Continuing with the Kelo Shemstar initiative, Shemford Futuristic School, Pinjore organized Inter School Basketball and Cricket tournaments for girls and boys in the School Sports Complex. This was a three day tournament from January 28th to 30th. Many teams from the tricity participated with zeal and enthusiasm to exhibit their mettle. It was indeed a treat to behold the young children represent their individual schools with true team spirit.
In the basketball match for boys, students of Shemford Futuristic School, Pinjore took the lead against Vivek International School, Baddi, while in the girls’ match students of VIPS were the winners. The best player among the girls was Preeti and Palaksha Santoshi was declared as the upcoming player. Among the boys, Ramanjit Singh was the best scorer and Prince Puri the upcoming player in the game.
In the Cricket tournament, the final match was played between the students of Shemford Futuristic School, Pinjore and the students of Baddi Cricket Academy. Batting second, BCA won by four wickets in 18.5 overs. Sunny of BCA was declared Man of the Match, while Krish Sharma was the Best batsman of the tournament. Best bowler was Harshit Sareen and Ayush Verma the Best Wicketkeeper of the match. Manish Joshi of BCA was declared Man of the Series scoring 85 runs and taking 6 wickets.
There is no such thing as sportsmanship. Winning and losing is a part of any game. The motive of any tournament should be to shape sportsmen for the nation.
