between Shivam and Satyam in the Senior group, saw a decent victory of Shivam House by 27-17.

Day 4: Saturday, 30th August 2014

• On the last day of the tournament, there were two very exciting finals: for Junior group and Senior group. The first final match was Sundaram v/s Satyam in the Junior group. Satyam House won the match by 17-10 with another fantastic performance by Ojasbhai who score 13 points for his house.
• The second match was the Senior group final, Sundaram v/s Suhradam. Due to an outstanding team play by Sundaram House players, they won this very closely fought final match by 40-30, with commendable performances by Manavbhai and Pavanbhai.

This is how the scorecard looked like in the end:

HOUSE NAME	SUB JUNIOR	JUNIOR	SENIOR	TOTAL POINTS	POSITION
Satyam	6	10	4	20	3rd
Sundaram	4	8	10	22	1st
Suhradam	10	4	8	22
Shivam	8	6	6	20	3rd

Throughout this remarkable tournament, many academic teachers had come to cheer their respective house teams which further encouraged the students to perform to the best of their abilities. Even the Sports teachers were quite excited about the tournament and enjoyed the break time of various matches by practicing shots from different positions.

Dhiren Sir, Ishwar Sir, Ritesh Sir and Bankim Sir were the referees for the tournament and their judgments were decisive and very transparent. Devang Sir, Tejas Sir, Hemant Sir, Kalpesh Sir, Pritesh Sir and Mitesh Sir took care of the scoring duty in a very fair manner and with full dedication.

The event was special also because of the school principal, Vijay Sir coming to the basketball courts for the final matches to encourage and cheer the students. At the end of the tournament, Tarun Sir announced the results of the competition and Vijay Sir gave away the (joint) winners’ trophy to the Sundaram House and Suhradam House Captains.

The competition was an enthralling experience for the Sports Department as it gave an opportunity to see the students perform to the best of their abilities like true sportsmen.

Report submitted by: Bankim Sir (School Basketball Coach)