Atmiya Vidya Mandir celebrated the Inter House Basketball Tournament 2016-17 between 7th and 10th September 2016. It was very enthusiastically organized by Bankim Sir and the team of all sports teachers. The students too reflected their passion for the game and ardently supported their respective houses throughout the competition.

Competition Schedule:

Date Day Sub–Junior

(Std 4 to 6)

Junior

(Std 7 & 8 )

Senior

(Std 9 to 11)

07/09/2016 Wednesday Satyam  vs. Suhradam Sundaram vs. Shivam Shivam vs. Suhradam Satyam vs. Suhradam
08/09/2016 Thursday Third place match Satyam vs. Sundaram Shivam vs. Sundaram
09/09/2016 Friday   Third place match Third place match
10/09/2016 Saturday Final Final Final

 

The competition had two knockout matches for each house. The winners of the 1st knockout match in each category would shake hands in the final. Whereas the losing teams would meet for a third place match.

 

Wednesday, 7th September 2016: The first match of the day took place was Satyam vs Suhradam House in the Sub Junior group. The Satyam House team won the match by 15-04. The 2nd match was between Sundaram and Shivam House teams in the Sub Junior group in which the Sundaram House won by 13-04.

The 3rd match was Suhradam vs Shivam House in the Junior group. Suhradam House won the match by 17-26 and the last game of the day was Satyam vs Suhradam House in the Senior group with Satyam House winning the match by 30-19.

 

Thursday, 8th September 2016: The tournament resumed with Shivam vs Suhradam House (Sub Junior group) match for the third place. Suhradam House won the match by 23-12. The 2nd match of the day was Sundaram vs Satyam House in the Junior group in which Satyam House won the match by 08-26 points.  The last game of the day was Sundaram vs Shivam House in the Senior group in which Sundaram House won the match by 21-10 points.

 

Friday, 9th September 2016: The 1st match of the day was Suhradam vs Shivam House in the Senior group for the third place. Shivam House won by 19-22. The 2nd match was the third place match in the Junior group between Shivam and Sundaram House in which, again Shivam House team won the match by 21-10.

 

Saturday, 10th September 2016: The last day of the tournament had final matches for the Sub Junior, Junior and Senior groups.

The 1st final match Satyam vs Sundaram House for the 1st position in the Sub Junior group ended with Satyam House winning with 14-10 points.

The 2nd final match was Satyam vs Suhradam House for the Junior group. After an outstanding game, the Satyam House team won the match by 22-19 points.

The 3rd final match was Satyam vs Sundaram House for the Senior group. The match was a treat for the spectators as the Sundaram House players (especially Nimitbhai, Nisargbhai, Shivambhai and Smitbhai) played a magnificent game and won it by 21-40 points.

 

Throughout the tournament, our referees’ judgments were very transparent and confident. Ishvar Sir, Ritesh Sir, Hemant Sir and Bankim Sir were the referees for the tournament and Devang Sir, Jignesh Sir and Hemant Sir did the job of scoring fairly with full dedication.

 

To conclude the tournament, winning trophies were given out by Ishvar Sir and Bankim Sir to the Satyam House team captains in the Sub Junior, Junior and Senior groups.

 

Reported by: Bankim Sir (School Basketball Coach)