Basketball is the sport of kings,
From the toss to the buzzer rings

As always you have to try your best,
Once you do you’ll beat all the rest.

If you want to win, never lose hope,
When there is a problem, learn to cope.

Take your shots with confidence,
Never think of any incompetence

Jump up for a rebound with all your might,
Don’t ever do it in a state of fright.

Ask for help when you’re in need,
For if you don’t, you’ll never succeed.

If I had the funds, I would have put around the playground today inspiring poems on sports, pictures of the best players of the games, inspiring stories of players… I was sitting there at Hiranandani Foundation School grounds as the children played and the walls around came live in my imagination with all these…

Dreams apart, Rotary Club of Bombay Powai’s first week of Powaifest20 Sports Events started on January 18.

The venue was Hiranandani Foundation School. As always, we received great support from Principal Kalyani Patnaik.

Ten schools participated – schools from Airoli, Mulund, Malad, Andheri, Ghatkopar along with Powai schools on January 18.

23 basketball teams and 12 football teams played on the first day. Footfall was around 350 – 400.

On the second day January 19, Football 18 Teams and Basket ball 21 Teams participated on the second day.

FOOTBALL:
*Winners – Boys – Under 10*
Winner – Bombay Scottish
Runner up – Vissanji Academy (A)
2 Runner up – Vissanji Academy (B)

*Winners – Boys – Under 12*
Winner – Vissanji Academy (A)
Runner up – Fatima high School
2 Runner up – Bombay Scottish

*Winners Boys – Under 14*
Winners – Bombay Scottish ‘C’
Runners Up – Fatima High School
2nd Runner Up – Bombay Scottish ‘A’

BASKETBALL:
*Winners – Girls – Under 11*
First: Vibgyor High Malad
Second: Vibgyor High Airoli
Third: Bombay Scottish Powai

*Winners – Boys – Under 11*
First: Vibgyor High Malad
Second: Bombay Scottish Powai
Third: Ramniwas Bajaj Malad

Winners – Girls – Under 14
First: Pawar Public High School
Second: Bombay Scottish, Powai
Third: Vibgyor High, Malad

Winners – Boys – Under 14
First: Hansraj Morarji Public school
Second: Bombay Scottish Powai
Third: Vibgyor High Malad

Schedule for Next week:
Saturday: January 25, 2019
From 9 am to 5.30 pm
Handball and Judo at Hiranandani International School (New)
Chess at Hiranandani Foundation School (Old)

From 7 am to 10 am:
Skating at BEST Bus Depot near Norita Grounds

Sunday January 26, 2019
9 am to 5 pm: Handball at Hiranandani International School (New).

Each day there are 300 to 400 students on the ground. Atleast 100 parents. Truly, Powaifest ‘Celebrates Life and Serves Communities’